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Einaudi, 1979. First edition, first printing. SIGNED. Inscribed in Italian and his usual signature with the last name and date on the second flyleaf. Has become quite scarce. Fine and bright in near fine dust jacket. Text in Italian. Small interior mend to the back dust jacket, not all noticeable on the outside. With a book blurb in Italian by John Updike, who was a fan. The author died in 1985. Payment by personal check is required, thank you.

Italo Calvino's novel, 'If on a winter's night a traveler', is a classic of postmodern literature, inviting readers into a labyrinth of stories that play with narrative form and the act of reading itself.

For 'If on a winter's night a traveler', a first edition can often be detected by looking for the original Italian publisher, Giulio Einaudi Editore, and the copyright date of 1979.