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Donoso, Jose. Charleston & Other Stories. David R. Godine, 1977.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: Olive cloth. Spine lightly sunned, else fine in near fine publisher's slipcase with a small impact to front panel. First edition, one of 200 copies signed by the author.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
DONOSO, Jose. CHARLESTON & OTHER STORIES (Signed copy). David R. Godine, Boston, 1977.
Price: US$46.71 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: (USA) Limited/Numbered green cloth, gold spine titles, marbled endpapers, 176pp. Translated by Andree Conrad. This is the deluxe edition, number 75 of 200 copies, signed by the author to the limitation page to the back of the book. Issued without Dj. About Fine, lacking the slipcase. (1.7 JM HOJ 302/0 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: J. W. Mah, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Donoso, Jose. Charleston and Other Stories. David R. Godine, 1977.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: #66 of 200, signed slipcased edition. Slipcase is fine but for some light soiling.
Seller: Bartleby's Books, Wilmington, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$56.52 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. SIGNED by author to title page. First published in Spanish as Cuentos [1971]. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. 176 p.p. Light bumping to spine ends and corners, lightly sunned to spine and top edges of boards, bump to fore edge of boards near head. Dust jacket has some pumping and sunning to extremities, small chip to top edge at rear cover. Ink ownership inscription to FFEP. In these crisp, impeccably written stories, the great Chilean writer follows with precision and compassion the impulses lurking behind the bland rituals of everyday life that can disturb and even destory. Contents: Ana Maria, Summertime, The Guero, A Lady, The Walk, The Closed Door, The Dane's Place, Charleston, Santelices.
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
Donoso, Jose. Charleston & Other Stories (Signed Limited Edition). David R. Godine, Boston, 1977.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Clothbound octavo in hard slipcase. Issued without dustwrapper. 176 pp. Translation by Andree Conrad. One of 200 copies hand-numbered and SIGNED. A fine copy. Lovely fine press edition.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
DONOSO, José. Charleston and Other Stories. David R. Godine, Boston, 1977.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Translated by Andree Conrad. Tall octavo. Olive cloth, gilt spine. Small abrasions on flyleaves and half-title, spine lightly sunned else near fine in near fine slipcase with slight toning at the edges. Number 47 of 200 copies Signed by Donoso.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition, deluxe issue, limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by Jose Donoso. 8vo. AInscribed by W.D. Snodgrass on the half title page, "for David Clark with all good wishes, D. Snodgrass." near fine copy in publisher's slipcase box; box is slightly rubbed, else near fine First American edition, deluxe issue, limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by Jose Donoso.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
DONOSO, José. Charleston and Other Stories. David R. Godine, Boston, 1977.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Translated by Andree Conrad. Tall octavo. 176 [1] pp. Fine in olive cloth with spine gilt and lightly worn, near fine slipcase. One of 200 copies Signed by Donoso.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$104.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 176p. Deluxe edition, no. 39 of 200 copies. Signed by the author.
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st Printing. Signed. 178 pages. Published in 1977. Retrospective collection of short stories. The single most beautiful book-production of Jose Donoso's work in English. Limited Slipcased Edition of 200 numbered and signed copies. Precedes and should not be confused with the regular trade edition. Published as a hardcover original only. The Limited Edition has the same ISBN as the regular trade edition. The Limited Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by David R. Godine: Regular-sized volume format. Green cloth boards with gilt titles embossed on the spine, as issued. Text by Jose Donoso. Matching hard board slipcase. Printed on archival, thick uncoated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. It's a beautiful book all in all. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in its Limited Edition format, Jose Donoso's "Cuentos" in felicitous English translations by Andree Conrad. Nine short stories in the author's characteristically Latin-American/Modernist/Post-Modernist identifiable style. "Extraordinarily sophisticated, in perfect control of time dissolves, contradictory voices, gritty realism, and hallucinatory figures" (Publisher's blurb). As such, this volume is a worthy companion to Jose Donoso's greatest work, "That Obscene Bird of Night", as well as a brilliant introduction to ALL of his other work now available in English. An absolute "must-have" title for Jose Donoso collectors. This is a copy of the Limited Slipcased Edition of 200 numbered and signed copies, indicated/numbered as such on the Back Limitation Page. It is very boldly and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen by Jose Donoso. This title is a great collection. This is one of few copies of the Limited Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: The internal pages are NOT browned. The slipcase is NOT worn or soiled ("Near Fine"). Precedes and should NOT be confused with the regular trade edition. A rare signed copy thus. One of the greatest writers of rthe 20th century. A fine copy. ISBN 0879231971.
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.