Fruttero, Carlo; Lucentini, Franco

The Sunday Woman; Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini; Translated from the Italian by William Weaver [Advanced Galley Copy//Advance Uncorrected Proof]

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. Paperback. 338 leaves; 28 cm. Orange wrapper with publisher's HBJ emblem repeated across it. White label on front wrapper identifying it as an Advance Uncorrected Proof of The Sunday Woman with a probable date of publication of Sept. 29, 1973. Stamped at the head of the title page: "Apr 12 1973." With a letter to Anne Winsey signed by Bill Jerram, sales representative, asking her to read it and give him her opinion regarding its "literary and sales merits," and a copy of the text intended for the jacket by editor Helen Wolff. This story of murder and intrigue in the city of Turin, originally published in Italy as La Donna della Domenica, received Italy's Book-of-the-Year prize. In Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed; head of front joint just starting; lower corner of front wrapper creased, and with minor loss; spine and parts of front wrapper are sunned; clean and tight. Very Good -. Item #005179

Price: $115.00