OF LOVE AND SHADOWS.
by ALLENDE**, ISABEL:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FINE./Near FINE.
- ISBN 10
- 022402812X
- ISBN 13
- 9780224028127
- Seller
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Originally published in Spanish under the title 'De Amor y de Sombra' by Plaza y Janes,Barcelona,Spain, 1984.Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Jane Ray, illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+ fore-edges clean,and very lightly aged; contents bright,tight and clean - almost pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Generally clean,publisher's original, plain dark blue cloth boards with light dulling towards their edges, bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.Dw/dj's upper,internal edges has two water splashes/stains(?) but the boards seem unaffected though.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-274pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3; plus [unpaginated] 2pp blanks,half-title+title pages,4pp blanks to rear, divided by a note on the type used. Want more Isabel ALLENDE titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2,BIOGRAPHY and, CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogues. Set in an atmosphere of pervading uncertainty and fear,in a country of arbitrary arrests,sudden disappearances and summary executions,Isabel Allende's 2nd novel tells of the passionate affair of two people prepared to risk everything for the sake of justice and truth.'Of Love and Shadows' unfolds a riveting tale of tragedy and ecstasy,of bravery and sacrifice,of family loyalty and state betrayal that is both profoundly moving and uplifting.Made into a film starring Meryl Streep,Glenn Close,Jeremy Irons,Winona Ryder,Vanessa Redgrave,Antonio Banderas and Keanu Reeves. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
Synopsis
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 two years later by the equally successful Of Love and Shadows . 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.
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- Bookseller
- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- rja31978
- Title
- OF LOVE AND SHADOWS.
- Author
- ALLENDE**, ISABEL:
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- Near FINE.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 022402812X
- ISBN 13
- 9780224028127
- Publisher
- LONDON.CAPE,1987.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1987
- Keywords
- q52.MODERN FIRSTS2.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 022402812X.Modern Firsts.Modern Fiction.Spanish writers_novelists_female_20thC.The House of Spirits.De Amor y De Sombra.Margaret Sayers Peden.Peru.Venezuela.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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