The Path to the Nest of Spiders
by Calvino, Italo
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- About Very Good
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
Ace Books H192/Harborough Publishing, 1958. Book. About Very Good. Paperback. 1st Ace Books UK edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Calvino's first book, originally published in 1947 in Italian, and here translated from that language by Archibald Colquhoun. More often than not subsequently published as 'The Path to the Spiders' Nest.' The story of "a gutter boy's search for an ideal among the Italian partisans." 158 pages. Some edgewear, surface wear, 3/4" tears to top right spine edge and either spine edge at bottom, tanning. Somewhat scarce in this edition..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015269
- Title
- The Path to the Nest of Spiders
- Author
- Calvino, Italo
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - About Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Ace Books UK edition.
- Publisher
- Ace Books H192/Harborough Publishing
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- ITALY, ITALIAN WRITERS, LITERATURE, ARCHIBALD COLQUHOUN, NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction (paperback); Vintage Paperbacks (pre-1970);
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About the Seller
Augustine Funnell Books
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Fredericton, New Brunswick
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- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.