The Watcher and Other Stories
by Calvino, Italo
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Corvallis, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Stated First edition. Translated by William Weaver. Gray cloth. 181 pages.Name on previous owner on front endpaper, otherwise a near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Jacket is in a mylar protector.
Synopsis
The three long stories in this volume show the range and virtuosity of Italy’s most imaginative writer. “Like Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel García Márquez, Italo Calvino dreams perfect dreams for us” (John Updike, New Yorker).Translated by William Weaver and Archibald Colquhoun. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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Details
- Bookseller
- Studio Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 091688
- Title
- The Watcher and Other Stories
- Author
- Calvino, Italo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich
- Date Published
- 1971
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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