Saramago Jose Translated Portuguese Giovanni (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Advance reading copy. Brand new condition. Unread and unmarked.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. 5th or later Edition. A later impression of the first Harcourt / Harvest / Mariner paperback edition, first published in 1999 - this copy being a later reprint. Harvill Press published a hardback edition in the UK in 1997. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. ***Very good in matt white printed card wrappers. Edges and corners of the wrappers are slightly creased. No tears. No reading creases to the spine. Spine tight. Wrappers slightly marked. No inscriptions. Internally clean. 205mm x 135mm. 326 pages plus a four page excerpt from 'José Saramago's new novel "Seeing"' at the back of the book. ***'A magnificent parable of loss and disorientation and a vivid evocation of the horrors of the twentieth century, Blindness is a powerful portrayal of man's worst appetites and weaknesses - and man's ultimately exhilarating spirit.' ***'A shattering work by a literary master.' - The Boston Globe (Quote and review quote taken from the back wrapper). ***A later impression of the first US paperback edition, published by Harcourt / Harvest in the Mariner paperbacks series. A good reading copy. ***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.

Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. Paula Piglia [Cover illustration] (illustrator). First Simultaneous UK Paperback Edition. First impression of the second UK edition, published in 1996 as a paperback original [PBO], with 'First impression' stated on the printer's page. The first UK edition was published in 1992, also as a PBO with a simultaneous hardcover issue. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. ***Near fine in colour-illustrated covers, with cover illustration by Paula Piglia. Edges of covers just slightly rubbed and creased. Covers bright. Spine slightly faded, with a light vertical reading crease. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean. Spine tight. No tears. ***358 pages plus page of reviews of The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis, and a four page numbered catalogue of Harvill paperback titles to the rear. 216 mm x 134 mm. ***'In "Ricardo Reis" Saramago has created one of the most enigmatic characters in modern fiction, a man in touch with every facet of life at a moment in history when every certainty in civilised society is about to be scattered to the winds.' - Herbert Mitgang in the New York Times [Review quote taken from the back cover] ***A first impression of the second UK paperback edition, in very nice bright condition. ***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.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition in English. First impression of the first edition in English. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. ***Near fine in pale violet-grey boards and grey cloth-covered spine with black titles to spine. No tears. Pages clean and bright. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper, with the original publisher's price of $23.00. Extremities of dustwrapper slightly creased and rubbed. No tears. Dustwrapper bright. 234mm x 260mm. 292 pages. ***'Joana Carda scratches the ground with an elm branch and the mute dogs of Cerbere begin to bark, portending doom. The earth cracks open and the Iberian peninsula separates from Europe and floats off into the Atlantic. The people flee the coastal areas in a mass exodus, to wander, disorientated across the floating, spinning island's interior. Among them are a group of strangers who wind up in the home of Maria Guavaira: Joaquim Sassa, who threw a stone into the sea and then found himself in Maria's bed; Joana Carda, who cut the earth in two; Jose Anaico, the king of the starlings; Pedro Orce, who can make the earth tremble with his feet; and a dog with no name and every name. ***At once an epic adventure and a timely political fable about the vicissitudes of the European community, The Stone Raft is a narrative tour de force by a "world-class writer". (USA Today). (Quote from inside front of dustwrapper blurb). ***First impression of the first edition in English, complete in its original attractive colour-illustrated dustwrapper, in nice bright condition. Uncommon to find the US first impression (which came out before the British edition) 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.