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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories. NY: Harper & Row, 1968.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good hardcover w/out dj (ex-library copy: library stamp to top of title page; remnants of library pocket part removal to front endpaper; tape residue marks to top and bottom of front and rear board). First Edition, First Printing. Garcia Marquez' first book to be translated into English.
Seller: Peter Lenz Bookseller, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories. Harper & Row, NY, 1968.
Price: US$48.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with o dark orange cloth covers with orange decorated covers with blue spine. First English edition. Novella and short stories. 8.25x5.75 with 170 pp.
Seller: Kazoo Books LLC, Kalamazoo, MI, U.S.A.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez. No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories. Harper and Row, 1968.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original 2nd printing, 1968 edition with original jacket design. 9/68 on jacket flap indicates most likely published same month as first. Condition: surprisingly good condition for its age, cloth binding has a few spots, blemishes, but book is solid and bright. Just age-toning to the pages; some minimal reference wear. Jacket is equally bright with minor fading, age-toning. Few small closed tears some mild age-toning. Jacket is price-clipped. Very nice in protective mylar sleeve.
Seller: Snowden's Books, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ex-Library. This copy has a pocket on FFEP. Jacket is pasted down inside each of the covers. No library markings on exterior of book, including spine.Spine has a lean. Second free endpaper has small coffee stain. Has mylar cover.
Seller: Yes Books, portland, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Dust jacket has a couple shallow chips along extremities. Price clipped. Wrapped in protective mylar. Nice cover. Interior pages are clean throughout. Binding is secure.
Seller: BooksElleven, Three Oaks, MI, U.S.A.
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. No One Writes to the Colonel. Harper & Row, 1968.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good condition stated first edition hardback. Unread or very lightly read with tight binding. Shelfwear includes bumped and heavily rubbed base spine, light soiling top textblock from dust accumulation. Dust jacket good and NOT PRICE CLIPPED. Edges rubbed and corners bumped. Some surface degradation in areas, scuff/soiling, and tears. The longer tears are intact.
Seller: Shade of the Cottonwood, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$93.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 170 Seiten Bibl. Ex. mit entsprechenden Stempeln innen, auf dem Deckel Rückstände von gelöstem Tesafilm, ansonsten aber gut erhalten bo109513 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 400
Seller: ralfs-buecherkiste, Herzfelde, MOL, Germany
Price: US$95.74 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Printing.
Seller: Fialta Books, St Albans, United Kingdom
Gabriel Garcia Marquez. No One Writes to the Colonel. Harper and Row, 1968.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition with "First Edition" stated on the copyright page. The jacket is clipped, but 0968 is present and the author's photo with Jerry Bauer credit below is on the back panel. Some scattered foxing and small chips to the corners and spine ends of the jacket, otherwise a very good copy. Small stain on the title page.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia. No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories. Harper & Row, 1968.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 170 pgs. Ex-library; usual treatments. Dust jacket and cover shows a modicum of rubbing wear along extremities. Interior pages are clean throughout. Binding is secure.
Seller: BooksElleven, Three Oaks, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First printing, with no subsequent printings noted on the copyright page. In first state dustjacket: 0968 on bottom of front flap, $5.95 price intact, photographer's name "Jerry Bauer" on rear panel. Text is Nearly Fine with no owner's name, no noticeable wear, firm binding. Dust jacket is not clipped but has a couple of neatly repaired tears, some edge-wear with modest loss, and a one-inch by 3/4" chip from the base of the spine. Some staining to the inside of the dust jacket in the spine area. Scarce book in the first state.
Seller: Inno Dubelaar Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Beautiful copy. $5.95 price on front flap with 0968 at bottom of same flap. Photo of author rear panel with credit to Rodrigo Moya. The last page of the book has a number line beginning with a 2. Fresh, bright and crisp in both textblock, boards and jacket. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is an ex-library book with a brilliant unrubbed dj with no library marks but for single tape mark on the inside and the barest edge of a stamp that strayed onto the flap. Price-clipped. Tear/crease to lower front corner (3/4") and a nick to rear panel. Two stamps on copyright page and two on final page. Decorated endpapers showing remains of pocket removal. Short tape marks on boards. Text is clean and fresh, book is tight and square. Jerry Bauer photo on rear panel. Mustard/orange cloth.
Seller: B-Line Books, Amherst, NS, Canada
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Second printing (with number line beginning with a 2). Translated from the Spanish by J. S. Bernstein. Tiny abrasions on rear endpapers, else fine in a price-clipped dust jacket (with photograph of Garcia Marquez on rear panel attributed to Rodrigo Moya) with slight rubbing on the spine, else fine.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. No One Writes to the Colonel. Harper & Row, New York, 1968.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. Very Good, in a Very Good first state dust jacket with price intact and Jerry Bauer photo credit on rear panel. Corners and spine ends bumped, with a heavy bump to the top of the spine, with corresponding bump and crimp to jacket as well. Dust jacket shows two short edge tears, light rubbing at spine ends, and a chip missing from the tail. The author's first book to be published in America.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing of the stated first edition, in first issue/first state dust jacket with the Jerry Bauer credited photograph of the author on rear panel and date code "0968" on the bottom front flap. Book with rubbing to foot of spine, a few short line indentations/erasure to contents page, previous owner's name on top of half-title-page; dust jacket with two closed tears, moderate chipping/wear to spine ends and corners, toning to spine and cover margins, stamp ghost/rubbing to front flap, and rubbing/wear along fold of back flap.
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Former owner's ink name and date to two end paper, small ink name stamp to another. Corners MILDLY bumped, else a very clean copy in like jacket. The First American Edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$349.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition (so stated) of the author's first book published in English translation, a novella and eight short stories. 8vo: [4],170pp. Publisher's quarter-bound brick-red cloth stamped in burgundy, mustard paper-covered boards, fore-edge untrimmed, boldly patterned end papers, illustrated dust jacket priced $5.95. Virtually pristine, an exemplary example, apparently unread, showing all first-issue points ('H-S' code on copyright page, without number line on terminal leaf), in a bright, nearly flawless first-issue jacket (Jerry Bauer credited for photograph of the author on the back panel, date code 0968 on front flap), with just mild toning to top of back panel and minute, nearly unnoticeable rub at the front spine-panel fold. Truly a collector's copy. Written between 1956 and 1957 and first published in 1961, the title novella (the book also includes a second, longer novella, Big Mama's Funeral) tells the story of an impoverished, retired colonel, a veteran of the Thousand Days' War, who still hopes to receive the pension he was promised some fifteen years earlier. In his memoir Vivir para contarla (Living to Tell the Tale, 2002), García Márquez explained that the story was inspired by his grandfather, who was also a colonel and who never received the pension he was promised. But it's also possible he drew inspiration from his experience of unemployment in 1956 after the newspaper he had been working for shut down, when he witnessed the lives of the many destitute around him. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
GARCIA-MARQUEZ, Gabriel. No One Writes to the Colonel. Harper & Row, NY, 1968.
Price: US$380.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The second-state dustwrapper is priced clipped and shows a tiny chip at bottom of spine. Overall, a well above average copy of this, the first U.S. edition of this, the author's first book to be translated to English. In bright mustard, orange, blue and yellow Guy Fleming dustwrapper.
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American edition. Translated from the Spanish by J. S. Bernstein. A fine copy in near fine first issue dust jacket (with photograph of Garcia Marquez on rear panel attributed to Jerry Bauer), the front flap of the jacket is a little aggressively price-clipped else bright and crisp. Author's first book to be translated into English.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.. No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories.. Harper & Row,, NY:, 1968.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The author's first book to appear in English. Translated from the Spanish by J. S. Bernstein. Stated first edition. Foxing on fore edge, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else very good in a very good (light shelf wear and aging) dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Guy Fleming. ; 170 pages
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$460.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Translated from the Spanish by J. S. Bernstein. 170 pages, clean and clear. Previous owner`s name on half-title. Green and yellow patterned endpapers. Orange quarter cloth with black titles. Head and tail of spine lightly worn. Blue patterned DJ with white titles. Tiny chips, light wear along the edges. VG+/VG+
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. [4], v, [3], 3-170 pp. Quarter red cloth over yellow paper boards with brown lettering on the spine. Price of $5.95 on front flap of jacket. Translated from the Spanish by J. S. Bernstein. Ahearn APG 001a. First printing of the author's first book to be published in English in the first issue dust jacket. Some mild soiling to bottom edges of boards, else very near Fine in a bright and clean Near Fine dust jacket with a few hints of edge wear.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A gorgeous copy of the 1968 stated 1st American edition of Marquez's first work translated into English. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($5.95), Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. A true collector's copy, legitimately approaching pristine.
Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.
Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories. Harper & Row, 1968.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first issue dust jacket (with photograph of Garcia Marquez on rear panel attributed to Jerry Bauer). Top of dust jacket spine very lightly chipped. Tight , clean copy.
Seller: Prime Booksellers, Agoura Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$574.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Original mustard paper-covered boards and red cloth spine. First Edition, First Printing with all the necessary points in First Issue Dust Jacket. This collection of a novella and eight short stories is Marquez’s first book in English translation. Marquez won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982 and is considered one of the most important authors of the twentieth century. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American edition and first English-language edition. Translated from the Spanish by J. S. Bernstein. A fine copy in bright and fine first issue dust jacket with a touch of toning on the rear panel.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
GARCIA MARQUEZ, GABRIEL. No one Writes to the Colonel and other stories. Harper & Row, 1968.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Black lettered quarter red cloth over mustard paper boards. Wrapped in decorative dust jacket. Dust jacket with slight wear to the extremities. This is the first book by Marquez to be published in English Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada
García Márquez, Gabriel. No One Writes to the Colonel. Harper and Row - New York, USA, 1968.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Harper and Row, 1968. First Edition. 170 pp. Hardcover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE. Book appears almost new, with insignificant softness on the spine and negligible foxing on the text block. Dust Wrapper is bright, with modest toning and a few chips at the top and end of spine. The Nobel Prize-winning author's first book translated into English; a novella and eight short stories. Basis for the 1999 Arturo Ripstein film El Colonel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba, starring Fernando Lujan and Salma Hayek.
Seller: Bynx, LLC, Orlando, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Description: First edition in English, first printing. 170 pp. 8vo. Brick red quarter cloth over mustard boards with brown lettering on spine; fine in illustrated dust jacket, light rubbing at foot of spine, else a near fine copy First edition in English, first printing.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Márquez Gabriel García. NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL. New York Harper & Row, Publishers 1968, 1968.
Price: US$715.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition in English and First American Edition. The author's first book to be published in English. 8vo, publisher's original orange cloth over mustard coloured paper covered boards, the spine lettered in black, in the colour decorated dustjacket. [vi], 170 pp. A fine copy, both book and dustjacket in excellent condition. FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK TO BE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH. 'The work consists of a novella and eight short stories and was published to present the author to the English speaking world. The title story is a short novel, masterly in its scope, about life in a decaying tropical town in Colombia. The Colonel, desperately poor, is a beautifully drawn Quixotic character who languishes on the faded dreams of his revolutionary past, the false hopes of his pride and his one tangible asset, a fighting cock which has become a symbol for him. The stories also tell of town and village life in South America and are written with compassionate realism and wit.' Gabriel García Márquez won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing, a Review Copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. Octavo; 3/4 goldenrod paper over quarter rust-colord cloth, with titles stamped in dark brown on spine; dustjacket; 170pp. Slight wrinkle to cloth near crown (likely a production flaw), else Fine. In the first issue dustjacket, with the Jerry Bauer photo credit on rear panel; unclipped, with a few short edge tears, shallow chip at upper left corner of the spine, with trace of rubbing to lower left portion of the spine panel - Near Fine. Basis for the well-received 1999 film "El Colonel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba," starring Salma Hayek; the film was nominated for the Palm d'Or at Cannes in 1999. The 1982 Nobel Prize winner's first book in English, particularly desirable as a Review Copy. Basis for the well-received 1999 film "El Colonel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba," starring Salma Hayek; the film was nominated for the Palm d'Or at Cannes in 1999. The 1982 Nobel Prize winner's first book in English, particularly desirable as a Review Copy. Klein E1.a.1.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez. No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories. Harper & Row, 1968.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG/Fine. First American edition and first book by García Márquez published in English translation. The Nobel Prize-winning author's first book published in the US. Fine copy in beautiful mylar-covered DJ with two small stains on back and very small tear at bottom of spine. Basis for 1999 Salma Hayak film.
Seller: Wheelwrite Imaginarium Bookshop, Manchester Ctr, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$925.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 170 pages. First American edition, first issue printing. Dust jacket design by Guy Fleming. Translated from the Spanish by J.S. Bernstein. Rear panel photograph by Jerry Bauer, $5.95 price & 0968 on front flap. A novella and eight short stories. His first English-language publication and his first book to be published in the U.S. Fine book in fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$925.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American Edition. Translated from the Spanish by J.S. Bernstein. A novella and eight short stories. The author's first English-language publication and his first book to be published in the U.S. Fine in fine first issue dustjacket with rear panel photo credited to Jerry Bauer, $5.95 price and 0968 on front flap. A pristine copy.
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia. NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL AND. Harper & Row, 1968.
Price: US$967.69 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.79
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia. No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories. Harper & Row, 1968.
Price: US$1002.81 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia. No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories. Harper & Row, 1968.
Price: US$1183.11 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. One Hundred Years of Solitude. Harper & Row, 1968.
Price: US$1650.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Harper & Row: New York, 1968. First edition, first issue jacket with the exclamation point at the end of the first paragraph. Near fine book with some light spotting to the top edge. The jacket is price-clipped and has a little wear to the extremities, a couple of closed tears and a small scrape to the rear panel. No fading to the jacket's spine; the gilt lettering on spine is bright and unfaded; no inscriptions or writing or other defects. Although not perfect, a very good or better copy of the first issue.
Seller: Paul Johnson Fine Books, IOBA, Temecula, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American edition and first book by García Márquez published in English translation. Fine in fine, first issue dustwrapper with virtually no rubbing. The Nobel Prize-winning author's first book published in the United States. Excessive rubbing seems endemic to this title - this is a superior copy. The title story was the basis for a 1999 film starring Salma Hayek.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Description: Early printing of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the half-title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Guy Fleming. Rear panel photograph by Jerry Bauer. Translated from the Spanish by J.S. Bernstein. A superior example, uncommon signed. No One Write to the Colonel was originally published in 1961. The novel is considered by some to be within the realm of magic realism, and it some sense this is true. It contains with its plot magical events. Nonetheless, the novel deviates from the boundaries of this informal genre. The main characters are unnamed, and this portrays a sense of insignificance. Political and financial instability are key, and they corruption of local and national officials build onto the natural angst of the novel.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez. No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories. Harper & Row, NY, 1968.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Second printing, inscribed to a prior owner and signed by the author. Hardcover, bound in orange cloth with dust jacket. The jacket is edge-rubbed with a stain on the front panel; the book clean, tight and unmarked.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.