Prina che tu dica Pronto. (Before you say Hello)
by Italo Calvino
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Plain Wrapper Press, 1985. 1st Edition, Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Original Italian text followed by English version translated by William Weaver, Calvinos longtime translator. Illustrated with 4 multicolored woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. 4to. ¼-leather-backed paste-paper boards, enclosed in publishers clamshell box, paper label on cover. Plain Wrapper Press, Cottondale, AL, 1985. First Edition. Limited to 75 numbered copies signed by Calvino and Frasconi. (Smyth 37.) This copy # 67. The second of two signed limited editions by Calvino in English. Without question, Calvino was one of the greatest of modern Italian writers. It was rumored he was about to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, but he died shortly before the announcement. Fine
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- Bookseller
- George Robert Minkoff, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6579
- Title
- Prina che tu dica Pronto. (Before you say Hello)
- Author
- Italo Calvino
- Illustrator
- Antonio Frasconi.
- Format/Binding
- ¼-leather-backed paste-paper boards, enclosed in publishers clamshell box
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition, Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Plain Wrapper Press
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 4to.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ITALO CALVINO
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Italian; Signed;
Terms of Sale
George Robert Minkoff, Inc.
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.Massachusetts residents must add 6.25 percent sales tax to remittances.
George Robert Minkoff, Inc.,
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Tel: 413-528-4575.
E-mail: grm@minkoffbooks.com.
Authorized representative: George Robert Minkoff.
George Robert Minkoff, Inc.,
26 Rowe Rd., Great Barrington, MA 01230.
Tel: 413-528-4575.
E-mail: grm@minkoffbooks.com.
Authorized representative: George Robert Minkoff.
About the Seller
George Robert Minkoff, Inc.
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Great Barrington, Massachusetts
About George Robert Minkoff, Inc.
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