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121. -. Same title. The uncorrected proof copy. Paper clip imprint front cover; else fine in wrappers.
122. GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel. Manuscript of "La Viuda de Montiel." (n.p.): (n.p.)(n.d.). The original manuscript of this story, written by García Márquez in the 1950s, when he was still working primarily as a journalist. The story was included in a collection entitled Los Funerales de la Mamá Grande, published by a small university press in Mexico in 1962. Eight pages, ribbon copy, with authorial corrections in pencil and ink on every page, including a number of excisions that remain visible. Pages somewhat foxed and aged; very good, in a custom clamshell box. A remarkable amount of the writer's work is in evidence on the page; a notable item from a Nobel Prize-winning author, whose manuscripts are kept under lock and key and not likely to make it onto the market. This, having come from a longtime family friend and originating with the author's sister, is one of a very small number of García Márquez manuscripts that have ever been offered for sale, and it is the only one remaining.
123. GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel. Los Funerales de la Mamá Grande. Xalapa: Universidad Veracruzana, 1962. The first edition of his first collection of short fiction, the title work of which first introduced the element of magical realism that serves to identify much of his later work. Inscribed by the author in 1993. Books signed by García Márquez are decidedly scarce: because of his friendship with Fidel Castro and his outspoken leftist political stance, he was barred from travel in the U.S. for a time, or has declined to visit. Consequently, few people have had the chance to have their books signed by him in this country. Rubbed at folds, else fine in wrappers. A very nice copy of an important title.
124. GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel. La Mala Hora. Madrid: Premio Literario Esso, 1962. His fourth book, winner of the "Esso Literary Prize" and thus published by Esso Colombiana, S.A. -- i.e., Standard Oil Company of Colombia. One of 5000 copies printed but far fewer sold; reportedly fewer than 700 copies. Wrappers rubbed, with vertical creasing near the spine fold; some restoration to the spine; otherwise very good. Inscribed by the author in 1993. One of the nicest copies we have seen of this title.
125. -. Same title. NY: Harper & Row (1979). The first American edition, In Evil Hour. Translated by Gregory Rabassa. Sticker shadow front pastedown; else fine in a very near fine dust jacket.
126. -. Another copy. The text is bound into the boards upside down; the price on the jacket flap has been crossed out and replaced with a lower price. Very near fine in like dust jacket with one tiny edge tear.
127. GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel. One Hundred Years of Solitude. NY: Harper & Row, 1970. The first American edition of his masterwork, one of the most important novels of the century, which introduced magical realism to a wide audience and helped bring the "boom" in Latin American literature to this country. At the end of the 1970s this book was voted by the editors of The New York Times Book Review to be not only the best book published in the last ten years but the one most likely to still be read and still be important one hundred years hence. García Márquez has been awarded the Nobel Prize, among countless other literary awards. Faint top edge foxing; still a fine copy in a very near fine, first issue dust jacket with a touch of rubbing at the upper rear spine fold and a bit of creasing at the lower front corner. In custom folding chemise and slipcase. A book that has become increasingly difficult to find with the correct first issue dust jacket (with an exclamation point at the end of the first paragraph of text on the front flap). For years, the priority of the two issues was unknown, and their relative scarcity a matter of some doubt but little import. Since the discovery of the galley proofs with the flap text included in proof form, the priority has been clearly established, and copies of the first issue have been snapped up in the market whenever they appear, leaving only copies with second issue jackets readily available. This copy has the red and yellow headbands; no priority determined.
128. -. Another copy. Faint top edge foxing and vertical spine crease; near fine in a near fine, first issue dust jacket with three professionally mended tears. This is the issue with the green and yellow headbands.
129. -. Another copy. Previous owner notation on front flyleaf; else fine in a near fine, price-clipped, first issue dust jacket.
130. -. Same title. The galley proofs of the American edition. 145 7 1/2" x 24" sheets, folded once. These are the corrected galleys, incorporating earlier copy-editing changes, and with pagination to page 422, corresponding to the published text. The outer sheet (a blank) is torn; otherwise the sheets are near fine. The dust jacket text is not included. An exceedingly rare state of this landmark novel -- the only copy of this state of the text in galley form that we have ever seen offered; possibly unique. In custom folding chemise and full morocco slipcase.
131. -. Same title. London: Jonathan Cape (1970). The first British edition. Tiny corner bumps; else fine in a very good dust jacket with internally tape-repaired edge tears. A high spot of Twentieth Century world literature.
132. GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel. No One Writes to the Colonel. London: Cape (1971). The first British edition of his first book to be published in English, having been issued in the U.S. in 1968. Here, its publication came after the success of One Hundred Years of Solitude in 1970. In both cases, publication in English was well after the original publication in Spanish: the title novella in this collection was originally published in 1961; the rest of the stories were published in a collection in 1962. Includes the translation of "Artificial Roses," the story present in manuscript above. Inscribed by the author in 1992. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
133. GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel. El Otoño del Patriarca. (Barcelona): Plaza y Janes (1975). The first edition. Light splaying to boards; else fine in a near fine dust jacket with the publisher's wraparound band ("La tan esperada novela del autor de Cien Años de Soledad") present. Signed by the author. An important, experimental novel, the author's first after the international success of One Hundred Years of Solitude, and exceedingly scarce signed.
134. -. Another copy, unsigned. A strip of glue residue on the front flyleaf; near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
135. GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel. El Amor en los Tiempos del Cólera. (Bogotá): Editorial La Oveja Negra (1985). The "rustic" issue of the Colombian trade edition, in a smaller format than the signed limited deluxe issue, which was produced as a charitable effort to benefit the victims of Colombian mudslides. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.
136. -. Same title, Love in the Time of Cholera. NY: Knopf, 1988. The uncorrected proof copy of the first American edition. Inscribed by the author in 1992 on the dedication page, where he has amended the page so that the dedication appears to include the recipient. Fine in yellow wrappers. Very scarce.
137. GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel. El General en su Laberinto. Mexico City: Diana (1989). The first Mexican trade edition, probably issued simultaneously with the Colombian edition, as has been the usual case with García Márquez's Latin American editions. Fine in wrappers and warmly inscribed by the author ("from your great friend") in the year of publication. Signed copies of García Márquez's major novels are quite uncommon.
138. -. Same title. Mexico: Ediciones del Equilibrista, 1990. Of 1000 copies total of this limited edition, this is one of 250 copies of the edition published and distributed in Mexico. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase.
139. -. Same title, The General in his Labyrinth. NY: Knopf, 1993. The uncorrected proof copy of the first American edition. Fine in wrappers and inscribed by the author. Review excerpts from his previous novel stapled inside the front cover, including a piece from a Thomas Pynchon review in The New York Times Book Review.
140. GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel. Of Love and Other Demons. NY: Knopf, 1995. A hardcover advance copy. An attractive production, in unstamped illustrated boards that differ from the published binding. Fine in publisher's sealed paper sheath -- black paper with white text and a peekaboo hole through to the illustrated binding.
141. GILCHRIST, Ellen. Victory Over Japan. Boston: Little Brown (1984). Her National Book Award-winning collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
142. GLEITER, Jan. Lie Down with Dogs. NY: St. Martin's (1996). Well-received first mystery, which won an in-house award at St. Martin's Press. Signed by Gleiter. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Laid in is an autograph letter signed by the author.
143. GOLDING, William. Free Fall. London: Faber & Faber (1959). The uncorrected proof copy of Golding's fourth novel. Golding won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. Ink name on the front cover (the reviewer assigned?) and mild edge and spine staining (apparently from the spine glue). A very good copy of a scarce, early proof, this issue bound in green wrappers.
144. -. Another copy, this one in light gray wrappers, and perhaps a second state, although we don't have any conclusive indication of priority. Near fine.
145. GOODMAN, Allegra. Kaaterskill Falls. (NY): Dial (1998). Her well-received third book, first novel, a finalist the National Book Award and winner of the Edward Lewis Wallant Award. Fine in a fine dust jacket, and signed by the author.
146. GORDIMER, Nadine. The Soft Voice of the Serpent. NY: Simon & Schuster (1952). The first American edition of the South African Nobel Prize winner's first book to be published outside of her native country, a collection of stories. Inscribed by the author. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a bit of rubbing to the spine, a tear to the front flap fold, and a tiny chip to the rear flap fold.
147. -. Another copy. Near fine in a near fine, edge- and spine-tanned dust jacket with light edge wear.
148. -. Another copy. Owner label front pastedown, endpapers foxed; very good in a very good jacket wrinkled at the spine base and with a few small tears and chips.
149. -. Another copy. Boards heavily dampstained at the lower edge; a good copy in an internally dampstained, else very good dust jacket.
150. GORDIMER, Nadine. Six Feet of the Country. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1956. The first American edition of her second collection of stories to be published here. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very nice copy.
151. GORDIMER, Nadine. A World of Strangers. London: Gollancz, 1958. Her fourth book, second novel. Owner name front pastedown, under jacket flap. Slight offsetting to free endpapers but still very good in a moderately spine-sunned dust jacket with an open edge tear at the upper rear spine fold. A nice copy of an early Gordimer title.
152. -. Same title. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1958. The first American edition. Corners bumped; near fine in a very good dust jacket. An attractive copy.
153. GORDIMER, Nadine. Friday's Footprint. NY: Viking, 1960. The first American edition. A collection of stories and a novella. Foxing to endpages; near fine in a very good, spine- and edge-faded dust jacket with a few edge tears.
154. GORDIMER, Nadine. Occasion for Loving. NY: Viking (1963). One of her least common books in this country -- "a novel of love and hate in the shadow of racial conflict." Fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and edge wear, particularly at the spine crown.
155. -. Another copy. Near fine in a very good, price-clipped and heavily spine-faded dust jacket that is splitting along the front flap fold.
156. GORDIMER, Nadine. A Guest of Honor. NY: Viking (1970). A review copy of the first American edition of this novel which won England's James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket with slip, photo and promotional material laid in.
157. GORDIMER, Nadine. The Conservationist. London: Cape (1974). The uncorrected proof copy of the first British edition of this novel, winner of the Booker Prize. Near fine in wrappers with publisher's plain printed label affixed to the front cover. A scarce proof, and the Nobel Prize-winner's only Booker winner.
158. GORDIMER, Nadine. Burger's Daughter. NY: Viking (1979). The first American edition of this important novel of South Africa, which was originally banned there when it was first published. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a scratch to the lamination on the rear panel.
159. GORDIMER, Nadine. A Soldier's Embrace. NY: Viking (1980). The uncorrected proof. A collection of stories. Mildly spine-sunned; else fine in wrappers.
160. -. Same title. London: Cape (1980). The uncorrected proof copy of the first British edition. Signed by the author in 1998. Abrasion to half title (from a binding flaw, it would appear); near fine in wrappers.
161. GORDIMER, Nadine. Town and Country Lovers. Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1980. A short story by the South African Nobel Prize winner. One of 330 numbered copies signed by the author. Light foxing to a few pages, and a slight mustiness overall; near fine. An attractive book.
162. GORDIMER, Nadine. July's People. NY: Viking (1981). The first American edition of this short novel positing a race war in South Africa. Signed by the author. A few marginal ink marks; very good in a very good dust jacket.
163. GORDIMER, Nadine. A Correspondence Course and Other Stories. Helsinki: Eurographica (1986). A limited edition of this collection of three stories. One of 350 copies signed by the author. Fine in wrappers and dust jacket.
164. GORDIMER, Nadine. A Sport of Nature. NY: Knopf, 1987. The uncorrected proof copy of the first American edition, this being the issue in white wrappers. Fine.
165. GORDIMER, Nadine. Jump. Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1991. A limited edition of her eighth collection of stories. Leatherbound, all edges gilt, with a silk ribbon marker bound in. Signed by the author. With an introduction by Gordimer that does not appear in other editions. Fine.
166. GORDIMER, Nadine. None to Accompany Me. NY: FSG (1994). The first American edition of this novel set in the period just before South Africa's change from the apartheid system to a system of majority rule based on free elections. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
167. GORDIMER, Nadine. The House Gun. NY: FSG (1998). The uncorrected proof copy of the first American edition of this novel. Paper clip imprint front cover; else fine in wrappers.
168. -. Another copy of the proof. Signed by the author. A couple small spots; near fine in wrappers, with publisher's promotional sheets laid in.
169. GORDIMER, Nadine. Living in Hope and History. NY: FSG (1999). The uncorrected proof copy of the first American edition of this collection of essays, reports and reflections spanning 50 years. Fine in wrappers.
170. GRAHAM, Jorie. The Dream of the Unified Field. Hopewell: Ecco Press (1995). Selected poems, 1974-1994. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with the prize announcement label attached.
171. GRASS, Günter. My Century. NY: Harcourt Brace (1999). The uncorrected proof copy of the first American edition of his most recent book, a collection of one hundred stories, one for each year. Grass, author of the classic The Tin Drum, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999. Fine in wrappers.
172. GREEN, George Dawes. The Caveman's Valentine. (NY): Warner (1994). His first book, winner of an Edgar Award for Best First Mystery. Signed by the author with an added sentiment. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
173. GURGANUS, Allan. White People. NY: Knopf, 1991. A collection of short fiction, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
174. GUTERSON, David. Snow Falling on Cedars. NY: Harcourt Brace (1994). His first novel, a well-written and touching story of a murder trial on an island in Puget Sound in the aftermath of World War II. The evocative prose captures an era, depicting the conflicting sensibilities of the island's Japanese-American community and its white, patriotic fishermen. On the basis of this book, Guterson was included on the list of Granta's 20 best young American writers. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. Inscribed by the author to Annie Dillard in the year of publication, "with gratitude for your/ support & with respect -- ." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
175. -. Same title. The uncorrected proof copy. This copy belonged to Annie Dillard and bears her ownership signature. Spine slanted, presumably from reading, and one page corner turned. Near fine in wrappers. In our experience, a very scarce proof.