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If On A Winter Night’s A Traveler.
by Calvino, Italo
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- Signed
- First
- Condition
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Palm Beach, Florida
Item Price:
£2,089.75
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace and Jovanovich, 1981. First edition in English of Calvino's avant-garde masterpiece. Octavo, original half. Signed by Italo Calvino on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Rubin Pfeffer. Jacket photograph by Benn Mitchell. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver.
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Details
- book dealer
- Raptis Rare Books
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- Bookseller’s Inventory #
- 44082
- Title
- If On A Winter Night’s A Traveler.
- Author
- Calvino, Italo
- Book condition
- second hand
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace and Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- If on a Winter's Night a Traveler First edition, Italo Calvino First Edition Signed
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
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About Raptis Rare Books
Founded by Matthew and Adrienne Raptis, Raptis Rare Books is an antiquarian book firm that specializes in literature, children's books, economics, photo books, signed and inscribed books, and landmark books in all fields. Our business model is simple: we strive to handle books that are in exceptional condition and to provide exceptional customer service. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and exhibit at major book fairs in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston, as well as other regional fairs.
Glossary
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- jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps... [more]
- octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing... [more]
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in... [more]
- rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the... [more]
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