Don Camillo and The Prodigal Son

Gollancz, London, 1952. 1st thus. 8vo (8 x 5 1/4 inches), 221-pages. Original cloth. Very good in the very good dust jacket. Small signature & date on front free endpaper.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1962. First edition. First printing. Softcover. VG. No inscriptions or annotations. A good tight copy with only slight wear on cover. 221 pages. "Don Camillo is the main character created by the Italian writer and journalist Giovanni Guareschi (1908–68), and is based on the historical Roman Catholic priest, WWII partisan and detainee of the concentration camps of… Read more about this item

Penguin, 1962. Paperback. Acceptable. 1962. First Edition Thus. 221 pages. Illustrated paperback. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Covers have moderate tanning with creasing and reading lines. Book has forward lean.

Penguin Books, 1963. Paperback. Good. 1963. Reprint. 220 pages. Paperback book. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Penguin Books, 1968. Paperback. Good. 1968. Reprint. 221 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Penguin, 1962. Paperback. Good. 1962. First Edition Thus. 220 pages. Pictorial paperback. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1952 On back cover: Communists may curse, but who else has offered us so much fun with so little malice as Giovanni Guareschi? Here he sends back further dispatches from the Little World, where the Good Lord is still striving to keep the peace between the honest village priest and his deadly opponent, the Communist mayor.… Read more about this item

Penguin, 1962. Paperback. Good. 1962. First Edition Thus. 220 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and… Read more about this item

Gollancz, 1952. hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). The copyright page has First Published in 1952. No additional printings are indicated. Previous owner's ink inscription. English language. Illustrated. Scattered foxing. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Victor Gollancz, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1953. Seventh Impression. 221 pages. Yellow dust jacket over blue cloth with black and white illustrations throughout. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front endpaper and heavy tanning to text block edges. Front hinge is cracked with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and noticeable… Read more about this item

Victor Gollancz, 1952. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1952. No Edition Remarks. 221 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Translated by Frances Frenaye. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild… Read more about this item

London: Penguin Books, 1968 On back cover: Communists may curse, but who else has offered us so much fun with so little malice as Giovanni Guareschi? Here he sends back further dispatches from the Little World, where the Good Lord is still striving to keep the peace between the honest village priest and his deadly opponent, the Communist mayor. The… Read more about this item

Victor Gollancz, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1952. Fifth Impression. 221 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Visible bumping to corners. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Textblock is slightly shaky. Book has a visible… Read more about this item

Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1952. No Edition Remarks. 221 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild… Read more about this item

Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. Sixth impression. 221 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping.… Read more about this item

Victor Gollancz Ltd , 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Name of the previous owner. Translated by Frances Frenaye. There is gilt on the spine of the book. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. On page 151 there is a small piece of the top corner missing. There are minor marks within the book. The… Read more about this item

Penguin, UK, 2005. Paperback. Book Condition: Good. Moderate reading wear. Very clean interior..

London: Victor Gollancz, 1952. owners name front endpaper, otherwise book clean and tight. 5th Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1952. book clean and tight. DJ: some wear. 5th Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Gollancz, 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London: Victor Gollancz 1952). First UK Edition. Publisher's blue boards with gilt lettering to the spine. No inscriptions. A VG+ copy in a VG dustwrapper nicked to the spine tips. Photographs/scans available upon request.