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Collezione di Sabbia: Emblemi Bizzarri e Inquietanti del Nostro Passato e del Nostro Futuro Gli Oggetti Raccontano il Mondo
by Calvino Italo
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts
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About This Item
Milan: Garzanti, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Slight wear and foxing to original thick wraps. First edition of Calvino's late collection of meditations on the bizazrre, the disquieting, and the fantastic - inscribed to author, journalist and psychoanalyst Contardo Calligaris and dated 30.10.84. Touching on the Codex Seraphinianus, Roland Barthes, and Calvino's travels, both real and imagined. Translated into English in 2013 as Collection of Sand. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Antiquarian & Rare. Inscribed by Author. Inventory No: 041314.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041314
- Title
- Collezione di Sabbia: Emblemi Bizzarri e Inquietanti del Nostro Passato e del Nostro Futuro Gli Oggetti Raccontano il Mondo
- Author
- Calvino Italo
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Garzanti
- Place of Publication
- Milan
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Literature & Literary; Antiquarian & Rare. NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian & Rare;
Terms of Sale
Pazzo Books
Returns accepted for any reason within 30 days of shipment - full refund less shipping. If we have made a mistake, we will pay shipping both ways. Institutions billed according to their requirements.
About the Seller
Pazzo Books
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Roslindale, Massachusetts
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About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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