Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 168, [11]pp. Boards. With illustrations by the author. Lower front corner bruised. A near fine copy in very good+ dustjacket with light edge wear and a closed tear to the lower edge of the front panel. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. More about La famosa invasione degli orsi in Sicilia
Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. 222pp. Original stiff wrappers. A novel, based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, told in two hundred color illustrations by the author. Faint crease and tiny scar to front cover, a few creases and mild slant to spine. A very... More about Poema a fumetti
Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Presentation copy. 222pp. Signed and inscribed on the half title by Dino Buzzati to noted literary critic, poet, and novelist Giacinto Spagnoletti. A novel, based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, told in two hundred color illustrations by the author... More about Poema a fumetti. (Signed Presentation Copy
Milano: All'Insegna del Pesce d'Oro, 1972. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Narratori #37. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies, this being #244. 121pp. Original wrappers. Light fading to spine. A near fine copy. Text in Italian.; 16mo. More about Quando la pantera rugge. Memorie interrotte dall'indignazione
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, (1926). First Edition. Hardcover. Photoplay edition. 466pp. Green cloth stamped in black on the front and the spine. Light discoloration to spine panel, small Christmas gift note pasted on the front free endpaper. A very good+ copy in good dustjacket with chipping to the... More about Hangman's House. (Photoplay Edition
Roma: Botteghe Oscure, 1960. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 444pp. Original cream wrappers. Contributions by Jean Beaufret, James Wright, Sean O'Criadain, and others. Faint stain affecting lower half of dustjacket and covers. Internally clean. A very good+ copy in very good+ dustjacket. Text in Italian, English, German, and French.; Octavo. More about Botteghe Oscure Quaderno XXV
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards. Includes the first hardcover reprint of Career in C Major and short stories from Redbook, Liberty, Esquire and more. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. More about Career in C Major and Other Fiction
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards. Includes the first hardcover reprint of Career in C Major and short stories from Redbook, Liberty, Esquire and more. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. More about Career in C Major and Other Fiction
New York: The Dial Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards. Mild foxing to text block. About near fine in very good dustjacket with light chipping to the edges, mild toning and two faint spots on the verso of the dustjacket.; Octavo. More about Mignon
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight slant to spine, corner tips bruised. Dustjacket has three short closed tears along the edges and is slightly soiled. ; Octavo. More about Certain Women
Boston, MA: Little Brown. Hard Cover. VG+/VG. Light spotting to fore and top edges, moderate wear to spine ends. Three great novels of the south. More about Three By Caldwell: Tobacco Road, Georgia Boy, The Sure Hand of God
Milano: Garzanti Editore, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. First collected edition. Bright orange cloth stamped in blue on the spine. Includes Le cosmicomiche, Ti con zero and all the short stories featuring Qfwfq. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. In the Italian language.; Octavo; 317 pages. More about Cosmicomiche vecchie e nuove
Milano: Garzanti Editore, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. First collected edition. Bright orange cloth stamped in blue on the spine. Includes Le cosmicomiche, Ti con zero and all the short stories featuring Qfwfq. Initials on the front free endpaper else a fine copy in fine dustjacket with a small smudge to... More about Cosmicomiche vecchie e nuove
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1984. First US Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. A collection of short stories originally published in the 1940s and 1950s. Translation by William Weaver, Peggy Wright and Archibald Colquhoun. A sharp copy. ; Octavo. More about Difficult Loves
Milano: Garzanti, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Orange cloth stamped in blue on the spine panel. Afterword by the author. A touch of foxing to the fore edge else a bright, fine copy in a nearly fine dustjacket with extremely mild fading to the spine panel. ; Octavo. More about I nostri antenati. (Il cavaliere inesistente. Il visconte dimezzato. Il barone rampante
Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 422pp. Cloth backed boards. Afterword by the author. Light toning to text block. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket with mild toning and edge wear. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. More about I nostri antenati. (Il cavaliere inesistente. Il visconte dimezzato. Il barone rampante
Torino: Einaudi, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Sea foam green cloth stamped in white on the spine. Light toning to edges. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket with mild toning to spine panel, a short, closed tear to the upper edge of the front panel, and marked out price... More about Il castello dei destini incrociati
Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Text block is age-toned, one page folded at corner. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket with light edge wear and age-toning to flaps. Collects five stories, three of which appear here for the first time in a revised and corrected... More about La strada di San Giovanni
Torino: Giulio Einaudi Editore, 1966. Third Edition. Hardcover. Sea foam green cloth stamped in white on the spine. A bright fine copy in very good dustjacket with two tiny tears to upper edge of rear panel, slightly darkened spine panel and two letters of the title partially erased on front... More about Le cosmicomiche
New York: Random House, 1962. First US Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth stamped in lighter blue and gold on the front and the spine. A bright fine copy in very good dustjacket with mild chipping and rubbing, light edge wear and four short closed tears. ; Octavo. More about The Nonexistent Knight & The Cloven Viscount
Torino: Giulio Einaudi Editore, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 132pp. Cloth. Mild foxing to edges. A very good+ copy in very good dustjacket with mild toning and soiling, and a price label ghost on the rear panel. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. More about Palomar
Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. Collects thirty-two short stories published between 1943 and 1984. Foreword by Esther Calvino. In the Italian language.; Octavo; 318 pages. More about Prima che tu dica "Pronto"
New York: Pantheon Books, 1993. First US Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with a touch of wear. Collects five short autobiographical stories. Introduction by Esther Calvino. Translated from the Italian by Tim Parks. ; Octavo. More about The Road to San Giovanni
Milano: Garzanti Editore, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Light toning to text block. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket. Includes three short stories. In the Italian language.; Octavo; 93 pages. More about Sotto il sole giaguaro
Torino: Giulio Einaudi Editore, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 164pp + index. Aqua green cloth stamped in white on the spine. An Italian classic selected for the Premio Viareggio but declined by Calvino who cited the "emptiness" of literary awards. According to Clute and Nicholls (1999) one of the author's titles... More about Ti con zero