Dulsey Bernard (4 results)

First Edition. Fine in original wrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. This book is in good condition; no remainder marks. Dustjacket does have some cover shelfwear. Name plate inside front cover. Some sparse pencil margin notes : most pages are clean. ; 223 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Near Very Good. First Edition Thus. First US edition, hardcover, has a skew to the binding, a slight bow to the front cover, light bumps to the spine ends, mild wear to the cover edges and corners, and a previous owner's name penned to the head of the first free end page. Overall, a solid, Near Very Good copy in a like, unclipped dust jacket, which has bumps with chips to the cover corners and spine ends with a tear to the head, wear with a few short tears to the cover edges, a crease to the tail of the back cover, rubbing with a few smudges to the covers, and light sunning to the spine. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.…

dj. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo; cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xv,223pp. Copy of prominent latino scholar, author and educator Roberto Márquez, with his ownership signature on half-title. Tight, Near Fine, unmarked copy in the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $5.95 on front flap), mildly spine-sunned, lightly soiled, Very Good+. First title in the publisher's series "Contemporary Latin American Classics." First "authorized translation" of the Ecuadorian author's highly acclaimed first novel, a radical indictment and realistic portrayal of the South American "latifundista" system and the exploitation of indigenous Ecuadorians at the hands of ruling elites. First published in 1934, a full English-language translation did not appear until 1962, though that version did not meet with the author's approval, prompting the current new translation which was done with Icaza's collaboration. With an introduction by the translator and a foreword by J. Cary Davis, series editor.…