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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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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Book: Good. 8vo. 213 pp. 5 5/8 x 8 1/4. Red boards with qtr orange cloth, stamped in red on front and spine. No dj. Stamp imprint from old book sale on front endpaper. Slight wear.
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Very Good. Size: 0x0x0; Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Add this copy of Matador to cart. $10.00, good condition, Sold by Argosy Book Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1952 by Houghton Mifflin.
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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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Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (fiction, bullfighting, sport) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.
