Boston: Beacon Press, 1957. First American Edition, first printing. Hardcover, bound in publisher's green cloth, 145pp., 8.5 x 6 inches.

Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with age toning, mostly to extremities, ¼ in. spot darkened on spine, else intact.

The author's first book published in the U.S., translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun. First published in 1947, The Path to the Nest of Spiders is a coming of age story set in WWII. The book follows Pin, an orphan who is forced to search for a new identity to evade the Nazis. The title refers to Pin's secret hiding place, the directions to which he touts as a prize to any adults who win his trust.