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Italo Calvino. Cosmicomics. Harcourt, Brace & World., 1968.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Near Fine with slight spine lean, in a dust jacket with a long diagonal scratch to the back panel, else Very Good.
Seller: Singing Saw Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Calvino, Italo. Cosmicomics. Harcourt Brace & World, 1968.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Translated by William Weaver. Blue cloth. Head of spine slightly faded beneath dust jacket, small stain on fore-edges, else fine. Jacket worn, frayed at corners and extremities of spine, soiled and wrinkled on back cover. No tppriced-clipped.
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Italo Calvino's (1923-1985) novels in first U.S. editions are exceedingly scarce. First U. S. Edition. First Printing. 153 pp. 8vo. Scuffing to dust jacket from shelf wear, minor sunning along spine on front panel, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with neon purple titling to spine. Clean within.
Seller: Craig Olson Books, ABAA/ILAB, Belfast, ME, U.S.A.
Calvino, Italo. Cosmicomics. Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, 1968.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 153pp. Bright blue cloth boards, titles in pink on spine. Boards yellowing at extremities. Spine straight, binding tight, corners square. Pages clean and unmarked. Blue top page ends faded. Blue, pink, black and white dust jacket is intact, with original $3.95 price on front flap. Wear to head and foot of spine, but jacket remains bright and striking. A handsome copy of an uncommon Calvino title.
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
Calvino, Italo. Cosmicomics. Harcourt Brace & World, New York, 1968.
Price: US$190.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Brilliantly imaginary evolutionary tales. William Weaver (tranl from Italian). 1st prtg. light blue cloth, crisp, clean & bright, price-clipped color design dj in protective sleeve, sl edge-wear, no tears, prev owner in ink inside front flap on the verical 'use games without end w/ why man creates'; black eps, no interior marks, 153 pp top-edge light blue. 'Cosmicomics is a phantasmagoria on Creation, an enchantingly ingenious idea which translates theories about the evolution of the Universe into stories and makes 'characters' out of mathematical formulae and simple cellular strucures.the infinities of time and space contract, becoming momentarily acceptable to the finite mind, and the reader glimpses his own infinitesimal significance as part of the complex vastness of the cosmos.' Size: 6"- 8.5"
Seller: Ragabooks, Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition. Near fine in a price-clipped very good+ dust jacket. (Light evidence of damping on rear cover of jacket along with a small chip at base. Traces of light shelf-wear at edges of jacket. Mild discoloration to blue topstain. ) ; 5 3/4" x 7 3/4"; 153 pages
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Calvino, Italo. Cosmicomics. Harcourt Brace & World, New York, 1968.
Price: US$285.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 153 pages. First American edition, first printing. Originally published in Italy as "Le Cosmicomiche" in 1965. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. Dust jacket design by Robin Forbes. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with very slight rubbing to the cover folds. Price clipped. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.