Cosmicomics
by Calvino, Italo
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. 1st UK Edition. Blue Boards. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 153pp. A well preserved copy of this book, translated from the Italian Le Cosmicomiche as a first UK edition. Dust wrapper not price clipped. Slight soiling to the rear of the wrapper. Light shelf wear to the top edge of the wrapper, mainly at the head of the spine and a faint outline of a paper clip mark to the wrapper along the top edge. There is a paper clip crease mark to the front end paper with a little ghosting to the half title page where the compliment slip was previously attached. Light rubbing to the tail of the spine, hidden under the wrapper. Otherwise the book is fresh, clean and tight, being in very good condition.
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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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 207372
- Title
- Cosmicomics
- Author
- Calvino, Italo
- Format/Binding
- Blue Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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