first edition Hardcover
1938 · London
by Coraggioso, Cagliardo.
London: Oxford University Press, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Lamb, Lynton. First edition. Full dark yellow cloth boards with black lettering and rules to spine, under dust jacket illustrated by Lynton Lamb, 258 pp. Minor darkening to jacket, flap clipped but price intact. Fine/Near fine. $200 Published pseudonymously, this autobiography of Eugenio D'Agostino tells of his experiences as a child immigrant to England forced to be a street musician. During WWI, D’Agostino’s family goes to England in hopes of earning their keep by playing music. After a few years of poverty, his father returns to Italy, leaving D’Agostino in the charge of the troupe leader, “of gipsy originâ€, who enslaves the young D’Agostino. (Inventory #: 201464)
