The Leopard. Translated by Archibald Colquhoun. Introduction by Raleigh Trevelyan. Drawings by Ian Ribbons. by Di Lampedusa. Giuseppe - 1988

Pantheon 1960 1st CONDITION: vg NOTE: cloth.

Reprint Society, 1961-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 2.4000 in x 18.9856 in x 11.7910 in. Does not have dust jacket. Signs of wear. Just a name/inscription message written inside.

London: World Books; Reprint Society, 1960. Reprint. Hardcover. Nice crisp copy of this reprint edition. Fine in near fine jacket.. Octavo in red jacket; 319 pages ; 22 cm. English translation of the modern Italian classic Gattopardo. "The Leopard (Italian: Il Gattopardo [il ˌɡattoˈpardo]) is a novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa that chronicles the changes in Sicilian life and society during the Risorgimento. Published posthumously in 1958 by Feltrinelli, after two rejections by the leading Italian publishing houses Mondadori and Einaudi, it became the top-selling novel in Italian history and is considered one of the most important novels in modern Italian literature. In 1959, it won Italy's highest award for fiction, the Strega Prize. In 2012, The Observer named it as one of "the 10 best historical novels". The novel was made into an award-winning 1963 film of the same name, directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale and Alain Delon. Tomasi was the last… Read More

Hardcover. Very Good. Red cloth cover lightly soiled. Date on end page else appears unused. Jacket missing if issued. 1960 edition

Pantheon c, 1960-01-01. First Published. hardcover. Good. 8x5x1. First Published. Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Cover is good. Binding is tight/good.

Reprint Society, 1961. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. No extraneous markings. All pages are intact and binding is strong. Published in London. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Collins and Harvill Press,, 1960. 8vo., First Edition thus; green cloth, gilt back, endpapers lightly spotted; a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip and a little browned at backstrip. First appearance in English of Lampedusa's only novel ('Il Gattopardo'), with striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Hans Tisdall. The basis of Visconti's feature film (1963) starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

Collins and Harvill Press,, 1960. 8vo., First Edition thus; handsomely bound in dark green full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. First appearance in English of Lampedusa's only novel ('Il Gattopardo'). The basis of Visconti's feature film (1963) starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale.

Collins and Harvill Press,, 1960. 8vo., First Edition thus; handsomely bound in dark green full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. First appearance in English of Lampedusa's only novel ('Il Gattopardo'). The basis of Visconti's feature film (1963) starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale.