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MARQUEZ**, GABRIEL GARCIA: : LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA. [Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman.]

LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1988.

ISBN 0224025708.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman.Originally published under the title 'El amor en los tiempos del colera',by Editorial Oveja Negra Ltda.,Bogota, Colombia.] FINE/NFINE. Neat,blue ink owner's name with an underscore to top,right-hand corner of front free endpaper and price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork,by Andrew Kulman,vignette illustrated front panel of dw/dj with black+ brown lettering,rear panel with author's b/w portrait photograph; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Spine/backstrip of dw/dj ubiquitously,sunned/faded(?) to white - as opposed to it's original pale cream? Some inevitable but light,superficial scoring etc.,to both panels of dw/dj but without any penetration,and without affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean - without foxing/spotting or thumbing; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-352pp [paginated] story; plus [unpaginated] half-title +title pages,a dedication and verso of first page. Want more Gabriel Garcia MARQUEZ titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. Dr Juvenal Urbino,most distinguished physician along the Caribbean coast, illustrious for civic achievements and artistic patronage,died aged eighty-one-and-a-half of a broken spine when he fell from the branch of a mango tree as he tried to catch a parrot. His widow,the once breath-taking Fermina Daza, was enraged at the emptiness which lay before her.She instinctively recoiled from the one hand extended to steady and comfort her - a hand which for her long life had always been within reach but which,in her haughtiness and guilt,she would not acknowledge: the hand of Florentino Ariza. For his part,Ariza's desolate vigil had begun half a century before,on Fermina's afternoons of embroidery under the almond trees in Los Evangelino's Park.His secret obsession had led him into an enogmatic existence and shadowy social reputation despite his renown in business.In the city consecrated for the cult of the Holy Spirit,one Pentecost,love found a new tongue with which to speak. In a novel unequalled since his masterpiece 'One Hundred Years of Solitude',Marquez tells a love story which will haunt and inspire his readers for generations. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,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 the 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. **

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

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