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cm. 13 x 20, x-100 pp. con 4 tavv. f.t. 155 gr. x-100 p. ristampa 1986
76470Roma, Biblioteca Apostalica Vaticana 1927, 250x180mm, 72pagine, in brossura. Tesa indietro.
113630Firenze, Olschki, 1926.
56 pages. Features: Cover photo of young lady with bike; Nice Ford ad inside front cover with painting of barn raising by W.A. Winter; Colour Ritz Cracker ad; What will follow the peace in Europe?; Photo of Royal Canadian Engineers in Holland locating searching with mine detector for $25,000 in jewels hidden by Dutch family for Jewish couple who escaped from Poland; Photo of a C.W.A.C. in a valo-taxi, the Parisian version of a rickshaw; Great editorial with photo of Miss Francis Langford, whose "pin up" in the wartime issue of this publication was most popular with Canadian troops; Nice colour Orange Crush features young lady holding brown glass bottle; Horation Alger in the White House - photo-illustrated article on Harry S. Truman; The Eternal Balance (short story); The Wife of a Hero (short story); The Knight is Young - photo-illustrated article on Alan Young of New York's Radio City; Too Many Cookies (short story); The East Coast Sardine Industry - photo-illustrated article; Evinrude ad shows military rafts powered by their outboards; The Cop's Horse - interesting article on New York's police horses; The Great Bullion Mystery - James Dye of Pinkerton's is called to the Seattle National Bank when $85k in gold goes missing on a boat named the 'Sarah' steaming from Tanana to Dawson; Children and Sunburn; Family Relations in B.C. - U.B.C. launches course on marriage and family life; Centrefold Frigidaire ad called "3000 Miles of Frigidaire" shows map of Canada; ad in which Schiaparelli interprets new Proud Pink Cutex nail polish; Short article called "War Worker" about Margaret Strachan who worked at Toronto's Royal York Hotel; Great one-page colour GM ad entitled 'Victory Parade' includes 15 illustrations of military products they made to support the war effort; Great photos of newlywed couple Kathleen Cuninghame and Tommy Hull, both of Toronto, in Woodbury soap ad; Colour ads for Canada Dry, Savoy Custard Powder, Clark's Mushroom Soup and Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Arrid ad features nice photo of Ilona Massey; New science developments; World Sayings; Intersting ad inside back cover by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board entitled "What Every Housewife Should Know About Sugar For Canning", with illustration of sugar ration coupons; Lovely colour White Rose ad on back cover encourages post-war readers to 'Look forward to the better things in Life!"; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Book
in-8, 344 p., br., couv. ill. [DV-2]
195033753London: Michael Joseph 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition PIRATES AT PLAY Third Impression in the publisher's orange cloth gilt titles to the spine. The cloth is aged as seen. The boards are cocked and worn. A few minor notations. This book is not in the best condition but very unique. <br /> What makes this edition interesting is the inscription and that this book was donated to the American Library of Paris by Madame Schiaparelli in 1961 and later removed. The Library label and the original dealer label are still intact. In the back is the original library label. 8vo. 232 pp. <br /> <br /> The book is inscribed by Violet Trefusis to the fashion icon Elsa Schiaparelli who was an Italian fashion designer renowned for her innovative and surrealist designs that revolutionized the fashion industry in the early 20th century by creating the house of Schiaparelli in Paris in 1927. Schiaparelli was often seen as a rival to Coco Chanel. While Chanel focused on timeless elegance and simplicity Schiaparelli embraced bold avant-garde designs such as the infamous Lobster Gown she collaborated on with Dali.<br /> <br /> "For Elsa<br /> these bourgeois Borgias<br /> Violet tr te<br /> 20"Juin 1952"<br /> <br /> Elsa Schiaparelli was a friend of Violet and was a frequent visitor at the Mediaeval tower in Saint Loup de Naud a village at eighty kilometres from Paris owned by Trefusis. According to her website.".The wonderful place soon becomes a "must" for Tout-Paris: it is converted into a cultural salon attended by writers ambassadors and politicians P. Reynaud C. de Gaulle G. Palewski F. Mitterrand aristocrats musicians painters fashion designers C. Dior E.Schiaparelli P.Balmain actors artists philosophers Gabriel Marcel and historian J.Chastenet Georges Lefebvre."<br /> <br /> TREFUSIS Violet. 1893-1972 was a British socialite author and member of the Bloomsbury Group best known for her romantic relationship with the writer Vita Sackville-West which is legendary and her connections with prominent literary and artistic figures of her time.<br /> Of interest. Violet Trefusis was the daughter of Alice Frederica Keppel who was a prominent mistress of King Edward VII. Additionally Violet Trefusis's lineage connects her to British royalty through her great-granddaughter Queen Camilla. <br /> <br /> An interesting well-read edition for any library collection. Michael Joseph hardcover
