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19211002B14London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd. 1921-1935. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. Author's own copies of these four historical plays by prominent poet and playwright John Drinkwater each clad in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Handsome collection of four historical plays by prominent poet and playwright John Drinkwater each clad in the original unclipped dust wrapper.Collection comprised of:1921 Mary Stuart - first edition;1922 Preludes 1921-1922 - first edition;1932 Napoleon: the Hundred Days by Benito Mussolini and Giovacchino Forzano - first English edition scarce;1935 Abraham Lincoln.In publisher's original red cloth bindings each accompanied by the original unclipped dust wrapper.Preludes 1921-1922 is one of one hundred and twenty-five copies printed in a limited run by The Bookman's Journal.Napoleon: the Hundred Days is the first English edition adapted for the stage by John Drinkwater from the work originally produced in Italian by prominent playwright Giovacchino Forzano and dictator Benito Mussolini.From the library of John Drinkwater the English poet and dramatist who prior to the First World War was associated with the Dymock poets with his contributions appearing in all five volumes of Georgian Poetry. After the war he achieved great success with his play Abraham Lincoln and became a founding member of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. In publisher's original red cloth bindings each accompanied by the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally smart with slight bumping and rubbing and the odd mark. Dust wrappers feature marginally heavier shelf wear resulting in a number of small tears and chips the most significant being to Napoleon: the Hundred Days. Marking also minorly more prominent Abraham Lincoln featuring a moderate tide mark to the front cover. Internally firmly bound. Spotting mainly contained to the first and last few pages of each volume texts otherwise bright and clean. Very Good Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd. hardcover
1945015744no place: No publisher 1945. Book. Near fine condition. No Binding. Early edition. Two black & white photographs measuring approximately 4.25 inches x 6.25 inches 105mm x 162mm depicting the upside-down hanging corpse of Italian Fascist Dictator Benito Mussolini and others on April 29 1945. A day earlier Mussolini his mistress Clara Claretta Petacci her brother and the dictator's 15 person entourage of ministers and officials of the Italian Social Republic were captured by partisans. They had been traveling with retreating German forces with Mussolini apparently wearing a German military uniform. They were executed in Giulino di Mezzegra by shooting or firing squad and the bodies transported south of Milan and dumped at the old Piazzale Loreto which was renamed Piazza Quindici Martiri. After the corpses were shot kicked and spat upon the bodies were hung upside-down on meathooks from the roof of an Esso gas station. The bodies were then stoned by civilians. The site had previously been used for executions of partisans by Axis authories. One photographs shows a total of 7 hanging corpses identified only by number. Numbers 4 and 5 are Mussolini and his mistress Petacci. Historical records identify number 3 as Achille Starace. A gas pump is clearly visible in the immediate background as is the gas station. It is almost a straight on shot maybe 15 degrees to the right showing 50-60 spectators and a few men facing the crowd apparently acting as security. There are no G.I.'s shown although 4-5 men in leather jackets standing directly in front of the corpses may be aviators.The other photograph is a close-up of Mussolini and his mistress taken about 45 degrees from the left. There is no photographer's identification on the front or back of the prints. Minor staining to the edges. These are original prints from 1945. No publisher hardcover books
192987715Paris:: Helleu et Sergent. Very Good. 1929. Hardcover. Text is in French. Translated from the Italian. Thirteen page preface by Benito Mussolini. Illustrated with wood engravings. Limited edition: this copy is number 886 of 1550 copies. Duodecimo sturdy vellum binding with black and red lettering on the spine top edge gilt sewn-in ribbon bookmark original covers bound in. Some dust soiling to the vellum binding else very good or better. Binding is solid and tight. ; 300 pages . Helleu et Sergent, hardcover
192987715Paris:: Helleu et Sergent. Very Good. 1929. Hardcover. Text is in French. Translated from the Italian. Thirteen page preface by Benito Mussolini. Illustrated with wood engravings. Limited edition: this copy is number 886 of 1550 copies. Duodecimo sturdy vellum binding with black and red lettering on the spine top edge gilt sewn-in ribbon bookmark original covers bound in. Some dust soiling to the vellum binding else very good or better. Binding is solid and tight. ; 300 pages . Helleu et Sergent, hardcover books
19321189091932. First Edition . MUSSOLINI Benito MORI Cesare. The Last Struggle with the Mafia. London and New York: Putnam 1933. Octavo original brown cloth uncut and partially unopened original dust jacket. $900.First edition in English issued within months of the 1932 first Italian edition of the authorized memoir of Mussolini's brutal ""anti-Mafia supremo Cesare Mori"" famed as the ""Iron Prefect"" for promising ""to eradicate the Mafia 'as a surgeon penetrates flesh with fire and steel'"" with photographic frontispiece and 15 full-page illustrations a fine copy in the original dust jacket.In the aftermath of WWI ""the supreme authority of the state was Fascism's blazon motif. The Sicilian Mafia constituted a state within a state. Therefore Fascism and the Mafia were on a collision course"" Dickie Blood Brotherhoods 225. In June 1924 ""Mussolini picked his anti-Mafia supremo Cesare Mori"" to lead the battle. ""Known as the 'Iron Prefect' because of his brutal methods Mori promised to eradicate the Mafia 'as a surgeon penetrates flesh with fire and steel' Throughout Sicily he exploited the Mafiosi's so-called 'code of honor' to put pressure on prisoners they were tortured forced to drink jugfuls of salted water and beaten"" Follain Last Godfathers 14-15. After five years Mori ""was recalled to Rome. His part of the job of eradicating the Mafia Mussolini declared had been completed; it was up to the judiciary to finish the task"" Dickie 226. Mori's authorized memoir first issued in Italian in 1932 was quickly translated for this first edition in English. In it he presented himself ""as a sort of Fascist caped crusader even a little local duce sparring valorously and successfully for justice and the Fascist way."" Yet Mori's own ""announced recipe for life 'Vendetta is firstly a duty and secondly a pleasure and a right' hinted at an iron realism or a cynicism which ill accorded with some of the more high-flown talk about Fascist new men and women."" Ultimately Fascism's victory over the Mafia faltered. ""It may be true that during the 1920s and 1930s Fascist policies had curbed Mafia killings and exploitation for the short term but conditions were ripe for the Mafia to renew itself with the American-led invasion after 1943. Mori's triumph had proved fleeting"" Bosworth Mussolini's Italy. First edition in English first printing: with ""First published in England March 1933"" on copyright page. Translation by Orlo Williams from the first Italian edition Con La Mafia Ai Ferri Corti. With photographic frontispiece and 15 full-page photographic illustrations. A fine copy especially scarce in the original dust jacket. hardcover books
1928302<p>Vittorio Emanuele III and Benito Mussolini official military document memorializing the suspension of a military doctor for a year on a printed form from Stab. Poligrafico AMM. Stato. with manuscript fill-in notated here in brackets signed by Vittorio Emanuele III and Benito Mussolini with date stamp of 29 MAR. 1928 Anno VI with various other stamps and annotations with two additional stamps and signatures opposite Mussolini's. Both the form and the manuscript annotations are in Italian. One sheet two pages with full continuation of manuscript on the verso. 36 cm x 27.5 cm. One old fold slight paper loss in the gutter where the document was removed from a bound volume no loss of text. </p><p> Text / Testo: </p><p><i>Vittorio Emanuele III per Grazia di Dio e per Volontà della Nazione Re d'Italia</i></p><p><i> Vista la legge 11 marzo 1926 no. 397 sullo stato degli ufficiali del R. Esercito della R. Marina e della R. Aeronautica: Visto il R. Decreto legge 31 marzo 1926 no. 534; Udita la relazione.</i></p><p><i> e Sulla proposta del Capo del Governo Primo Ministro Segretario di Stato e Ministro Segretario di Stato per la Guerra. Abbiamo decretato e decretiamo:</i></p><p><i> Il sottotenente medico di complemento Colognese Carlo di Pietro è sospeto dal grado per la durata di mesi dodici a senso del combinata disposto degli articoli 68 e 70 bis della precitata legge 11 marzo 1926 no. 397 per motivi disciplinari.</i></p><p><i>Per effetto di tale provvedimento l'anziamità del l'ufficiale è portata al 1º gennaio 1925.</i></p><p><i>Nel suddetto periodo di sospensione è computata quella sofferta in dipendenza del presedente Nostro Decreto in data 7 luglio 1927.</i></p><p><i>Il predetto Nostro Ministro è incaricato dell'ese curzione del presente decreto che sarà registrato alla Corte dei Conto.</i></p><p><i>Data a Roma addi 9 Febbraio 1928 – Anno VIº</i></p><p><i>Vittorio Emanuele</i></p><p><i>Mussolini </i></p> Original document on printed form with manuscript annotations. books
19261004H2New York : Frederick A. Stokes Company 1926 . Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9" by 6". None Stated. An uncommon copy of this highly sympathetic biography of Benito Mussolini written by his confidante and prominent Fascist intellectual Margherita Sarfatti. In the publisher's original dark cloth binding. First published in September 1925 this is the fifth impression published in December 1926. Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with eight monochrome plates including a frontispiece. Collated complete. A contemporary biography of Benito Mussolini written by the Italian journalist critic and prominent propaganda adviser of the National Fascist Party Margherita Sarfatti a prominent supporter of early Italian Fascism and a close associate of Mussolini.First published in Italian as Dux the work presents a sympathetic account of Mussolini"s rise from socialist journalist and agitator to the leader of Fascist Italy presenting the dictator as a dynamic and transformative national leader. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart. Very minor shelf wear to extremities. Dust wrapper generally smart. Slight soiling to wraps with the odd light handling mark. Small area of loss to lower rear wrap. Scattered spotting to spine. Minor tide marking to lower extremities of front wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Closed tear to fore edge of pages 323-324 only slightly affecting the text. Very Good Indeed Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover
1925021840New York: Stokes 1925. New York: Stokes 1925. 8vo. First edition in English. Translated from the Italian by Frederic Whyte who "condensed the work somewhat freely". Cloth binding gilt titles. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. 347 pp. Illustrated with photographs frontispiece plus 10 additional. Preface by Mussolini. Contemporary biography obviously written with Mussolini's approval and involvement. Previous owner bookplate of Nicolas Roman Wreden. Very good. First Edition in English. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stokes Hardcover
1933KC7942Munchen und Berlin: Verlag von R. Oldenbourg 1933. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Gilt-ruled red morocco; 8vo; pp. x 2 173 plus 16 plates. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to Benito Mussolini the work's dedicatee in the year of publication. Boards and spine scuffed; spine a bit sunned. A pencil note at the front indicates the book was found in a "large house at side of Forli Anfield Italy.Villa Carpena. Home of Edda Mussolini." The note is dated 17 Nov. 1944. <br/><br/> Verlag von R. Oldenbourg hardcover
1933KC7942Munchen und Berlin: Verlag von R. Oldenbourg 1933. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Gilt-ruled red morocco; 8vo; pp. x 2 173 plus 16 plates. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to Benito Mussolini the work's dedicatee. Boards and spine scuffed; spine a bit sunned. <br/><br/> Verlag von R. Oldenbourg hardcover books
19401672191940. MUSSOLINI. Armi d'Italia: le rassegne del Duce alle truppe dell'armata del Po della seconda e ottava armata. Unpaginated illustrated throughout with photographs and photomontage. Small folio 310 x 230 mm bound in publisher's photographic wrappers preserved in a new green cloth folding box. Rome: 1940. A fine copy of this typical example of fascist propaganda. While ostensibly promoting the glories of the Italian armed forces the main focus of attention was Mussolini who appears in almost every photograph. OCLC lists only 4 copies worldwide with one in the U.S. at the University of Wisconsin. hardcover
19401672191940. MUSSOLINI. Armi d'Italia: le rassegne del Duce alle truppe dell'armata del Po della seconda e ottava armata. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with photographs and photomontage. Small folio 310 x 230 mm bound in publisher's photographic wrappers preserved in a new green cloth folding box. Rome: 1940. $1500.00 A fine copy of this typical example of fascist propaganda. While ostensibly promoting the glories of the Italian armed forces the main focus of attention was Mussolini who appears in almost every photograph. OCLC lists only 4 copies worldwide with one in the US at the University of Wisconsin. hardcover books
1925021664New York: Stokes 1925. New York: Stokes 1925. 8vo. First edition in English. Translated from the Italian by Frederic Whyte who "condensed the work somewhat freely". Cloth binding gilt titles. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. 347 pp. Illustrated with photographs frontispiece plus 10 additional. Preface by Mussolini. Contemporary biography obviously written with Mussolini's approval and involvement. Original published in Italian as "DUX". Sarfatti was born Jewish converted to Catholicism and was noted as the close companion/lover of Mussolini. Library mark on spine stamps on corners of plates some internal foxing light wear to top of spine. Otherwise a solid copy in good condition. Rare. First Edition in English. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Antique ex-library. Stokes Hardcover
193218448Milano: Popolo d'Italia 1932. First Edition. Original wraps. Very good. The inscribed first edition of Vita di Arnaldo by Benito Mussolini the biography of his late brother Arnaldo Mussolini. Octavo 124pp 20pp. appendix. Original printed wraps bound along the spine. Text in Italian. Light wear and soiling to wraps text block stable. Includes frontispiece of "Arnaldo" and eight facsimile plates. Inscribed by Benito Mussolini on the title page: "25/12/42 / A Marco / To Us - We will never forget - your friend / Benito." A scarce wartime inscription from the Prime Minister of Italy. Arnaldo Mussolini 1885-1931 was an Italian journalist political organizer and the younger brother and close confidant of Benito Mussolini. Arnaldo became a key figure in fascist propaganda and administration serving as editor-in-chief of Il Popolo d'Italia the regime's principal newspaper where he shaped messaging and helped consolidate support for fascism. Less overtly political than his brother he acted as a mediator within the movement managing party finances cultivating industrial and Catholic backing and maintaining internal discipline. Arnaldo's sudden death in 1931 deprived the regime of an influential behind-the-scenes administrator and adviser during a critical period of consolidation. Popolo d'Italia unknown
19381687391938. MUSSOLINI Benito. Le Giornate del Duce a Genova: 14-15-16 maggio XVI. 108 pp. Illustrated throughout with photomontage and reproduced full page etchings by Ettore Mazzini. Folio bound in original embossed boards. Genova: Partito nazionale fascista 1938. A spectacular piece of Fascist book design in the form of a twentieth century Fete Book in this case celebrating a visit to Genoa by Mussolini. The binding depicts St. George slaying the Dragon St. George being considered an important Saint by the Genoese. The endpapers offer a tremendous contrast being dramatically modernist. In addition to photographs of Mussolini arriving parading and generally taking center stage there are interesting photographs of the various celebrations and the latest triumphs of fascist architecture. Some rubbing and staining to the fragile boards and insignificant foxing to the margins of a few plates. A rare book with OCLC listing only The National Gallery and The University of Genoa. hardcover books
19381687391938. MUSSOLINI Benito. Le Giornate del Duce a Genova: 14-15-16 maggio XVI. 108 pp. illustrated throughout with photomontage and reproduced full page etchings by Ettore Mazzini. Folio 440 x 335 mm. bound in original embossed boards. Genova: Partito nazionale fascista 1938. A spectacular piece of fascist book design in the form of a twentieth century fête book in this case celebrating a visit to Genoa by Mussolini. The binding depicts St. George slaying the Dragon St. George being considered an important Saint by the Genoese. The endpapers offer a tremendous contrast being dramatically modernist. In addition to photographs of Mussolini arriving parading and generally taking center stage there are interesting photographs of the various celebrations and the latest triumphs of fascist architecture. Some rubbing and staining to the fragile boards and insignificant foxing to the margins of a few plates. A rare book with OCLC listing only The National Gallery and The University of Genoa. Grillo Il Libro Fotografico Italiano 1931-1941. pp. 180-181. hardcover
192739394Rome: NP 1927. Original document. Softcover. vg. Folio 13 x 9". Original b/w photographic portrait of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. The photograph is tipped onto thick cardstock which is inscribed to the then French Minister of Justice Louis Barthou: "A S. S. Louis Barthou con cordiale deferente simpatia. Roma maggio 1927 - V" Mussolini signed To his Excellency Louis Barthou with friendly and respectful sympathy Rome May 1927 - Vth year of the fascist era. The actual photograph is an early official portrait of Benito Mussolini who following the March on Rome in October 1922 became Italy's youngest Prime Minister. The portrait measures 8 1/2 x 6 1/4" and depicts Mussolini dressed in civilian clothes with his head down thus affecting an air of authoritarian severity. <br /> <br /> There is a cruel irony behind this exceptional document. Indeed a few years later February 9 1934 Louis Barthou became the French Secretary of State and as such was assigned to welcome King Alexander I of Yugoslavia during his state visit to Marseille on October 9 of the same year. Within minutes of the King's arrival both His Majesty and Barthou were assassinated by Velicko Kerin a Bulgarian revolutionary with a handgun. One of the bullets struck Barthou in the arm passing though and fatally severing an artery. He died of excessive blood loss less than an hour later. The assassination was planned in Rome by Ante Pavelić head of the Croatian Ustaše a fascist movement that Mussolini had funded for years. Cardstock slightly age-toned and partly creased at upper and lower right corners. Inscription in Italian. Cardstock in overall good photograph in fine condition. NP unknown
193461015ABRoma, Ottobre, 1934. 4°. 104 S., XXIV S. Inserate. Mit s/w. Abb. OBr. mit farb. Deckelillustr.
193256938Milano, Treves, 1932. 4to. Original printed wrappers. Uncut and unopened. With a brindstamped publisher's mark to title-page. A very nice copy, with slight marginal wear. (8), 133, (3) pp.
193256938Milano Treves 1932. 4to. Original printed wrappers. Uncut and unopened. With a brindstamped publisher's mark to title-page. A very nice copy with slight marginal wear. 8 133 3 pp. <br/><br/><em>The scarce first edition in book form fourth thousand i.e. with mention of "quinto migliaio" on title-page of the key political document of fascist philosophical thought - the publication in which the ideological cornerstones of The National Fascist Party Partito Nazionale Fascista PNF are officially established. "The Doctrine of Fascism" the first part of which was actually written by Giovanni Gentile who is not mentioned as the author was originally published in the Italian Encyclopedia Vol. 14 1932 as the first section of a lengthy entry on "Fascismo" Fascism. Gioacchino Volpe's "History on the Fascist Movement" was also published in that volume as an appendix to Mussolini's entry and immediately after the Encyclopaedia-publication the two pieces were published together in the first book form of the work under the title "La Dottrina del Fascismo. Con una Storia del Movimento Fascista di Giocchino Volpe" by the "Biblioteca della Enciclopedia Italiana" which undertook the separate publishing of the most important entries of the Encyclopaedia. Mussolini added a series of notes that appered for the first time in the first publication in book-form. The present copy bears the imprint "Quinto migliaio" at the foot of the title-page. We have been unable to determine whether this actually means that the issues of the first edition were in fact divided into thousands and this thus the fourth thousand or whether as would have been common practice with eg. propagandist literature the "fourth thousand" was a way to boost the public perception of the immediate reception of the work. No matter whther the "Quinto migliaio" was a boosting gimmick or not the work ended up being published in enormous numbers after its initial publication in 1932. Not only did it appear in several newspapers already in 1932 it was also published again in book form already in 1933 and kept appearing in different versions with other additions on the subject throughout the following decades. It was also translated into numerous other languages and came to have a tremendous impact on the spreading of fascist thought. This magnum opus of Italian fascism came to have the greatest impact upon Italian politics and the entire political climate of Europe. A key concept of the work is summed up in Mussolini's own words: "Granted that the 19th century was the century of socialism liberalism democracy this does not mean that the 20th century must also be the century of socialism liberalism democracy. Political doctrines pass; nations remain. We are free to believe that this is the century of authority a century tending to the 'right' a Fascist century. If the 19th century was the century of the individual liberalism implies individualism we are free to believe that this is the 'collective' century and therefore the century of the State." </em> unknown
