The Alchemist : A Fable About Following Your Dream

San Francisco: Harper Collins, (1993). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 177 pp. Original quarter navy cloth over dark blue paper-covered boards, stamped in gold, in original unclipped ($16.00) dust-jacket. Moderate edge wear, particular to spine crown and corners with some chipping, wrinkles and fray. Handling and shelf wear. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Handling wear present. Corners rubbed, curled, with bumps. Light curling to spine ends with light bumps to panel edges. A few underlined passages.

Dust Jacket: Very Good

Hardcover: Very Good

“The Alchemist (Portuguese: O Alquimista) is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho which was first published in 1988. Originally written in Portuguese, it became a widely translated international bestseller. An allegorical novel, The Alchemist follows a young Andalusian shepherd in his journey to the pyramids of Egypt, after having a recurring dream of finding a treasure there. Coelho wrote The Alchemist in only two weeks in 1987. He explained that he was able to write at this pace because the story was "already written in [his] soul."