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London, East Sussex, United Kingdom: Harvill Press, 2000. BX2 - A trade paperback withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with heavy clear plastic lamination applied to the covers plus there are the usual library labels and stamps on the back cover, the top outside paper edges, the front endpaper, and the title page. Translated from the Italian by Emma Rose. A novel about a modestly ambitious man who establishes a prosperous ironmonger's shop, has a beautiful wife, and a household with two sons. But there are still well-guarded secrets tied to his wife's arrangement of her maid's marriage after his mother's natural death. This book is a winner of the Campiello prize. By the author of "Girl in a Turban" and "His Mother's House." 168p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.25"x8..25". Ex-Library.

New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA: Rutgers University Press, 1964. BX3 - A hard cover first edition book in very good- condition with a dust jacket in good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in light yellow cloth covered boards with black and red lettering on the spine with minor overall wear plus some light soiling on the front. The dust jacket is in good+ condition and is intact but has significant edge wear and chipping mainly on the top and bottom spine edges and right corners plus some edge wear along the top and bottom edges plus three small (about 0.25") closed tears on the front bottom edge and 3 on the back at the top left and top and bottom right corners plus a chunk (about 0.25"x0.75") missing at the back top right corner plus a triangular chunk (about 0.25"x0.5") missing at the top left corner. A very readable examination of how modern Italian novels, poems and plays deal with America and Americans. Overall it is a definitive study of the Italian myth of America… Read More

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1990. BD1 - A first edition ex-library hardcover book in very good condition that has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), marked out info on the page edges and title page, some light discoloration and shelf wear with no dust jacket. Twayne's World Authors Series, Italian Literature, Anthony Oldcorn, Editor, TWAS 815. 9"x5.75", 145 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1988. BD1 - An ex-library hardcover book in very good condition that has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), marked out info on the page edges and title page, some light discoloration and shelf wear with no dust jacket. Twayne's World Authors Series, Italian Literature, Anthony Oldcorn, Editor, TWAS 785. 9"x5.75", 178 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.: University of Nebraska Press, 2000. AS6 - Book has library stamping on the top page edges, title page, and front loose endpaper with label, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Blue covered boards with gilt lettering. Translated by Angela M. Jeannet and David Castronuovo. With an Afterword by ANgela M. Jeannet. European Women Writers Series.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London: David & Charles, 1977. U6 - An ex-library hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has couple of labels, inside flaps adhered to the fixed endpapers, discoloration and light shelf wear. Book has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), discoloration and light shelf wear. Comparative Literature. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.