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The Law of Love ; A Novel with Music
by Esquivel, Laura
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0091834139
- ISBN 13
- 9780091834135
- Seller
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Random House, Australia, Milson's Point, New South Wales, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Good. Illustrator: Miguelanxo Prado. music credits. Pale beige speckled endpapers. The text is illustrated with numerous colour illustrated inserts by Miguelanxo Prado. 1/4 olive coloured cloth spine with 3/4 dark blue boards with copper writing on the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Montserrat Pecanins, with copper and white coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the spine. "... tells the tale of a passion that survives from Montezuma's empire to the 23rd century.". At the rear of the book a CD is present covering music talked about in the book. Very minor bumping to that spine heel. This is the first Australian edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 274 pages, last blank,. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Miguelanxo Prado. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Music; Fiction -- Latin American; ISBN: 0091834139. ISBN/EAN: 9780091834135. Inventory No: 0102039. . 9780091834135
Synopsis
Originally published in 1990, Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate) won Laura Esquivel international acclaim. The film based on the book, with a screenplay by Laura Esquivel, swept the Ariel awards of the Mexican Academy of Motion Pictures, winning eleven in all, and went on to become the largest grossing foreign film ever released in the United States. In 1994 Like Water for Chocolate won the prestigious ABBY award, which is given annually by the American Booksellers Association to the book the members of the organization most enjoyed hand-selling. The book has been translated into thirty languages and there are over three million copies in print worldwide. Ms. Esquivel lives in Mexico.
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0102039
- Title
- The Law of Love ; A Novel with Music
- Author
- Esquivel, Laura
- Illustrator
- Miguelanxo Prado
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0091834139
- ISBN 13
- 9780091834135
- Publisher
- Random House, Australia
- Place of Publication
- Milson's Point, New South Wales
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Science Fiction -- Novel, Mexican -- Science Fiction, Miguelanxo Prado -- Illustrator Science Fiction & Fantasy; Music; Fiction -- Latin American; Miguelanxo Prado Unbranded ISBN: 0091834139 EAN: 9780091834135 Esquivel, Laura The Law of Love ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music; Fiction -- Latin American;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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