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New York, New York: Marsilio Publishing, 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. American First. Some edge wear to boards; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; dust jacket is protected by a Brodart sleeve..

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1960. First American Edition. 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition, First printing. Hard cover 8vo in black cloth w/silver and blue spine titles. Fine and unmarked book in Very Good unclipped DJ w/short tears and small chips, now in clear protective cover.

First printing of first edition. Good in a Good dust jacket. Book is sound and solid. Blue cloth boards nudged at upper rear corner and with a faint dampstain at heel of spine (not reciprocated on jacket). Previous owner name on front endpage, small stain on page fore-edge of prelims. Dust jacket with chipping and short tears at edges. 201 pages.

Mexico, D.F.: Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. Stated first edition in the original beige cloth with cream and red dust jacket with woodcut design. The celebrated Mexican novelist's major novel of conscience, this copy is from the personal collection of renowned Romance Languages scholar Jose Buergo, with his signature. Book s fine and unmarked. Jacket has a small closed tear on back panel and a few tiny edge nicks, but is otherwise fine, clean and protected by a plastic cover.

272 pages with glossary. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with white lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Translated into Irene Nicholson. First edition into English. First published in Mexico in 1957.In the remote towns and haciendas of the high country of Chiapas, the 1910-1917 Mexican Revolution had little impact until the reforming government of Lozaro Cardenas during the 1930s began pressing for Indian rights and education. A 7-year-old girl watches as the old order -- where a few powerful land-owning families and their male heirs could dominate a region politically and even sexually -- breaks down.Condition: Previous owner's name to front pastedown, heal corners gently bumped. Jacket with corners and spine ends lightly chipped, light edge wear else very good in like jacket.

Stated First edition. Square spine, clean, no writing, no folded page corners. Black mark on bottom page edge. Dust jacket clean with no rips, protected by mylar cover.

Philadelphia 1988 1st Fortress Press. ISBN 0-8006-3103-X. Castellanos, who died in 1974, was one of major figures in Mexican literature. Edited with critical introduction by Maureen Ahern. Translated by Ahern and others. Hardcover. Octavo, 378pp., maroon cloth. Near Fine, slight soiling on fore-edges, in Good DJ, a few closed tears and small chips. .