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The edition is limited to 75 numbered copies signed by calvino and frasconi"this is copy number 33the special limited first edition of italo calvino's 'prina che tu dica 'pronto'' (translated into english by william weaver as 'before you say 'hello')are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe woodcuts were printed by antony o'hara and john colemansigned by italo calvino and antonio frasconi copy #33 of only 75 printedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available" [the signatures of calvino and frasconi follow] the original italian text is followed by the english version translated by william weaver, calvino’s longtime translatorthe type is handset post mediaeval which was cast by h) this is copy # 33the colophon reads as follows: "calvino/frasconi "this edition, limited to seventy-five numbered copies and signed by the author and the artist, was printed on an washington handpress at gabriel rummonds & alessandro zanella's plain wrapper press in cottondale, alabamathe volume is illustrated by 4 multicolored woodcuts by antonio frasconi, and was published in 4to by the plain wrapper press at cottondale, al, usa inour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeover his long career, calvino produced only two of his works in english in signed, limited editionswithout question, calvino was one of the greatest of modern italian writersthe volume is bound in quarter-leather-backed paste-paper boards, enclosed in the publisher’s clamshell box with a paper label on the coverthe paper was hand-made at the cartiere enrico magnani and was printed dampit was rumored he was about to receive the nobel prize in literature, but he died shortly before the announcement read morethe printing of the text was completed in the spring ofplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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