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The Watcher and Other Stories
by Calvino, Italo
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0544313216
- ISBN 13
- 9780544313217
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. First American edition. 181 p. Fine in fine dust jacket. A very neat copy with only the slightest trace of wear on the jacket. Unread. An excellent book from the Italian author of Invisible Cities and If on a winter's night a traveler, a Nobel laureate.
Synopsis
The three long stories in this volume show the range and virtuosity of Italy’s most imaginative writer. “Like Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel García Márquez, Italo Calvino dreams perfect dreams for us” (John Updike, New Yorker).Translated by William Weaver and Archibald Colquhoun. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 150118016
- Title
- The Watcher and Other Stories
- Author
- Calvino, Italo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0544313216
- ISBN 13
- 9780544313217
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- 1971
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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