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  • DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE. by Allende, Isabel
    Allende, Isabel
    DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Historical novel of a young woman who leaves Chile for the California gold fields in 1848. SIGNED on the half title page. 399 pp. ISBN: 0-06-019491x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 62204
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  • THE STORIES OF EVA LUNA. by Allende, Isabel
    Allende, Isabel
    THE STORIES OF EVA LUNA.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fourth book by this Chilean writer (born in Peru, but now living in the US). Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. SIGNED by Allende on the title page. 331 pp. ISBN: 0-689-121024.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 52201
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  • THE INFINITE PLAN. by Allende, Isabel
    Allende, Isabel
    THE INFINITE PLAN.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1993. dj. Hardcover - The fourth novel by this Chilean writer. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. ISBN: 0-06-0170166.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 14314
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  • THE STORIES OF EVA LUNA. by Allende, Isabel
    Allende, Isabel
    THE STORIES OF EVA LUNA.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourth book by this Chilean writer (born in Peru, but now living in the US). Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. 331 pp. ISBN: 0-689-121024.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 41334
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  • PAULA. by Allende, Isabel
    Allende, Isabel
    PAULA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A powerful memoir, inspired by the tragic death of Allende's daughter. 330 pp,. ISBN: 0-06-0172533.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name, price-clipped, otherwise tight and clean.)

    Book ID: 45195
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  • Allende, Isabel
    PAULA.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: HarperCollins, 1994. dj. SIGNED first edition - A powerful memoir, inspired by the tragic death of Allende's daughter. SIGNED on the first page.

    Condition: Fine in printed yellow wrappers, with a glossy preliminary dustjacket wrapped around them (the dj has only the cover illustration, no text, and since it is larger than the proof, has a some creasing the upper edge, but is otherwise fine.)

    Book ID: 11570
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  • ZORRO: A Novel. by Allende, Isabel.
    Allende, Isabel.
    ZORRO: A Novel.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A lively retelling of the legend of the masked hero, born the son of two cultures, the child of an aristrocratic Spanish military officer and landowner in Southern California and of a mother who was a Shoshone warrior. Set in the early 19th century. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. Double page map. 390 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0778970.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 45298
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  • THE INFINITE PLAN. by Allende, Isabel
    Allende, Isabel
    THE INFINITE PLAN.

    Edition: First US trade edition.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth novel by this Chilean writer. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. 382 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0170166.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (remainder line).

    Book ID: 40619
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  • ZORRO: A Novel. by Allende, Isabel.
    Allende, Isabel.
    ZORRO: A Novel.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: HarperPerennial, (2006.). A lively retelling of the legend of the masked hero, born the son of two cultures, the child of an aristrocratic Spanish military officer and landowner in Southern California and of a mother who was a Shoshone warrior. Set in the early 19th century. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. Double page map. 390 pp. plus an interview with Allende, reading guide, etc. ISBN: 0-06-0779004.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 48403
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  • EVA LUNA. by Allende, Isabel
    Allende, Isabel
    EVA LUNA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel by this Chilean writer (born in Peru, but now living in the US). Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. 272 pp. Dust jacket art by James McMullen. ISBN: 0-394-572734.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dustjacket (dust jacket folded slightly offcenter.)

    Book ID: 51591
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  • THE INFINITE PLAN. by Allende, Isabel
    Allende, Isabel
    THE INFINITE PLAN.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: HarperCollins, (1993). First edition - The fourth novel by this Chilean writer. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. 380 pp. Much less common than the trade edition which had a planned first printing of 100,000 copies.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (some wear to the covers).

    Book ID: 66961
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  • THE STORIES OF EVA LUNA. by Allende, Isabel
    Allende, Isabel
    THE STORIES OF EVA LUNA.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fourth book by this Chilean writer (born in Peru, but now living in the US). Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. INSCRIBED by Allende with her signature drawing of a small flower 331 pp. ISBN: 0-689-121024.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 49240
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  • OF LOVE AND SHADOWS by Allende, Isabel
    Allende, Isabel
    OF LOVE AND SHADOWS

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - Chilean writer's second novel. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. ISBN: 0-394-549627.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (remainder mark)

    Book ID: 41402
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  • THE STORIES OF EVA LUNA. by Allende, Isabel
    Allende, Isabel
    THE STORIES OF EVA LUNA.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Fourth book by this Chilean writer (born in Peru, but now living in the US). Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. INSCRIBED by Allende with her signature flower drawing on the front endpaper "To -- in celebration of poetry" 331 pp. ISBN: 0-689-121024.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 63099
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  • THE INFINITE PLAN. by Allende, Isabel
    Allende, Isabel
    THE INFINITE PLAN.

    Edition: First US trade edition.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth novel by this Chilean writer. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. 382 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0170166.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 34452
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  • IN THE MIDST OF WINTER. by Allende, Isabel.
    Allende, Isabel.
    IN THE MIDST OF WINTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2017) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which uses a madcap adventure involving three unlikely co-conspirators with illuminated the plight of undocumented immigrants and a transformation of three people who thought they were in the winter of their lives. It "opens with endearingly oblivious academic Richard Bowmaster, who is rattled after taking his cat to the vet, and rear-ends a car driven by Evelyn Ortega. Ortega is not in the country legally, its her bosss vehicle, and he's not the sort of person you want to cross (ask the dead body in the trunk)." Translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson. 340 pp. ISBN: 978-1501178139.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 82726
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  • PORTRAIT IN SEPIA. by Allende, Isabel.
    Allende, Isabel.
    PORTRAIT IN SEPIA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 2001. dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel set in late 19th century Chile; it continues the story told in 'Daughter of Fortune.' Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. Family tree chart on endpapers. 304 pp. ISBN: 0-06-6211611.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 26343
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  • DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE. by Allende, Isabel
    Allende, Isabel
    DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1999. dj. Hardcover - Historical novel of a young woman who leaves Chile for the California gold fields in 1848. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. ISBN: 0-06-019491x.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 27085
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  • THE STORIES OF EVA LUNA. by Allende, Isabel
    Allende, Isabel
    THE STORIES OF EVA LUNA.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fourth book by this Chilean writer (born in Peru, but now living in the US). Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. SIGNED by Allende on the title page with her signature drawing of a small flower 331 pp. ISBN: 0-689-121024.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket (as new) .

    Book ID: 76934
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  • OF LOVE AND SHADOWS by Allende, Isabel
    Allende, Isabel
    OF LOVE AND SHADOWS

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - Chilean writer's second novel. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. ISBN: 0-394-549627.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good+ dustjacket (some light wear to the top edge of the dj.)

    Book ID: 12998
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  • SAVING THE WORLD. by Alvarez, Julia.
    Alvarez, Julia.
    SAVING THE WORLD.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel which goes back and forth between two centuries - from the fight against AIDS in the modern Dominican Republic to the 1803 smallpox expedition of Francisco Xavier Balmis. SIGNED on the title page. 368 pp. ISBN: 1-56512510x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82069
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  • SAVING THE WORLD. by Alvarez, Julia.
    Alvarez, Julia.
    SAVING THE WORLD.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which goes back and forth between two centuries - from the fight against AIDS in the modern Dominican Republic to the 1803 smallpox expedition of Francisco Xavier Balmis. 368 pp. ISBN: 156512510x.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 47879
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  • A CAFECITO STORY. by Alvarez, Julia.
    Alvarez, Julia.
    A CAFECITO STORY.

    Edition: First printing.

    White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2001 dj. Hardcover first edition - A lovely book on the growing of coffee illustrated with woodcuts by Belkis Ramirez, afterword by Bill Eichner, who talks about the importance of the traditional shade grown coffee, and how he and Alvarez came to be involved in an organic coffee farm in the Dominican Republic. 58 pp. ISBN: 193149800.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Promotional materials for this book and for 'Equal Exchange' laid in.

    Book ID: 48823
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  • YO! by Alvarez, Julia.
    Alvarez, Julia.
    YO!

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1997. First edition - Third novel by this award-winning writer and poet: "This zesty, daring novel is about what happens when an author really does 'write what she knows.' At once funny and poignant, intellectual and gossipy, lighthearted and layered in meaning." 309 pp

    Condition: Near fine (light soiling to back cover.)

    Book ID: 41368
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  • SOMETHING TO DECLARE. by Alvarez, Julia.
    Alvarez, Julia.
    SOMETHING TO DECLARE.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1998. SIGNED first edition - Twenty-four essays on her life as a 'hyphenated American' (In 1960, when Alvarez was 10 years old, her father, after a failed coup attempt against the dictator Rafael Trujillo, escaped to a self-imposed exile to New York City, where Dr. Alvarez set up a medical practice in the Bronx while his wife and four daughters set about the serious business of assimilation.), and on how this has influenced her writing. Includes the "Ten Commandments on Writing" - wisdom she has collected from other masters. SIGNED on the title page. 300 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in printed brown wrappers (some rubbing to the covers)

    Book ID: 82070
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  • IN THE NAME OF SALOME. by Alvarez, Julia.
    Alvarez, Julia.
    IN THE NAME OF SALOME.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 2000. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel about 'la musa de la patria', Dominican poet Salome Urena and her daughter, Profesora Camila Henriquez-Urena. SIGNED on the title page. 357 pp. ISBN: 1-56512-273.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 41365
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  • RETURN TO SENDER. by Alvarez, Julia.
    Alvarez, Julia.
    RETURN TO SENDER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. A moving story, with no easy answers, inspired by Alvarez's own work with the increasing number of Mexican farm workers and their children in Vermont. The title of the book refers to the name given by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (the ICE or "la migra") to their raids in 2006 - Operation Return to Sender. SIGNED on the title page. Novel written for young adults or older children. 323 pp. ISBN: 0-375-858385.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 45722
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  • RETURN TO SENDER. by Alvarez, Julia.
    Alvarez, Julia.
    RETURN TO SENDER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2009.). First edition - After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. A moving story, with no easy answers, inspired by Alvarez's own work with the increasing number of Mexican farm workers and their children in Vermont. The title of the book refers to the name given by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (the ICE or "la migra") to their raids in 2006 - Operation Return to Sender. Unlike most ARCs, this advance issue has a very different cover than the design used on the dust jackets of the trade edition. Author's letter to the reader. 302 pp. ISBN: 0-375-858385.

    Condition: Fine (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 45682
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  • YO! by Alvarez, Julia.
    Alvarez, Julia.
    YO!

    Edition: First printing.

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third novel by this award-winning writer and poet: "This zesty, daring novel is about what happens when an author really does 'write what she knows.' At once funny and poignant, intellectual and gossipy, lighthearted and layered in meaning." SIGNED on the title page. 309 pp. ISBN: 1565121570.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 41367
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  • SOMETHING TO DECLARE. by Alvarez, Julia.
    Alvarez, Julia.
    SOMETHING TO DECLARE.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1998. SIGNED first edition - Twenty-four essays on her life as a 'hyphenated American' (In 1960, when Alvarez was 10 years old, her father, after a failed coup attempt against the dictator Rafael Trujillo, escaped to a self-imposed exile to New York City, where Dr. Alvarez set up a medical practice in the Bronx while his wife and four daughters set about the serious business of assimilation.), and on how this has influenced her writing. Includes the "Ten Commandments on Writing" - wisdom she has collected from other masters. SIGNED on the title page. 300 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed brown wrappers.

    Book ID: 41369
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