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169615588Parma: Alberto Pazzoni e Paolo Monti 1696. First Edition. 12mo 16cm. Contemporary vellum over boards; inked spine title; 48 406 26pp. Chafing and perforation to vellum along front joint but holding strong; pencilled note to rear endpapers; text fresh tight and clean; Very Good. A manual of letter-writing illustrated throughout with examples chosen from the author's apparently very large oeuvre. The examples are on a variety of subjects mainly chosen to illustrate the changes in tone and style of address to be used in addressing correspondents of varying stations. Fontana was of a prominent family of Parma and apparently wrote most of these letters while a resident in the estate of his patron Count Alessandro Sanvitale. Rare; OCLC gives four locations of which only one in the U.S. Stanford. From the library of artists Ben and Bernarda Bryson Shahn with estate bookplate inside front cover. Alberto Pazzoni e Paolo Monti unknown books
19885281NY: William Morrow. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0688077633 . Illustrations by Ann Field. Sixth printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . William Morrow hardcover 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
193015048Milan: Touring Club Italiano 1930. 1st edition. Red cloth spine & tips with red patterned paper wrappers. VG front map has 'Farigliano' discretely noted in purple marker ink. 270 pp. Profusely illustrated 300 images primarily from photographs some color. 4to. <br/><br/>Annual #VIII. Touring Club Italiano hardcover 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
198911748Italy: Associazione Nazionale Italiana 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Fabulous book displaying dozens of examples of fine press printing from Italy. Examples using blind embossing offset lithography web-offset screen printing sheet-fed gravure flexography and die-cutting. Printed on various color paper. Fine condition. Laminated boards with linen spine and metal corner tips. Comes with a separate spiral-bound glossy book listing various Italian printing companies. Both books housed in original folding cardboard box with string ties. Text in English by Vanni Pasca. <br/><br/> Associazione Nazionale Italiana hardcover books
200829546London: National Gallery Company 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Wide hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 192 pp. With essays by Simonetta and others. A fine copy in near fine dustwrapper. A large and heavy volume. National Gallery Company hardcover books
199724551New York: The Monacelli Press. Very Good. 1997. First American Edition. Softcover. 1885254652 . a bit of edgewear to covers no other significant wear. Trade PB color photographs architectural drawings etc. A sort-of memoir by the famed architect as he chronicles his projects from the mid-1960s through 1996: "I have tried to relate these adventures here so that this book may introduce many young people to the extraordinary ritual that is the making of architecture." He does manage to squeeze out a two-page biography of himself near the end of the book though. Includes a register of his works a list of his collaborators and an extensive bibliography. . The Monacelli Press paperback books
197767076Rome: Istituto Storico Italiano. Very Good. 1977. Softcover. 181 pages unopened. Tan printed wraps. Very Good . Istituto Storico Italiano paperback books
1952WRCLIT82509Milan: Fratelli Bocca Editori 1952. Large octavo. Printed wrapper with pictorial vignette. Small nick at crown of spine text stock slightly tanned at edges very good. The first number of this periodical edited by Chiarni after his departure from BIANCO E NERO. It continued into 1955. Fratelli Bocca Editori unknown books
2010169755Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art 2010. Softcover. VG. Clean and tight. Black wraps with color illustration. 202 pp. 182 color and 22 BW illustrations. From the publisher: Italian couturier Roberto Capucci born 1930 is revered by contemporary fashion designers for his innovative silhouettes and masterful use of color and materials. Capucci refers to his creations as "studies in form" and draws inspiration from a multitude of sources including art architecture and nature. This beautifully illustrated book the companion to the first exhibition of Capucci's work in the United States examines his career from the 1950s to the present in the context of the rise of Italian fashion. Capucci's designs first captured the attention of the international press in 1951 when he presented his collection in Florence. Considered one of Italy's greatest talents he experimented with construction techniques and unconventional materials such as raffia wire and stones. He refused to compromise his artistic vision to commercial concerns and after withdrawing from the formal fashion world in the early 1980s he presented one collection a year each in a different city around the world. Featuring more than 80 extraordinary works including the iconic "dress sculptures" with their inventive use of pleating color and form Roberto Capucci is a captivating look at this brilliant designer who transcends the conventional line between fashion and art. Philadelphia Museum of Art paperback books
2010127583Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art 2010. Softcover. New shrink-wrapped. Black wraps with color illustration 202 pp. 182 color and 22 BW illustrations. From the publisher: Italian couturier Roberto Capucci born 1930 is revered by contemporary fashion designers for his innovative silhouettes and masterful use of color and materials. Capucci refers to his creations as "studies in form" and draws inspiration from a multitude of sources including art architecture and nature. This beautifully illustrated book the companion to the first exhibition of Capucci's work in the United States examines his career from the 1950s to the present in the context of the rise of Italian fashion. Capucci's designs first captured the attention of the international press in 1951 when he presented his collection in Florence. Considered one of Italy's greatest talents he experimented with construction techniques and unconventional materials such as raffia wire and stones. He refused to compromise his artistic vision to commercial concerns and after withdrawing from the formal fashion world in the early 1980s he presented one collection a year each in a different city around the world. Featuring more than 80 extraordinary works including the iconic "dress sculptures" with their inventive use of pleating color and form Roberto Capucci is a captivating look at this brilliant designer who transcends the conventional line between fashion and art. Philadelphia Museum of Art paperback 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
175021218Firenze: Con Licenza de' Superiori 1750. Stiff Wrappers. Good. 2 of 6 volumes ONLY. Two vols. 8vo. pp. ff 2 2-100 2-96 2-88 blank 2-82; ff 1 2-95 blank 2-96 2-106 blank; contemporary limp paper boards; volume II rebacked with brown library tape; volume I spine ends chipped and worn; library tickets to spines; library stamps and pencil annotations to title leaves; embossed library stamps scattered throughout both volumes; card pockets at rear pastedowns; electronic tag at rear pastedown of volume I; text leaves clean throughout; a reasonably attractive set. Properly de-accessioned. Stiff Wrappers. Con Licenza de' Superiori unknown books
175021219Firenze: Con Licenza de' Superiori 1750. Stiff Wrappers. Fair. Volume 3 of 6 ONLY. 8vo. pp. ff 1 xviii 126 blank ii-viii 74 2-103; contemporary limp paper boards; spine ends chipped and worn; backstrip detached from text block with gatherings becoming loose; library stamps and pencil annotations to title leaf; embossed library stamp; card pocket at rear pastedown; text leaves clean throughout; good copy at best. Stiff Wrappers. Con Licenza de' Superiori 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
EPL24Paperback. Fine. Monstrous man-eating fish of Norway and two other scenes of architecture and seafaring. 16th century. Size: 300 x 200mm. <br/><br/> paperback books
200233562NY:: Warner Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0446530573 . Recipes by Michelle Scicolone. Color photographs. Third printing. Near fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Warner Books, hardcover books
198921104Italy: Edizioni Nuovi Strumenti 1989. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperbound quarto. Unpaginated catalogue from a 1989 exhibition. Texts in Italian by Toni Toniato and Dino Marangon. Near fine condition in bound glossy illustrated wrappers. <br/><br/> Edizioni Nuovi Strumenti paperback books
188926328Firenze: A cura del Municipio 1889. First edition. Decorated paper-covered boards. Binding cracked some tape repairs to spine and interior small tear to map about good. 133 pp. Illus. with 4 of 6 plates some folding. 26 cm. Contains the maps including the large 29 x 27 inches colored map of central Florence. A cura del Municipio 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
195833481New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1958. Hardcover. 180p. very good first US edition in pictorial boards and unclipped dj with faded spine. The first British edition is Young 3563. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
19541336069New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 10mo; VG-/G-; pp 246; black spine with red text; dust jacket has moderate scratches to exterior; small chips to corners; cloth shows mild wear to exterior; few white smudges to exterior; strong boards; text block exterior edges show some foxing; deckled fore edge; interior clean; intact binding. 1336069. FP New Rockville Stock. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc hardcover books
19651336026Firenze: Il Campo Editore 1965. Softcover. Octavo; G/G-; paperback; pp 670; red spine with black text; dust jacket has modest rubbing wear to exterior; minor chipping to edges; paperback exterior shows slight toning toward edges; mildly bumped edges; text block exterior edges have some foxing; frontispiece; good binding. 1336026. FP New Rockville Stock. Il Campo Editore unknown books
198661481Secaucus: Lyle Stuart 1986. Hardcover. 244p. very good first US edition in boards and unclipped dj. Fashion novel with a gay protagonist. Lyle Stuart hardcover books
