THE NONEXISTENT KNIGHT & THE CLOVEN VISCOUNT: Two Short Novels.
New York: Random House, (1962). First U.S. edition. Translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun. Two allegorical novelettes later collected with THE BARON IN THE TREES as OUR ANCESTORS. The first tale is "an earthy parody of chivalry and knighthood" and the second is "the grisly tale" of a viscount neatly cut in half during battle who returns home "literally half a man" (from the dust jacket). 8vo black cloth boards lettered in gilt on spine and brightly decorated in blue and gilt on spine and front cover; 246 pages plus one-page author bio. Bright and fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with few tiny rubbed creases at spine ends and corners.
Item #72672
Price: $225.00