The Nonexistent Knight & the Cloven Viscount. Translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun.

CALVINO, Italo.

Published by London: Collins, 1962

About this Item

First UK edition, first impression, with a maquette of the dust jacket for this edition, which comprises the last two stories in Calvino's fantastical "heraldic trilogy". Also included is a draft sketch of the dust jacket for Collins's edition of the first title in the trilogy, Baron in the Trees (1959). All three were first published in Italian. Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Together with maquette dust jacket, sheet of card (304 x 205) painted and lettered in purple, brown, and white, with the final design for the front panel pasted down and "Rough design 1961" written in manuscript on verso; and sketch of dust jacket for Baron in the Trees, single sheet (289 x 225 mm) with manuscript notes in blue and black ink, mounted with tape on stiff blue card (305 x 250) with tissue guard, pink order form pasted on rear filled out in pencil. Neat ownership inscription of "Penny Jones 1970" on front free endpaper. Foot of spine and one corner bumped, a few marks on top edge; spine panel lightly sunned with slight crease at foot, unclipped: a near-fine copy in like jacket. Jacket drafts with a few marks and light creases, chips to edges of Baron, tiny holes from staples to Non-Existent Knight, well-preserved.

Seller Inventory # 156522

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Nonexistent Knight & the Cloven Viscount. Translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun.
• Publisher: London: Collins, 1962
• Edition: 1st Edition