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That Awful Mess on Via Merulana
by Gadda, Carlo Emilio
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- Seller
-
Chehalis, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: George Braziller, 1965. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Presumed first American edition (no additional printings noted). 388 pp, bound in gray cloth with red topstain. Mild sunning to top edge. bookplate on front pastedown, else clean and sound. Dust jacket is heavily rubbed, otherwise very good, with original price present. Translated from the Italian (where the book is referred to as the Pasticciaccio) by William Weaver.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17451
- Title
- That Awful Mess on Via Merulana
- Author
- Gadda, Carlo Emilio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Braziller
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Walkabout Books
All books returnable for any reason within 21 days of receipt, provided they are in the original condition. Shipping costs fully refunded if an item is misdescribed or defective. Refund of purchase price only for returns for other reasons.
About the Seller
Walkabout Books
Biblio member since 2011
Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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