Lampedusa (Giuseppe di) The Leopard
£95
London, Collins and Harvill, 1960.
First English edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 16s.
The famous autobiographical reminiscences of the Sicilian nobleman Giuseppe Tomasi, Duke of Palma and Prince of Lampedusa. Memorably transferred to the big screen in an ambitious bilingual project, starring Burt Lancaster.
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Small ink gift inscription to front free endpaper; cloth very good; jacket slightly sunned at spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners.
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