GARCIA MARQUEZ, GABRIEL. Los Cuentos de mi Abuelo El Coronel. 4to, publisher's pictorial boards, slightly bowed, occasional shallow surface impression; contents clean with pop-ups in fine working condition; publisher's printed card slipcover, some edgewear with short splits to corners, dampstain to one corner. Cali: Edición Smurfit Cartón de Columbia, (1988)
first colombian edition and correct first of Garcia Marquez's pop-up book that was never offered for sale and distributed principally to school children. An unusually nice example, especially so as the pop-ups are in far superior condition than ordinarily encountered.one of the few copies containing the rare original slipcover.
