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Cordero-Fernando, Gilda.
THE BUTCHER, THE BAKER, THE CANDLE-STICK MAKER.
Manila, Philippines: Benipayo Press, 1962. Softcover. First Edition/First Printing. 196 pages. Fine. Slight wear to paperback edges and rubbing to integral DJ . The author's breakthrough debut collection of short stories. Published in a very small and limited print run as a paperback original only. The true First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine and large flaps, as issued. Text by Gilda Cordero-Fernando. Without DJ, as issued. The first and only such collection of short stories by a writer who is regarded in Asia as one of the finest and most versatile in the English language. Gilda Cordero-Fernando has since written more short stories (uncollected) as well as essays, articles, and nonfiction. She is also the leading publisher of coffee-table art books in the Philippines. A "must-have" title for Gilda Cordero-Fernando collectors. This title has been out-of-print for almost fifty years. This is one of very few copies of the true First Edition still available online and is in fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A very scarce copy thus. One of the finest Filipino literary and cultural figures of the 20th century. A fine copy. . $30.00 |
