Randolph Hogan Translator (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Who drifted on a life raft for ten days without food or water, was proclaimed a national hero, kissed by beauty queens, made rich through publicity, and then spurned by the government and forgotten for all time.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Who drifted on a life raft for ten days without food or water, was proclaimed a national hero, kissed by beauty queens, made rich through publicity, and then spurned by the government and forgotten for all time.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text is unmarked. Toning and short edge tears to dust jacket, front flap clipped, a small stain to tail, in a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First English Language Edition. Orig. published as a series of newspaper articles early in the author's career as a journalist in Bogotá, Columbia, this is the true account of a sailor who turned up on a deserted beach 10 years after being washed overboard from the decks of a Columbian destroyer in 1955. Translated by Randolph Hogan from the original Spanish, "Relato de un naufrágo" published in 1970, this is the First English-language Edition, First Printing, from 1986. Hardcover book has matte black cloth-covered boards with silver lettering & design to front & spine. Condition is Fine: looks & feels just slightly less crisp than Brand New! Completely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages creamy white, with NO foxing/tanning. NO writing/underlining/highlighting. The unclipped DJ is Near fine, marred by 2 teeny tiny chips to bottom edge of front cover & slight darkening; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A First UK edition, First printing. Near fine book, in a very good+ DW; some age related discolouring to lighter colours of DW, but otherwise a great copy. The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor is a 1970 book by Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez, translated into English by Randolph Hogan. The book recounts the real-life ordeal of Luis Alejandro Velasco, a Colombian sailor who survived ten days adrift on a life raft without food or water in 1955.…