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Westport, CT; London: Greenwood Press. Fine. 1986. 1st US Edition; Second Printing. Cloth. 0313252483 . An attractive second printing of the first American edition, black stamped cloth in about Fine condition, minor bumping to tips; Fau's and De Gonzales' reference work of Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez during the years 1979-1985; an annotated bibliography of books and articles on the career and works as well as annotated dissertations, bibliographies, interviews, books about García Márquez, critical articles from scholarly journals and reviews ; 8vo; xxii, 181, [3] pages .

New York: Henry Holt and Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1986. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0805003323 . An attractive first printing of the first American edition in Fine condition in equally unblemished dustjacket, SIGNED and inscribed to his friend Vance Morgan, by author and Nobel Prize winner García Márquez directly on the front fly leaf.; Following the assassination of Chilean President Salvador Allende in 1973, well-known film director Miguel Lattín was exiled. Twelve years later he returned to Chile clandestinely, disguised as an Uraguayan businessman, to film a documentary about life under the Augusto Pinochet regime. Nobel laureate García Márquez met Littín in Madrid in 1986 and felt the account of the filming needed to be told. Eighteen hours of interviews resulted in this chilling thriller. Littín's film was shown on television and an edited version was released to movie theaters; 8vo; xii, 116 pages; Signed… Leer más

New York: Henry Holt and Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0805003323 . A first (stated) American edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dustjacket, SIGNED by author García Márquez directly on the title page. A splendid copy showing little wear except for a small area with signs of a removed sticker inside front cover. Overall Fine; Following the assassination of Chilean President Salvador Allende in 1973, well-known film director Miguel Lattín was exiled. Twelve years later he returned to Chile clandestinely, disguised as an Uraguayan businessman, to film a documentary about life under the Augusto Pinochet regime. Nobel laureate García Márquez met Littín in Madrid in 1986 and felt the account of the filming needed to be told. Eighteen hours of interviews resulted in this chilling thriller. Littín's film was shown on television and an edited version was released to movie… Leer más

Barcelona: Plaza & Janes, S. A.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1975. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 8401301556 . A charming first edition/first printing, olive green cloth, white and gilt stamped on the spine. Very Nearly Fine condition, little rubbed with minute traces of foxing to endpapers in equally Fine dust-wrapper with original wrap-around band in publisher's acetate wrapper; In García Márquez' "poem on the solitude of power", he follows the life of an eternal dictator who does not remember his age, Bendición Alvarado, his mother and Leticia Nazareno, his lover and wife. Often considered as his most thoughtful novels. In the original Spanish language ; 8vo; [5], 6-271, [1] pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1400041341 . A wonderful first American edition in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; In this memoir, Nobel Prize Winner Gabriel García Márquez takes us from his birth in 1927 in Colombia through his young writer's apprenticeship and on into the 1950's. This is the first volume of a planned trilogy of the story of his life ; 8vo .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1400041341 . First American edition in unread Fine condition in alike dust jacket, signed and dated "03" on the title page by Gabriel García Márquez; In this memoir, Nobel Prize Winner Gabriel García Márquez takes us from his birth in 1927 in Colombia through his young writer's apprenticeship and on into the 1950's. This is the first volume of a planned trilogy of the story of his life; 8vo; Signed by Author .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0375400516 . A beautiful unread first US edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dustjacket; The non-fiction account of the orchestrated kidnappings of ten Colombian journalists by the Medellin drug cartel in 1990. Márquez began his book as the story of only one of the kidnapped journalists, an old friend, but soon saw the need to expand his work to include the others. Behind the demands of powerful cartel leader Pablo Escobar was protection from extradition to the US for drug trafficking; 8vo .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 067943853X . A beautiful first US edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in alike dust jacket. Signed by Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez directly on the title page; In an 18th century South American seaport, twelve year old Sierva Maria is bitten by a rabid dog. Thought to be possessed, she is cared for at the convent by Father Cayetano Delaura who had premonitions of her arrival. It is not long before the two of them find themselves in the fevered misery of love. An evocative tale of the most universal experiences known to woman and man. Basis for the upcoming movie ; 8vo; Signed by Author .