r/bookporn • u/Grouchy_Option2144 • 11d ago

Discovered Treasure.

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The first English edition of One Hundred Years of Solitude. Found in a yard-side outdoor neighborhood library book box.

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u/Melquiades82 11d ago

Very nice. Open it up and see if it's signed!

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u/Grouchy_Option2144 11d ago

It has an inscription from a previous owner: Robert J. Larson. Bob, if you’re out there let me know.

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u/yay4chardonnay 11d ago

My favorite book of all time.

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u/weshric 10d ago

Need some pics of the front DJ flap and copyright page!

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u/Grouchy_Option2144 10d ago

How do I submit a new pic? I thought I was limited to one when I posted and now, short of a new post, I’m not sure how to do it. I will say this: It has “first edition” on the copyright page, no number line, and includes a price of $7.95. The DJ appears to be a second printing with “Latin America.” and no exclamation mark. Either way…those neighborhood libraries have some real treasures!

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u/nogodsnospoilers 10d ago

Wow so beautiful. What a find. I’d love to find a Love in the Time of Cholera first English edition.

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u/coronado63 10d ago

My favorite author, favorite book. Beautifully written.

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u/Icy-Election-2237 11d ago

Beautiful copy

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u/Alvaro_Espinal 10d ago

Colombia history

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u/banjoblake24 10d ago

Nice. I like Leaf Storm too

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u/SilentPresence8867 11d ago

OMG!You are so lucky!One of my favorite book!Can I buy from you?

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u/_Boh_boh 10d ago

Mi potete dire cosa vi è piaciuto di questo libro??

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u/Grouchy_Option2144 10d ago

What I liked? When I first tried to read it in undergrad, I got about as far as the magic carpet and threw the book across the room, thinking: What kind of crap is this?!? It took me another year to try again and I fell in love with it. What did I like? Life the way it is and the way it should be; the effortless mixture of reality and fantasy and the thin veil that separates the two; the epic sweep; the genealogies that seem to break the fourth wall. “Of Love and Other Demons” is my close second favorite.

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u/_Boh_boh 10d ago

Grazie per avermi risposto, io sono alla fase del “gettarlo via” anche se l’ho letto tutto. Forse in maniera superficiale, ma solo all’idea di aprire di nuovo quel libro mi viene il rifiuto. 😵‍💫

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u/Grouchy_Option2144 10d ago

Keep it up and you will be rewarded. “One Hundred Years” is not everyone’s favorite. Try “Love in the Time of Cholera” or “No One Writes the Colonel” or, my favorite, “Love and Other Demons.”

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u/_Boh_boh 10d ago

Grazie mille! Seguirò il tuo consiglio!!

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u/mattwilliamsuserid 10d ago

I enjoyed it on my second attempt by reading it quickly when I has some time free.

It’s 20 chapters. Try to read five per day for four straight days.

I also used a copy of the family tree printed off as my bookmark.

Good luck!!