The House of the Spirits
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.
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Hardcover. First American edition. Translated from the Spanish by Magda Bogin. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with two short tears, and a little age-toning. Laid in is a note from a Knopf editor sending the book to author Nicholas Delbanco, noting the typesetter's error that determines the first edition, and noting this as "A rare first edition, with a slight typesetter's error... to make it even more precious in years to come." The author's first book, with definitive proof of a previously unknown issue point.
Item #278347
ISBN: 0394539079
Isabel Allende
birth name: Isabel Allende
born: 8/2/1942
Biography
Chilean writer in the magic realist tradition who is considered one of the first successful woman novelists in Latin America. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore