Spanish Fiction

Born in Peru, Isabel Allende is Chilean. She was a journalist for many years and began to write fiction in 1981. The result was the worldwide bestseller The House of the Spirits, which was followed by the equally successful Of Love and Shadows. Her other books are Eva Luna and The Stories of Eva Luna. Long a resident of Caracas, she now makes her home in San Rafael, California, where she is completing a new book.From the Trade Paperback edition.

"Gabriel García Márquez meets Umberto Eco meets Jorge Luis Borges for a sprawling magic show." --The New York Times Book Review A New York Times Bestseller Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer’s son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julián Carax. But when he sets out to find the author’s other works, he makes a... Read more about this item

One Hundred Years of Solitude chronicles the life of Macondo, a fictional town based in part of Garcia Marquez's hometown of Aracataca, Columbia, and seven generations of the founding family, the Buendias. He creates a complex world with characters and events that display the full range of human experience. For the reader, the pleasure of the novel derives from its fast-paced narrative, humor, vivid characters, and fantasy elements. In this 'magic realism', the author combines imaginative flights of... Read more about this item

New York: The Penguin Press, 2004. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. The first book in the author's wonderful Cemetery of Forgotten Books series. In green boards and burgundy spine with gilt. Light wear to spine ends and some spotting, pale stains to page ends. Sharp corners, clean interior and solid binding. Unclipped jacket in nice shape.

London: Harvill. 1994. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 295 pages. A mystery hidden in an art masterpiece. . 2nd Printing. Hardback.

Wereldbibliotheek, Amsterdam, 1988. 4. Softcover.

Paperback. Acceptable.

ALLENDE, Isabel: Eva Luna. New York, Bantam, 1989. First Paperback Edition, Sept 1989. Paperback, 308 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature. Condition: Very Good. Reading crease along the spinal area. Light toning to pages. A page or two a bit ruffed at the corner near the fore-edge. Still a very nice copy with a great cover illustration by Leo & Diane Dillon. Grand magic-realist novel by the best-selling, world-renowned author of The House of the Spirits. ISBN: 0553280589

Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona.: Plaza & Janés., 1987.. Paperback. Cubierta deslucida. Good. 22 cm. 282 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Allende, Isabel 1942-. Eva Luna. Plaza & Janés literaria . Cubierta deslucida. ISBN: 840138110X Literatura chilena. Novela. Siglo XX. (860(83)-31"19") [[821.134.283-3]]

Black Oak Books, 1988. First Edition Thus. Unknown. Broadside, 12.25 x 9.5 inches. Printed in three colors. First edition thus. A fine copy.

Madrid: Fundacion Estreyco, 1998 165 pps. with b/w drawings and diagrams printed on cream-colored paper. Text clean, tight, bright and unmarked. Slate grey folded softcover with b/w diagram and white printing shows some wear but is tight and bright. Text is in Spanish and English.. 1st Edition. Softcover w/ Folds. Very Good. Illus. by Del Olmo, Miguel y Daniel. 9"x 9".

Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, 1972. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good + /Very Good + . In black boards with white design and type. Pristine if not for ding to top rear corner. Jacket is unclipped with a couple nicks to top of rear panel, very light fading to spine and a scuff to front panel.

Peterborough: Richard R. Smith, 1961. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good -. A beautiful copy of this rare edition in orange cloth with gilt to spine. Jacket is unclipped with a small chip to top of spine and a couple 1/4 inch closed tears to top of front panel, otherwise in great shape with little signs of use.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1960. Third Revised Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. In beautiful orange cloth and gilt. Jacket is price clipped with edgewear/rubbing and some fading to spine.

New York: New Directions, 2006. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. In brown boards with gilt to type on spine. Sharp corners, clean interior and solid binding. Light fading to bottoms of board cloth. Jacket is unclipped and in beautful shape. Illustrated.

Paperback. Very Good.

Bogotá.: Oveja Negra., 1987.. Hardcover. Sobrecubierta deslucida. Good. 22 cm. 240 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Sobrecubierta deslucida. Literatura chilena. Novela y cuento. Cuentos. Leyendas. Sagas. Cuentos de hadas. Siglo XX. (821.134.2(83)-34"19") [[821.134.283-3]]

Paris: Fayard, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Traduit de l'espagnol par Claude et Carmen Durand. Couverture rigide avec jaquette. In-8. Relie. Condition d'occasion - très bon état. Interieur frais.

Plaza & Janés, Literaria, 1987, Barcelona.. 21x15. Tapa blanda. 282 pgs. Anotación en la última página. 669713

Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, 2004. Brazilian Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/N/A. Flapped trade paperback with previous owner's inscription and store stamp to first page, otherwise in very nice shape. In Portuguese.

New York: Richard Seaver Book / The Viking Press, 1974. Softcover. Good. Viking Compass Book edition. Trade paperback. Top edges dampstained, wrappers flared, a good only copy.

New York: Translation Publishing Company, 1923. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Fair/N/A. Early reprint edition of this scarce translation first published by Harper and Brothers in 1895. In blue cloth blind stamped on cover and gilt to type on spine. Some wear/rubbing to spine ends and corners which are a little softened. A few spots to cloth of boards and bottom page ends. Page ends are tanned as is rfep. Two previous owner's names(one crossed out) to ffep. Both hinges split at endpapers with mull... Read more about this item

LIKE NEW , IN SPANISH

New York: Translation Publishing Company, 1923. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Good/N/A. Early reprint edition of this scarce translation first published by A.C. McClurg & Co. in 1892. In blue cloth blind stamped on cover and with gilt to type on spine. Corners rubbed/rounded and some wear/light fraying to head of spine and a lesser degree heel. A few tiny spots to cloth and tanning to page ends. Previous owner's name to ffep and split to front hinge at endpapers with mull showing, but still solid.... Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. Tells the story of an orphan who beguiles the world with her astonishing visions, triumphing over the worst of adversity and bringing light to a dark place.

Paperback. Very Good.