Jonathan Cape, 1982. First UK edition, first printing. Hardcover octavo in original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, in the original illustrated dust jacket.
A very presentable copy. The boards are clean and square with light edge wear. Internally the pages are clean and unmarked, with mild toning consistent with age. The dust jacket is complete and unclipped, showing some general handling wear and light creasing to the inner flaps, but remains attractive overall.
First published in English in 1982, Chronicle of a Death Foretold is one of García Márquez’s most celebrated shorter works, blending journalism, fatalism, and magical realism into a tightly structured novella. A key late-period title by the Nobel Prize–winning author and an essential work of modern Latin American literature.
