{"product_id":"the-war-of-the-end-of-the-world-mario-vargas-llosa-1st-folio-society-edition","title":"The War of the End of the World, Mario Vargas Llosa — 1st Folio Society Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\" id=\"p-rc_e1f5aa058d600ffd-392\"\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"6,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, The Folio Society, 2012\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"6,1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"6,2\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"6,2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6,2\" data-index-in-node=\"1\"\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e Large 8vo, pp. [x], 682.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\" id=\"p-rc_e1f5aa058d600ffd-393\"\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Fine. A remarkably preserved copy approaching the condition of a new book. The ochre buckram binding remains exceptionally tight and completely free of shelf-wear or bumping to the extremities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,2\"\u003e. The striking skull and geometric blocking to the front board and spine is entirely unrubbed and brilliantly unoxidised\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,4\"\u003e. The text block is perfectly square and firm, with the page edges remaining pristine and free of any foxing or handling marks. Internally, the Abbey Wove paper pages are remarkably bright, crisp, and completely unmarked, indicating the book has seen little to no use\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,5\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"7,6\"\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"citation-1115 citation-end-1115\"\u003eThe volume is housed in a similarly sharp, robust brown publisher's slipcase that exhibits no notable wear.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\" id=\"p-rc_e1f5aa058d600ffd-394\"\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1114 citation-end-1114\"\u003e First printing of this edition of Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa's historical masterpiece, originally published in Spanish by Seix Barral in 1981\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1113 citation-end-1113\"\u003e.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"3\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e The text was translated into English by Helen R. Lane\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"8,4\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\" id=\"p-rc_e1f5aa058d600ffd-395\"\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1112 citation-end-1112\"\u003eThe volume is beautifully bound in buckram by Lachenmaier of Reutlingen, Germany, and features specially commissioned colour illustrations alongside an intricately blocked binding design by artist Ben Cain\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1111 citation-end-1111\"\u003e.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"5\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e The text itself is elegantly set in Janson and printed on Abbey Wove paper by Memminger MedienCentrum AG in Memmingen, Germany\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,4\"\u003e. This specific issue is further elevated by a bespoke foreword written expressly for it by the author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,5\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"9,6\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003eWhile not exceedingly rare on the open market, this beautiful production is highly sought after by collectors of modern literature, particularly as Vargas Llosa himself has frequently cited \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"190\"\u003eThe War of the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e as his magnum opus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\" id=\"p-rc_e1f5aa058d600ffd-396\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1110\"\u003eSet in the unforgiving backlands of late-19th-century Brazil, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"69\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1110\"\u003eThe War of the End of the World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1110 citation-end-1110\"\u003e fictionalizes the devastating War of Canudos.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"6\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-1109 citation-end-1109\"\u003eWhen a charismatic and mysterious prophet known as the Counselor draws thousands of disenfranchised followers, beggars, outlaws, and former slaves, to forge a utopian, apocalyptic community, the newly formed Brazilian republic views them as an existential threat.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"7\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e What follows is a cataclysmic clash between the fanaticism of the marginalised and the brutal, modernising force of the state. \u003cspan class=\"citation-1108 citation-end-1108\"\u003eVargas Llosa weaves a sweeping, masterful narrative of passion, revolution, and the tragic consequences of ideological zealotry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54160371155283,"sku":"4399","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260623_103317.jpg?v=1782973506","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-war-of-the-end-of-the-world-mario-vargas-llosa-1st-folio-society-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}