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An absurd vice : a biography of Cesare Pavese

Title: An absurd vice : a biography of Cesare Pavese / by Davide Lajolo ; translated, edited, and with an introduction by Mario and Mark Pietralunga.
Author: Lajolo, Davide.
Publication: New York : New Directions, ©1983.

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	JFD 83-4798	Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315
Not available - Please for assistance.	Text	Restricted use	Berg Coll 22-1162	Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320
Not available - Please for assistance.	Text	Restricted use	Berg Coll 22-1161	Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Description

xvi, 255 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 22 cm.

Series Statement

New Directions paperbook ; 545
NDP545

Uniform Title

Vizio assurdo. English

Alternative Title

Vizio assurdo.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Biographies.
Dust jackets (Binding) – New York (State) – New York – 1983.
Dust jackets (Binding) – New York – United States – 20th century.

Note

"Works by Cesare Pavese": pages 248-249.
Includes index.
"A New Directions book" -- title page.
"New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin by New Directions Publishing Corporation" -- title page verso.

Binding (note)

bound in publishers' turquoise cloth over boards with silver lettering; with original dust jacket designed by Hermann Strohbach.
bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Hermann Strohbach.

Call Number

JFD 83-4798

ISBN

0811208508
9780811208505
0811208516
9780811208512

LCCN

82014482

OCLC

8805342

Author

Lajolo, Davide.

Title

An absurd vice : a biography of Cesare Pavese / by Davide Lajolo ; translated, edited, and with an introduction by Mario and Mark Pietralunga.

Imprint

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

New Directions paperbook ; 545

NDP545

Binding

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1161 bound in publishers' turquoise cloth over boards with silver lettering; with original dust jacket designed by Hermann Strohbach. NN

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1162 bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Hermann Strohbach. NN

Local Note

Copies in Berg Coll 22-1161 and 22-1162 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.

Strohbach, Hermann (Designer), cover designer, bookjacket designer.

New Directions Publishing, publisher.

Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.

Javitch, Daniel, donor.

Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.

James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

Research Call Number

JFD 83-4798

Berg Coll 22-1161

Berg Coll 22-1162

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