TERRAROSSA
London New York Toronto: abelard-schuman, 1962. First U.K. Edition. Cloth. 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Shasti O'Leary, protected by a quality archival clear film cover, 223 pages. Fine / Fine. Item #4012
ISBN: LOC62:13798
Xavier (1924 – 2014) was a well-received Italian writer from Calabria who had worked and studied his way into literature after being trained as a stonemason. His first full-length novel about working families and stone-masons in Italy was La Teda, translated here as TERRAROSSA.
SCARCE. SUPERIOR CONDITION: tight and clean with slight toning. Striking clean dust jacket (unclipped) with slight rubbing and a few clean edge chips.
Price: $40.00