The Alchemist by Coelho, Paulo - 2003-03-18

HarperSanFrancisco, 1993-05-28. Hardcover. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

New.

NY:: HarperSanFrancisco,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0062502174 . A fable about following your dream. Translated from the Portuguese by Alan R. Clarke. With a new introduction by the author. First printing of the 10th Anniversary edition. Remainder mark on top edge, previous owner's label on front free endpaper, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. .

Harper One, 2002-01-01. TENTH ANNIVERSARY ED. Hardcover. New. 5th printing. A FINE Hardcover with a FINE dustjacket. AS NEW. All dustjackets wrapped in Archival protection, and delivery confirmation with all our orders!

Harper San Francisco, 1993. Hardcover. New. 192 pages. 8.75x5.25x1.00 inches.

HarperSanFrancisco, 2003-03-18. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1993.

Dust jacket design by Michele Wetherbee.

First edition in English of Coelho's classic work, which has been translated into over 70 languages. Octavo, original half cloth. Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Beautifully inscripted. Translated by Alan R. Clarke.

Paulo Coelho wrote The Alchemist in only two weeks in 1987. He explained he was able to write at this pace because the story was "already written in [his] soul." The book's main theme is about finding one's destiny. It tells the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist.The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories have done, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and,… Read More

(New York): HarperSanFrancisco, 1993. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Translated by Alan R. Clarke. Fine in French-folded wrappers, with Coelho's name misspelled on the cover. The initial print run was only 50,000 copies; remarkable, since the book would go on to reportedly sell 150 million copies worldwide.

San Francisco: Harper San Francisco. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0062502174 . First American edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. (177pp. ) (5 1/2" X 8 1/2") (Previous owner's neat inked signature with date at upper corner of half-title page. ) The internationally acclaimed bestseller which has gone through numerous printings, and today is remarkably elusive in the 'first printing." .