It is the morning of Pacote's last fight, the finale of one of the greatest careers in Spain. The posters are up, the great black bulls are waiting, and a heavy air of expectancy hangs over the city. Pacote, alone in his dressing room, feels the heavy ball of fear pressing against his heart. For he knows that he has been falling off, that he will be unable to face the bulls this day, that he will disgrace himself before the young upstart who is fighting with him and before the crowd that has immortalized him too soon. And ...
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It is the morning of Pacote's last fight, the finale of one of the greatest careers in Spain. The posters are up, the great black bulls are waiting, and a heavy air of expectancy hangs over the city. Pacote, alone in his dressing room, feels the heavy ball of fear pressing against his heart. For he knows that he has been falling off, that he will be unable to face the bulls this day, that he will disgrace himself before the young upstart who is fighting with him and before the crowd that has immortalized him too soon. And there is a woman ... the woman. From the moment the gate is opened and the first bull enters the ring, you are there in the stands with the screaming crowd, at the ringside with the sweating sword handlers and the banderilleros, and in the lonely emptiness at the center of the arena with only a red cape and a slender sword.
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VG. Dell #714, 1953. First Dell printing. Very Good condition. Creasing al ong the front spine seam. The spine has a 3/4" vertical tear at its he ad. Mild dust soiling to the wrappers. Rubs to the spine edges. Tannin g to the pages. Cover art by Stanley Borack.
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Good. No Jacket. H3-Book has wrinkling, wear and tear on the spine edges and cover corners, chipping and wear on the spine and gutters, some edges, sides and corners, bumped corners, moderate discoloration, and normal shelf wear otherwise good. Same date appears on the title page and copyright page.
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Good. Illus. 8vo, cloth, d. w; (d.w. spotted and worn). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1952). A good copy--spotting to cloth and outer edges; lacking dust wrapper.
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