Author: Alejo Carpentier; Harriet de Onis
Title: The Lost Steps
Description: London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in English of this important novel by Cuban author Alejo Carpentier, a smart copy in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this novel in English.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. An important novel by one of the most popular Cuban novelists of the twentieth century, Alejo Carpentier.'The Lost Steps' follows a composer who flees his suffocating life in New York to find freedom in the wilderness of South America.This edition was translated by Harriet de Onis, an influential translator of South American literature.Two newspaper clippings, reviews of this novel, loosely inserted. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Dust wrapper is a little age-toned, ostly to the spine, with some very light edge wear, and a few minor marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.
Keywords: The Lost Steps alejo carpentier harriet de onis new york alejo carpentier cuba None
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Title: The Lost Steps
Description: London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in English of this important novel by Cuban author Alejo Carpentier, a smart copy in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this novel in English.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. An important novel by one of the most popular Cuban novelists of the twentieth century, Alejo Carpentier.'The Lost Steps' follows a composer who flees his suffocating life in New York to find freedom in the wilderness of South America.This edition was translated by Harriet de Onis, an influential translator of South American literature.Two newspaper clippings, reviews of this novel, loosely inserted. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Dust wrapper is a little age-toned, ostly to the spine, with some very light edge wear, and a few minor marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.
Keywords: The Lost Steps alejo carpentier harriet de onis new york alejo carpentier cuba None
Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 879P22
- Book number: 879P22
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