The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream -
Paulo Coelho
1993 - Harper, San Francisco - First Edition in English
”My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky.”
"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams."
A fine copy of the now rather elusive first edition in English, originally published in Portuguese five years earlier. The Alchemist has since been translated into 80 languages, the most translated book by a living author. It has sold more than 150 million copies in more than 150 countries, becoming one of the best-selling books in history (2022). First edition in English, first printing - with copyright page showing ‘1st ed.’ and number line of 1 to 10. Dust jacket with price of US$ 16 to front flap.
Thin octavo (book size 21.9x13.4cm), pp. pp. [8] 177 [7]. In publisher’s blue cloth spine over matching blue paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, blue endpapers, foredge untrimmed, others trimmed. Dust jacket priced ‘USA $16.00 / Canada $21.50’ to upper edge of front flap. Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket with a hint of fading to the spine. Ref: 111935 Price: HK$ 8,000
"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams."
A fine copy of the now rather elusive first edition in English, originally published in Portuguese five years earlier. The Alchemist has since been translated into 80 languages, the most translated book by a living author. It has sold more than 150 million copies in more than 150 countries, becoming one of the best-selling books in history (2022). First edition in English, first printing - with copyright page showing ‘1st ed.’ and number line of 1 to 10. Dust jacket with price of US$ 16 to front flap.
Thin octavo (book size 21.9x13.4cm), pp. pp. [8] 177 [7]. In publisher’s blue cloth spine over matching blue paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, blue endpapers, foredge untrimmed, others trimmed. Dust jacket priced ‘USA $16.00 / Canada $21.50’ to upper edge of front flap. Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket with a hint of fading to the spine. Ref: 111935 Price: HK$ 8,000