Milano: Touring Club Italiano, 1969. Hardcover. 1969 edition, red cloth with clear acetate dust jacket, 739 / 61 pp, many maps throughout, very good copy, light wear to acetate jacket.
Rome: 1845. 1845 hand painted etching of the Temple of Castor and Pollux. Image measures 3.25 x 5.5 inches on sheet measuring 5.25 x 7.5, and mounted on thin backing paper, 8.75 x 12. The image is meticulously colored in gouache with a painted black border. Image area is in.....
Vercelli: Dalla Stamperia Patria, 1789. Hardcover. Published 1789, 8vo, stiff marbled paper covered boards with patterned paper spine, 144 pp, good copy, much of the marbled paper covering the rear board missing, contents good, some pencil and pen marks and notes including extensive emendations to pp. 132-33. Rare with only.....
Milan: Electa, 1985. Hardcover. Volume four only! Gray and red stamped white cloth boards with plate on front board in plastic wrap and original slipcase, square quarto [10" x 11.25"], illustrated in color and b&w. Book has hint of toning to spine tips, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. Slipcase.....
Milan: Electa, 1982. Hardcover. Volume one only! Red and gray stamped white cloth boards with plate on front board, in plastic wrap and original slipcase, quarto [10" x 11.25"], illustrated in color and b&w. Book has hint of toning to spine tips, tight binding, text clean bright and unmarked. Slipcase.....
London: A. J. Valpy, 1818. 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. Very good, two staples along left edge. 43.....
Venezia: Nella Stamperia Remondini, 1754. Paperback. Published 1754, 4to, limp original thick plain paper wraps, title page in red and black, (12) 160, including half title. Good to very good, some wear and soil to wraps, contents very good, old ownership signature from 1774, some old notes to flyleaf.
Calendes Grecques, 1958. Paperback. 1958 Softcover 4to. Pale orange wrappers with tan title plate. Illustrated with lithographs. This copy is signed/inscribed by Marcel North on a preliminary blank, with an original drawing by him. Near fine with a small tear to the lower front joint, else clean and unmarked. Number.....
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New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1901. Hardcover. Two volume complete set! Gilt and color stamped black cloth boards, octavos, illustrated in b&w. Books have mild toning that dulls gilt on spines, mild wear to spine ends and corners, boards gently rubbed, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout.....
London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1930. Revised. Hardcover. Black stamped green cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 325pp., illustrated in color and b&w. Book has mild wear and soil to edges of boards and spine ends, binding tight, endpapers gently foxed, toning throughout, not marked. DJ has chipping and mild.....
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001. First printing. Hardcover. Square quarto, cloth in dust jacket, nearly fine copy. 302 pp, with La Foce color folding map in an overhead rendering by Laurie Olin, loosely laid in. Color photos throughout.
Firenze (Florence): Giunti, 1995. Paperback. 4 volumes from Giunti's Proverbi series: Napoletani, Piemontesi, Romaneschi and Toscani. Published 1995-6. Italian text. Softcover, in original wraps. Very Good to Near Fine copies: light soil to wraps. Small tear to rear wrap of Toscani. All contents clean and unmarked. Illustrated in color and.....
Berlin: Unger, 1787. Hardcover. 1787. Original plain slate blue boards, leather spine label, 143 pp. Good copy, some wear and damp stains to front endpapers and title page. OCLC 5 copies. German language edition of this Italian scandalous satire. Pallavicino lived 1615-1644. This one is a translation of his last.....
New York: John Good Gallery, 1991. First printing. Hardcover. Quarto, cloth hardbound with pictorial onlay, 61 pp., illustrated in color, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy, light rubbing or discoloration to the covers, no dust jacket. Text in Italian and English.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Presumed first edition, 2005, hardcover with black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 272pp., not illustrated. Book fine with handsome boards and tight binding, text clean and unmarked. DJ near fine with hint of shelfwear.
New York: Arcade Publishing, 2002. First printing. Hardcover. First printing, 2002, hardcover with green and red boards in dust jacket, octavo, 447pp., illustrated in b&w. Book fine, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ fine.
Wesleyan University Press, 1996. First American edition. Library Binding. First American Edition. First Printing. c.1996. Hardcover. Cloth. 8vo. 166pp. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket. Light general shelfwear.
Siena: Lombardi, 1987. Wraps. Small quarto, wraps with acetate clear dust jacket, book itself near fine with just a touch of soil and wear, jacket good with yellowing, tanning, some splitting along rear outer joint. 133 pp, illustrated.
Padova: Il Poligrafo, 2000. First Printing. Wraps. Small quarto, wraps, very good or better, owner's name on title page. 175 pp, illustrated, some in color.
Siena, Italy: Azienda Autonoma di Turismo, 1985. Second edition. Paperback. Printed paper wraps in dust jacket, quarto [8.75" X 11.5"], illustrated in color. Book has mild shelfwear and rubbing to wraps, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ rubbed, gently shelfworn. Text in Italian.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986. First printing. Hardcover. First printing, 1986, hardcover with beige cloth boards in dust jacket, large octavo, 245pp., illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with handsome boards and tight binding, text clean and unmarked. DJ near fine with toning, mild shelfwear.
Vicenza: Favero Editore, 1953. Hardcover. 1953. Italian text. 591 pp. Hardcover, brown cloth, 8vo. Near Fine copy in a Very Good slipcase. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, signature on front blank and title page. Else, a crisp, clean copy. Matching slipcase show some wear.
Florence: Catherine Mary Phillimore, 1887. First edition thus. Hardcover. 1897. First edition thus. Hardcover, 8vo. in full vellum with embossed gilt decoration and titles, all edges gilt, dentelles. 171pp. with original watercolor frontis of Father Da Montefeltro preaching in Florence, which measures 4 by 3.5 inches. Italian language. Very good.....
Bologna: Zanichelli, 1958. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo, nicely rebound in cream cloth, marbled boards, leather spine labels. Very good, minor wear, owner's name and bookplate. Original wraps bound in, 301 pp. In Italian. Light foxing and yellowing to book binding and to edges of text block.
Verona: Per Gli Eredi Di Marco Moroni, 1781. Paperback. Published 1781. Small 4to, original heavy paper wraps, 158 pp, very good copy, some foxing and light wear to wraps, minor library marks (bookplate, blindstamp), pages bright. The author, who was a Veronese author, born into an aristocratic family, was 28.....