New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2007. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A pristine book. A beautiful copy of this acclaimed first novel by the late Mexican writer. "The most influential and admired novelist of his generation in the Spanish-speaking world." Susan Sontag. "one of the most respected and influential writers of [his] generation."--John Banville. The Savage Detectives is an exuberant, raunchy, wildly inventive, and ambitious novel from one of the greatest Latin American authors of our age.
[Poetry] Bolano, Roberto. Tres. New York: New Directions, 2011. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light crinkling to the top edge of the rear panel. Tres is a showcase of the author's willingness to freely cross genres, with poems in prose, stories in verse, and flashes of writing that can hardly be categorized. As the title implies, the collection is composed of three sections. "Prose from Autumn in Gerona," a cinematic series of prose poems, slowly reveals a subtle and emotional tale of unrequited love by presenting each scene, shattering it, and piecing it all back together, over and over again. The second part, "The Neochileans," is a sort of On the Road in verse, which narrates the travels of a young Chilean band on tour in the far reaches of their country. Finally, the collection ends with a series of short poems that take us on "A Stroll Through Literature" and remind us of Bolan~o's masterful ability to walk the line between the comically serious and the seriously comical.
UK: Picador, 2009. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine unread copy. First printing of the UK first edition with numberline 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Small first printing, going into multiple reprint just weeks after publication.
Editorial Anagrama, 1996. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Gordonsville, VA: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2007. First American Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bolano's first full length novel. 577 pp translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer. Book has cream boards, black text on spine only. Top front corner is bumped, part of the 'T' at the start of the title is missing, ow book is as new. Unclipped (USA $27.00, Canada $33.95) DJ has corresponding miniscule bump top front corner and bit of rubbing at head of spine, ow it too is as new. Digital images available on request Laid in is a feature London Review of Books article, 'In the Sonora' by Benjamin Kunkel reviewing The Savage Detectives as well as Last Evening on Earth and Amulet. .Bookseller's Inventory # 112476.
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. First American Edition, 2007 stated on the copyright page with the full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Original price of $27.00 printed on front flap of dust jacket.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. 1st US 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Larger, sturdy book, cream cloth covers, black lettering very fine on spine, 577 pages. DJ glossy beneath mylar with a line design like rays on front, spine and back, a color-illustration of an eye on spine, praise on back. DJ and book, both As New.
New York: Farrar & Straus Giroux, 2007. First U.S. edition / First printing. Cream paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Bolano won the 1999 Gallegos Prize for the Savage Detectives. Chosen as Number 38 on The New York Times list of the 100 best Books of the 21st Century.
New York: Farrar & Straus Giroux, 2008. First U.S. edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Chosen as Number 6 on The New York Times list of the 100 best Books of the 21st Century. Number 64 on The New York Times Reader's list of the 100 best Books of the 21st Century.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Large, heavy, thicker sturdy book, quality black cloth, very bright red lettering on spine, an illustration inside covers and adjacent end papers, 898 glossy pages. DJ gloissy beneath mylar and colorfully designed with complex color-illustration to front, spine and back, red lettering to front and spine. DJ and book, both As New.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First American Edition/First Printing with complete number line beginning with 1.on the copyright page. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. Huge at 898 pages. Translated from the Spanish by Natasha Winner. The late author's masterwork that won The National Book Award. Rave reviews. A fine copy. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box..
[Poetry] Bolano, Roberto. The Unknown University. New York: New Directions, 2013. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a closed edge tear to the heel of the spine. Roberto Bolano touted poetry as the superior art form, able to approach an infinity in which "you become infinitely small without disappearing." The sum of his life's work in his preferred medium, The Unknown University is a showcase of Bolano's gift for freely crossing genres, with poems written in prose, stories in verse, and flashes of writing that can hardly be categorized. "Poetry," he believed, "is braver than anyone." This bilingual edition is 835 pages.
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. First American Edition, 2007 state don the copyright page with the full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Original price of $27.00 printed on front flap of dust jacket.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York), 2012 First edition, first printing (with full number sequence including the 1). Hardbound. Very Fine in a very fine dust jacket. A tight, clean copy, new and unread. Comes with archival-quality dust jacket protector. NOT price clipped. Shipped in well padded box. SIGNED BY TRANSLATOR (Natasha Wimmer) on title page, her name only, with no other marks or writing. You cannot find a better copy.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. First edition of this modern classic, which was named one of the New York Timesâ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the translator Natasha Wimmer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rodrigo Corral. Jacket lettering by Jennifer van Dalsen. Translated from Spanish by Natasha Wimmer. James Wood wrote in The New York Times, "A novel all about poetry and poets, one of whose heroes is a lightly disguised version of the author himself: how easily this could be nothing more than a precious lattice of ludic narcissism and unbearably "literary" adventures... The novel is wildly enjoyable (as well as, finally, full of lament), in part because Bolaño, despite all the game-playing, has a worldly, literal sensibility."
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2008 FSG, New York, 2008. First edition. First printing, with full number line. A very fine (new) copy in a very fine (new) jacket. A pristine unread copy with price ($30.00) intact on front flap, opened only for translator to sign. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. SIGNED by translator Natasha Wimmer on title page (name only). Translated from the Spanish. Wimmer won the PEN Translation Prize in 2009.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New.
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