Condition: Acceptable: Signs of wear and use. Dark blue boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. . Text block has uneven trim. Some foxing to endpapers and first few blank pages and uneven trimmed page ends. Small spot on bottom front board. See images for the condition of this book.
Blurb: In this romantic novel, Ibáñez explorers the myth of the fictional queen of the island of California, first invented by Spanish poet Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo around 1510. Vicente Blasco Ibáñez was a Spanish journalist, politician, and best-selling novelist known for his passionately antimonarchical position. Ibáñez faced consistent political persecution in Spain before moving to France following World War I. He achieved international renown through U.S. film adaptations of some of his novels. Much of his work is distinguished by the intense realism of his style and his focus on serious societal issues.