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19401711581940. FASCISM. Littoriali dello sport: anno XVII. 133 pp. profusely illustrated. Folio 330 x 240 mm. publisher's cloth. Firenze: Soc. An. Edit. Universitaria 1940. A large format homage to the glories of sporting competitions under fascism. What differentiates this book from similar works is the loving attention given to the design. There is some inoffensive foxing which is almost exclusively restricted to the fore-edges and endpapers as well as the binding. Extremely rare with OCLC listing just one copy worldwide in Italy. hardcover
19401672201940. FASCISM. Gioventù italiana del littorio. 71 pp. illustrated throughout with photographs. Folio 270 x 220 mm. bound in publisher's decorative paper boards in original photographic dust jacket preserved in a new folding box. Rome: Pressedienst des Generalkommandos della G.I.L. 1940. A scarce Italian photobook given over to glorifying fascist youth and their glorious leader Mussolini. As is often the case with these books the dramatic photography and layout display an imagination which was totally lacking in the subject matter. Crack in the front board otherwise a fine copy. OCLC lists only one copy in the Bayerische Staatsbibiothek. hardcover
19411671051941. ADVERTISING ART. La Pubblicità d'Italia. Numbers 43-46. 468 pp. illustrated throughout. Folio 308 x 225 mm. bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers in a new red cloth folding box. Milan: Sindicato Nazionale Fascista 1941. A massive survey of Italian advertising at the beginning of the war published with text in Italian and German as a special supplement to the periodical La Pubblicità d'Italia. A tour-de-force of book design and an encyclopedia of fascist aesthetic. Rare with most copies seemingly destroyed in the War. Rare with OCLC listing a complete set in Basel and an odd volume in Sweden. hardcover
19401691101940. BOLOGNA. Federazione dei Fasci di Combattimento di Bologna Decima Legio. X Legio. Unpaginated illustrated throughout with photographs and photomontage. Small 4to 235 x 185 mm. bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers. Bologna: Ministero della Cultura Popolare 1940. An apparently unrecorded example of a typical piece of fascist propaganda in this case glorifying Bologna and its progress under the beneficial gaze of Mussolini. The book is beautifully designed with striking photographs and photomontage. unknown
19411671631941. FASCISM. La Pubblicità d'Italia. Nos. 43-46. 467 pp. profusely illustrated. Folio 318 x 230 mm. bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers in a new cloth folding box. Milan: Sindicato Nazionale Fascista 1941. A massive survey of Italian advertising at the begining of the war published with text in Italian and German as a special supplement to the periodical La Pubblicità d'Italia. A tour de force of book design and an encyclopedia of fascist aesthetic. Rare with most copies seemingly destroyed in the War. hardcover
19381711871938. ROME. Bozzetti di addobbo dell'urbe per la visita del Führer. Die Ausschmueckungsentwuerfe der Stadt Roms fuer den Besuch des Fuehrers. Folio 316 x 321 mm. publisher's cloth. Rome: n.p. 1938. An extremely pompous tome published to celebrate Hitler's visit to Rome. Perhaps the bad taste is a reflection of the visitor rather than the hosts. Signed by the governor of Rome Piero Colonna with his calling card laid in. OCLC lists only the Wolfsonian and Cleveland Public Library in the U.S. plus 5 in Europe. hardcover
19381710831938. 171083 ROME. Il Gruppo Montecatini per l'autarchia mineraria. 72 pp. illustrated throughout with charts and photographs 10 pages on different coloured paper thumb-indexed with a loose map of the exhibition. Small 8vo publisher's silver wrappers in a new silver cloth box with an orange label. Rome: Mostra Autarchica del Minerale Italiano Anno XVII 1938. $2500.00 From the silver wrappers to the vari-coloured thumb index this is a small masterpiece and a splendid example of Italian interwar book design. A touch of foxing but overall a well-preserved copy of a rare work with OCLC listing only one copy in Italy. hardcover
19371711611937. FASCISM. 128a Legione Camicie nere: documentario fotografico dell'attività svolta durante la campagna per la conquista dell'Impero Fascista. 204 pp. illustrated throughout. Folio 390 x 290 mm. publisher's elaborately decorated binding. N.p.: 1937. A classic example of fascist book production from the extravagant binding with its gilt bayonet to the endless photographs glorifying Italian achievements. A fine copy of a fragile and rare book for which OCLC lists only 3 copies all in Italy. Grillo Il Libro Fotografico Italiano 1931-1941. pp. 132-133. unknown
19291692541929. FASCISM. Lo Sviluppo Dell'Industria Italiana. 5 leaves text including title and table of contents followed by 83 colour lithographic charts. Small oblong folio 210 x 290 mm. bound in publisher's printed grey wrappers. Rome: Litografia del Genio Civile 1929. A delightful book which is essentially an Italian take on the Isotype with the book been largely composed of charts and diagrams composed in the same manner as Isotypes but with a distinctly Italian twist. A rare book with OCLC listing no copies in the U.S. and 2 in Europe. The top hinges of the wrappers have some splitting but otherwise a fine copy. unknown
19381722651938. FASCISM. La Milizia universitaria ai goliardi del mondo 1938-XVI. 240 pp. illustrated throughout. Folio 365 x 280 mm. publisher's illustrated boards. Milan: Italica editoriale 1938. Despite the overwhelming presence of Mussolini this is one of the most stunning Italian interwar photobooks with immense care taken with the design and layout. Although there is scattered foxing throughout it does not detract from the overall stunning impression made by the book. There is a little wear to the fragile boards which are not strong enough to support such a heavy book. OCLC lists only University of Siena. Grillo Il Libro Fotografico Italiano 1931-1941. pp. 190-191. hardcover
19381699351938. ROME. La Milizia universitaria ai goliardi del mondo 1938-XVI. 240 pp. illustrated throughout with 12 additional plates on heavier paper present only in the first 200 copies. Folio 365 x 280 mm. publisher's full morocco. Milan: Italica editoriale 1938. Despite the overwhelming presence of Mussolini this is one of the most stunning Italian interwar photobooks with immense care taken with the design and layout. Although there is scattered foxing throughout it does not detract from the overall stunning impression made by the book. There is a little wear to the fragile boards which are not strong enough to support such a heavy book. One of the extra deluxe copies being No. 133 of 200 copies. OCLC lists only University of Siena presumably a trade version. Grillo Il Libro Fotografico Italiano 1931-1941. pp. 190-191. hardcover
193647796Bruxelles: Edite par le Comité International de Defense de I'Idee Olympique/ Imprimerie BOLYN 1936. Original document. Softcover. vg to near fine. Quarto 9 3/4 x 7 3/4". Unpaginated 8 leaves each folded vertically and printed in two columns creating a thinner brochure format. Original color illustrated wraps with black lettering on cover protected by modern mylar. An extremely scarce Anti-Nazi brochure campaigning to boycott the Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1936. The work published by the International Committee for the Defense of the Olympic Idea an organization founded during the antifascist congress First International Congress of Writers for the Defense of Culture in Paris in 1935. The brochure is folded vertically in the middle presenting German propaganda on the left of the cover and second page anti-Nazi content on the right. This pattern is repeated on pages six seven and eight while the other pages feature anti-Nazi statements exclusively.<br /> <br /> The cover features an Olympic poster showing a German skier with equipment and Hitler salute on the left famously designed by Ludwig Hohlwein and the identical motif on the right fold with Swastika instead of the Olympic Rings on his chest and holding a bloody sword in his left hand with a holstered pistol strapped around his waist. The text here reading "access prohibited for Jews" with Garmisch-Partenkirchen Tourist Office as header. Hohlwein was a pioneer of commercial art with an output of some 3000 commercial art works by the year 1925. During the reign of the Nazis Hohlwein worked closely with Reichs-Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels.<br /> <br /> Page two features a statement by Bruno Malitz NSDAP district leader in Görlitz on the left. The right half features a New York cartoon showing Hitler Göring and Goebbles in sports gear executing a haphazard Hitler salute with an anti-Nazi blurb from the London "Times" beneath. Page three features a statement by the American 1932 Olympic decathlon champion James Bausch Jarring Jim listing the measures against German Catholics in sports measures taken by the Nazi administration from 1934 through 1935 calling for a boycott of the 1936 Olympics by American athletes. The right half shows a "Temps" blurb regarding the compulsory youth and military service instituted in Nazi Germany with a b/w photograph depicting Jewish children being chased out of a public bath in Mannheim.<br /> <br /> The centerfold features a statement by Czechoslovakian marathon champion Oskar Heks opposing the Berlin Olympics deeming participation to be equal to sanctioning the Hitler regime accompanied by a list of Nazi measures from 1933 to 1936 taken against German Jews in sports matters. The upper right corner features a cartoon showing a uniformed Nazi whipping a person lying on the ground. A comment points to the expulsion of the Jew Fritz Rosenfelder from a sports club he had founded as published in a sinister note by the magazine "Der Stürmer." The right half features a photograph from the Oranienburg concentration camp showing an inmate collapsing during an obstacle course surrounded by Nazi soldiers. Underneath a statement by US Supreme Court Justice J. T. Mahoney declaring the Olympic Games in Berlin a propaganda tool of the Nazis.<br /> <br /> Page six features a photo showing Hitler Goebbels and Ernst Rohm with a headline regarding Rohm's assassination and a note the looting of the premier sports institute in Leipzig in the amount of one hundred million Marks to benefit the Nazi sports organization. Column two with four caricatures headlined "Camp Instructions" and a statement by the Belgium water pool player Maurice Blitz stressing the Olympic idea as being a fraternity in honest struggle with respect for the adversary. But who today would dare to claim that the Olympic Games in Berlin deserve such and interpretation.<br /> <br /> Page seven is headlined "Physical Culture in the III. Reich" showing a photograph with men lined up against a wall with their hand up secured by a group of policemen. Underneath a quote from the German Sports Manual: "a true sportsman must not limit himself to contributing to the fight against the Jews but he must also help to isolate the Aryans who do not subscribe to the eviction of the Jews." The right column features quotes with notes aimed at foreigners from various European sources and newspapers.<br /> <br /> The two columns on the last page feature a statement German poet Hans Johst headlined "Propaganda for abroad" announcing that Jews and non-Aryan Germans are prohibited from participating in the Olympic art competitions. The column on the right is a statement by Justin Godard former Minister of Health headlined "The Heirs of Greek Civilization." and we think rather that today's Germany would have burned the literary masterpieces of Aeschylus and Herodotus forced into exile Plato imprisons Demosthene who directed his "philippics" against Philip of Macedon who enslaved the party!<br /> <br /> Text in French. Light wear along edges and lightly age-toned. Wrappers in very good interior in near fine condition overall. Edite par le Comité International de Defense de I'Idee Olympique/ Imprimerie BOLYN unknown
19351718391935. MORGAGNI Manlio. La Rivista Illustrata del Popolo d'Italia. 80 Numbers Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with photographs and photomontages. Folio bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers as issued. Milan: 1924-1943. A superb collection of the official fascist propaganda magazine full of stunning full-page illustrations by Munari Carboni Nizzoli Strada Ricas Depero Sironi Bazzi and others as well as a host of photographs and photmontages. Even many of the advertisements are remarkable examples of fascist book design. As a collection this is a unique window into Italian book-design of the period. Overall in good condition but with occasional wear to spines. For some reason sets are incredibly rare with OCLC just listing 2 sets 1 in the British Library and 1 in the Spanish National Library. To find such a large number of issues is extremely rare. See Grillo. Il Libro Fotografico Italiano 1931-1941 pp.94-96. unknown
19381710561938. TORINO. EIAR: anno XVII. Unpaginated illustrated throughout. Folio 286 x 235 mm. publisher's boards. Firenze: Ballerini 1938. This is certainly one of the best examples of the fascist book where a work of otherwise no redeeming value is made desirable through its brilliant design. The designer has sought to go beyond the endless pictures of Mussolini using imaginative layouts and plentiful photomontage. The boards are bowed but otherwise a fine copy of a rare book with OCLC listing only a copy at the University of Amsterdam. Grillo Il Libro Fotografico Italiano 1931-1941. pp. 174-176. hardcover