The Children of Sanchez - Autobiography of A Mexican Family by Lewis, Oscar - 1969

New York: Modern Library, 1969. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Modern Library Edition.. Very clean stated First Modern Library Edition in clean original dust jacket. Modern Library Giant No. G-100. Toledano binding no. G7. Clean black cloth boards with "ml" logo on lower corner of front cover, bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean bright endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 499 pages + about the author, eight-page list of Modern Library titles. Small bookstore ticket at bottom corner of rear fixed endpaper. Clean dust jacket has short closed edge tears, wear at top spine edge, price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A scarce Modern Library title that is a deep and intimate account of an actual family from the slums of Mexico City. Well-written, drawing the reader into the world of the Sanchez family as decisively as we are drawn into the imaginary worlds of Dickens or Tolstoy. But this world is real, not imaginary..