Baroque Tales of Chile by Young, Henry Lyon - 1963

Arthur H Stockwell, 1963. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Some tanning to page edges and endpapers, pervious owner's name on front endpaper; wrapper has edgewear and rubbing..

Devon: Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. Presumed First UK Edition. Hardcover. This is a First UK Edition of 1963 but has a small 1964 stamp at the foot of the title page. Grey textured cloth boards with black titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket, which is not price-clipped. The Ex-Library Markings are the remnants of a few stickers/labels, a 'Baroque Tales of Chile' sticker, and the remains of old yellowed sellotape (presumably where the old library cover had once been stuck to theendpapers with) the latte being on both the front and rear endpapers. There are also library stamps to both endpapers and to the title page, which also has a number written across it in black ink. The text is uniformly clean and there is some light edge-wear/rubbing to the dustjacket covers. The page fore-edges are very lightly 'tanned' (more 'cream' really) with a few light spots/marks but are generally clean. The… Read More

Ilfracombe, Devon: Arthur H. Stockwell, 1963.. 1st edition. "a conglomeration of folklore, anecdotes, gossip, and fantasy. Stories include the 'Virgin of Andacollo', the legend of the miracle-working Virgin to whom the Indians dance for three days and three nights without ceasing...The second story is 'La Quintrala', the most dreaded and sinister figure in the history of South America, whose deeds woud have put the Marquis de Sade to shame." Pp.207, inscribed (in Spanish) by the author to front free endpaper with full name 'Henry Lyon Young'. Grey cloth, dustwrapper (not price-clipped) has 1cm loss to top of spine + further small edge losses and closed tear to spine and has a removable clear protective wrap. Scarce. VG/G+.