Men of Maize
Delacorte Press, 1975. 8vo, quarter tobacco cloth over tan paper boards, 337pp. Stated first printing. Unclipped dust jacket (10.00) with moderate wear to panels, short closed tear to front panel at spine crown. Ownership signature to front endpaper. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. The first appearance in English, a magical realist fiction about the modernization of agriculture steeped in indigenous folklore. considered to be the masterpiece of the Guatemalan writer and Nobel Laureate. Translated from the Spanish by Gerald Martin. A nearly fine copy in mylar.
Price: $100.00
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