Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto by Mario Vargas Llosa in a new archival wrap. First American Edition stated, 1998 Farrar, Straus and Giroux. First Printing with full number line.
The book is in Near Fine condition with spotless boards, strong silver title gilt on the straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, no edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is in Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with price intact, mild edge wear, and looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Set in Lima, this story of a love triangle introduces Don Rigoberto, a gray insurance executive by day and a pornographer by night, his second wife, Lucrecia, and his son, Alfonso, who has relations with his stepmother, Lucrecia.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
