Burnt Water: Stories
by FUENTES, Carlos (stories); PEDEN, Margaret Sayers (translation)
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1980. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; 3/4 black paper over quarter yellow cloth, wiht titles stamped in copper foil on spine; dustjacket; 231pp. Bookplate signed by Fuentes loosely laid in. Faint foxing to text edges, else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, with just a touch of wear to extremities; Near Fine. Collects 11 stories by the acclaimed Mexican author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18288
- Title
- Burnt Water: Stories
- Author
- FUENTES, Carlos (stories); PEDEN, Margaret Sayers (translation)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Mexico;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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