Innsbruck: Stemperia e Liberia Accademica Wagner, 1881. Soft Cover. 8vo. "Proverbs, Traditions And Anecdotes Of The Eastern Ladin Valleys With Italian Version." Orig. wrappers, 146pp, (2)ads. Pages 131-142 are LACKING. Bookplate of United Nations Col. De Guinzbourg, a noted collector of proverbs and linguistics. Light foxing, a small green stamp..... More
Florentiae: Barbera Editore, 1969. Hardcover. 8vo (small). Orig. blue cloth with gilt device to upper front board, xxv, 636pp. Rear free endpaper torn, some markings and a small white stain to rear board, o/w very good. A source book of Roman Statutes. More
Ravenna: Longo Editore, 2002. Soft Cover. 8vo. The Peter Paul Charitable Foundations Series of English Canadian Poetry, No. 9. Paperback. 207pp. Facing text translation in English and Italian. Illustrated. Curling to covers o/w near fine. More
Coconut Grove, Florida: Sunnyrest, 1948. Hard Cover. 8vo. 77 p.p. Original red cloth boards with gilt titling to spine. Spine and edges are sunned, damp stain to head of boards, spine ends bumped, titling to spine is faded. Some red damp staining to head of front pastedown. Text is clean..... More
Beacon Hill, Boston: Beacon Press, 1957. 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Translated from the Italian. 145 p.p. Green cloth boards with black stamped lettering to spine. Sunning to spine and edges, a few small stains, bumping and rubbing to spine ends and corners. Light foxing to top edge of..... More
Venice: Marsilio, 1993. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo. The Body and the Soul Series. Italian. Translation by Silia Montiglio and Agnese Grieco. 184 p.p. A few spots of minor rubbing to extremities, smudge to front cover, else a fine copy. Gerolamo Cardano (1501-1576) was an Italian polymath and professor of..... More
Milano-Firenze: Electa-Editrice, 1952. Soft Cover. 16mo. Astra Arengarium Peintres Series No. 31. Stiff red wrappers, 128pp. Illustrated. Book plate of C.B. Farror on inner front cover. Light wear on spine and edges o/w near fine with orig. d/w. Duccio was an Italian painter in the 14th century. More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1960. 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. First American edition. Full orange cloth, green lettering to spine. 318 pp. Bruising to spine foot, some rubbing to spine head. A few spots to rear joint. Interior is bright and clean. Dust jacket is lightly soiled, bumped at..... More
Torino: Stamperia Artistica Nazionale, 1993. First Edition. Soft Cover. 32mo. Disegnodiverso Series. Publishers red wraps with grey dustwrapper lettered in red. This is copy No. 184 of 700 limited copies. [60] unnumbered pages containing poetry, sketches, brightly coloured illustrations of bulls and bullfighting. Signed by author on first page. Disegnodiverso..... More
New York: George Braziller, 1994. Hard Cover. 10.25" x 7.5" The Great Fresco Cycles of the Renaissance series. Oblong. Full green cloth. 103 pp. B&W and colour illustration throughout. Fine condition. More
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. First edition. 267 p.p. Red cloth boards with silver lettering to spine. Light bumping to spine ends and corners, and sunning to top edge.. Illustrated dust jacket is price clipped and has some wear to spine ends, edges and corners.Twelve unnumbered..... More
London: The Reprint Society, 1961. Hard Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cream and red paper boards. 223 pp. Some light age toning, and a few spots of very minor bumping and rubbing. Fine overall. More
Indianapolis: Scarletta Press, 2008. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo. Paperback, 230pp. Illustrated. Small stain on fore-edge and title-page o/w near fine. Diary of Theodore Electris, a newlywed doctor uprooted from his wife and sent to the Albanian mountains during the Second World War on the Greek=Italian front. More
s.l. Ente Nazionale Industrie Turistiche. Soft Cover. 6" x 8" [N.d., ca. 1935] Orig. cream card wraps. 34 pp. B&W photos in text. Wraps are slightly bumped at extremities, some discolouration to rear cover, one short tear to each the top and tail edges of rear cover. More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1966. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. Great Battles of History Series. First edition stated. Orig. mustard yellow cloth, silver lettering. xxii, 202 pp. B&W maps in text. Slight fading to cloth to spine and edges, a few spots of rubbing to extremities. Dust jacket is price clipped..... More
Milan: Congedo Publising, 2010. 1st Edition Thus. Hard Cover. 4to (11.5" x 17"). Text in Italian. Full white cloth. 447 pp. Fully illustrated in colour. Age toning to tail edges of boards. Dust jacket has short tears at foot of front cover, foot of rear joint, and head of rear..... More
New York: Penguin Books, 1985. Soft Cover. 8vo. Paperback, xxii, 209pp. Name on ff/ endpaper, covers a bit curled and slight edge wear o/w near fine. Study of Italian peasent culture during the 17th and 17th century inquisition. More
Napoli: Gennaro Monte, 1904. Soft Cover. 8vo. Original blue wrappers, from the library of Lt. Col. De Guinzbourg, his bookplate on front inner cover, 96 pp., light foxing and staining to leaves, dampstains to top edge of front cover and to upper rear cover, ownership signature in red crayon to..... More
Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1920. Hard Cover. 12mo. Limited to seven hundred copies for sale in America. viii, 215 p.p. Grean paper boards with white spine label. Short tears to spine tail. Deckled edges. Gift inscription to flyleaf. Dust jacket has several chips, spine is chiped and torn. Edges..... More
London: The Amalgamated Press Limited/The Fleetway House. Hard Cover. 8vo (medium). [n.d., ca. 1925]. Scarce set in VG condition. Quarter bound in black morocco with blue cloth boards. Gilt lettering and decoration to spine compartments. Red speckled fore and tail edges. General index to volume VII. Ex-libris stickers to front..... More
Clinton Corners, New York: College Avenue Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. SIGNED with inscribed bookplate to ffep. First edition. Full navy cloth, gold lettering and decoration to spine and front board. xii, 275 pp. B&W illustrations and photos in-text. Spine ends lightly bruised. Former ownership name and address..... More
Ortono, Italy: Editioni Menabo, 2000. Soft Cover. 12mo (large). SIGNED with inscription from author to dedication page. Soft cover. 157 p.p. Very light wear wear to corners and spine ends. More
Vancouver: Hemlock Printers, 1990. Soft Cover. 4to (oblong). Orig. wrappers. Illustrated with seventeen plates of photographs. Signed by the author on half-title with inscription. Light rubbing and fading to wrappers, o/w near fine. A photographic essay exploring the heart of the Roman countryside. More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo [royal]. 3 Volumes plus [1] folder of maps. Original jacket and green cloth. Vol. I: xv, 522 p.p,.; Vol. II: vi, 1068; Vol. III: v, 448 p.p. Includes a collection of [7] maps laid-in, inside folder with matching jacket, illustrating: The Seven..... More
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1929. Hard Cover. 16mo. Orig. burgundy cloth gilt lettering and decor to spine. Top edge burgundy. x, Rubbing to extremities, two damp stains to front board, darkening to boards and spine, offset panel at rear. Very light damage from smoke just to top and..... More