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The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
by Hijuelos, Oscar
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0374201250
- ISBN 13
- 9780374201258
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989-08-21. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Signed. New York: Farrar, Strauss, & Giroux, 1989. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed by Hijuelos on the half title page. Includes bookmark from FSG. DJ pulled at spine, mild shelf wear. Fine in Very Good jacket.
Synopsis
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love is a 1989 novel by Oscar Hijuelos. It is about the lives of two Cuban brothers and musicians, Cesar and Nestor Castillo, who immigrate to the United States and settle in New York City in the early 1950s. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1990, being the first novel by an American-born Hispanic to do so. It was the basis for a 1992 motion picture, The Mambo Kings, as well as a musical in 2005.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Vandello Books, Member IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 170120041OFFFHi
- Title
- The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
- Author
- Hijuelos, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374201250
- ISBN 13
- 9780374201258
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989-08-21
- Keywords
- Cuba - Music
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Returns accepted within 30 days of purchase.
About the Seller
Vandello Books, Member IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
Seattle, Washington
About Vandello Books, Member IOBA
Vandello Books is an online bookstore in Seattle, Washington. Our areas of strength include Modern Firsts, Textiles, Craft and the Arts. We carry inventory in numerous subject areas and are happy to advise our customers on building collections. We consider ourselves to be custodians of your books and treat each item with this philosophy in mind.
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- New
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- Half Title
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- Spine
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