MONTALE, Eugenio. Ossi di seppia [Cuttlefish Bones]. Poems I. Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1948. First Mondadori edition in the celebrated 'Lo Specchio - I Poeti del Nostro Tempo' series. 16mo, publisher's wrappers with original illustrated dust jacket. Fundamental work of twentieth-century Italian poetry, cornerstone of Hermeticism. This collection, originally published by Gobetti in 1925, established Montale as a voice of the first rank, anticipating the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975. Copy with original dust jacket present, though with damage to margins and general wear consistent with age. The 'Lo Specchio' series represents the pinnacle of postwar Italian poetry publishing.

Dust jacket present but with significant damage: tears and losses at upper and lower margins, widespread abrasions, general yellowing. Spine of dust jacket with paper losses. Interior apparently in better condition, with light foxing and marginal browning. Internal hinges fragile.