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The Baron in the Trees
by Calvino, Italo; Translated by Archibald Colquhoun
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/good
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1959. First printing. Hardcover. Near fine/good. Gilt, green and maroon stamped brown cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, not illustrated. Book has handsome boards showing only mild wear to edges, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ has chipping to bottom front corner, rubbing, toning and soil that includes a cup ring to rear panel, bottoms of each flap hinge cracked, now in archival mylar wrap.
Synopsis
The Baron in the Trees (1957, Il Barone Rampante) is an Italian novel by Italo Calvino. A metaphor for independence, it tells the adventures of a boy who will spend the rest of his adventurous life up in trees.
Reviews
On Mar 12 2008, Fict said:
In my opinion, this, Calvino's first novel, is his finest. A remarkable story.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Common Crow Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B56871
- Title
- The Baron in the Trees
- Author
- Calvino, Italo; Translated by Archibald Colquhoun
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Literature, Calvino
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About the Seller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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