The Hermit in Paris Tapa dura - 2003

Jonathan Cape, 2003,. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0224061321 1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, 255pp, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper, price-clipped. ISBN: 0224061321 .

Hardback. Very Good.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2003. A clean and unmarked copy with dustjacket which is not price clipped and has marks to back. First edition, first printing. 255 pages. Translated from the Italian by Martin McLaughlin. Italo Calvino (1923-1985) was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels, lionised in Britain and the United States, he was the most-translated contemporary Italian writer at the time of his death, and a noted contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature. The pieces collected here range from the early 1950's to his last interview just before his sudden death. Apart from shedding light on his own formative experience and evolution as an author, his writings also examine the major events of 20th century history from a very personal viewpoint: his memories of Fascism in San Remo in the 1930's, his participation in the Resistance in the Ligurian hills in the 1940's, his militant communism in the early 1950's, and his exit from the Italian Communist Party in… Leer más

Jonathan Cape Ltd. Very Good. 0224061321. 2003, clean copy, no markings, feint toning to pages, Professional booksellers since 1981 . 2003. Hardcover.

London : Jonathan Cape, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 255p. ; 24cm. Subjects: Calvino, Italo (1923-1985). Novelists, Italian -- 20th century -- Biography.

London, U.K.: Jonathan Cape, 2003 The dust jacket has a bit wear, with several small scuffs on the spine and edges. The page edges are moderately foxed. 255 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.