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OF LOVE AND SHADOWS

  • SIGNED
  • New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987
By Allende, Isabel; Peden, Margaret Sayers
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First printing. Very good.. Doubly inscribed uncorrected proofs for the first US edition of Allende's novel set in Chile under Pinochet's dictatorship, later adapted into a film starring Antonio Banderas and Jennifer Connelly. 7.25'' x 5.25''. Original blue printed wrappers. 247, [1] pages. Inscribed "con un abrazo" by Allende, with a drawing of a flower, on front free endpaper. Additionally inscribed by Peden on title page: "My first translation for this remarkably talented writer, a relationship I value. / March 1994 / Margaret Sayers Peden." Light edgewear, sunning to spine, front wrapper with a bit of creasing and evidence of staple removal.
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