# Is "Cien años de soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude — Spanish first)" by Gabriel García Márquez a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Cien años de soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude — Spanish first) by Gabriel García Márquez (Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, 1967) is identified by: World true first edition, in the original Spanish, in printed wrappers (Colección Índice). This is the true first edition of the work, preceding all translations and far scarcer than the English-language first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- World true first edition, in the original Spanish, in printed wrappers (Colección Índice)
- The decisive first-printing point is the wrapper illustration: the first printing carries the blue galleon (sailing ship) floating over a jungle, designed in-house by Iris Pagano because Vicente Rojo's intended design was not ready in time
- From the second printing onward the wrappers carry Vicente Rojo's design of small symbols set in nine blue frames
- The colophon of the first printing records that printing was completed on the thirtieth of May 1967 ('treinta de mayo')
- First print run was about 8,000 copies
- Publisher imprint reads Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Gabriel García Márquez |
| Publisher | Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires |
| Year | 1967 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | World true first edition, in the original Spanish, in printed wrappers (Colección Índice) |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
World true first edition, in the original Spanish, in printed wrappers (Colección Índice). The decisive first-printing point is the wrapper illustration: the first printing carries the blue galleon (sailing ship) floating over a jungle, designed in-house by Iris Pagano because Vicente Rojo's intended design was not ready in time. From the second printing onward the wrappers carry Vicente Rojo's design of small symbols set in nine blue frames. The colophon of the first printing records that printing was completed on the thirtieth of May 1967 ('treinta de mayo'). First print run was about 8,000 copies.

## Is this the true first?
This is the true first edition of the work, preceding all translations and far scarcer than the English-language first. Three further Sudamericana printings followed in 1967 alone (commonly cited as June, September and December), so copies dated 1967 are routinely misdescribed as firsts; only the first printing with the Pagano galleon wrappers and the 30 May 1967 colophon is the true first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Numerous later Sudamericana printings (second and subsequent tiradas) carry the Vicente Rojo frame design and are not the first. Regional and pirated editions also exist. Only the May 1967 first printing with the galleon wrapper is the true first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Cien años de soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude — Spanish first)* by Gabriel García Márquez a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/cien-a-os-de-soledad-one-hundred-years-of-solitude-spanish-f
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.