THE LITTLE WORLD OF DON CAMILLO the Hilarious Story of a Warmhearted Italian Priest by GUARESCHI, GIOVANNI - 1954

Pocket Books, 1954. #1000, 153 pages, heavily scruffed pictorial cover with black & blue ltrs, faded red printers ink on edges, scruffed silver binding, translated from the Italian by Una Vincenzo Troubridge, yellowing pages, pages are wrinkled from dampness, original price was 25 cents tight. Don Camillo was a harried but wise Italian priest whose wayward flock gave him plenty of trouble. The biggest trouble was Peppone, the town mayor and leader of the local Communists.. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Reading Copy.

UsedGood. 1950 hardcover edition. Dust jacket included. Noticeable signs of wear/scuffs/tanning/tears but book is in good condition. Text is mostly clean & readable.

Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1950. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1950. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Pellegrini & Cudahy. Good with no dust jacket; The cover has some stains but the inside is nice . and clean.. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo; 205 pages .

Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The Little World of Don Camillo - Written and Illustrated by Giovanni Guareschi
Translated from the Italian by Una Vincenzo Troubridge
Publisher: Pocket Books, 14th printing December 1967
Paperback
4.15 x 6.35 inches, 153 pages

Don Camillo and Peppone are the fictional protagonists of a series of works by the Italian writer and journalist Giovannino Guareschi set in what Guareschi refers to as the "small world" of rural Italy after World War II. Most of the Don Camillo stories came out in the weekly magazine Candido, founded by Guareschi with Giovanni Mosca. These "Little World" (Italian: Piccolo Mondo) stories amounted to 347 in total and were put together and published in eight books, only the first three of which were published when Guareschi was still alive.

Don Camillo is a parish priest and is said to have been inspired by an actual Roman Catholic priest, World War II partisan and detainee at the concentration camps of Dachau and Mauthausen, named Don Camillo Valota (1912–1998). Guareschi… Read More

New York: Pocket Books Inc, 1965. Book. Fair. Mass Market Paperback. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The tanned pages are in good clean condition. There are a couple of names and a bunch of other notations on the inside front cover. The book is rated fair because someone penciled in letters on the front end paper, back advertising page and on the front and back cover. There is a thick pencil mark on the top and bottom page edging. The cover also has some light scuffing. The spine has some light fading and a small tear on the bottom end. Translated from the Italian by Una Vincenzo Troubridge. 10th printing May, 1965. Illustrated. 153 pages. .