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Giuseppe Di Lampedusa – The Leopard – First UK Edition 1960
£185.00
A first edition, first printing published by Collins Harvill in 1960. A very good+ book with a previous owner’s bookplate to the pastedown and a small name to the front endpaper. In a very good+ dust wrapper which is unclipped and has a little wear to the spine tips and corners.
Set in 19th-century Sicily, the novel chronicles the decline of the aristocracy and the rise of a new social order during the unification of Italy. The novel’s central character, Prince Don Fabrizio, embodies this transformation, grappling with nostalgia for a fading era and the inevitability of change. Tomasi di Lampedusa’s lyrical prose and vivid descriptions capture the Sicilian landscape and the inner conflicts of its characters. A masterpiece of historical fiction, “The Leopard” explores themes of tradition, power, and identity while offering a poignant meditation on the passage of time.
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A first edition, first printing published by Collins Harvill in 1960. A very good+ book with a previous owner’s bookplate to the pastedown and a small name to the front endpaper. In a very good+ dust wrapper which is unclipped and has a little wear to the spine tips and corners.
Set in 19th-century Sicily, the novel chronicles the decline of the aristocracy and the rise of a new social order during the unification of Italy. The novel’s central character, Prince Don Fabrizio, embodies this transformation, grappling with nostalgia for a fading era and the inevitability of change. Tomasi di Lampedusa’s lyrical prose and vivid descriptions capture the Sicilian landscape and the inner conflicts of its characters. A masterpiece of historical fiction, “The Leopard” explores themes of tradition, power, and identity while offering a poignant meditation on the passage of time.
