Late Mattia Pascal

Luigi Pirandello. The Late Mattia Pascal. (Il fu Mattia Pascal). New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, [1923]. First U. S. edition, limited to 500 unnumbered copies. Octavo (8 x 5.625 inches; 205 x 140 mm.). xxii, [2, fly-title (verso blank)], 321, [7, blank] pages. Text partially unopened on the bottom edge. Publisher's two-color cloth with a red backstrip and dark greenish-blue boards, printed paper labels affixed to the front board and backstrip; top edge of the text block trimmed; plain endpapers. In original light blue-green dust jacket, printed in dark blue. Backstrip with a few shallow ripples; spine ends very softly pushed with only a hint of wear; corners barely rubbed; paper label on the front board a little foxed. Dust jacket spine panel faintly dulled; folds creased; edges with some mild, routine wear, including a few nicks at the spine ends or tiny chips at the fold edges. Near fine. Translated from the Italian by Arthur Livingston. Basis for the 1925 film directed by Marc