Ignazio Silone

Bread and Wine

Atheneum, 1962. 8vo, quarter black cloth over black paper boards, orange and green titles, red top stain, 331pp. First reissue edition. Unclipped dust jacket (5) with light wear to edges, moderate rubbing to panels. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. The second published English edition in a new translation from the Italian by Harvey Fergusson II with a new preface by the author. A loosely autobiographical picaresque of a man returning to his homeland after years of exile during Mussolini’s reign, a major work of 20th century Catholic literature. A very good copy.

Price: $30.00