Love in the Years of Cholera [Published as "Love in the Time of Cholera"]
$8,500 · Offered by Biblio
First edition
[New York: Alfred A.] Knopf, 1988. Softcover. Fine. Advance uncorrected galley proofs of the first American edition, for submission to the Book of the Month Club, with the first leaf of each volume stamped "Submission. Book of The Month Club Inc." Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. Two volumes. Large quartos. 551 leaves (pp. [1], 215; [216]- 514). Printed rectos only. Comb bound in unprinted green wrappers. First volume has editor or publisher's small ink initials on the title page ("CF"). Both volumes are in fine condition but for a small tear on the rear wrap of Volume II. Editor's or translator's holograph corrections throughout the text reproduced in facsimile (starting on p.171, and continue, scattered throughout both volumes). Holograph corrections to page numbers also reproduced in holograph facsimile (again pages 171-514). Not noted by Klein (see Klein E13.a.3 for the Book of the Month Club edition), but obviously early - the only issue of this book we've seen with this alternative title. The Alfred A. Knopf uncorrected proof that was sent to reviewers and selected booksellers notes publication date as April 29, 1988, and has the corrected title. A rarity, and possibly unique, used by the publisher to secure lucrative BOMC publication. No copy under this title listed on *OCLC*.
- Publisher: Alfred A.] Knopf
- Year: 1988
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: unknown
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