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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1969. 8vo. 245 x 175 mm., [9 ¾ x 6 ¾ inches]. xxx + 457 pp., including an Index. With fifty-seven black and white illustrations; seven genealogical charts of noble European families; and one map showing Italy at the time of the French Invasion of..... More
New York: Random House, 2004. 8vo. 245 x 150 mm., [9 ¾ x 6 inches]. xvi + 397 pp., including Appendices: Notes and Acknowledgements. Quarter-bound in publishers’ maroon paper with gilt lettering on the spine and beige paper over boards; unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Book and Jacket are As New..... More
New York: Random House, 2006. 8vo. 245 x 145 mm., [9 ½ x 5 ¾ inches]. 375 pp., including Appendices: Author’s Note; Acknowledgments; Bibliography. Quarter-bound in publishers’ maroon paper with gilt lettering on the spine and mustard paper over boards; illustrated red colored endpapers showing the city of Venice in..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. 8vo. 220 x 150 mm., [8 ¾ x 6 inches]. 255 pp. Quarter-bound in publishers’ orange paper with black lettering on the spine and blue paper over boards; publisher’s device stamped in blind at the bottom of the back cover; fore-edges deckled; top and..... More
New York: Ecco, 2002. 8vo. 225 x 150 mm., [9 x 6 inches]. 167 pp. With one black and white photograph of the author at the end of the book. Publishers’ softcover wrapper. Book is As New: a seemingly unread copy. First Ecco Edition. John Fante (1909-1983) was an American..... More
Cologne: Taschen GmbH, 2009. 8vo. 230 x 185 mm., [9 x 7 ¼ inches]. 96 pp., including Appendices: Life and Work, a chronology of Palladio’s life; Glossary; Italy, a map of Veneto; Bibliography; Credits; Author, a brief biographical sketch of the author. With one-hundred and seven color photographs and a...... More
Milan: Mondadori Electa S.p.A., 2005. 8vo. 240 x 160 mm., [9 ½ x 6 ½ inches]. 82 pp. With ninety-two color photographs and seventeen black and white floor plans. Publishers’ illustrated softcover wrapper. Book is As New: a copy that has seen very little use. First edition 1998, Reprint 2005..... More
Milan: Edizioni Charta, 2012. 8vo. 240 x 165 mm., [9 ½ x 6 ½ inches]. 72 pp. With thirty-six color photographs within the text. Publishers’ illustrated softcover wrapper. Book is As New: a copy that has seen very little use. First Edition. The present work was published to commemorate the..... More
Florence: Centro Stampa Editoriale Plurigraf Perseus, c. 2000s. 8vo. 220 x 120 mm., [8 ¾ x 4 ¾ inches]. 128 pp., including an Index. With one-hundred and thirty-eight color photographs; six color maps and one architectural plan within the text. Publishers’ illustrated softcover wrapper. Book is As New: a copy..... More
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. Oblong 8vo. 225 x 275 mm., [8 ¾ x 10 ¾ inches]. viii + 400 pp., including Appendices: Chronology; After Word(s); References; Index. Two-hundred and seventy-five mostly color illustrations within the text. Publishers’ blue illustrated paper over boards. Book is Fine: minor dent..... More
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1906. 8vo. 230 x 165 mm., [9 x 6 ½ inches]. xiv + 233 pp. with twenty-three unnumbered leaves of plates inserted between pages of text. A total of seventy-four black and white illustrations including one as the frontispiece, twenty-three on the unnumbered leaves referenced..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1893. 8vo. 240 x 180 mm., [9 ½ x 7 inches]. xii + 374 pp., with twenty-five unnumbered leaves of plates inserted between pages of text and Appendices: Ludi Saeculares, Inscription edited by Mommsen; Index. Twenty-six full-page black and white illustrations, one as the frontispiece..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1901. 8vo. 245 x 180 mm., [9 ½ x 7 inches]. xii + 336 pp. with three unnumbered folio sheets of plates inserted between pages of text and including an Index. Twenty-three full-page black and white photographic plates, three on the unnumbered folio sheets referenced..... More
London: Jonathan Cape & John Murray, 1949. 8vo. 225 x 155 mm., [8 ¾ x 6 inches]. 533 pp. with eight separate leaves of plates inserted between pages of text and including the following Appendices: Byron’s Letters in Italian; Unpublished Documents and Bibliography; List of Byron’s Letters in the Gamba..... More
Florence: Stamperia Editoriale Parenti, 1984. 8vo. 220 x 160 mm., [8 ¾ x 6 ¼ inches]. 185 pp. with four separate leaves of plates inserted between pages of text and including an Index. Four color illustrations on separate plates with a black and white decorative motif on the title-page. Publishers’..... More
New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006. 8vo. 205 x 135 mm., [8 x 5 ¼ inches]. 166 pp. plus 24 pp. of supplemental materials expanding on the text including information about the author, letters, related reading, selected works etc. Eight black and white photographs and illustrations within the text..... More
Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 2000. 8vo. 215 x 145 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¾ inches]. 201 pp. Quarter-bound by the publisher with orange cloth and black lettering on the spine and black paper over boards with the publisher’s device stamped in blind on the bottom of the front..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1986. 8vo. 240 x 160 mm., [9 ½ x 6 ½ inches]. 246 pp., including three Appendices to supplement the text, Notes, and a Bibliography. Quarter-bound by the publishers with green cloth and gilt lettering on the spine and yellow paper over boards with..... More
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1896. Two volumes. 210 x 145 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ½ inches]. 303 pp.; 309 pp. each with twenty-five photographic plates on separate leaves inserted between pages of text and including an Index. A total of fifty black and white photographs on separate..... More
Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1966. 8vo. 215 x 150 mm., [8 ½ x 6 inches]. xix + 361 pp., including Appendices: Bibliographical Notes and an Index. With one black and white illustration facing the title page. Publishers’ red cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine; and an illustration stamped..... More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2005. 8vo. 185 x 135 mm., [7 ¼ x 5 ¼ inches]. viii + 200 pp., including Appendices: Image Sources, Bibliography, and an Index. With colored illustrations and decorative elements throughout as well as three colored maps and one black and white architectural plan. Publishers’ grey..... More
New York: Signet Classic, 1993. 8vo. 175 x 105 mm., [7 ⅞ x 4 ¼ inches]. xviii + 236 pp. plus one leaf of ads. Publishers’ illustrated softcover wrapper. Book is Very Good: noticeable indentation on the top right corner of the cover; creased along the spine; minor shelf..... More
Milan: Touring Club Italiano, 1951. 8vo. 170 x 125 mm., [6 ¾ x 4 ¾ inches]. 256 pp., including Appendices: Table of Distances in Kilometers; Index of Illustrations; Index of Place-Names and Items of Note; and an Index of Maps and Plans. With one-hundred and nine black and white photographs..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. 8vo. 245 x 165 mm., [9 ½ x 6 ½ inches]. ix. + 562 pp. including an Author’s Note and a Translator’s Note. With one black and white illustration within the text. Publishers’ black cloth over boards with silver lettering on the spine; deckled..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. 8vo. 245 x 170 mm., [9 ½ x 6 ½ inches]. x + 498 pp. with two sets of eight leaves each of color plates inserted between text pages and with the following Appendices at the end: Bibliography; Index; Illustration Credits. Fifty-three color illustrations..... More
