The Moon and the Bonfire greek including Supplementary Nights

including Supplementary Nights

riddled with a whole system of beggars

Front endpaper creased across one corner and a few light blotches of foxing to prelims and title page

with 20 colour illustrated plates from drawings by Lear a two maps of the island of Corsica

A VG+ copy of a very scarce novel

The Moon and the Bonfire greek including Supplementary NightsLondon: John Lehmann, 1952. First Edition in English. Publisher's blue cloth with the striking John Minton designed dust jacket, which is slightly tanned at the spine but without nicks or other blemishes. Some mild foxing to endpapers and the titlepage. Without old inscriptions. A near fine copy. First published in Italian as 'La Luna e i Falo'. Considered Pavese's best novel, 'The Moon and the Bonfire' is set during the aftermath of World War Two in