A travel through a McCarthy first editions collection

STELLA MARIS, THE FIRST ITALIAN EDITION, TRANSLATED BY MAURIZIA BALMELLI

Stella Maris, first Italian edition: the front cover.

Stella Maris, first Italian edition.

Einaudi, Torino, 2023.

First Italian edition, first printing with “Stampato…nel mese di settembre 2023”, full number line and years line (“Ristampa 0 1 2 3 4 5” and “Anno 2023 2024 2025 2026” on the last page). Hardcover, 22,3 x 14,2 cm., 194 numbered pages. Publisher’s usual greenish grey boards lettered in black and with publisher’s logo on spine. Original dust jacket with white spine, back panel and flaps lettered in black. The pictorial front panel reproduces a detail of “Lago di Lucerna. Baia di Uri”, a watercolor by William Turner. Price of “€ 18,50” on back panel, which features a summary, and one blurb by The Boston Globe. Translated from the American by Maurizia Balmelli who had also translated Suttree and The Passenger.

CONDITION: still in shrink-wraps, as new.

Published on September 26, 2023, at € 18,50,  in a print run of 40,000 copies. 


Stella Maris, first Italian edition: the dustjacket back panel.

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