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New York: Atheneum. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Printing. Hardcover. 0689121024 . A handsome first printing of the first Atheneum in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author Isabel Allende directly on the dedication page. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden; Chilean-American novelist Allende's Eva Luna is an exotic dance that beguiles and entices. The enchanted and enchanting account of a contemporary Scheherazade, a wide-eyed American teller-of-tales who triumphs over harsh reality through the creative power of her own imagination; 8vo; Signed by Author .

Doubly inscribed review copy of this short story collection by the renowned Chilean-American author with inscriptions by Allende and translator Margaret Sayers Peden, who refers to this book as one of her favorite translations. 9.25'' x 6''. Original quarter black cloth, mustard yellow paper boards, lettered in red to front board and in gilt to spine. In original ($18.95) color pictorial jacket designed by Wendy Bass. Inscribed by Allende in blue ink to half-title page: "Para ______ con un gran abrazo/ Isabel Allende" with flower drawing; inscribed by Peden on leaf following front flyleaf: "For ______ / One of my very favorite translations, / with gratitude, /Petch Peden / March 1994". Two copies of original printed publisher's announcement laid in. [12], 338 pages. Jacket with trace edgewear, faint toning to flaps. Boards with gentle bumping to top corners. Interior crisp.

First American edition. SIGNED by Isabel Allende on half-title page. About fine in fine dust jacket. (A few tiny specks of foxing at edges. )