Periodic Table by Levi: Signed (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. ***** This is the true first American edition, first printing (with "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" stated on the copyright page). ***** This book is SIGNED by the author (Primo Levi) on the title page. The author did not inscribe this book to anyone; it is just signed by him. ***** Signed examples of this first edition are very scarce. ***** Very nice hardcover with the original first printing dust jacket. There is NO writing, NO remainder marks, and NO bookplates. It is NOT a book club edition and NOT a former library book. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped ($16.95). CONDITION: Both the and the dust jacket are in very nice FINE condition. ***** We include new mylar (clear) dust jacket protectors with all books at no charge. ***** OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU: All books are guaranteed to be as described. We believe that no sale is complete until you are happy. Any book is returnable for a full refund (including postage) if you're not 100% satisfied. All books are packaged very carefully and shipped via USPS Mail with Delivery Confirmation.***** Thank you! Richard Vick, Modern First Editions (Buying and Selling Modern First Editions since 1982). Signed by Author(s).…

First edition of thisÂclassic collection ofÂshort storiesÂbyÂPrimo Levi. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Primo Levi on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Clarke. Translated by Raymond Rosenthal. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Books signed by Levi are rare. The Periodic Table is largely a memoir of the years before and after Primo Levi's transportation from his native Italy to Auschwitz as an anti-Facist partisan and a Jew. "I immersed myself in The Periodic Table gladly and gratefully. There is nothing superfluous here, everything this book contains is essential. It is wonderful pure, and beautifully translatedI was deeply impressed" (Saul Bellow). "Brilliant, grave and oddly sunny; certainly a masterpiece" (Los Angeles Times). In 2006, the Royal Institution of Great Britain named it the best science book ever.…