first edition
1932 · New York
by Malaparte, Curzio; Sylvia Saunders [Translator]
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1932. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original gray cloth with black lettering. Near Fine with light wear to corners and spine ends, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear and small chip at the crown. Malaparte is best known as the author of the pitch-black-humored novel Kaputt. Years earlier he authored this frank political analysis of coups d'etat based on his observations of the Russian revolution, Mussolini's rise to power and other contemporary European coups.
(Inventory #: 140942805)