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Love in the Time of Cholera
by Garcia Marquez, Gabriel
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1988
- Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First US Edition/1st Printing
- ISBN
- 9780394561615
- Item Price
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£20.39
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First US Edition/1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. In black cloth with gilt. Ding to top rear corner, dark foxing to top page ends, and a spot to bottom page ends, otherwise appears unread. Jacket is unclipped($18.95) with faint fading to spine common to this edition. One 1/4 inch tear to top rear… Read more
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The Savage Detectives
by Bolano, Roberto
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 2007
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780374191481
- Item Price
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£20.39
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Full number line 1-10. In cream boards with black type. Light dings to three corners and slight bump to head of spine. Some edgewear. Jacket is unclipped with lightest fading at spine.
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Memory of Fire: Genesis
by Galeano, Eduardo
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1985
- Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780394548050
- Item Price
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£16.31
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New York: Pantheon Books, 1985. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. First American Edition stated. Volume 1 in the incredible trilogy by this author. Terra cotta boards with black spine cloth. Bottom front corner bumped with some spots and a remainder mark to page ends. Jacket is unclipped($17.95) with a few tiny chips and short tears/nicks to edges,… Read more
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A Personal Anthology
by Borges, Jorge Luis
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1967
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- Item Price
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£24.47
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New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1967. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Printing stated. In grey cloth with black type. Minimal wear. Previous owner's name and date to title page. Also, various notes to rfep with long sticker. Otherwise, interior clean with tight binding. Jacket is price-clipped with edgewear, fading and sticker shadow to spine. Very… Read more
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The Spirit of Science Fiction
by Bolano, Roberto
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 2018
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780735222854
- Item Price
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£16.31
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New York: Penguin Press, 2018. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Full number line 1-10. In green boards and spine with silver lettering. A beautiful copy in unclipped jacket. Appears unread.
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The Insurrection
by Skarmeta, Antonio and Paula Sharp(Translator)
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1987
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Second Edition/Printing
- Item Price
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£9.79
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Hanover: Ediciones del Norte, 1987. Second Edition/Printing. Paperback. Near Fine/N/A. By the author of Burning Patience which was turned into the movie Il Postino/The Postman. A flapped paperback that appears unread. A few tiny scuffs to cover and price stamp to first page.
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The Hour of the Star
by Lispector, Clarice and Giovanni Pontiero(Translator)
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1986
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780856356261
- Item Price
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£97.88
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The first hardcover edition in English of the author's masterpiece. I black boards with bright gilt to spine. A nice copy in price-clipped jacket with light edgewear, but a clean 1 inch tear to top of rear panel at spine.
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The Hour of the Star
by Lispector, Clarice and Giovanni Pontiero(Translator)
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1986
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780856356261
- Item Price
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£122.36
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Manchester: Carcanet Press Limited , 1986. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. The first hardcover edition in English of the author's masterpiece. I black boards with bright gilt to spine. Light ding to top front corner, though still sharp. Clean with virtually no signs of use and tight binding. Jacket is unclipped with price sticker for US market… Read more
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All the Odes - A Bilingual Edition
by Neruda, Pablo and Ilan Stavans(Editor)
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 2017
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First US Edition Thus/First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780374534929
- Item Price
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£9.79
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2017. First US Edition Thus/First Printing. Paperback. Near Fine/N/A. Large format trade paperback. Previously in hardcover. A nice unread copy.
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Lost Children Archive
by Luiselli, Valeria
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 2019
- Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780525520610
- Item Price
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£9.79
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. First Edition Stated. In brown boards and red spine with white type. Some moisture staining to bottom of spine and adjacent boards. Jacket is unclipped with staining to same. Interior not affected.
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Seven Nights
by Borges, Jorge Luis and Eliot Weinberger(Translator)
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1984
- Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780811209045
- Item Price
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£29.37
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New York: New Directions, 1984. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Near Fine. An ex-library copy with all attendant marks such as stamps, stickers, paper scarring/adhesive, writing and some spotting to endpapers. Jacket is unclipped and in very nice shape.
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
by Garcia Marquez, Gabriel
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1983
- Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780394530741
- Item Price
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£8.16
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. First American Edition stated. In brown cloth with silver type to spine. Bottom corners dinged and some foxing to top page ends and boards. Jacket is unclipped with some marks, nicks and a few shallow scratches.
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The Book of Fantasy
by Borges, Jorge Luis, Silvina Ocampo and A. Bioy Casares (Editors)
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1988
- Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780670823932
- Item Price
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£29.37
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New York: Viking, 1988. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Very Good . Introduction by Ursula LeGuin. Selected by three masters of speculative fiction. Full number line 10-1. In black boards with gilt to spine. Ding to top of rear board. Remainder stripe to bottom page ends and spotting/foxing to all page ends. Small price sticker removal scar to… Read more
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Extravagaria
by Neruda, Pablo and Alasteir Reid(Translator)
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1974
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- Item Price
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£65.26
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American Edition stated. In black cloth with gilt type to spine and red tinted top page ends. Dark tanning in blocks to front endpapers where newspaper clipping once resided and some age toning to rear endpapers, otherwise quite nice. Jacket is unclipped… Read more
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Desolation
by Mistral, Gabriela
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1946
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Item Price
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£81.57
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Paris: Les Editions Nagel, 1946. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Very Good +/N/A. Published the year after she won the Nobel Prize for Literature. In wraps with deckle edges to front and bottom. Pages still uncut at top edge. Some light creasing to corners due to soft covers, otherwse in quite nice shape. Limited Edition #43/50.
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El Padre Tembleque
by Valdes, Octaviano
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1961
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Item Price
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£48.94
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Mexico D.F.: Editorial Jus, S.A., 1961. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/N/A. In Spanish. Beautifully rebound in leather with gilt for private individual and book lover's library. Includes red marker ribbon. Marbled endpapers. Some edgewear/rubbing mostly at corners and edges, some scuffing, otherwise a very nice copy.
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Memoirs
by Neruda, Pablo and Hardie St. Martin(Translator)
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1977
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- Item Price
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£24.47
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First Edition stated. In blue cloth with light green title panel and gilt. Mild signs of use. Previous owner's name to ffep. Jacket is unclipped ($11.95) with some edge creases and several short tears to top edge of jacket up to 1/2 inch.
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Traveler of the Century
by Neuman, Andres
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 2012
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780374119393
- Item Price
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£12.24
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Full number line down to and including 1. In grey boards with blue type to spine. Jacket is unclipped. Very small moisture shadow to bottom edge of spine and inside jacket as if it touched water, but no real staining. My absolute favorite… Read more
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Pedro Paramo
by Rulfo, Juan
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1969
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First US Edition Thus/First Printing
- Item Price
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£122.36
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Grove Press, Inc., 1969. First US Edition Thus/First Printing. Paperback. Near Fine/N/A. First US paperback edition with First Printing stated. Same cover as the original hardcover by the same publisher. The incredible classic that launched a revolution in Latin American literature and inspired a generation and more of writers. Pages tanned and edges of covers, otherwise a very… Read more
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Mexico Virreinal: Agualeras de Nueva Espana
by Romero de Terreros, Manuel and S.L. Millard Rosenberg
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1925
- Condition
- Good +
- Edition
- First US Edition/1st Printing
- Item Price
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£20.39
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. First US Edition/1st Printing. Hardcover. Good +/N/A. In green cloth with black type. Wear/rubbing primarily at spine ends at corners which are a little soft. Spot to rear board and inscription to ffep. Tanned endpapers.
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