Nino Caffe: First Edition, Signed (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. vg in vg dj, clean and tight, gift inscribed and SIGNED by author. Inscribed by Author(s).

18 [2] pp. 5 x 3-1/4 inches; original illustrated wrappers in publisher's clear acetate wrapper. First edition; No. 163 of 1000 copies. A fine copy. Signed by Nino Caffe' on the half-title.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Hardcover in original gilt-stamped & decorated red satin boards SIGNED & inscribed by artist Nino Caffé to second page & dated 1966, 1st Ed 1st Printing, illustrated in monochrome and with color plates mounted on heavy laid paper with introductory text by Greene, revised from its original appearance in 1953 in a small gallery publication by New York's Knoedler Gallery, satin boards show very minor shelf/edge wear with faint crease to front board, small Florence Art Gallery stamp to endpaper, boards slightly bowed, else a bright tight very nice signed copy (25865); sm ob 4to, illus. Signed by Artist.…

First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the artist on the second leaf, "Best wishes! Nino Caffè, Jan. 1966". An earlier version of Graham Greene's appreciation of Italian painter Nino Caffè, 'the painter of young priests', had previously appeared in the catalogue for Caffè's exhibition at the Knoedler Gallery in New York in 1953. Text in English, Italian and French. An uncommon Graham Greene title. Miller 5 (for the 1953 exhibition catalogue). Oblong quarto. 14 tipped in colour plates and black and white illustrations in the text. Original red satin boards, titles to spine and front board gilt, decoration to front board gilt, bevelled edges. Small white stain to tail of spine and front board, cloth with a few tiny chips, mainly affecting rear board, light spotting to endpapers, else contents bright. An excellent copy.…