The Leopard
LAMPEDUSA, Giuseppe di
Translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun. [First English Edition].
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO WITH SLIP-CASE
Published: Collins and Harvill Press, 1960
Stock code: 50453
Price: £560.00
8vo., First Edition thus; handsomely bound in dark green full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
First appearance in English of Lampedusa's only novel ('Il Gattopardo'). The basis of Visconti's feature film (1963) starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale.