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BROAD AND ALIEN IS THE WORLD
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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1941 This novel, set in Peru and about village life in the mountains, won the Latin America Prize Novel Contest. Alegria is a Peruano who lived and wrote in Chile. The book is a clean solid copy, the dj is generally bright, but has three coffee drop stains on front and soiling on back, and the head and tail of dj spine is chipped. Translated from the Spanish by Harriet de Onis, 434pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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THE COMPASS STONE
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New York: Grove Press, 1987 First Edition stated and with number line with 1. A weird and engrossing story. Underlining in ink on nine pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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THE LOST STEPS
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New York: Alfred .A Knopf, 1971 Scant underlining in ink on four pages, name in ink on front free endpaper, light rubbing to head of dust jacket spine. Translated from the Spanish by Harriet de Onis, Introduction by J. B. Priestley, blurp by Edith Sitwell on front dust jacket cover calling Carpentier one of the greatest living writers. Author is noted Cuban writer, musicologist, and traveler. 278 pages.. Early reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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COMO AGUA PARA CHOCOLATE, Novela de Entregas Mensuales con Recetas, Amores y Remedios Caseros
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New York: Doubleday, 1993 Esquivel's FIRST BOOK, 222 pages. En español. Una copia muy bueno, con nombre on rear free endpaper. Apparently unread, crisp copy. Name on rear endpaper. First American edition in Spanish.(number line with 1) Originally published in Mexico in 1990. Published in English by Doubleday in 1992. . First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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THE HYDRA HEAD
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1978 originally published in Mexico as La Cabeza de la Hidra, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden, a Third World spy thriller with an international cast of characters, top edges show faint spo tting, two small handwritten letters on bottom edges, very minor edgewear to dj, 292pp.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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THE CAMPAIGN
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1991 translated from the Spanish by Alfred Mac Adam, (original title, La Campaña) , a robust novel of early 19th century South America, 246pp.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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JUAN THE LANDLESS
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New York: Viking, 1977 First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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OTHER FIRES, Short Fiction By Latin American Women
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New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1986 Nineteen stories by writers including Marta Lynch, Lydia Cabrera, Elena Poniatowska, Silvina Ocampo, and others. Red remainder mark top edges, else fine. . Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder. more information
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BELARMINO AND APOLONIO
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Berkeley: University of California Berkeley 1971, 1971 Dust jacket price-clipped. Translated from the Spanish by Murray Baumgarten and Gabriel Berns. This is the masterpiece of the Spanish writer Perez de Ayala, first published in 1921. This is the first English translation. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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IN PRAISE OF THE STEPMOTHER
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1990 First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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