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First Edition of Conversation in the Cathedral; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Mario Vargas Llosa and Gregory Rabassa
VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO.
Conversation in the Cathedral.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers 1975.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by both the author and the translator on the title page. Translated by Gregory Rabassa. Very good in a very good dust jacket, with some notes on the last few pages. Jacket photograph by Cesar Malet.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138569
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First Edition of Conversation in the Cathedral; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Mario Vargas Llosa and Gregory Rabassa
VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO.
Conversation in the Cathedral.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers 1975.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by both the author on the title page, “In friendship Mario Vargas Llosa.” Translated by Gregory Rabassa. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Cesar Malet.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 139416
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First Edition of La Guerra del Fin del Mundo; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning novelist Mario Vargas Llosa
VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO.
La Guerra del Fin del Mundo [The War of The End of The World].
Barcelona: Editorial Seix Barral 1981.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 132328
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First Edition of The War of The End of The World; Lengthily Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa
VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO.
The War of The End of The World.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1984.
First edition of this classic work Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Greg, this Brazilian adventure and my best wishes Mario Vargas Llosa Nov. 85.” Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, review copy with slip. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 132567
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First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Authors Classic Novel: The Green House; Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa
VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO.
The Green House.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers 1968.
First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original green cloth. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Guy Fleming. Translated by Gregory Rabassa.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 138165
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First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Authors Second Novel: The Green House; Inscribed by Mario Vargas Llosa
VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO.
The Green House.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers 1968.
First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To John Mario Vargas Llosa.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Guy Fleming. Translated by Gregory Rabassa.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144690
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First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Authors Second Novel: The Green House; Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa
VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO.
The Green House.
London: Jonathan Cape 1969.
First British edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original green cloth. Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket that shows light rubbing to the spine crown.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 1573
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"That it happened as it did and that it now forms parts of reality is moving proof of the power of fiction, that beguiling lie which every so often comes true in the most unexpected ways": First American edition of Mario Vargas Llosa's The Language of Passion; inscribed by him to fellow poet Robert Lima
LLOSA, MARIO VARGAS.
The Language of Passion: Selected Commentary.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2003.
First American edition of this selection of commentary from Vargas Llosa’s “Touchstone” column. Octavo, original half cloth. Translated by Natasha Wimmer. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Con recordo afection para Roberto Lima, de tu viejo amigo M V/L 10 de abril de 208.” The recipient, Cuban-born American award-winning poet, literary critic, and playwright Robert Lima was a professor emeritus of Spanish and Comparative Literatures at Pennsylvania State University, as well as fellow emeritus of the Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies. His passion for archaeology and the connected mythologies of various civilizations motivated him to explore the world and inspired poetic visions throughout his career. He devoted a chapter on his interactions with Llosa in his 2015 work Some People. Fine in very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Kathleen DiGrado.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 137075
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First Edition of Mario Vargas Llosa's The Storyteller: A Novel; Signed by Him
VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO.
The Storyteller: A Novel.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1989.
First edition of this “brilliant novel” (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Mark Sturgeon. Jacket design by Cynthia Krupat. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer. Translated by Helen Lane.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 142072
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First Edition of Mario Vargas Llosa's Captain Pantoja and the Special Service; Signed by Him
VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO.
Captain Pantoja and the Special Service.
New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1978.
First edition of this early novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Anita Lovitt. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Translated by George Kolovakos and Ronald Christ.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 142083