The Stories of Eva Luna
Allende, Isabel; Transloated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden
Atheneum, 1991. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Original copyright 1989 by Isabel Allende under Spanish title ""Cuentos de Eva Luna."". This is the English translation from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden and published by Atheneum, a division of Macmillan Publlishing Company of New York. First printing per complete number line including the number one.. Hard cover with dark yellow boards, black spine cloth, gold gilt spine lettering, and copper gilt lettering of author's name on front board. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. All pages tightly intact, however there is a crack between the front free end paper and the half title page where the page with previous works is glued to the front free end paper. Dust jacket very good; shows only ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the book, ""In 1988 Isabel Allende published 'Eva Luna' a novel that recounted the adventurous life of a poor young Latin American woman who finds friendship, love and some measure of worldly success through her powers as a soryteller. ... Now in ""The Stories of Eva Luna,"" she [Allende] again presents us with a treasure trove of such stories, showing us once more why Eva Luna (and her much-celebrated creator) has won such a large and devoted readership....""
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