“THE MAN WHO SERVES A REVOLUTION PLOWS THE SEA”: THE GENERAL IN HIS LABYRINTH, SIGNED BY GARCIA MARQUEZ
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel. The General in His Labyrinth. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Octavo, original full tan morocco gilt, raised bands; original pictorial paper-covered slipcase. $1200.
Signed limited first edition in English, number 252 of only 350 signed and specially bound copies.
García Márquez's portrait of "The Liberator" Simón Bolívar, "a fascinating literary tour de force and a moving tribute to an extraordinary man" (Margaret Atwood). Originally published in Madrid in 1989 as El General en su Laberinto and translated into English by Edith Grossman.
Faint spots of foxing to text block fore-edge and a very few pages. A handsome production in near-fine condition.