Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1968. Second Argentine Edition (and third Spanish language edition overall, following Colombia and Mexico). An early edition of the author's highly-regarded 1961 novella, written between 1956-57 while he lived in Paris. This copy was originally owned by Ramiro de la Espriella (1921-2015), a lawyer, politician, and..... More
New York: Harper and Row, 1968. First American Edition. Basis for the well-received 1999 film "El Colonel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba," starring Salma Hayek; the film was nominated for the Palm d'Or at Cannes in 1999. The 1982 Nobel Prize winner's first book in English, particularly desirable as a...... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. Uncorrected proof copy of the Nobel Prize-winning author's fourth novel, the saga of love and loss over five decades. A significant association copy inscribed by Edith Grossman, the preeminent translator of literary works from Spanish to English, to Glenn Horowitz, who brokered..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. First British Edition. First Printing. Fine in a Fine, priceclipped dustjacket. More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970. First American Edition. A superlative copy of the Nobel Prize winner's masterpiece, and likely the most widely-read Spanish language novel aside from 'Don Quixote.' The present example is a review copy, with the publisher's typed slip laid in; the slip differs from other..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1972. First American Edition. The Nobel Prize-winning author's third book translated into English, collecting the title story and six shorter works. Not an uncommon title, but scarce as a review copy. Klein E3.a.1. First Printing, a review copy, with publisher's printed slip and a...... More