first edition Softcover
1929 · Milano
by SVEVO, Italo
Milano: Giuseppe Morreale Editore, 1929. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Introduction by Eugenio Montale. Text in Italian (published in English as *The Nice Old Man and the Pretty Girls and Other Stories*). 12mo. 319pp. Cream-colored wrappers printed in red and black. Former owner's neat ink name and place dated in 1933 on front flyleaf, some toning and light wear, text pages are tanned (printed on acidic paper) with slight nicks and small tears on a few pages, and three small archival mends, about very good in publisher's[?] dust jacket, constructed of stiff, tan, french-folded heavy-stock paper, the spine of the dust jacket has author's name, full title and year of publication in red and black block printing. (Inventory #: 501733)