Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First US edition, hardcover, inscribed by García Márquez on the half title page, the book has a light lean to the binding, slight bowing to the covers, bumps to the spine ends, rubbing to the cloth, foxing to the head of the text block, and an area of soiling to the head of the back cover with shallow wrinkling to the last fifty pages or so. Overall, a solid, tight, Good+ copy in a like, unclipped dust jacket, which has bumps with slight creasing to the spine ends and corners, sunning to the spine, a few faint smudges to the covers, some wear with short tears to the edges, and areas of soiling to the inside of the back cover that are not easily discernable from the exterior. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar, and additional images are available by request.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: ***** This is the true first American edition, first printing (with "First American Edition" stated on the copyright page, and with NO later printings listed.) ***** This book is SIGNED and DATED by the author on the title page. The author has not inscribed this book to anyone; it is just signed and dated by the author. **** Signed examples of this title are rare. ***** Very nice hardcover with dust jacket. There is NO writing, NO bookplates, and NO remainder marks. It is NOT a book club edition and NOT a former library book. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped ($18.95), and it has the correct first printing date code (4/88) at the bottom of the inside rear flap. ***** CONDITION: The book and dust jacket are in very nice FINE condition. A lovely example of this rarity! ***** We include new mylar (clear) dust jacket protectors with all books at no charge. ***** OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU: All books are guaranteed to be as described. We believe that no sale is complete until you are happy. Any book is returnable for a full refund (including postage) if you're not 100% satisfied. All books are packaged very carefully and shipped via USPS Mail with Delivery Confirmation. Thank you! Richard Vick, Modern First Editions (Buying and Selling Modern First Editions since 1982).
Seller: Richard Vick, Modern First Editions, Coral Springs, FL, U.S.A.
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. Love in the Time of Cholera.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition of the author's work, which ranks as one of the great novels of the last half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the dedication page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson and Chip Kidd. Additionally signed by Chip Kidd on the rear dust jacket flap. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. "This shining and heartbreaking novel may be one of the greatest love stories ever told," wrote the New York Times. It's a "sumptuous book[with] major themes of love, death, the torments of memory, the inexorability of old age" (The Washington Post). The English-language movie adaptation was released in 2007, starring Academy Award-nominated Brazilian actress Fernanda Montenegro.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. Love in the Time of Cholera. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the limitation page. An attractive copy housed in the original publisher's slipcase that has minor wear to the edges. The book is great shape with light wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. Love in the Time of Cholera. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. This LIMITED EDITION of 350 copies is authentically SIGNED by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. A magnificent copy. The book is bound in the original publishers pink cloth. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a stunning copy SIGNED by the author with the publisher's slipcase. We buy SIGNED Gabriel Garcia Marquez First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$5812.22 + shipping
Description: First edition in English, signed limited issue, number 332 of 350 copies signed by the author and specially bound. The novel was originally published in Colombia under the title El amor en los tiempos del cólera in 1985. The American edition preceded the UK edition by a few months. Octavo. Original black and pink cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pink endpapers. With the printed acetate dust jacket and publisher's yellow card slipcase. Fine.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom