Editore: Permanent Pr Pub Co, Sag Harbor, New York, U.S.A., 2002
ISBN 10: 1579620477 ISBN 13: 9781579620479
Da: Works on Paper, DeKalb, IL, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. A very good copy of the stated Bound Galley softcover edition. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding is bright and fresh in appearance. A brilliant copy.
Editore: The Permanent Press, Sag Harbor, New York:, 2002
ISBN 10: 1579620477 ISBN 13: 9781579620479
Da: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine condition. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine dust jacket. Seltzer, Isadore (cover art) (illustratore). First Edition. Sag Harbor, New York:: The Permanent Press, 2002. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Dust Jacket is not price clipped (26.00). No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. Fictional memoir of medieval Italy written by Peter Elbling and ostensibly translated from the Italian. From the publisher: "When Ugo DiFonte and his teenaged daughter Miranda are snatched from their farm and spirited away to Duke Federico Basillione DiVincelli's estate, Ugo thinks life can't get any worse. until he is forced to replace the recently de-tongued royal food taster. Now Ugo must stay alive -- a difficult prospect considering the prince's myriad of enemies and their poisons -- to protect Miranda from her suitors and desires, and somehow hold the unruly court together. In this novel of gastronomical delight and brilliant wit, Peter Elbling remarkably captures the sights, sounds, and tastes of sixteenth-century Italy with the story of a peasant rising to extraordinary and death-defying acts of grace.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Seltzer, Isadore (cover art). 8vo. 256pp.
Editore: Permanent Press (NY), Sag Harbor, NY, 2002
ISBN 10: 1579620477 ISBN 13: 9781579620479
Da: MostlySignedBooks, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by author on title page. First edition, 1st printing. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 284 p. Audience: General/trade. 'Translated' by Peter Eibling, it is the story of a 16th-century Italian peasant forced to become food taster to the despotic Duke, and how he and his daughter survive court intrigues by their wits. 'Oscillates between Umberto Eco and Monty Python'. By the author of 'The 80s: A Look Back at the Tumultuous Decade 1980-1989' and 'Aria'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: U.S.A.: Permanent Pr Pub Co, 2002
ISBN 10: 1579620477 ISBN 13: 9781579620479
Da: Far Fetched Books, Leavenworth, WA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing of first edition. Unmarked, unclipped, very bright, extremely tight, unread copy in perfect condition. Admits no flaws. Archival mylar covered dust jacket. Carefully bubble-wrapped and ships in sturdy box.