LA REGIÓN MÁS TRANSPARENTE
Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 460 pages, [2] index. In Very Good condition, with Very Good dust jacket. In beige dust jacket with black and burgundy titling. Dust jacket shows mild wear, some sun-fading and water-staining to spine, and slight chipping to head of spine. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: “$25.00 m./mex”. Boards show bumping to lower rear corner of tail of spine. Text block shows foxing to spine and page edges with contemporary name on title page: "C. Vazquez Padilla / Irapuato-VI-1958". Shelved in Case 2.
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Shelved Dupont Bookstore
Price: $1,600
NOTES
Per the colophon, it was printed on March 29, 1958 in an edition of 4,000 copies.
La región más transparente) is the first novel by Carlos Fuentes. Translated as Where the Air Is Clear, it was followed by La muerte de Artemio Cruz (The Death of Artemio Cruz), a milestone in the Latin American Boom.