1958 · Barcelona
by Melville, Herman
Barcelona: Editorial Mateu, 1958. Small 8vo, pp. [3], 6-255, [1]; title page printed in red, blue and black; 6 full-page illustrations and 6 composite color plates, each showing 6 illustrations by Farinas ; original pictorial paper-covered boards, dust jacket; a very good copy. Pressure stamp of Barbara Johnson in the bottom margin of the half-title page. The dust jacket on this printing bears an added sticker announcing "en colores, en colores" indicating that this printing may be the first to contain the color plates. An adaptation of the novel for a juvenile audience. This edition went through numerous printings. Of this 1958 printing, only Newberry in OCLC.
(Inventory #: 62646)