The Hoax. Translated from the Italian of 'Una Burla Riuscita', with an introduction by Beryl de Zoete.

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First Edition (first printing). Small 8vo. 151pp. Red and black patterned cloth with a toned paper spine label, the text quite faint. Remnants of a label to the front and rear pastedowns, the latter accompanied by the blindstamp of the Harrods Circulating Library. Two or three preliminary and concluding leaves lightly spotted, with a touch of additional spotting to occasional margins. Some moisture marking to the top edge. Ownership signature of Barbara Clutton-Brock to the head of the front free endpaper (Clutton-Brock was a friend of George Orwell, E.M.Forster, and a number of fringe Bloomsbury Group members; she was also the last private owner of Chastleton House in Oxfordshire). A good copy. No dust wrapper. 1,000 copies were printed. The author's first appearance in English, a novella which was originally published in a special issue of 'Solaria' seven months before his death. Svevo and James Joyce were great friends, the latter being a great fan of Svevo's neglected second novel 'Senilità'. Uncommon. Woolmer 239. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ARC94266

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