For the Sake of a Country Within Reach of the Children
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; Edith Grossman [trans.]; Benjamin Villegas [ed.]
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 9589393284
- ISBN 13
- 9789589393284
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Bogota, CO: Villegas Editores, 1996. Very Good/Very Good +. Bogota: CO: Villegas Editores, 1996. First Edition. Quarto. 147 pages. Photographic dust jacket. Mustard boards stamped in gilt. Color and photo photographs throughout. Black endpapers.
Book-length photo essay on the history of Colombia, touching upon race, colonialism, and environmental degradation.
Dust jacket is lightly worn at edges with some light general scuffing. One inch gash to bottom of rear joint with exposure and loss and bottom corner of final 20 pages slightly crushed. Binding nevertheless sound and pages readable and unmarked.
Book-length photo essay on the history of Colombia, touching upon race, colonialism, and environmental degradation.
Dust jacket is lightly worn at edges with some light general scuffing. One inch gash to bottom of rear joint with exposure and loss and bottom corner of final 20 pages slightly crushed. Binding nevertheless sound and pages readable and unmarked.
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8268
- Title
- For the Sake of a Country Within Reach of the Children
- Author
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez; Edith Grossman [trans.]; Benjamin Villegas [ed.]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 9589393284
- ISBN 13
- 9789589393284
- Publisher
- Villegas Editores
- Place of Publication
- Bogota, CO
- Date Published
- 1996
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