signed first edition
1987 · (New York)
by Dorfman, Ariel; Shivers, George R.
(New York): Viking, 1987. First printing. Very good plus in very good plus jacket.. Inscribed first US edition, review copy, of Dorfman's multi-narrative novel in which (among much else) fetuses refuse to be born into an unjust world. 9'' x 6''. Original quarter red cloth over red paper boards, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($18.95) color pictorial jacket, designed by Neil Stuart. [10], 454 pages. Inscribed by Dorfman on front fly leaf: "Para Fernando Vega: / este libro solve / el nacimiento que / vio la luz en la / época en que nos conocimos / Ariel Dorfman / Dupe [?], Noviembre / de 1996." Publisher's announcement laid in. Jacket with (truncated)