signed first edition
1939 · Indianapolis
by Di Donato, Pietro
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1939. 8vo. 311 pp. Black cloth boards, image of a "pick and shovel" gilt on upper board and spine; top edge of text with red/orange wash; dust jacket. This copy is signed by the author on front free endpaper. Endpapers and pastedowns slightly toned; unclipped dust jacket is supplied; some chipping to the head and tail of spine, a few tears along the edges. Very good example.
Pietro Di Donato (1911-1992), son of an Italian immigrant from the Abruzzi, wrote this acclaimed novel depicting the immigrant experience in American before the Second World War. Di Donato used concrete (truncated)
Pietro Di Donato (1911-1992), son of an Italian immigrant from the Abruzzi, wrote this acclaimed novel depicting the immigrant experience in American before the Second World War. Di Donato used concrete (truncated)