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Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Former library book. Foxing is present on one or more pages. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is moderately loose. Shows more than the usual amount of shelf wear. Badly faded due to exposure to sunlight. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.05

Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full red cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in blue. Red topstain. 207pps., plus 16 full-page photographs. There is mild rubbing to the spine-ends and a small scratch (1/4") in the cloth, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a spine that is slightly sunfaded, light wear at the extremites, and a 1" tear at the top of the front panel; the original price is intact. ".O'Faolain takes you to Sicily and to the enchanting countyside that became so familiar to our armed forces during the [Second World] war. Whether at Naples, Capri, Palermo or Calabria, O'Faolain's originality of observation and powers of description are a delight as well as a constant literary treat. Through ancient cities and along more ancient shores.up mountains, into vineyards, cathedrals, slums, and palaces -- while one encounters the teeming populace on all sides -- 'those gay, ruthless, amoral, life-loving, cynical, kindly, and incredibly patient people who swarm on top of one another behind the coral-and-ivory facade that glitters so alluringly and deceptively in the azure sea'." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.

First Edition. Hardcover. O'Faolain, Sean. AN AUTUMN IN ITALY. New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1953. 8vo., 207pp. First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine neatly price-clipped dustwrapper. B&W Photographs. Quite nice indeed.