Alibi

by Elsa Morante

$150 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

Milan: Longanesi & C., 1958. First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Cloth-backed floral boards, titled in gilt on spine; 77, 6 pp. Mild age-toning to text, still a tight, clean, uncommonly nice copy, Near Fine. Text entirely in Italian. Morante's first book of poems, after numerous works of fiction. This is the second volume in the publisher's series Collezione di Poesie.

• Printing: first

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