Calvino, Italo - The Non-Existent Knight

Turin, Einaudi, 1959. Publisher's bind…

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Calvino, Italo - The Non-Existent Knight Turin, Einaudi, 1959. Publisher's binding with cloth spine and hardback illustrated with a color drawing by Paolo Uccello, missing dust jacket. Dedication by Calvino dated 1960. § Together Il Barone Rampante, Turin, Einaudi, 1957 and Il Visconte dimezzato, Turin, Einaudi, 1952.

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Calvino, Italo - The Non-Existent Knight Turin, Einaudi, 1959. Publisher's binding with cloth spine and hardback illustrated with a color drawing by Paolo Uccello, missing dust jacket. Dedication by Calvino dated 1960. § Together Il Barone Rampante, Turin, Einaudi, 1957 and Il Visconte dimezzato, Turin, Einaudi, 1952.

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