Don Camillo and the Devil
by Guareschi, Giovanni
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz, 1957. First edition. Hardback. VG/VG. Unclipped Previous owner's inscription. 224 pages. Don Camillo, Catholic village priest and Peppone, Communist village mayor, are two of the great comic characters of post WWII literature. "Don Camillo is the main character created by the Italian writer and journalist Giovannino Guareschi (190868), and is based on the historical Roman Catholic priest, WW II partisan and detainee of the concentration camps of Dachau and Mauthausen, Don Camillo Valota. Don Camillo is one of two protagonists, the other being the communist mayor of the town, known to everyone as Peppone. The stories are set in what Guareschi refers to as a "small world" and are an excellent representation of what rural Italy was like after the Second World War." (Source = Wikipedia) This is the original hardback edition in a series which embedded the fame of Guareschi in the UK and the English speaking world. .
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- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 160
- Title
- Don Camillo and the Devil
- Author
- Guareschi, Giovanni
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Victor Gollancz, 1957
- Keywords
- Stories Camillo Peppone Village Italy Catholicism Communism Religion Humour God Politics QSE
Terms of Sale
David Edward Hellawell
I will refund the cost if the book is returned within 7 days with details of where the description was faulty.
About the Seller
David Edward Hellawell
Biblio member since 2007
Bromsgrove, West Midlands
About David Edward Hellawell
Professor Emeritus now selling off the stock of a lifetime.
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- First Edition
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