Time and the Hunter
by Italo Calvino (Translated by William Weaver)
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Lovely first edition in English. Originally published in Italian as Ti Con Zero. Fine in publisher's black cloth with gilt to the spine. The jacket has been price clipped. There is minor age toning to the spine and minor rubbing to the top of the back panel. There are neither tears nor creases of any kind. Overall a beautiful copy.
Synopsis
t zero (Ti con zero) is a 1967 collection of short stories by Italian author Italo Calvino. The title story is based on a particularly uncertain moment in the life of a lion hunter. This second in time, t0, is considered by the hunter against known previous seconds (t-1, t-2, ... ) and hypothetical future seconds (t1, t2, ...
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5062
- Title
- Time and the Hunter
- Author
- Italo Calvino (Translated by William Weaver)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- London: Jonathan Cape
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- ITALIAN, TRANSLATION
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Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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