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1901220983Akron Ohio: The B.F. Goodrich Company 1901. 40 x 29-1/2 inches. Signed "V. Corcos 1900". Small hole lower right some short tears along top edge some soiling. Framed. 40 x 29-1/2 inches. The B.F. Goodrich Company unknown books
197116792Roma: Partito Comunista Italiano / Editoriali Fratelli Spada 1971. First Edition. Lithographed poster offset in three colors; 100cm x 70cm ca 40" x 28"; on heavy paper. Minor toning; light creases at margins; Near Fine - Grade A/A-. A bit of a puzzle: the poster appears to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the formation of the Associazione Bandiera Rossa an Italian Trotskyist group; but the poster bears the imprint of the PCI the main-line Marxist-Leninist party in Italy -- an ideological implausibility even within the chaotic confines of Italian Marxism. Adding further to the confusion is a quotation from Antonio Gramsci founder of the PCI in upper right. In any case a terrific graphic attributed here to Luciano Prati whose name we encounter on a few late-70s Italian film posters but nowhere else. Duke University appears to be the only North American institution to hold a catalogued copy of this work. Partito Comunista Italiano / Editoriali Fratelli Spada unknown books
1924005766Firenze: Casa Editrice G. Nerbini 1924. First edition. Wraps. Very Good. The complete run comprised of 21 installments or fascicoli of an extremely scarce Italian pulp magazine that anthologized supernatural fiction. 4to. 29.5 by 19 cm. No copies on OCLC nor in other catalogues we checked Bibliotheca Italiana etc. The magazine although produced on the cheapest of pulp paper which ages terribly did have striking cover artwork for each of its installments. The stories presented are all translations of works in English or French with the original authors never credited. There is one story per installment and the stories have titles such as "La Valanga Vendicatrice" "La Pietra Fatale" "Il Salto della Morte" "Il Telefono Misterioso" and "La Mummia senza Pollice". Casa Nerbini founded in 1897 was until 1943 a major Italian publisher of fumetti or Italian comic books. After Nerbini folded Mondadori published some of its more popular titles. Condition: the pages are heavily age toned the paper brittle and there have some some discrete archival repairs made on the cover pages. Soiling to the front cover. We would nonetheless grade the volume as being in very good condition as the issues are ones that were inevitable given the paper stock used. <br/><br/> Casa Editrice G. Nerbini paperback books
192554671Paris et Bruxelles: G. van Oest 1925. First edition. Illustrated with 4 color plates and 93 in black and white reproducing 126 miniatures. x126 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Three quarter purple morocco and marbled paper boards original printed wrappers bound in. Binding a little scuffed small chip from foot of spine else very good. First edition. Illustrated with 4 color plates and 93 in black and white reproducing 126 miniatures. x126 pp. 1 vols. Folio. G. van Oest unknown books
192422989Boston: Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee. Very Good. 1924. 2nd Edition see notes. Stapled wraps. a little discoloration to wraps final page of text heavily tanned from contact with rear cover small corner bends at bottom corners of pages in second half of the publication bottom 2" of spine split up to the lower staple but both staples are holding firm. frontispiece portrait This brief autobiographical essay one of dozens of writings generated by Vanzetti during his many years in prison prior to his execution in 1927 is considered to be "one of the most moving and humane writings of anarchism" ever published. 24 pages in length plus covers this version of the booklet was issued in August 1924 about ten months after several motions for a new trial for Sacco and Vanzetti had "been filed and were argued" in October 1923 but had not yet been ruled on. Their original conviction for their alleged involvement in the 1920 murders of two men during an armed robbery at a shoe manufacturing firm in Braintree Massachusetts had taken place in July 1921. Although the precise bibliographic particulars of this printing can't be pinned down through online research I've dubbed it a "second edition" based on the following facts: 1 As originally issued circa September 1923 this publication was only 20 pages in length and contained Alice Stone Blackwell's preface but not the Upton Sinclair "Appreciation" included here; the latter was first published in the Boston Sunday Advertiser of September 16 1923 in which Sinclair refers to having a copy "fresh from the press"; 2 The printing date of this copy is established by the precise dating of the prefatory note August 15th 1924 as well as by its reference to the new-trial motions that had been filed in October 1923 having not been ruled on "up to the date of this printing" that would happen two months later in October 1924; 3 There are no recorded library holdings of this item that bear a 1923 date and also include the Sinclair piece from which I deduce that the Sinclair piece was not incorporated under the heading "An Appreciation" until sometime in 1924 which also accounts for its expansion from 20 to 24 pages. Although I can't be sure whether or not there may have been other printings of this 24-page version earlier in 1924 it seems clear to me that the addition of the Sinclair piece and the resulting change in pagination fulfill the criteria for a "second edition" even if nobody else has ever called it that. It might also be worth noting that this same version 24 pages with Sinclair was also issued in 1924 under the imprint of the "Sacco-Vanzetti New Trial League" which was an offshoot of the original S-V Defense Committee formed by dissident members in April 1924; without research into primary sources it's probably impossible to establish the precedence of one imprint over the other. The impressively-detailed online finding aid for the Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection the largest archival collection of materials related to the case held at the Boston Public Library was helpful in establishing some of the above dates and events but unfortunately isn't quite specific enough to nail down the bibliographic points. Finally: given that the Sacco-Vanzetti case is one of the most thoroughly-analyzed and hotly debated events in American history I realize it's entirely possible that these points HAVE been settled by some intrepid scholar-bibliographer of whose work I'm unaware -- so if there's any obsessive S-V know-it-all out there who'd like to contact correct and/or chastise me for any of the above email away! . Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee paperback books
1953385991953. Lithograph on canvas framed in oak. A very good copy. Framed size: 33 x 23 inches; image: 29 x 19 1/2 inches. A framed lithographic image on canvas signed in the image as A. Patune with brass plaque. For use by travel agents with one image representing both sister ships of the Italian Line the Andrea Doria and the Cristoforo Colombo. Uncommon. unknown books
195725670New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1957. First American Edition. Hardcover. nice clean copy minor shelfwear only; jacket shows just a touch of wear to extremities. "The story of two well-to-do Italian families who are engulfed by the impersonal forces of world events. From the late thirties when the teenage youngsters are growing up -- the boys to become involved in anti-Fascist politics the girls to seek marriage -- to the close of the war when the scattered group is reunited in their little town in northern Italy this vivid story carries the stamp of living truth." Ginzburg 1916-1991 has been called "arguably the most important woman writer of post-World War II Italy." This book her first full-length novel following two shorter works published in 1942 and 1949 earned her the prestigious Veillon International literary prize; it was published in England under the title "All Our Yesterdays." Decent copies of both English-language editions are quite scarce. . E.P. Dutton & Co. hardcover books
196828651Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good /very good . Hardbound quartos in dustwrappers. Two volume set of books with text by Keith Andrews. 182 and 200 pp respectively. Very handsome copies in unvlipped printed dustwrappers. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
1964M5849Rome: 1964-1966. 1964. 298 x 220 pp. Folio. 193 5; 180 4; 172 2 pp. Illus. Quarter gray cloth cloth corners patterned paper over boards blue cloth spine labels gilt spine. Ownership rubber stamps on titles. Fine. 1964-1966. hardcover books
193915042Chicago: Jay Bass 1939. First Edition Thus. Octavo 22cm. Stiff decorative card wrappers; silver foil dustjacket; 8pp. Presentation copy with mounted photographic portrait of Balabanoff 5" x 3" inside front wrapper inscribed in ink: "For my dear friends F&T Lewis with many many heartiest wishes!" dated 1939. Jacket worn and partially detached; text block loose in wrappers; complete just Good. The text consists of Balabanoff's anti-Fascist poem "Human Tears" printed in English French Russian cyrillic Italian and German versions. A much-expanded collection of Balabanoff's poems with the same title was published in New York in 1943; the current volume privately printed and extremely fragile is seldom encountered. <br/><br/>Angelica Balabanoff 1878-1965 an Italian Jew was among the founders of the Italian Communist Party in 1900; she joined the Russian Bolsheviks in 1917 and served as secretary of the Comintern from 1919-20 during which time she became closely affiliated with Lenin Trotsky Zinoviev and many others. She broke with the Bolsheviks and left Russia in 1922 after which she once again became active in the Italian Socialist party. During Mussolini's regime she went into exile first in Switzerland then Paris and finally New York City during which time she published a number of multilingual editions of her poetry. Jay Bass unknown books
191943051New York: Libreria Rossa N.d. ca 1919. First Edition. 12mo 18cm. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed thick paper wrappers; 24pp. Slight aging; mild creasing to spine; Very Good. Text entirely in Italian. Communist tract issued shortly after the Russian revolution calling for an immediate proletarian revolution in Italy with socialization of industry and agriculture; closure of borders to prevent the flight of the bourgeoisie; and the "management of the new society through a free arrangement of persons and competent groups" ".persone e di gruppi competenti interessati all soluzione di ogni singolo problema tecnico e sociale". The pseudonym "Emme" is unknown to us; nor is it certain from which "Libreria Rossa" this pamphlet originated - "libreria rossa" "red bookshop" being a common enough appelation among Italian-American radical booksellers of all political stripes during this period. One copy only in OCLC; not seen in commerce; not in Periconi. Libreria Rossa unknown books
192221080Chicago: Il Proletario 1922. First edition 12mo 19cm.; original red printed staplebound wrappers; 151pp. Two small shallow chips to upper wrapper fore-edge not affecting text; shallow dampstain to bottom inch of spine. Anarchist-socialist tract printed by "Il Proletario" the Italian-language propaganda arm of the I.W.W. Scarce; only five copies located via OCLC as of October 2014. Il Proletario unknown books
19307362Boston etc.: Carbone Inc.; Printed by Carver-New England Press 1930. Oblong stapled booklet in wrappers x cm. 24 pages. Illustrated in black & white and color. Folding price list tipped-in at rear. Evident FIRST EDITION. Trade catalogue of imported Italian wares. Some rusting to staples; soiling to top edge of title page. Light soil and edge rubbing to the die-cut folded wrapper. Near very good. OCLC locates no copies. Carbone Inc.; [Printed by Carver-New England Press unknown books
193313047Milano: il Risorgimento 1933. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Tall softbound quarto. Annual of graphic and printing arts. Text in Italian. A very good copy in bound illustrated wrappers. <br/><br/> il Risorgimento paperback books
194723062New York: Farrar Straus and Company. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1947. 2nd printing. Hardcover. price-clipped a bit of wear to bottom extremities faint bookstore stamp at upper corner of ffep; jacket a little edgeworn tiny bits of paper loss at spine ends a few little nicks and tiny tears at edges. The author's memoir of his year in confinement as a political prisoner in a remote region of southern Italy during the war between Italy and Ethiopia. Basis for the 1979 film directed by Francesco Rosi. . Farrar, Straus and Company hardcover books
1990244590Rome: PCI 1990. Eleven issues of the paperback journal some with sun-faded spines one issue has a faint saucer ring on the cover otherwise generally very good. The foreign bulletin of the PCI. Issues present are; 1982:2; 1987: 34; 1988: 3; 1989: 1-4; 1990: 1-3. Includes reports on Party conferences a statement on commitment against the Mafia papers by party leaders and more. The later issues include discussion of renewal efforts amid the turmoil on the left arising from events in the socialist bloc. PCI unknown books
19191309020Paris: De L'Art Catholique 1919. Softcover. Small quarto; pp 184; G/paperback; dark tan spine with red text; covers show age toning to exterior minor chipping to edges slight rubbing to rear; text block has deckled edges age toning to exterior edges some light foxing toward page edges otherwise interior clean; French text. 1309020. FP New Rockville Stock. De L'Art Catholique unknown books
1938005975Milano: Sperling & Kupfer 1938. First Edition thus. Wraps. Very Good Minus. 8vo. 23 by 15.5 cm. 65 pp. And unpaginated middle section 33 leaves with generally four photos per page that are each part of a moving image when the leaves are quickly flipped. In total eight separate moving images as the moving manipulation works when flipping forwards with the recto photos or backwards with the verso photos. All of these demonstate diving and swimming technique. Thus with four different moving images vertically arranged we have a rather novel flip book. Glucker was a German author of other books on various subjects of physical fitness and this survey first appeared two years earlier in its original German. Condition: moderate wear to cover and age toning of pages. <br/><br/> Sperling & Kupfer paperback books
192211420Chicago: Il Proletario 1922. First edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed wrappers; 16pp. Chip to front wrapper with no loss of text; covers partially split along spine-fold; internally clean and unmarked. Anarchist-socialist tract printed by "Il Proletario" the Italian-language propaganda arm of the I.W.W. Scarce; only five copies located via OCLC as of October 2014. Il Proletario unknown books
1976007397Menard Press 1976. SCARCE. Introduction by Edouard Roditi Afterword: self-interview by Primo Levi. Near Fine small rubs to wrappers. Book is clean tight and unmarked. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Menard Press Paperback books
198531315Perugia: Benucci Editore 1985. First edition. Cloth. Fine. Very tall clothbound quarto issued without dustwrapper and housed in an illustrated hard slipcase. 144 pp. Text in Italian by Ottorino gurrieri. Lavishly illustrated in color with some black and white. A fine copy in fine slipcase. Benucci Editore unknown books
195627614Milano: Electa Editrice 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardbound quarto. Text in Italian. Book filled with gorgeous color illustrations on tipped on plates. 80 pp of text in Italian by Salmi. A handsome very good copy. Some toning to covers. No dustwrapper. Electa Editrice hardcover books
193348652n.p. 1933. 1st Printing. Tan card stock printed to recto and verso in lavender navy blue and red. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A G/VG copy. Three inch tear to tail two inch tear to head was folded vertically couple smaller tears to the middle of the menu not affecting text. Age toning edges and corners bumped. Green and red ink markings adjusting and adding menu items. Overall bright. Loose leaf. Decorative illustration to head of recto. 13-1/2" x 10" <br/><br/>The verso with a full page of wine and liquors. One of the few Italian restaurants in London serving primarily Italian food. Other Italian restaurants tend to serve Italian with French and English dishes. unknown books
193448070n.p. 1934. 1st printing. White paper leaf printed to recto & verso. Green and brown printed to recto. Menu items typed in blue ink to recto and verso. Italian stamp to tail of recto. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Some light soiling/foxing to leaf. Age toning to edges blue pencil marking to tail of recto. Light rubbing/bumped to corners. Otherwise a nice bright copy. Loose leaf. Vignettes / Illustrations to head of menu. 13-3/4" x 9-3/4" <br/><br/> unknown books
1912011490NY: Harper & Brothers 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First book on Italian food published in the US. Pub tan cloth toned internals near fine. Solid copy. Small 8vo 68p. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
