The Castle of Crossed Destinies
by CALVINO, ITALO
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Secker & Warburg. first edition, super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 129pp, illus, (VG) moderate marks and wear to pages and extermities, d/w (VG) wear and brusing to d/w
Synopsis
A series of short, fantastic narratives inspired by fifteenth-century tarot cards and their archetypical images. Full-color and black-and-white reproductions of tarot cards. Translated by William Weaver.A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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- Title
- The Castle of Crossed Destinies
- Author
- CALVINO, ITALO
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Keywords
- literature italo calvino
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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