Bicycle Thieves by Bartolini, Luigi (Transl. C. J. Richards) - 1957

Michael Joseph Ltd , 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Name of the previous owner. Translated by C.J. Richards. Publication of 175 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. There is foxing on the early and last pages. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Panther 1964 Paperback. Fair.

michael joseph london 1952. first edition 175pp VG+ (black cloth,v.sl.stained,sl.creasing to spine,sl.paste action to free eps w.edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.stained w.spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and chipping to extrems.w.amateur internal tape reinforcement at head/foot of spine and flap corners,price-clipped)

8vo PB. pp; 127. Toning to margins of pages, and discolouration to edges of text-block. Good (Equating to Very Good for a near-60 year old paperback), with moderate shelf-wear, and some rubbing to the spine-ends

New York: Macmillan, 1950. First American Edition. Basis for the 1948 Italian neo-realistic film, The Bicycle Thief. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with minor chips and tears.

New York: Macmillan, 1950. First Edition - American. The basis of the classic Italian neo-realist film by Vittorio De Sica. Some moisture staining to cloth and the dust jacket which has some chipping and tears.

NY:: Macmillan Company,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. B0006ASEXE . The basis for the 1948 film, "The Bicycle Thief." Translated from the Italian by C. J. Richards. First American printing (stated). Very good in a very good (moderate sized chip along the top edge of the rear panel, two smaller chips aong the top edge of the front panel, lower corner of front flap is clipped) dust jacket. ; 149 pages .

New York: Macmillan, 1950. Unbound. Fine/Very Good. Uncorrected proof of the first American edition, in the form of unbound signatures laid into an example of the finished dust jacket. Translated by C.J. Richards. Fine, the jacket has a stain at the bottom of the front panel and is price-clipped - presumably the publisher hadn't arrived at the final price. Date of publication stamped on titlepage. Basis for the classic Vittorio De Sica film *The Bicycle Thief*, winner of a special Academy Award before foreign films had their own category. An unusual format of this cheaply manufactured volume.