Botteghe Oscure, Quaderno XVII

546pp, with one black and white illustrations. In plain paper wraps. 8vo. Covers a little toned, gently rubbed at edges. Text block edges toned. Internally some page toning on prelims and in margins. Botteghe Oscure - Dark Rooms - was a literary journal published and edited in Rome by Marguerite Caetini from 1948 to 1960. Published twice a year, it contained a selection of poetry, prose in five languages. This volume - the seventeenth issue - contains works John Simon, Mariateresa Nessi, Rudolf Kassner, Stanley Moss, Eugene Walter, Andre Davis, Charles Fox, Marcia Nardi, Kim Yong Ik, Gerd Gaiser, and many others in English, French and Italian.