Cavalleria Rusticana and Other Tales of Sicilian Peasant Life First Edition
1893072637London: T. Fisher Unwin 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 7" x 3.25" x 0.5. Bound in a dark tan publisher's cloth with navy blue lettering and decoration on the cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Deckled foredge and foot. 189 pp. Written in English. Advertisements for Handy Books for Travellers Unwin's Novel Series and The Independent Novel Series at the back. Giovanni Carmelo Verga di Fontanabianca was an Italian realist writer best known for his depictions of life in his native Sicily especially the short story and later play Cavalleria Rusticana translated "Rustic Chivalry" and the novel I Malavoglia. Wiki. General overall wear and soiling on the cover. Leaves have lightly toned with very little foxing with predominant discoloration within the endpapers. Unmarked except for a previous owner's name written on the front flyleaf dated 1893. A nice and very readable little copy. Full refund if not satisfied. T. Fisher Unwin hardcover
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