Pierino and the Bell.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Co., Inc; 1966, 1st; illustrated paper boards with wrap around illustration of Pierino ringing the huge bell and pigeons flying, the little town with steep steps in the background; green endpapers, in jacket identical to boards, 10.5x7.5; 48 pp. Picture Book Hardback.
An imagined fable of Tuscany, where for years all the pigeons from far around gather in the square to hear the ringing of the bell, but they are waiting .... expressed through Ness's elegant, vivid illustrations.
CONDITION: Near Fine in Very Good Plus jacket; no names or other marks, straight, clean, tight, corners sharp, and appears unread but opens unevenly, in jacket darkened on margins and spine, shallow chips to extrems and on front panel (1/16"); half inch chip on back; unclipped 3.25. Item #19790
$32