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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Translated by Hardie St. Martin and Leonard Mades. Remainder mark on bottom edge, topstain trifle faded near the crown, else fine in a price-clipped, very lightly worn about fine dust jacket.

New York: Columbia University Press in association with the Center for Inter-American Relations, 1977. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. Probably the book most responsible for introducing the author to American audiences.

Barcelona: Biblioteca Breve, Editorial Seix Barral, S.A., 1970. First edition [stating "Primera Edicion. .." on copyright page]. 543 pp. 8vo. Illustrated wrappers have a two inch tear on the spine that has been mended with tape, else a very good copy. Claudio Arrau's signature is written on ffe in red ink with, "Buenos Aires 1973" beneath. First edition [stating "Primera Edicion. .." on copyright page]. 543 pp. 8vo. Claudio Arrau's copy. Donoso's feverish masterpiece, in which the forgotten retainer of a great family, Humberto Penaloza, undertakes to raise and protect the last of the family's line - a grotesque creature conceived in depravity and black magic. One of the great works of the Boom. Previously owned by Chilean classical pianist Claudio Arrau (1903 - 1991).

Santiago De Chile: Ediciones Guardia Vieja , 1956. The author's second published book, No copies found in current commerce, WorldCat notes 4 library holdings worldwide, RareBookHub shows no auction records since publication. # 39 of 500 copies printed, SIGNED BY AUTHOR Jose Donoso AND ILLUSTRATOR Nemesio Antunez at colophon page. Near Fine in illustrated French wrappers, the wrappers one of the 3 illustrations by Antunez, the other two in text. Small rubs to wrappers at spine ends. With internal thin paper wrapper, uniformly browned, which has uniformly browned interiors of the paper covers. 45 pages. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition. French Wrappers. Fine in Wraps, as Issued/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.