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Numbers in the Dark & Other Stories
by Italo Calvino
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0224037323
- ISBN 13
- 9780224037327
- Seller
-
Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Jonathan Cape, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/As New. This is the first edition in the English language. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0224037323. ISBN/EAN: 9780224037327. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 26898. . 9780224037327
Synopsis
For the first time in paperback--a volume of thirty-seven diabolically inventive stories, fables, and "impossible interviews" from one of the great fantasists of the 20th century, displaying the full breadth of his vision and wit. Written between 1943 and 1984 and masterfully translated by Tim Parks, the fictions in Numbers in the Dark display all of Calvino's dazzling gifts: whimsy and horror, exuberance of style, and a cheerful grasp of the absurdities of the human condition.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26898
- Title
- Numbers in the Dark & Other Stories
- Author
- Italo Calvino
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0224037323
- ISBN 13
- 9780224037327
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- BZDB1 Fiction; ISBN: 0224037323 EAN: 9780224037327 Italo Calvino Numbers in the Dark & Other Stories
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Biblio member since 2004
Katoomba, New South Wales
About Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Mr Pickwick's occupies a large, 3-storey former Bank building in the heart of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia. We carry over 60,000 books in store, and cater to both the specialist collector trade as well as the general book trade in this region. Mr Pickwick's is one of the most comprehensive bookshops in Australia, and also operates an extensive Bookfinder service for its several thousand database clients.
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