Published by Mariner Books, Boston, MA, 2011
ISBN 10: 0547574118 ISBN 13: 9780547574110
Seller: 2Vbooks, Derwood, MD, U.S.A.
Trade paperback. Condition: Fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 205 p. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark. SC 316.
Published by Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin, 2011, 2011
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition Fine and bright glossy stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Handsome all around.
Published by Harcourt, Inc., Orlando, ET AL, 2006
ISBN 10: 0151012385 ISBN 13: 9780151012381
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st US Printing.
Published by Houghton Mifflin, 2010, 2010
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
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First edition Fine and bright all around as new quite handsome hardocver with just the tiniest line to top edge.
Published by Harcourt, New York, NY, 2006
ISBN 10: 0151012385 ISBN 13: 9780151012381
Seller: Hourglass Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+, Not Price Clipped. American First. Complete letter line from A to K; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition. Book.
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Published by Harcourt, New York, NY, 2004
ISBN 10: 0151010404 ISBN 13: 9780151010400
Seller: Hourglass Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, Not Price Clipped. American First. Complete letter line from A to K; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition. Book.
Published by Harper Collins Publishers, 2007
ISBN 10: 0156032732 ISBN 13: 9780156032735
Seller: INDOO, Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.
Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.
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Published by Harper Collins Publishers, 2003
ISBN 10: 0156028794 ISBN 13: 9780156028790
Seller: INDOO, Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.
Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.
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Published by Harper Collins Publishers, 2001
ISBN 10: 0156010593 ISBN 13: 9780156010597
Seller: INDOO, Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.
Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.
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Published by Harper Collins Publishers, 2013
ISBN 10: 0544102738 ISBN 13: 9780544102736
Seller: INDOO, Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.
Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.
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Published by Harcourt, Inc.; A Harvest Book, New York, 2002
ISBN 10: 0151004145 ISBN 13: 9780151004140
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. 307 pages; 24 cm. First published under title: Caverna. Translated from the Portuguese. Tight, clean copy. Stated First U.S. Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Author is a Nobel Prizewinner. "Cipriano Algor, an elderly potter, lives with his daughter Marta and her husband Mar al in a small village on the outskirts of The Center, an imposing complex of shops, apartments, and offices to which Cipriano delivers his pots and jugs every month. On one such trip, he is told not to make any more deliveries. Unwilling to give up his craft, Cipriano tries his hand at making ceramic dolls. Astonishingly, The Center places an order for hundreds, and Cipriano and Marta set to work-until the order is cancelled and the three have to move from the village into The Center. When mysterious sounds of digging emerge from beneath their apartment, Cipriano and Mar al investigate, and what they find transforms the family's life. Filled with the depth, humor, and the extraordinary philosophical richness that marks each of Saramago's novels, The Cave is one of the essential books of our time. / Born in Portugal in 1922, Jose Saramago is one of the most acclaimed writers in the world today. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He lives in the Canary Islands." - Publisher. Size: 8vo. Collectible.
Published by Harcourt, Inc.; A Harvest Book, New York, San Diego, London, 2000
ISBN 10: 0151004218 ISBN 13: 9780151004218
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. 238 pages; 22 cm. Translated from the Portuguese. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Stated First U.S. Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. Nobel Prizewinner. "Senhor Jose is a low-grade clerk in the city's Central Registry, where the living and the dead share the same shelf space. A middle-aged bachelor, he has no interest in anything beyond the certificates of birth, marriage, divorce, and death that are his daily routine. But one day, when he comes across the records of an anonymous young woman, something happens to him. Obsessed, Senhor Jose sets off to follow the thread that may lead him to the woman-but as he gets closer, he discovers more about her, and about himself, than he would ever have wished. The loneliness of people's lives, the effects of chance, the discovery of love-all coalesce in this extraordinary novel that displays the power and art of Jose Saramago in brilliant form. / Jose Saramago was born in Portugal in 1922. He is the author of six novels, including Baltasar and Blimunda and The History of the Siege of Lisbon." - Publisher. Size: 8vo. Collectible.
Published by Random House, 2005
ISBN 10: 009946165X ISBN 13: 9780099461654
Seller: Majestic Books, Hounslow, United Kingdom
Condition: New. pp. 304.
Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2010
ISBN 10: 0547352581 ISBN 13: 9780547352589
Seller: Capricorn Books, Oakville, ON, Canada
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. 205 pp, 8 1/2" H. "The enchanting tale of an elephant, his keeper, and their journey through sixteenth century Europe, based on a true story. In 1551, King Joao III of Portugal decided to give Archduke Maximilian an unusual wedding present: an elephant named Solomon, along with his keeper, Subhro. The two had been living in dismal conditions, forgotten in a corner of the palace grounds. When it occurs to the king and queen that an elephant might be an appropriate wedding gift, everyone rushes to get them ready: Subhro is given two new suits of clothes and Solomon a long-overdue scrub. Accompanied by the archduke, his bride, and the royal guard, our unlikely heroes traverse a continent riven by the Reformation and civil war. They make their way through the storied cities of northern Italy, (t)hey brave the Alps and the terrifying Isarco and Brenner passes (all after sailing across the Mediterranean). At last they make their grand entry into the imperial city of Vienna." Light toning to the pages, one very small corner bump, very light browning to the edges of the text block. Dust jacket has very light edge wrinkling - mainly at the top of the rear panel. Not Signed.
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Published by Triangle Square Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1644213125 ISBN 13: 9781644213124
Seller: Monster Bookshop, Fleckney, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: New. Mosquera, Yolanda (illustrator). BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.
Published by New York City, NY: Houghton And Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 015101325X ISBN 13: 9780151013258
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 365 pages. Published in 2012. The author's fourteenth novel to be translated into English, published posthumously. Jose Saramago's breakthrough novel, it immediately precedes "Baltasar And Blimunda" (1982), and is now finally available in translation thirty-two years later. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Jose Saramago's "Levantado do Chao" in a felicitous English translation. His most autobiographical (and stylistically, most realistic) novel. "A multigenerational family saga that paints a sweeping portrait of twentieth-century Portugal. Saramago's most deeply personal novel" (Publisher's blurb). "Saramago will be a permanent part of the Western canon. In all of his wonderful meditations upon the ruefulness of life, there is always a spirit of laughter beckoning us in the art of somehow going on. His achievement is one of the enlargements of life" (Harold Bloom). That is to say, more than any other great European writer of our time, he makes us laugh at his pain, and in this book, the pain is depicted in all its rawness and without sentimentality. "Arguably the greatest writer of our time. He throws a dazzling flash of lightning on his subjects" (The Chicago Tribune). Saramago was an anomaly who came out of nowhere, seemingly born a genius. Every single page of every single book he has ever written makes the reader feel that he or she is in the hands of an unsurpassable Master. An absolute "must-have" title for Jose Saramago collectors. This title is a modern classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Regarded by Harold Bloom as one of the two greatest novelists of our time (the other being Philip Roth), Jose Saramago will be read as probably the greatest European novelist of the last fifty years. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOSE SARAMAGO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 015101325X. no.
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Published by The Harvill Press, London, 2004
ISBN 10: 1843431432 ISBN 13: 9781843431435
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
First Edition
Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition in English. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa. ***Uncorrected Proof Copy of the first impression of the first edition in English, with full number-string sequence including the no. "1": 2 4 6 9 10 9 7 5 3 1. ***Near fine in black and blue illustrated card wrappers, with the front and rear wrappers printed "upside-down" to each other. A small round indentation to the front cover which affects the first few pages. A hint of very light rubbing to extremities. Pages clean and bright. No inscriptions. No reading creases to the spine. Spine tight. No tears. ***Uncorrected Proof Copy of the first impression of the first UK edition of José Saramago's masterpiece: The Double. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Published by Harvill Secker, London, 2010
ISBN 10: 1846553601 ISBN 13: 9781846553608
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
First Edition
Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition in English. First impression of the first edition in English with full number-string sequence including the no. "1" on the publisher's prelims copyright page: 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1. A Paperback original. Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa. ***Near fine in colour-illustrated thin card wrappers. No tears. No inscriptions. Spine tight. Wrappers bright. 216mm x 112mm. 200 pages. ***'Saramago's enchanting novel is a mix of fact (an Indian elephant really did make this journey in 1551), fable and fantasy. Filled with wonderful landscapes and local colour, peppered with witty reflection on human failings and achievements, it is, in the end, about the journey of life itself.' (Quote from rear wrapper blurb). ***First impression of the true first edition. Published as a paperback original in the UK. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Published by Harvill Press, London, 2004
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF. Paperback. Flat spine. Flat covers. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref B78.
Published by New York City, NY: Harcourt Inc., 2002, 2002
ISBN 10: 0151004145 ISBN 13: 9780151004140
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 307 pages. Published in 2002. The author's eighth novel to be translated into English. One of Jose Saramago's finest achievements. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Jose Saramago's "A Caverna" in a felicitous English translation. "A compassionate study of loyalty, love, and the ways in which people face the forces trying to obliterate their spirit" (Francine Prose). Saramago re-visits and re-examines "the human condition", that otherwise exhausted inheritance from the idea and the reality called Europe, and sees it with fresh eyes through the prism of Apocalypse/"The End". He revitalizes and enlarges the novel through allegory. Often described as a satirist, Saramago's work goes much deeper, and he is perhaps the greatest modern literary ironist since Franz Kafka. An important distinction: A satirist mocks, makes fun of, and laughs at others; an ironist mocks, makes fun of, and laughs at himself, that is, makes us laugh at his pain. Saramago was an anomaly who came out of nowhere, seemingly born a genius. Every single page of every single book he has ever written makes the reader feel that he or she is in the hands of an unsurpassable Master. An absolute "must-have" title for Jose Saramago collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed and dated in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Jose Saramago 1.2006". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great book. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Among Nobel Laureates, Saramago's signature was the most difficult to get because he rarely left Lanzarote, the island he moved to at the height of his fame. Signed copies of his books remain under-priced as compared to those of Gabriel Garcia Marquez or Cormac McCarthy. Saramago will be regarded by posterity as a greater writer than both of them, and there is no British or American novelist of the last fifty years, living or dead, who comes close to Saramago's achievement. A rare signed copy thus. Regarded by Harold Bloom as one of the two greatest novelists of our time (the other being Philip Roth), Jose Saramago will be read as probably the greatest European novelist of the last fifty years. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOSE SARAMAGO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0151004145. Signed by Author.