Lot 192: Marquez's defining work of magical realism

MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA

One Hundred Years of Solitude. New York: Harper & Row, [1970]. Stated first edition, first issue without number line at end. Publisher's green cloth, in second issue dust jacket with the exclamation point at the end of the first paragraph on the front flap, the $7.95 price intact. 422 pp. Slight fade to jacket spine, crease, short tear and a few minor scratches to rear panel, a fine copy overall.

Please note that the second issue jacket is without the exclamation mark on the front flap; the original description stated that this copy had the exclamation point but was second issue.

First printing in English of Marquez's defining work of magical realism.