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MARQUEZ**, GABRIEL GARCIA: : The General in His Labyrinth. **

USA,NY.KNOPF,1990.

ISBN 0394589513.

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Originally and first published in Spain as 'El General en Su Laberinto' by Mondadori Espana,Madrid,1989.A portion of ths work was previously published  in The New Yorker.This edn translated by Edith Grossman and this the true 1st English language edn,preceding the CAPE [London] 1st edn by a year.Simultaneous issue in Canada.]FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Very lightly creased at the head+foot spine/ backstrip.A fictional account of the life of Simon Bolivar. Want more Gabriel Garcia MARQUEZ titles? For similar and other available titles,please search my MODERN FIRSTS and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

MARQUEZ**, GABRIEL GARCIA: : The General in his Labyrinth. **

LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE LTD.,1991.

ISBN 0224030833.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Originally and first published in Spain as 'El General en Su Laberinto' by Mondadori Espana,Madrid,1989. A portion of the work was previously published in The New Yorker.The US true 1st edn was published by KNOPF,in 1990 with a simultaneous issue in Canada.This edn translated by Edith Grossman and is the 1st UK edn/issue.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy colour pictorial artwork by Sarah Perkins - artwork differs from the US colour painting by Thomas Woodruff - illustrated front panel+spine of dw/dj,with capitalised, black-lettered author name,and other brown lettered title; very lightly sunned/faded spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author+title as front and publisher's capitalised, black-lettered+illustrated colophon,to foot of same,rear panel with white background and inset monochrome author's portrait photograph. Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present but inevitable age-acquired superficial scoring/indents - but without any penetration to boards beneath.Top +fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,a yellow+red striped headband, and immaculate plain,pale grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-285pp [paginated]; includes 8 chapters [unpaginated - without numeration], Author's Thanks,an 11pp Brief Chronology: Simon Bolivar; plus [unpaginated] blank,half-title with author's other books in English translation to its reverse,another half-title page as first page of double-page title page to its reverse,a dedication,an epigram,another title separator page,a b/w map (Mapa del Ultimo Viaje de Bolivar 1830) - the latter 4pp each with blank reverse, and to the rear,4pp blanks.                      Visually the exterior appearance is still exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 30_ plus year-old age.It is only the minimal exterior faults that prevents a slightly higher overall grading.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness and brightness and would be an excellent addition to any  Gabriel  Garcia Marquez collection.                              In his new novel,Gabriel Garcia Marquez transmutes historical truth into magical narrative as he recounts the tempestuous life of the great Simon Bolivar: known as the Liberator,the dreamer fired by his vision of a South America splendidly united,the dazzling orchastrator of political and military intrigue, the lover,the libertine,the fighter - the quintessential,devastatingly romantic nineteenth-century hero.                         Garcia Marquez gives us not the icon but the man - flesh and blood,complex,contradictory, worthy of both adoration and anger - seen among his enemies and partisans.And as Bolivar re-examines his life in the fierce light of death's imminence,history rushes in and the reader is immersed in the momentous decades-long adventure that Bolivar set in motion and that ultimately changed the destiny of a continent.              Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!  N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.  ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **               

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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