Sale 09BP02 | Lot 190

CALVINO, ITALO Prima che tu dica "Pronto"

Catalogue: Books & Prints
CALVINO, ITALO  Prima che tu dica "Pronto"

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Lot 190
CALVINO, ITALO Prima che tu dica "Pronto".
. Cottondale, Alabama: Plain Wrapper Press, 1985. Copy 54 of 75, signed by Italo Calvino and Antonio Frasconi. Tan quarter morocco, paste paper sides, housed in the publisher's folding box. 12 inches (30 cm); unpaginated, with four color wood engravings by Frasconi. A fine copy.
Probably the last of his works signed by Calvino before his death, this is an exceptionally beautiful private press book from the Plain Wrapper Press of Gabriel Rummonds.

Estimate: $600 - $900
Sold for $1,000 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $600 - $900
Sold for $1,000 (includes buyer's premium)

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