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Calvino, Italo : Invisible Cities

Arion Press, San Francisco, 1999

Fine copy in metal box, Folio, Limited to 400 numbered copies, signed by the illustrator on the page opposite to the first drawing, Translated from the Italian & introduced by William Weaver. The paper, both colored and white, is Italian Tiziano, mould-made at Fabriano mill. The types are Veronese (Monotype and handset) and Twentieth Century ( handset). The type (on paper) and the photopolymer plates for the drawings (on mylar) were printed by letterpress. The book is bound in an anodized aluminum ring binding with U-posts, allowing the leaves to be turned over in sequence. A back cover supports four U-posts, a lid has four slots through which the U-posts rise, and a locking pin of aluminum rod slips through the hoops securing the lid to the base. The binding was fabricated by Paul Sheet Metal Works in San Francisco. The titling is screen-printed onto a side of the lid. Includes the original cardboard mailing carton.

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