The Works of God and Other Stories by Berto, Giuseppe - 1950

Secker & Warburg, 1949. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1949. First Edition. 235 pages. First Published. Illustrated dust jacket over dark orange cloth with gilt lettering. Faint red pencil line to front free endpaper. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Light sunning & crushing to spine. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped jacket. Panels have light edge wear with tears and creasing. Visible tanning all over.

SECKER & WARBURG. LONDON 1949, 1949-01-01 2020-03-22. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London: Secker & Warburg, 1st Ed., 1949, Hardcover with DJ, 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall, 235pp.. VG/VG : Firm binding, sharp corners, firm binding, some light smudge marks to text blocks and DJ, one name on FFEP, DJ not clipped in Mylar wrap. Well packaged, ships with tracking.

NORFOLK, CT: NEW DIRECTIONS. F/NVG. 1950. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. ISBN: # 16 IN "THE DIRECTION SERIES". D.J. IS A BIT WORN AT CORNERS WITH SHALLOW CHIPPING OF THE SPINEEXTREMETIES, SOME RUBBING OF THE VERTICAL FOLDS, A 1 1/4" TEAR ANDASSOCIATED CREASE AT THE TOP OF THE FRONT PANEL, A FEW OTHER SHORT EDGETEARS, AND SPINE PANEL SUNNED.. Catalogs: TRANS: ANGUS DAVIDSON. Keywords: ITALIAN LITERATURE, STORIES, INVISIBLE, ABCDEF.

London England: Secker & Warburg, 1949. Hardback. First Edition. Couple of small tears to top edge to D/J. Browning to spine of D/J. Translated by Angus Davidson. In the title story an Italian family evacuates their Tuscan farm as the tide of war flows up to them from the South; in Lull at Cassino a group of American soldiers draws lots as to who sahll go on a scouting mission that means almost certain death. The War Passed Over Us tells of a man returning to a shattered farm where his wife has been killed; and The Need to Die describes unforgettably the last hours before the execution of a young Italian partisan. These stories have a sadness which never depresses, an absolute simplicity which is deeply moving. They confirm the impression already formed that Signor Berto is a writer of quite unusual emotional quality. This author never strives after effect, never moralises. He lets his characters speak for themselves and the result at once convicnes. The crochety uncomprehension of the old farmer… Read More

SECKER & WARBURG. LONDON 1949. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1949. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First English language edition. About fine in near fine dust jaacket. (Spine on jacket mildly age toned but still perfectly readable. ) .