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  • Alegria, Fernando.
    ALLENDE: A Novel.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Originally published in Spanish in 1989, this accurate but imaginative portrait of Salvador Allende, former President of Chile, has been revised for this edition by the author, with a new preface and postscript by Alegria. Translated by Frank Janney. Foreword by Frederick M. Nunn. ISBN: 0-8047-19985.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 17536
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  • Allende, Isabel.
    INES OF MY SOUL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel based on the life of conquistadora Ines Suarez, who together with Pedro de Valdivia, struggled to build the city of Santiago. "Born into a poor family in Spain, Ines, a seamstress, finds herself condemned to a life of hard work without reward or hope for the future. It is the sixteenth century, the beginning of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, and when her shiftless husband disappears to the New World, Ines uses the opportunity to search for him as an excuse to flee her stifling homeland and seek adventure." Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. Bibliographical note. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-061161535.

    Condition: Very good in near fine dust jacket (some toning to the pages, remainder line).

    Book ID: 68620
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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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  • 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: 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • INES OF MY SOUL. by Allende, Isabel
    Allende, Isabel
    INES OF MY SOUL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel based on 16th century events that led to the founding of Chile. "Born into a poor family in Spain, Ines, a seamstress, finds herself condemned to a life of hard work . . when her shiftless husband disappears to the New World, she uses the opportunity to search for him After her treacherous journey takes her to Peru, she learns that her husband has died in battle. Soon she begins a fiery love affair with a man who will change the course of her life: Pedro de Valdivia, war hero and field marshal to the famed Francisco Pizarro." Together they built the new city of Santiago,…

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    New York: Harper Collins, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel based on 16th century events that led to the founding of Chile. "Born into a poor family in Spain, Ines, a seamstress, finds herself condemned to a life of hard work . . when her shiftless husband disappears to the New World, she uses the opportunity to search for him After her treacherous journey takes her to Peru, she learns that her husband has died in battle. Soon she begins a fiery love affair with a man who will change the course of her life: Pedro de Valdivia, war hero and field marshal to the famed Francisco Pizarro." Together they built the new city of Santiago, and waged a bloody, ruthless war against the indigenous Chileans. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Illustrations on the title page and preceding each chapter were reproduced from the 1852 Madrid edition of "La Araucana" by Alonso de Ercilla. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. Bibliographical note. 321 pp. ISBN: 978-0061161537.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80793
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  • IN THE MIDST OF WINTER. by Allende, Isabel.
    Allende, Isabel.
    IN THE MIDST OF WINTER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2017). 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.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (toning to edge of textblock)

    Book ID: 82764
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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: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 33242
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  • PORTRAIT IN SEPIA. by Allende, Isabel.
    Allende, Isabel.
    PORTRAIT IN SEPIA.

    Edition: First printing.

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

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80877
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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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  • INES OF MY SOUL. by Allende, Isabel.
    Allende, Isabel.
    INES OF MY SOUL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel based on the life of conquistadora Ines Suarez, who together with Pedro de Valdivia, struggled to build the city of Santiago. "Born into a poor family in Spain, Ines, a seamstress, finds herself condemned to a life of hard work without reward or hope for the future. It is the sixteenth century, the beginning of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, and when her shiftless husband disappears to the New World, Ines uses the opportunity to search for him as an excuse to flee her stifling homeland and seek adventure." Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. Bibliographical note. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-061161535.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some light toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 68619
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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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  • 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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  • WE WERE 49ers! by Beilharz, Edwin A. and Lopez, Carlos U., translators and editors.
    Beilharz, Edwin A. and Lopez, Carlos U., translators and editors.
    WE WERE 49ers!

    Edition: First edition.

    Pasadena, CA: Ward Ritchie Press, 1976. Hardcover first edition - Chilean accounts of the California Gold Rush - taken from diaries and personal accounts. It is estimated that the Chilean population in California during the gold rush reached 7,000 - in the early years, they represented the 2nd largest foreign contingent. Many of these Chileans were highly educated, including some of the most famous writers of their country - so their writings are sophisticated, perceptive and often laced with a wry humor. Photographs, bibliography and biographical information about the writers.

    Condition: Very near fine in black cloth, lacking the dust jacket.

    Book ID: 55497
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  • GODZILLA IN MEXICO / GODZILA EN MEXICO. by Bolano, Roberto.
    Bolano, Roberto.
    GODZILLA IN MEXICO / GODZILA EN MEXICO.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: New Directions, 2008. First edition - Poem in both English and Spanish from "The Romantic Dogs," printed on a single sheet of stiff white paper, 17 1/2 inches tall by 6 inches wide. Black and white photograph of Bolano at the top, text in black.

    Condition: Very near fine.

    Book ID: 68884
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  • HOUSE OF MIST. by Bombal, Maria-Luisa.
    Bombal, Maria-Luisa.
    HOUSE OF MIST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus, 1947. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by perhaps the most influential Latin American woman writer of the early 20th century. Originally published as 'La Ultima Niebla' in Argentina in 1934 (where she had fled in 1933 after a failed suicide attempt and an attempt to shoot her husband, and where she met and became friends with Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges), this was rewritten by the author in English for this edition (at the time of publication in the US, she was living in New York.) Her books, with their mingling of fantasy, realism and surrealism are considered precursors of the magical realism in Latin American literature. In her prologue to…

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    New York: Farrar, Straus, 1947. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by perhaps the most influential Latin American woman writer of the early 20th century. Originally published as 'La Ultima Niebla' in Argentina in 1934 (where she had fled in 1933 after a failed suicide attempt and an attempt to shoot her husband, and where she met and became friends with Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges), this was rewritten by the author in English for this edition (at the time of publication in the US, she was living in New York.) Her books, with their mingling of fantasy, realism and surrealism are considered precursors of the magical realism in Latin American literature. In her prologue to this novel, she writes: 'I wish to inform the reader that even though this is a mystery, it is a mystery without murder. He will not find here any corpse, any detective; he will not even find a murder trial, for the simple reason that there will be no murderer. There will be no murderer and no murder, yet there will be . . . crime. And there will be fear. Those for whom fear has an attraction; those who are interested in the mysterious life people live in their dreams during sleep; those who believe that the dead are not really dead; those who are afraid of the fog and of their own hearts. . . they will perhaps enjoy going back to the early days of this century and entering into the strange house of mist that a young woman, very much like all other women, built for herself at the southern end of South America.' Cover praise from Neruda and Borges (who called her work 'Stories of melancholy magic.') and others. Listed both in Hubin and in Bleiler Fantastic Literature. Striking dust jacket art by George Salter. 245 pp.

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    Condition: Near fine in a a good dustjacket. (upper corner of dj flap clipped, but price present in lower corner, some toning, large chip to lower edge of front cover)

    Book ID: 40439
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  • HOUSE OF MIST. by Bombal, Maria-Luisa.
    Bombal, Maria-Luisa.
    HOUSE OF MIST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus, 1947. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by perhaps the most influential Latin American woman writer of the early 20th century. Originally published as 'La Ultima Niebla' in Argentina in 1934 (where she had fled in 1933 after a failed suicide attempt and an attempt to shoot her husband, and where she met and became friends with Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges), this was rewritten by the author in English for this edition (at the time of publication in the US, she was living in New York.) Her books, with their mingling of fantasy, realism and surrealism are considered precursors of the magical realism in Latin American literature. In her prologue to…

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    New York: Farrar, Straus, 1947. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by perhaps the most influential Latin American woman writer of the early 20th century. Originally published as 'La Ultima Niebla' in Argentina in 1934 (where she had fled in 1933 after a failed suicide attempt and an attempt to shoot her husband, and where she met and became friends with Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges), this was rewritten by the author in English for this edition (at the time of publication in the US, she was living in New York.) Her books, with their mingling of fantasy, realism and surrealism are considered precursors of the magical realism in Latin American literature. In her prologue to this novel, she writes: 'I wish to inform the reader that even though this is a mystery, it is a mystery without murder. He will not find here any corpse, any detective; he will not even find a murder trial, for the simple reason that there will be no murderer. There will be no murderer and no murder, yet there will be . . . crime. And there will be fear. Those for whom fear has an attraction; those who are interested in the mysterious life people live in their dreams during sleep; those who believe that the dead are not really dead; those who are afraid of the fog and of their own hearts. . . they will perhaps enjoy going back to the early days of this century and entering into the strange house of mist that a young woman, very much like all other women, built for herself at the southern end of South America.' Cover praise from Neruda and Borges (who called her work 'Stories of melancholy magic.') and others. Listed both in Hubin and in Bleiler Fantastic Literature. Striking dust jacket art by George Salter. 245 pp.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (light toning to edges of textblock and dj, upper corner of dj flap clipped, but price present in lower corner)

    Book ID: 82281
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  • HOUSE OF MIST and THE SHROUDED WOMAN. by Bombal, Maria-Luisa (1910-1980)
    Bombal, Maria-Luisa (1910-1980)
    HOUSE OF MIST and THE SHROUDED WOMAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    Austin: University of Texas Press, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Omnibus edition of two novels by perhaps the most influential Latin American woman writer of the early 20th century, originally published in Spanish and then in English translations (by Bombal herself) in 1947 and 1948. Her books, with their mingling of fantasy, realism and surrealism are considered precursors of the magical realism in Latin American literature. Foreword by Naomi Lindstrom. A title in the Texas Pan-Am series. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-292-70836X.

    Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 57306
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  • IN PATAGONIA. by Chatwin, Bruce (1940 - 1989)
    Chatwin, Bruce (1940 - 1989)
    IN PATAGONIA.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Summit Books, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - Chatwin's first book, one which redefined travel writing, a record of a six month stay in Patagonia in 1974 but much more, including reflections on his childhood and the stories of other travellers to the area. Chatwin himself called it a "Quest or Wonder Voyage. It is about wandering and exile and its structure is as old as literature itself." Sources. 203 pp. ISBN: 0-671-400452.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (crease to corner of front flap of dj).

    Book ID: 72891
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  • Considine, John J.
    NEW HORIZONS IN LATIN AMERICA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York Dodd, Mead, 1958. dj. Hardcover first edition - Informative synthesis of people from South and Middle America. from Brazil' s favelas to Argentina, Uruguay, and a study of Chilean fundo life.Photographs, charts. 379 pp with footnotes, appendix, and index. Map endpapers.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 28147
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  • CHARLESTON & OTHER STORIES. by Donoso, Jose.
    Donoso, Jose.
    CHARLESTON & OTHER STORIES.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Boston: Godine, 1977. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 9 short stories translated by Andree Conrad. One review described this great Chilean writer as 'extraordinarily sophisticated, in perfect control of time dissolves, contradictory voices, gritty realism and hallucinatory figures. ' An attractively produced volume. 176 pp. ISBN: 0-87923-1971.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket. (price-clipped)

    Book ID: 59343
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  • Donoso, Jose.
    CHARLESTON & OTHER STORIES.

    Edition: Limited, signed edition.

    Boston: Godine, 1977. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of only 200 numbered copies, SIGNED by the author. A collection of 9 short stories translated by Andree Conrad. One review described this great Chilean writer as 'extraordinarily sophisticated, in perfect control of time dissolves, contradictory voices, gritty realism and hallucinatory figures. Bound in light olive green cloth with marbelized endpapers, gold lettering on spine. ISBN: 0-87923-1971.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine slipcase.

    Book ID: 18069
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  • THE GARDEN NEXT DOOR. by Donoso, Jose.
    Donoso, Jose.
    THE GARDEN NEXT DOOR.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Grove Press, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A "brilliant satire of the writer's life" by this Chilean novelist. Translated from the Spanish by Hardie St. Martin. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-12382.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (previous owner's name.)

    Book ID: 48430
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  • CHARLESTON & OTHER STORIES. by Donoso, Jose.
    Donoso, Jose.
    CHARLESTON & OTHER STORIES.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Boston: Godine, 1977. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 9 short stories translated by Andree Conrad. One review described this great Chilean writer as 'extraordinarily sophisticated, in perfect control of time dissolves, contradictory voices, gritty realism and hallucinatory figures. ' An attractively produced volume. 176 pp. ISBN: 0-87923-1971.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 29371
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  • Dorfman, Ariel
    MASCARA

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel by this exiled Chilean writer - and the first which he wrote in English. Called a 'haunting, surreal, brilliantly conceived thriller about deception and betrayal.' Review copy with publisher's materials laid in. ISBN: 0-670-823147.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 21222
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  • Dorfman, Ariel
    MASCARA

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel by this exiled Argentinian writer - and the first which he wrote in English. ISBN: 0-670-823147.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 21223
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