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"'It was inevitable...' So begins this story set in a country on the Caribbean coast of South America-a story that ranges from the late nineteenth century to the early decades of our own, tracing the lives of three people and their entwined fates. And yet, at first nothing seems inevitable, for this is a tale of unrequited love." (excerpt) Book is in very good condition. Pages are bright and clean with no interior markings. Spine is tight with no creasing. Very minimal wear, almost new.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First US Edition/1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American Edition stated. In black cloth with gilt. Front corners bumped, rear corners softened. Tanning to rear endpapers where news clipping was once laid in. Clean interior with tight binding - appears unread. Jacket is unclipped($18.95) with light wear, nick to heel of spine and light fading to spine.

Octavo. Black cloth covered boards and spine with shiny gilt lettering on both the spine and the front board. Book has a light bumping at the head and tail of the spine and light rubbing at the tips of all eight of the book's corners. White endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 348 pages. Dust Jacket-has a trace of rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and a 1/16" chip in the very tip of the lower rear outside corner-otherwise clean, bright, and sharp. Upper corner of the front inside flap has been price clipped. Basis for the 2007 Mike Newell film of the same title.

Size: 6x1x9; All proceeds benefit local libraries. The book is in fantastic condition! There is some almost unnoticable creasing at the top of the spine but otherwise looks new!

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 348 p.