The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts; Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord; The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman: [three novels - the Latin-American trilogy] Louis DE BERNIERES, pseud., i.e. Louis de Bernière-Smart

3 vols, published 1991-4. Cloth-backed boards. Dustwrapper of vol. [i] slightly creased at top edge and with a slight nick at one corner, two mild internal marks; dustwrapper of vol. [ii] slightly faded at spine; bottom edges of boards of vol. [iii] slightly faded, internal edge of dustwrapper slightly darkened, lower cover panel with one nick. First US editions of the author's first three novels (first published by Secker & Warburg, 1990-2), inscribed by him to his sometime partner Katy Emck, the first, "For Katherine, With lots & lots of love Louis xxxxx"; the second, "For Katy, with love & horror! Louis xxxxx"; the third, "For Kat Yemck With fat & morning bee-stings Lots of Louis xxxx". "Louis de Bernières's brilliant first novel is an intoxicating story of life, love, and politics in South America, which manages, within its gloriously panoramic scope, to be human, compassionate, and utterly compelling" (dustwrapper blurb of The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts). He followed the trilogy up with the enormous best-seller Captain Corelli's Mandolin (1994).