Isabel Allende – The House of Spirits – First Edition 1985 – with promotional bookmark
£30.00
First edition, first printing of The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, published by Cape, London in 1985. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in publisher’s original green cloth with gilt titling to the spine, toning to the text block and spotting to the top edge and fore edge of the text block. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with spotting to the front and rear flaps. With associated Jonathan Cape promotional bookmark.
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende is a sweeping family saga blending magical realism and political history. Spanning four generations of the Trueba family in Chile, the novel explores love, power, class struggle, and supernatural elements. At its center are Esteban Trueba, a domineering patriarch, and his clairvoyant granddaughter Alba. As personal and political conflicts intertwine, Allende weaves a rich narrative about memory, repression, and resilience in the face of authoritarianism and societal change.
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First edition, first printing of The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, published by Cape, London in 1985. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in publisher’s original green cloth with gilt titling to the spine, toning to the text block and spotting to the top edge and fore edge of the text block. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with spotting to the front and rear flaps. With associated Jonathan Cape promotional bookmark.
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende is a sweeping family saga blending magical realism and political history. Spanning four generations of the Trueba family in Chile, the novel explores love, power, class struggle, and supernatural elements. At its center are Esteban Trueba, a domineering patriarch, and his clairvoyant granddaughter Alba. As personal and political conflicts intertwine, Allende weaves a rich narrative about memory, repression, and resilience in the face of authoritarianism and societal change.
