About this title: Although celebrated by Hemingway in "A Farewell to Arms", the Italian front in the World War I has been relatively neglected in literature. And yet some of the fiercest fighting of the war took place in the Alps between the Italian army and the forces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Over 500,000 Italians were killed or wounded in the war. ...
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Description: 274pp. cloth 8vo: Very Good+ in a Good+ dj. The classic Italian antiwar memoir based on the author's service in the Italian Alpine campaign of 1916-17. Lussu (1890-1975) was a decorated combat veteran who became an anti-Fascist after the Great War, only to be imprisoned by Mussolini. He survived to become a socialist leader in Italy after World War II. Saul Bellow recommended this book for inclusion in Katz & Katz's "Writer's Choice. " read more
Edition: 1st Edition. Series: Great novels and memoirs of World War I, 3.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1939
Description: Description: xii, 274 p. 20 cm. Subjects: Lussu, Emilio, 1890-1975--World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Italian--Soldiers--Italy--Sette Comuni--Biography. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. 1. pp. 274. read more
Edition: First edition (American)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: 1939 1st Am. ed. 239p, NY
Date Published: 1939
Description: A very good copy in good jacket. Scarce account of mountain combat in the Italian Alps. The author fought with the Sassari Brigade of the Italian Army in 1916-17. read more
Edition: 1st Edition. Series: Great novels and memoirs of World War I, 3.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1939
Description: Description: xii, 274 p. 20 cm. Subjects: Lussu, Emilio, 1890-1975--World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Italian--Soldiers--Italy--Sette Comuni--Biography. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. read more
Description: 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. slightly chipped, otherwise very good). N.Y. : Knopf, 1939. First American Edition. Author fought in Italy during 1916 and 1917 in World War I. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1939
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Tight copy w soiling to boards; slight yellowing to pages. Text in English, Italian. xii, 274 p. 20 cm. Translation of Sassari brigade. read more
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