The Sixteen Pleasures: A Novel (SIGNED COPY)

U.S.A.: Delta, 1995. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some shelf wear; pages are beginning to tone; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice SIGNED used copy! Color illustrated wrapper with white lettering. 369 historical and suspense-filled pages! "Chapter One: Where I Want to Be I was twenty-nine years old when the Arno flooded its banks on Friday 4 November 1966. According to the Sunday New York Times the damage wasn't extensive, but by Monday it was clear that Florence was a disaster. Twenty feet of water in the cloisters of Santa Croce, the Cimabue crucifix ruined beyond hope of restoration, panels ripped from the Baptistry doors, the basement of the Biblioteca Nazionale completely underwater, hundreds of thousands of volumes waterlogged, the Archivio di Stato in total disarray. On Tuesday I decided to go to Italy, to offer my services as a humble book conservator, to help in any way I could, to save whatever could be saved, including myself. The decision wasn't a popular one at home. Papa was having money troubles of his own and didn't want to pay for a ticket. And my boss at the Newberry Library didn't understand either. He already had his ticket, paid for by the library, and needed me to mind the store. There wasn't any point in both of us going, was there?......." (SIGNED COPY) . Inscribed By the Author. Eighteenth Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.