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Published by NY: Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1991
ISBN 10: 0374118280ISBN 13: 9780374118280
Seller: Lorrin Wong, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
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1st printing of 1st US edition. Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket.
Published by Dalkey Archive Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 1564783391ISBN 13: 9781564783394
Seller: Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller, New Castle, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. In Very Good+ condition. Fuentes depicts a dark future for Mexico. It is a story about disaster and survival. The lead character Christopher Palomar, a wonder boy with excellent language skills and total recall, is the narrator who travels through this pessimistic future, where the people still struggle since the last big earthquake in 1985. The novel has a chapter for each of the nine described months of the story, spread out over Christopher's whole life, as he follows in his parents' steps, as they try to save themselves in a chaotic country entering into twilight.
Published by MacMillan Publishers, 2009
ISBN 10: 0374531803ISBN 13: 9780374531805
Seller: INDOO, Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.
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Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.
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Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, 1996
ISBN 10: 0747525412ISBN 13: 9780747525417
Seller: Theoria Books, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First paperback edition. 217pp. First published in Spanish 1994; in UK in 1995. Stated: "This paperback edition first published 1996"; '1' present in number line. Female photo-portrait illustrated wraps with title lettering superimposed over portrait, across middle front cover; bump to rear cover lower edge, with residual crease on horizontal slant from lower right cover corner to 7/8" up from lower left corner (now flat and strong, NOT floppy or sharply creased). No previous owner names. Clean text.
Published by New York City, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1995
ISBN 10: 0374132771ISBN 13: 9780374132774
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 266 pages. Published in 1995. The author's collection of short stories. One of Carlos Fuentes' finest achievements. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Carlos Funetes' "The Crystal Frontier" in a felicitous English translation. Nine stories that cumulatively add up to a brilliant novel. All concern people who have to do with the family of Leonardo Barroso, a powerful oligarch in Mexico with manifold connections to the United States. Recalls similar themes in Fuentes' masterpiece, "The Old Gringo", in its fervid examination of the uneasy and inseparable relations between Americans and Mexicans. Widely regarded as Mexico's man-of-letters, Fuentes was more erudite than most other Latin-American writers. Readers (including Roberto Bolano) who have read him in the original claim that his mastery of the Spanish language is next to none among Latin-American writers in its lucidity, elegance, and purity. He is highly regarded not just for his exquisite mastery of a very complex language, but also for his restless imagination and genuine wisdom. Carlos Fuentes died on May 15, 2012 at the age of 83. To his credit, President Felipe Calderon was one of the very first to announce and mourn his death, a gesture that would be completely unheard-of from any "patriotic" political leader in the United States, Democrat or Republican, especially when one considers that Fuentes was an unapologetic near-misanthrope and a vehement, ferocious, and despairing critic of his native Mexico. This fact is well-documented and includes, among other offensive behavior towards his fellow Mexicans, scolding and lashing out in public appearances at his adoring readers there. Still, Calderon was right to say that Fuentes' death was a loss to Mexico and to world literature. An absolute "must-have" title for Carlos Fuentes collectors. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Winner of the Cervantes Prize in 1987, awarded to the greatest living writers in Spanish by the Spanish Government. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CARLOS FUENTES TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0374132771. no.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1995
ISBN 10: 0374139032ISBN 13: 9780374139032
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. First Printing. 10mo; pp 217; G/G+; black/white/yellow/red pictorial spine with black text; dust jacket clean; small chip to rear joint; cloth has slight spotting to front joint; strong boards; text block shows light shelf wear to exterior edges; interior clean; 1323367. FP New Rockville Stock.
Published by Bloomsbury, London, United Kingdom, 1995
ISBN 10: 0747522693ISBN 13: 9780747522690
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean unread copy. The priced jacket has some light rubbing wear, light edge wear. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. Book.
Published by Andre Deutsch, lond, 1994
ISBN 10: 0233988424ISBN 13: 9780233988429
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean unread copy. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. Book.
Published by Bloomsbury, 1995,, 1995
ISBN 10: 0747522693ISBN 13: 9780747522690
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 216pp, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper, (price-clipped). ISBN: 0747522693.
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Published by Andre Deutsch, London, 1991,, 1991
ISBN 10: 0233987266ISBN 13: 9780233987262
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 246pp, slight browning, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper, (not price-clipped). ISBN: 0233987266.
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1994
ISBN 10: 0374226830ISBN 13: 9780374226831
Seller: Orpheus Books, Edmonds, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First U.S. edition / First printing. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Sienna cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. 229 pages. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).
Published by New York: The Noonday Press / Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1991
ISBN 10: 0374522839ISBN 13: 9780374522834
Seller: Arnold M. Herr, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Inscribed and signed by Fuentes on 1st free endpaper. 1st paperback edition thus. Small octavo in stiff paper wraps. In fine condition. 307 pages. Inscribed by Author(s).