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Paperback. pp. 106. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Opening with the discovery of an ancient document in 'The Immortal' and featuring 'The Aleph' itself, a tale about a point in space where 'all the places of the world, seen from every angle, coexist', these short stories explore personal identity through a rich cast of characters and are accompanied in this volume by prose from The Maker.…

Paperback. pp. 449. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good+.

Hardcover. dj. pp. 723. 8vo. Black and white and colour photographs. Lightest shelfwear; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket. Illus. With Photos (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Hardcover - first English edition, first printing - in good condition. Two minor creases on plastic-protected jacket; page block and lower edges of hardcover are marked. Small stamp on rear pastedown. Text is clear throughout, and pages are sound and clean. TS. Used.…

1/4 Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st US Edition; First Printing. A handsome first American edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with trivial edgewear and soiling; Jorge Edwards' memoir Persona Non Grata tells the story of his disillusionment with the Cuban Revolution, a experience that has left him estranged from his homeland. Edwards was a young doctor when the Revolution erupted in 1959, and was quickly drawn into the fervor of the moment. He was soon a member of the Communist Party, and worked tirelessly to support the new regime. However, as time went on and the Revolution failed to deliver on its promises, Edwards began to question his beliefs. He left the Party in the early 1970s and has since made a life for himself in exile, living in Spain and France. Persona Non Grata is a powerful, personal account of one man's disillusionment with the Cuban Revolution, and a testament to the power of hope and change.; 8vo; 294 pages.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Paperback with French flaps. Very good condition. A few minor scores on dust jacket. Inner edge of rear cover is sunned. Binding is sound, pages are clean, and the contents are clear. AF. Used.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. first edition,1p; 13579108642pt line. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S40.00) DUST JACKET.clean, solid, bright; Silver spine titles on textured black spine strip.black hard covers.WHITE ENDPAPERS. Black titles on Orange spine strip.Silver & orange titles on glossy black DUST JACKET, Cover phto shows F. Castro smoking a cigar. ; 736 pages; From photos of his youth, family to extensive early revolutinary struggle. Playing Baseball with Jimmy Carter for instance. Illustrated by Map, Glossy photo section (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 1st printing, 1st edition in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket lightly scuffed along upper edges and spine ends. Page clean and unmarked throughout. AD. Illus. With Photos (illustratore). Used.

Condizione: very good, good. Third Printing. 25 cm, 380, illus., front DJ scratched and some sticker residue, some wear to DJ edges. The author's personal experiences as a political prisoner in Cuba.

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. 8vo. Pp: 195. Illustrated dust jacket. Black buckram boards with lettering at spine and front board. Number 21 of The Independent newspaper's promotional 'Banned Books' series. ISSN: 17533120 Very good in very good minus dust jacket. Slight bump at bottom of spine and bottom corners of boards. Slight toning at top edge. Shelfwear at dust jacket and small toning line to top edge of dust jacket. Text clean and bright throughout.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very good. First Edition. 25 cm, xiv, 380, [4] pages. Illustrations. Footnote. Some creasing to DJ edges. Inscribed by the author. The author's personal experiences as a political prisoner in Cuba. Armando Valladares Perez (born May 30, 1937) is a Cuban poet, diplomat, and human rights activist. In 1960, he was arrested by the Cuban government for conflicting reasons; the Cuban government alleged that he had been complicit in anti-Castro terrorism, while foreign sources regarded his arrest as being due to his protesting communism, leading Amnesty International to name him a prisoner of conscience. Following his release in 1982, he wrote a book detailing his imprisonment and torture at the hands of the Cuban government, and was appointed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to serve as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Valladares is from Pinar del Rio, Cuba. By his own account, he was initially a supporter of Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution, later becoming an employee of the Office of the Ministry of Communications for the Revolutionary Government, for which he worked at a post office. In 1960, at the age of 23, he reportedly refused to put an "I'm with Fidel" sign on his desk at work. Shortly after, he was arrested by political police at his parents' home. He was subsequently given a thirty-year prison sentence. The Cuban government stated that his arrest was on charges of terrorism, and that he had previously worked for the secret police of Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship. The international human rights organizations Oslo Freedom Forum, PEN International, and Amnesty International, in contrast, stated their belief that Valladares had been imprisoned solely for his anti-Castro stance, and the latter organization named him a prisoner of conscience. During his time in prison, Valladares went on multiple hunger strikes. The longest, a 49-day hunger strike in 1974, left him using a wheelchair several years with an attack of polyneuritis. Valladares subsequently appealed to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States, stating that he was being denied important medical care, including a functioning wheelchair. The IACHR found that Cuba had violated a number of Valladares's rights, including the right to a fair trial, the right to protection against arbitrary arrest and the right to humane treatment during the time the individual is in custody, and the right to due process and protection from cruel, infamous, or unusual punishment. Believing that "poetry is a weapon," Valladares also began smuggling his poems out of jail, which brought him a measure of international attention. His first published collection, From My Wheelchair, detailed prison abuses and was released in 1974. After the book's publication, PEN France awarded him its Freedom Prize. In 1981, Valladares's wife Marta - who had met and married him while he was imprisoned - traveled to Europe to meet with government officials regarding her husband's case, and in 1982, 83 U.S. Congressmen joined a call for Valladares's release.[9] Valladares was released that year after 22 years' imprisonment after a direct appeal by French President François Mitterrand. The Cuban government has made unconfirmed, unsubstantiated claims that Valladares was a CIA agent prior to his arrest and after his release from prison. After his release, Valladares resettled in the U.S. In 1986, Alfred A. Knopf released Valladares's memoir Against All Hope, in which he detailed his prison experiences. One year later, U.S. President Ronald Reagan appointed Valladares to serve as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. The move was widely seen as an attempt to dramatize and draw new attention to Cuban human rights abuses. The Cuban government reacted by calling Valladares a "traitor and a fake," including stating that he had faked his paralysis while imprisoned. The U.S. State Department responded by accusing Cuba. Victoria Kann (illustrations), and Luis Melendi (P (illustratore). …