Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Italo Calvino. The Baron in the Trees. Random House, 1959.
Price: US$37.88 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1959. First Edition. 217 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with dulled lettering. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine and board edges.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Italo Calvino. The Baron in the Trees. Random House, New York, 1959.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Printing stated. Only fault to the book is a rubber stamp of the letter "H" in red on the front flyleaf. Otherwise no wear to the binding. No distortion from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. The dust jacket priced at $3.50 (not clipped) has problems. A fist-sized piece from the top of the rear panel is missing. A two inch tear to the top of the front panel. Spine title difficult to read. Small price sticker stain top of the front panel. Some superficial surface soiling. DJ now in an archival protector to prevent further damage.
Seller: Book Stall of Rockford, Inc., Rockford, IL, U.S.A.
Calvino, Italo. The Baron in the Trees. Random House, 1959.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dust jacket shows normal signs of age with small piece missing on top by spine affecting the top of 'Italo', tiny piece missing from bottom edge front panel, about 1/6th". Light brown stain on bottom of front panel less than one inch diameter. Price on flap $3.50. 1st printing stated. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾
Seller: Small World Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Italo Calvino's (1923-1985) scarce second novel. First U.S. Edition. First Printing. 217 pp. 8vo. Light wear and scuffing to dust jacket, slight sunning to the spine, now in mylar cover. Minimal staining to front and rear endpapers due to quality of glue used in production, clean within.
Seller: Craig Olson Books, ABAA/ILAB, Belfast, ME, U.S.A.
Calvino, Italo. The Baron in the Trees. Random House, New York, 1959.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition, first printing. Signed by Italo Calvino and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's decoratively stamped brown cloth. Near Fine with slight fading to the spine. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket, spine toned and with a closed tear at the top of the front spine joint, small interior chip to spine and front flap fold.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.