Positano

  • 1954
By Steinbeck, John
1954. Salerno: Ente Provinciale..., [1954]

Slim 8vo, 30 pp. Original cream stiff wrappers, small color illustration on upper cover, in the glassine. Small ownership signature dated 1958 on front blank. Near fine, glassine secured with tape at flaps.

§ First French language edition of the first separate printing of Steinbeck's Italian travel memoir, which was originally published as an essay in Harper's Bazaar, May 1953. The translation is credited to L. and G. Faure.

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Title

Positano

Author

Steinbeck, John

Condition

Unknown

Date

1954


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