first edition Hardcover
1968 · New York
by GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel
New York: Harper and Row, 1968. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition and first book by García Márquez published in English translation. Fine in fine, first issue dustwrapper with virtually no rubbing. The Nobel Prize-winning author's first book published in the United States. Excessive rubbing seems endemic to this title - this is a superior copy. The title story was the basis for a 1999 film starring Salma Hayek. (Inventory #: 372224)