On the Threshold [Signed by Author]
Rome: Staderini, 1960. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm); green cloth, linen grain, stamped in foil, in pictorial dustwrapper; 11-143pp. Dustwrapper tanned, chipped along extremities (especially spine crown); mild wear and soiling; three puncture tears to spine. Boards bowed; textblock upper margins toned, bindings slightly shaken; sticker on rear pastedown; author signature on ffep (dated 1961). Very Good+, in Good+ dustwrapper.
Very little information is available on this rare book and its author, a well-travelled woman described as "Greek by birth, Italian by marriage". Her one and only OCLC-listed work concerns the travails of young Monica, wafting around Paris with a little dog named Mr. Chips, an "other man" named Claude, and plenty of wholesome European Ennui.
Price: $45.00