The Old Gringo Tapa dura - 1986

Andre Deutsch , 1986 . Hardback. . 8vo hardback in dustwrapper. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. VG+ hardback (light edgewear, esp. to top edge, pages gently age-toned) in VG dustwrapper (slight edgewear, spine sunned).

Hardback. Very Good.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1986. 1st UK. . Hardback in Dustwrapper. Very Good-/Good. Black boards, unclipped dw. Dw a little shelf-soiled; slightly faded at spine, otherwise very good clean and tight

Andre Deutsch Ltd, 01/05/1986 00:00:01. hardcover. Very Good. 2.2843 in x 21.3198 in x 13.4518 in. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. Includes a dust jacket, price unclipped, in very good condition.

André Deutsch, London, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden and the author. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles the back strip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with red and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear panel. Three powerful characters immersed in the solvent of civil war are manipulated to hallucinating ends by the hand of a master. Many subjects eddy through the story: the conflict between instinct and reason; the historical relationship between the United States and Mexico; the nature of revolution; the beauty of courage, and its absurdity; the different ways in which two men need one woman, and the rivalry which results; the drive to find one's true self, and the impossibility of holding onto what is found. All of these themes are contained within a novel which has a single presence so… Leer más

London: Andre Deutsch, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First English edition. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden and the author. Octavo. 199pp. Crown and bottom corners gently bumped else fine in fine dust jacket with corresponding gentle bumping. Review copy with the slip laid in. Novel about Ambrose Bierce in Mexico, basis for the film that featured Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, and Jimmy Smits.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1985. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof of the American edition. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden and the author. Wrappers trifle soiled else fine, with an information sheet stapled inside the cover. Novel about Ambrose Bierce in Mexico, basis for the film that featured Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, and Jimmy Smits.