The Time Of the Hero

Hardcover. First U.K. edition (Translated by Lysander Kemp) A very good book, in a very good dust jacket. Edge scuff to jacket, price-clipped. Signed by the author on title page. "When The Time of the Hero was first published in Peru in 1962, it was considered so scandalous that a thousand copies were burned in an official ceremony at the Leoncio Prado Military… Read more about this item

NY: Grove Press, 1966. Bound in black cloth, stamped in gold. Previous owner's neat bookplate to front free endpaper. Book and dust jacket show a light bit of yellowing to extremes. Overall, a very nice copy of the first U.S. printing of the author's first book. 409 pp.. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Translated by Lysander Kemp. Small faint stain on the topedge near the crown (not affecting interior) else just about fine in a modestly toned and soiled, very good dust jacket with a bit of edgewear and an interior dampstain at the crown. Signed by Vargas Llosa on… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper. A very nice copy.

New York: Grove Press, Inc.,, 1966. First edition in English, first printing, signed by the author on the title page. This was Vargas Llosa's first novel, originally published in Spanish by Seix Barral in 1963 as La ciudad y los perros. It won the 1962 Premio Biblioteca Breve and the 1963 Premio de la Critica Espanola, and was turned… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Light foxing on top page edges, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with short closed tear on bottom edge on rear panel, rear flap creased. A novel.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First English edition. Translated by Lysander Kemp. Octavo. 409pp. Binding trifle cocked else about fine in fine dust jacket with a tiny bit of wear. Signed by Vargas Llosa on the title page. A bright copy.

New York: Grove Press, Inc. [1966], 1966. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [8], 7-409, [5] pp. Bound in black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $5.95 on front jacket flap. Translated by Lysander Kemp. A very attractive copy of the author's first novel. Previous owner's name written on the flyleaf else Fine… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo, pp.409. Publisher's hardcover in original dust-wrapper. No inscriptions or price-clipping. A clean, fine copy. The Nobel-winning Peruvian writer's first novel, set among the cadets at the Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima, which he attended as a teenager. The novel portrays the school so scathingly that its leadership burned a large… Read more about this item

NY: Grove Press, 1966. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Book has modest cover wear thus very good. Dj has edgewear and modest soiling. Signed by the author on the title page. .

NY:: Grove Press,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. B002PZCWBS . A novel. The Nobel laureate's first book to appear in English. Translated from the Spanish by Lysander Kemp. First American printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Very slight bumping to lower corners, else very near fine… Read more about this item

Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1986 Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. first edition/second printing book is tight with no markings, corner are curling.

New York: Grove Press, Inc.. Very Good. (1966). Hardcover. Translated by Lysander Kemp. 409 pages, black cloth with gilt printing to spine. Previous owner signed, otherwise this is a clean, nice copy. Very Good in a just slightly toned dust jacket. .

DW. Not price clipped. Very small tear at base of dw spine. Booksellers pastedown on lower inside front board. Dark tinted top edge. Clean and tight.

New York: Grove Press, 1966. 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 409 pages, author's first novel. Black cloth with light soil, dust jacket is bright, unclipped, but has a light pink line about 5 inches in length along right of cover. SIGNED BY LLOSA WITH HIS INITIALS AND UNDERLINED ON TITLE PAGE. Author signed at a reading… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Advance reading copy in the form of folded and gathered sheets laid in to finished dust jacket. Translated by Lysander Kemp. Octavo. 409pp. Fine in lightly worn, near fine dust jacket with a tiny nick.

New York: Grove Press, 1966. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 409 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light edgewear to dust jacket and foxing to fore edge. Light soil on top page block. Light fading to black cloth cover boards, otherwise tight copy. Record # 353984

New York: Grove Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. 1st English Language Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Slight foxing to top edge, light cloth spotting, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 1/4"tear and crease atop the spine, otherwise light wear. Crisp hardcover.; First Edition, First Printing of the first English translation of Vargas Llosa's writing,… Read more about this item

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, December 1986. Trade Paperback . Used Good. Front and back have light wear and minor damage. Spine intact, minimal wear. Binding is intact. Pages are generally clean with minor edge or corner wear. No water damage or significant stains. Clearly a pre-owned and used copy but still in readable condition. We carry new and… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Ink stamp and apparent residue to front flap; Stated first printing. author's second book; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 409 pages .