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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
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- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition
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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. Signed by Author. Inventory No: 041314.
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- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books
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- 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
- Publisher
- Garzanti
- Place of Publication
- Milan
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Literature & Literary; Antiquarian & Rare. NOISBN
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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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- Octavo
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