Novara: Istituto Geografico de Agostini / Sotheby's, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 3 volumes, Italian text. 1985, Hardcovers, cloth-backed boards, 8vo. Profusely illustrated in color. Fine copies, no dust jackets. Small adhesive remainder at foot of spines. Light rub to rear covers; otherwise all copies clean, tight and unmarked.
New York: Routledge, 2004. First printing. Paperback. First printing, 2004, paperback, octavo, 248pp., illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with mild sun to spine, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
London: A. J. Valpy, 1821. First Printing. Wraps. Disbound pamphlet from "The Pamphleteer," a compilation of various pamphlets, speeches, articles and letters published quarterly and with uncirculated stock bound up at the end of each year and issued as an annual volume. Two staples to left edge else very good.....
New York: Italian Institute for Foreign Trade, 1990. First Printing. Wraps. 10 x 8 inches, wraps, near fine, handsome catalog of an exhibit of shoes to promote Italian-American trade. 46 (2) pp, printed in bluetone.
New York: Rizzoli, 1990. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1990. Quarto, cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 176 pp., heavily illustrated (in color), clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy with Very Good+ dust jacket, light rubbing to the tips of the covers, dust jacket with minor age-toning, rubbing and a bit.....
London: George Bell and Sons, 1902. Hardcover. 27 pp text + 47 plates. Very good- to very good hard cover copy, bound in cloth backed boards. Extremities rubbed, paper covered boards show scratching and scuffing. Hinges secure with tape reinforcement. Text is fine. Some plates may have minor handling smudges.....
Boston: Countercurrent, 1941. Paperback. Light grey soft cover pamphlet, staple bound. VG+, with light browning to covers, a blemish to the rear. In pencil, on cover, is written "1941 Boston." Inside, some minor pencil markings to text. 28 pp. Octavo.
Roma: 1938. Paperback. Softcover. c.1938. 8vo. 71pp. (text) + 83 black & white photo illustrations. Good+. Moderate rubbing to wraps, scratches to rear panel, spine drakened, tanning.
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854. Hardcover. 1854, probable First Edition in English. 465 pp. Engraved frontis. Rebound in early 20th century leather, with gilt title label. Front board present, but detached; lacks rear board. Fortunately the text-block and spine leather are securely bound, complete with marbled endpapers. A satisfactory reading.....
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1835. First American edition. Hardcover. 1835, First American edition, 500 pp. Originally published by Longman in the previous year. Hardcover, green cloth, 8vo. Fair to Good copy, worn; no dust jacket. Text foxed, but readable. Chipping to paper spine label; boards edge and cornerworn; boards.....
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1835. Hardcover. 'A New Edition' published 1835. 8vo, cloth backed drab boards, printed spine label, 300 pp, good tight copy, some wear, institutional marks including blindstamps, plates, light wear and staining to boards, spine label somewhat worn, contents show foxing.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, not illustrated. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, feels unread, text clean and unmarked. DJ shows hint of shelfwear.
Faenza: Stab. Grafico F.LLI Lega, 1972. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, with some fading and discoloration. From the collection of Franklin Toker, with short note on upper left of front wrap and also "Gift of F.W.D. Rome 26 II 74." Paginated 61-112. Text in Italian.
London: John Lane, 1909. First Printing. Hardcover. 3 volumes, 8vo, publisher's decorated blue cloth, light wear, spines a little darkened and with minor edgewear, sporadic foxing throughout texts. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 25 extra illustrations, mainly early 20th century but a handful from the 19th century.
West Point: Department of Military art and Engineering, 1948. Hardcover. 3 titles bound in black cloth, hardcover. Titles: The War in North Africa, Parts 1 and 2 & Operations in Sicily and Italy, all Restricted. Original wrap covers present, as are all maps. Owner's name stamp at front cover of.....
Pisa and Rocca S. Casciano: Presso la Direzione del Giornale Araldico / Tipografico di Federigo Cappelli, 1891 and 1878. Hardcover. 2 volumes bound together, published 1891 and 1878, 8vo, cloth backed patterned boards, 131 and 162 pp, good, some foxing and tanning to conents, light wear to binding.
Venezia: Tip. G. B. Bragolin, 1834-1836. Hardcover. Published 1831836. Large thick 8vo, vellum backed patterned boards, 250, v, 256, 255, 233,(2) pp. 4 volumes bound in one. Very good, wth some wear and abrasions to boards, contents very good, lacks front endpaper.
Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2006. First printing. Paperback. Softbound, clean unmarked text, 383 pp., New copy, still in shrink wrap.
Brescia: Morcelliana, 1963. First printing. Paperback. Softcover, clean unmarked text, 400 pp., Very Good copy, owner's signature and blindstamp to the titlepage, soil/discoloration to some pages of the text and to the covers, some rubbing and wear to the tips and edges of the covers including some creasing to the.....
New York: Stroefer and Kirchner, 1877. Hardcover. 1877 Green cloth folio, 97pp. Illustrated, including 10 mounted sepia photographs of paintings, roughly 9.5 x 7.5 inches each. Ornately gilt cover, all edges gilt. In good condition with loss and repair to the lower 6 inches of spine, as well as an.....
New York: R. Van Dien, C. 1851. Hardcover. 8vo, original brown cloth, very good, light fading and discoloration to spine, contents VG but small ink stain to fore-edge of last several pages. 240 pp, illustrated.
Boston: Bradley, Dayton, and Co, 1860. later edition. Hardcover. 1860. Later edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in blue cloth. 504pp. engraved frontis. Good. Spine ends, corners frayed, rubbing and soil to boards. Top edge, endpapers foxed, evidence of plate removal to front pastedown. Contents complete and unmarked.
New York: Lincoln Mac Veagh, the Dial Press, 1932. First Printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo, gray cloth, very good, no jacket, light wear and soil. 302 pp, illustrated.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1882. Hardcover. Small 8vo, full vellum with elaborate gilt borders and decorations, very good, light general soil/darkening, touch of bowing to the boards, contents very good, with many original photographs bound in: ancient ruins, art and statuary, landscapes and cityscapes.
London: Simpkin Marshall, 1928. Hardcover. Published 1928, small 8vo, dark maroon pebbled leatherette gilt, 138 pp, fine copy in VG plus dust jacket with light wear. RARE in jacket. With folding maps and plans.