Mr. Aristotle
by Silone, Ignazio
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/Very Good (Minus)
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1935. The second book by Silone (pseudonym for Secondino Tranquilli, 1900-1978) who both helped found the Italian Communist Party and worked as an OSS agent in World War II. His novels are strongly anti-Fascist. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First American Edition, translated from the Italian ("Un Viaggio a Parigi") by Samuel Putnam. Not a common book. Black cloth binding with gilt titling on the spine; tipped-in illustration on the front cover. Clean text; 221 pages. The last 21 pages are a "Note on Ignazio Silone" by Nettie Sutro; translated from the German by Barthold Fle (the book had been published in Germany prior to this). There is a slight lean, and the gilt on the spine is somewhat dulled. The dustjacket is unclipped. The spine is slightly darkened. It shows considerable edgewear, with chipping at all margins; in an archival plastic protector,. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/Very Good (Minus). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004889
- Title
- Mr. Aristotle
- Author
- Silone, Ignazio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good (Minus)
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- Robert M. McBride & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- 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...