House of Mist by Bombal, Maria-Luisa - 1947

Farrar, Straus and Company, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Clean, tight copy in original dustjacket reinforced with brodart.

New York:: Farrar, Straus,, 1947.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a a good dustjacket. (upper corner of dj flap clipped, but price present in lower corner, some toning, large chip to lower edge of front cover) . First printing. The first novel by perhaps the most influential Latin American woman writer of the early 20th century. Originally published as 'La Ultima Niebla' in Argentina in 1934 (where she had fled in 1933 after a failed suicide attempt and an attempt to shoot her husband, and where she met and became friends with Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges), this was rewritten by the author in English for this edition (at the time of publication in the US, she was living in New York.) Her books, with their mingling of fantasy, realism and surrealism are considered precursors of the magical realism in Latin American literature. In her prologue to this novel, she writes: 'I wish to inform the reader that even though this is a mystery, it is a mystery without murder. He will… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1947 245pp. Author's English version of the her first novel. Maria-Luisa Bombal Anthes (1910 - 1980), an important Chilean author, was acclaimed by her friends Jorge Luis Borges and Pablo Neruda. "Stories of Melancholy Magic" -- Borges. Condition: Very Good or better in a Good dustjacket which has stains and chips at the edges.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good-.

London: Cassell, 1948. Book. Very Good. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition. VG, Shelfwear, bumping, ink name, foxing/G, Edgewear, chips, tears, perforations, abrasion, foxing. Historical drama. Jacket illustration by Alex Jardine. Expanded condition report/photo on request..

New York: Farrar, Straus & Co.. Hardcover. 1947. 1st Edition. 8vo 245pp . Very Good in Very Good DJ. DJ clipped, lightly dust soiled A mystery book with fear and crime, but no murder .

New York:: Farrar, Straus,, 1947.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (light toning to edges of textblock and dj, upper corner of dj flap clipped, but price present in lower corner) . First printing. The first novel by perhaps the most influential Latin American woman writer of the early 20th century. Originally published as 'La Ultima Niebla' in Argentina in 1934 (where she had fled in 1933 after a failed suicide attempt and an attempt to shoot her husband, and where she met and became friends with Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges), this was rewritten by the author in English for this edition (at the time of publication in the US, she was living in New York.) Her books, with their mingling of fantasy, realism and surrealism are considered precursors of the magical realism in Latin American literature. In her prologue to this novel, she writes: 'I wish to inform the reader that even though this is a mystery, it is a mystery without murder. He will… Read More

Cassell London 1948. First UK edition. Foxing end papers o/w good in like jacket.

London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First English edition. Translated by the author. Jacket by Alex Jardine. Octavo. 187pp. Spine faintly toned, textblock edges and endleaves foxed and a faint diagonal crease on the front fly, very good in a worn and modestly soiled, good only jacket with some loss at the crown affecting the first word of the title. Bombal was a fascinating woman, friends with Borges and Neruda (who nicknamed her "la abeja de fuego" ["the fire bee"]); she once shot a lover three times and was acquitted after her lover exempted her from guilt. *La Última Niebla* (extensively revised and published as *House of Mist*) was first published in Argentina in 1934. According to the National Library of Chile, Bombal's novels *La Úlitma Niebla* and *La Amortajada* mark the beginning of the contemporary Chilean novel. Published in the U.S. the year before this edition, the London edition seems to be much more uncommon. *OCLC* locates eight copies, only two in the… Read More