NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL AND OTHER STORIES - REVIEW COPY
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 Review Copy. Klein E1.a.1. Item #594
First Printing, a Review Copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. Octavo; 3/4 goldenrod paper over quarter rust-colord cloth, with titles stamped in dark brown on spine; dustjacket; 170pp. Slight wrinkle to cloth near crown (likely a production flaw), else Fine. In the first issue dustjacket, with the Jerry Bauer photo credit on rear panel; unclipped, with a few short edge tears, shallow chip at upper left corner of the spine, with trace of rubbing to lower left portion of the spine panel - Near Fine. 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 Review Copy.
Price: $750.00