First Edition of The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa
The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta.
Vargas Llosa, Mario.
$125.00Item Number: 142
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986.
First edition of this novel by “one of the master storytellers of our time” (Denis Lynn Heyck, Chicago Tribune Book World). Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Mario Vargas Llosa. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Alfred MacAdam.
“A glittering trompe l'oeil of a novel about the revolutionary temperament--and the nature of fiction" (The New York Times).
Other Books by this Author
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Vargas Llosa, Mario.
Captain Pantoja and the Special Service.
New York: Harper & Row, 1978.
First editioin. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00
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Vargas Llosa, Mario; Edited and translated by John King.
Making Waves: Essays.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giraux, 1997.
First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page.
Price: $125.00
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First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author’s 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
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First American Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author’s Second Novel: The Green House; Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa
Vargas Llosa, Mario.
The Green House.
New York: Harper & Row, 1968.
First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original green cloth. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket that shows just a touch of wear to the crown. Signed by the author on the title page. A very sharp copy.
Price: $500.00
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First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author’s First Book To Be Translated into English The Time of the Hero; Inscribed by Mario Vargas Llosa
Vargas Llosa, Mario.
The Time of the Hero.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1967.
First British edition of Vargas Llosa’s first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Stephen, with friendship Mario Vargas Llosa.” The recipient Sir Stephen Spender was an English poet, novelist, and essayist who concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle in his work. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the United States Library of Congress in 1965. Near fine in a fine dust jacket with just a touch of wear. Jacket design by M. Mohan. Translated from the Spanish by Lysander Kemp. A nice association.
Price: $850.00
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First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author’s First Book To Be Translated into English The Time of the Hero; Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa
Vargas Llosa, Mario.
The Time of the Hero.
New York: Grove Press, 1966.
First edition in English of Vargas Llosa’s first novel. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket with just a touch of wear.
Price: $400.00
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