Description
For sale: an exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Arturo’s Island by Elsa Morante. First Edition unstated, 2019 Liveright. First Printing with full number line.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a straight spine, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, clean page blocks, moderate edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or any other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is also in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, that looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
A novel of longing and thwarted desires, filled with Morante’s “brutal directness and familial torment” (James Wood), Arturo’s Island reemerges in this splendid translation to take its rightful place in the world literary canon.
Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
