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Lot 198

GARCIA-MARQUEZ, Gabriel (1927-2014). Chronicle of a Death Foretold. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983.

Estimate: $100 - $200
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$50

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GARCIA-MARQUEZ, Gabriel (1927-2014). Chronicle of a Death Foretold. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. 8vo. 120 pp. Publisher's full brown cloth, boards stamped in blind, spine lettered in silver, publisher's unclipped ("$10.95") dust jacket.

Condition

Cloth rubbed, edges sunned, some faint dampstaining, some toning, occasional marginal dampstaining to text, ffep. neatly trimmed at top, a few text leaves creased near top; jacket dampstained at panels, jacket toned, and somewhat edgeworn. Good. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE UNCOMMON FIRST ISSUE JACKET WITH THE MISPRINT, "ONE HUNDRED DAYS OF SOLITUDE" ON THE FRONT FLAP.

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