Cosmicomics
by Calvino, Italo
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968. 153pp. Bright blue cloth boards, titles in pink on spine. Boards yellowing at extremities. Spine straight, binding tight, corners square. Pages clean and unmarked. Blue top page ends faded. Blue, pink, black and white dust jacket is intact, with original $3.95 price on front flap. Wear to head and foot of spine, but jacket remains bright and striking. A handsome copy of an uncommon Calvino title. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
Synopsis
Cosmicomics is a book of short stories by Italo Calvino. Each story takes a scientific "fact" (though sometimes a falsehood by today's understanding), and builds an imaginative story around it. An always extant being called Qfwfq narrates all of the stories save two, each of which is a memory of an event in the history of the universe. Qfwfq also narrates some stories in Calvino's t zero.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 032834
- Title
- Cosmicomics
- Author
- Calvino, Italo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & World
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Italo calvino, Parable, Fable, Avant Garde, translation,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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- First Edition
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