Chronicle of Dawn FIRST EDITION

Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 7 3/4" X 5 1/4". 201pp. Book presents nicely with machine-clipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Rubbing, creasing, toning, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards. Gentle rubbing and bumps to corners and edges of binding. Toning to edges of text block. Blue smudge and previous owner's name in ink to front paste-down. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Going back to the days of prewar Spain, this sensitive novel is the record of an idyllic childhood. Pepe died in a concentration camp just after the Franco victory, leaving a chronicle of his youth. He had lived happily in an ancient part of the land of the hidalgos basking under an interim of peace. Here in a world sheltered by the traditional values of home and family, Pepe felt no breath of the impending storm. He was burdened, not with the torment of social struggle, but with his love for Valentina. He knew hate, but only as a normal son resenting his father's dominion. Even his fights were the natural squabbles of growing boys. These and other glowing memories gave Pepe the strength to endure defeat.(Publisher).…