first edition Hardcover
1960 · London
by MONTALTO, Saverio
London: Hutchinson, 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First English edition. Translated from Italian by Archibald Colquhoun. Offsetting to the endpapers, slight spotting to the spine, else fine in a fine dustwrapper with modest edgewear and little soiling. This book was written by the author, a veterinary surgeon, in prison as a defense in his own trial for murder. It worked, as he was later acquitted. (Inventory #: 80418)