Dunvegan, Ontario: Cormorant Books, 1987. Glossy card covers. Ink name of author John Metcalf, a fine copy. A collection of stories by this Chilean writer who fled the American-sponsored terror in Chile and settled in Canada. Note: light parcel, any default shipping may be reduced.

New York: Avon, 1985. Mass market Bard paperback original, the first US edition of this novel set in the Amazon jungle by an acclaimed Brazilian writer. Fine, crisp, uncreased copy, inscribed by the author to a Toronto writer and impresario who brought him to town for a reading "For___, thanks for this Indian summer, I wish you can come next year to Brasil. Marcio Souza, Toronto 1985" and with the inscribee's 1985 ink signature at front. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced.

New York: Viking, 1988. Cloth & boards. Fine in fine, price-clipped jacket, no remainder mark. A novel written in English by the great Argentian - Chilean author.

London: Cape, 2005. Black boards. Fine in jacket jacket.

Austin: University of Texas, 1975. Third printing. Red cloth. pp (xiv), 292. Index. Light glue residue from removed label inside front cover, else fine. Red jacket has faded spine, VG otherwise. Includes a chronlogical list of novels at rear.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1962. Cloth & boards. [2], xxiv, 226, [4] pp. Review copy with dated review slip of the Canadian distributor (Saunders) laid in. Very small soft bruise to lower outer corners of boards, page edges lightly tanned, else fine, no previous owner names. Cream price-clipped dust jacket is lightly tanned, lightly dust soiled, small nicks and one short tear; VG otherwise. Poetry and prose by Julio Cortazar, Octavio Pax, José Donoso, Nicanor Parra, and many others.

Ypsilanti, MI: Bilingual Press, 1982. The paper issue in card covers. VG+ copy. Inscribed by the author to Japanese-Canadian author Joy Kogawa "with great admiration for 'Obasan.' Nash Candelaria, May 2,1983". Laid in is a four paragraph TLS from the author to Kogawa, mentioning the awards ceremony of the Before Columbus Foundation, Canadian authors James and Nancy Houston, and his won book winning an American Book Award. Second novel of this (New) Mexican-American author.

New York: Knopf, 1987. Cloth and boards. Just a little leaned, else fine in fine, price-clipped jacket. The noted Chilean novelist's second book to be translated into English.

London: Deutsch, 1986. Red boards. [4], (92) pp. Fine in fine jacket. A short novel about an Argentinian conscripted soldier writing to his English girl friend during the Falklands War. First book in English by this Argentinian writer who at time of publication was living in Paris, having lived in London. Translator not given, but likely P.A. Brewer, who is the credited translator in the 1987 US edition. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced.

New York: Vintage, 1983. Card covers. Slight rubbing to spine ends, VG otherwise. A novel of El Salvador.

New York: Vintage, 1983. Card covers. Ink gift inscription to a well-known Canadian author, VG otherwise. A novel of El Salvador.

New York: Harcourrt Brace Jovanovich, 1985. Cloth & boards. Remainder stripe to top page edges. else fine in fine jacket.

New York: Persea Books, 1983. Octavo, 235 pp. Black cloth. Four line bookstore rubber stamp to front free endpaper, else fine. Price-clipped white jacket has light soiling to inner margin of rear panel; very minor use to flap folds; else fine. First book of the author of THE MAMBO KINGS PLAY SONGS OF LOVE, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. A novel of Cuban-Americans in New York City, there were fewer than 2000 copies of this first printing. The rear panel of the jacket has a quote from Donald Barthelme and a photo of the author.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1974. Purple boards. Page edges yellowed, small crease at foot of spine, VG+ otherwise. Jacket has nicks, tiny chip, slight rubbing, VG otherwise, flap price intact. One of the great Latin American novels. Cuban author. Homoerotic content.

Boston: Godine, 1985. Cloth and boards. Fine in fine jacket. A novel by the great Brazilian writer.

Barcelona: Seix Barral, 1981. Second printing. Octavo, blue cloth. pp (721), (3) + plates. Tidy ink name (date on other side) at top of front free endpaper; bookstore rubber stamp at bottom margin of title page; else fine. Blue dust jacket has spine sunned to purple; shallow rubbed chips along top edge of front panel, with internal tape repairs; short tear at head of spine internally repaired; good. Purple printed card slipcase has a few scratches, VG otherwise. Text is in Spanish. 1.5 kg parcel

San Francisco: City Lights, 2001. Glossy card covers. Fine copy. Inscribed by the editor to a noted Canadian literary couple.

New York: Knopf, 1970. Yellow cloth. Fine in fine, price-clipped jacket. Brazilian author,

New York: Time, Inc, 1961. Cloth and boards. pp 79. Small light soil spot to inner margin of front cover, else fine. Black card slipcase has some wear along back edge, VG otherwise. First Prize Winner, Life en Espanol's Literary Contest. "Limited Edition". Noted Argentinian author.