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Boston: Riverside Press, 1914. 8vo. 245 x 155 mm., [9 ⅝ x 6 ⅛ inches]. [8], 263 pp., [1], with fifteen leaves of plates. In addition to the fifteen b&w illustrations on each leaf, we find a photograph of a portrait of Alexander Hamilton by Laura Wolcott tipped-in on the..... More
New York: James F. Carr, 1967. 8vo. 235 x 160 mm. [9 ¼ x 6 ½ inches]. [2], [i]-xi, [7]-639 pp., [1] blank, with an Appendix containing a List of American Pictures in Public and Private Collections, and an Index. With b&w decorative vignettes as section markers and floriated initials..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1991. 8vo. 240 x 150 mm., [9 ½ x 5 ¾ inches]. [1], xvi + 280, [5] pp., including Appendices: Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. With twelve b&w illustrations within the text. Quarter-bound in publishers’ red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and blue..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. 8vo. 220 x 150 mm., [8 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches]. xviii + 302 pp., including Appendices: Notes; Bibliography; Index. Thirteen black and white illustrations within the text as well as b&w maps of Florence city center and Italy as a whole, and three genealogical..... More
Morristown: American Institute of Italian Studies, 1980. 8vo. 240 x 170 mm., [9 ½ x 6 ¾ inches]. 437, [1] pp., including the following Appendices: Author’s Notes; Translator’s Notes; Index. Five color and fifty-three black and white illustrations within the text, among these a map of Virginia and one of..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1950. 8vo. 210 x 150 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches]. 255 pp. Eighteen black and white illustrations within the text. Publishers’ light red cloth over boards with illustrations printed in green on the spine and upper cover; red decorative endpapers..... More
London: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1958. 8vo. 190 x 130 mm., [7 ½ x 5 inches]. 199 pp. Publishers’ red cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine; unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Book is Near Fine: minor dent on the bottom left corner of the upper cover; some foxing along..... More
Venice: O. Böhm, Publishers, 1981. Oblong 8vo. 240 x 290 mm., [9 ½ x 11 ½ inches]. 152, [4] pp. With one-hundred and twelve black and white photographic plates within the text. Publishers’ black cloth over boards with white lettering on the spine and upper cover; unclipped illustrated dust jacket..... More
London: John Murray, 1961. 8vo. 220 x 150 mm., [8 ¾ x 6 inches]. viii + 277 pp., with six unnumbered leaves of plates inserted between pages of text containing fifteen black and white illustrations. Publishers’ red cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine; unclipped illustrated dust jacket..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967. 8vo. 220 x 150 mm., [8 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches]. xii + 251 pp., with eight unnumbered leaves of plates inserted between pages of text containing twenty-six b&w illustrations and an additional seven b&w woodcut illustrations within the text. Short Bibliography and..... More
London: Methuen & Co LTD, 1969. 8vo. 215 x 150 mm., [8 ½ x 6 inches]. xii + 420 pp., with sixteen unnumbered leaves of plates inserted between pages of text containing a total of eighty b&w photographs. Bibliography and Index at the end. Publishers’ navy cloth over boards with..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1877. 8vo. 210 x 145 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches]. [8], 238 pp., with seven leaves of plates containing one black and white illustration each inserted between pages of text. An additional two black and white illustrations on the frontispiece and on the title-page;..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. 8vo. 220 x 150 mm., [8 ¾ x 6 inches]. 203, [5] pp. Decorative b&w frontispiece. Quarter-bound in publishers’ white speckled paper with gilt lettering on the spine and pink marbled paper over boards; illustrated endpapers with a color map of the area surrounding..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997. 8vo. 215 x 150 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¾ inches]. xvi + 256 pp., including Appendices: Notes; Index. Quarter-bound in publishers’ black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and green paper over boards with a gilt “C” stamped onto the upper..... More
New York: Penguin Books, 1995. 8vo. 195 x 130 mm., [7 ¾ x 5 inches]. 171, [4] pp., with one leaf of ads at the end. Publishers’ illustrated softcover wrapper. Book is Near Fine: minor soiling and wear on the wrapper but overall an attractive copy with a clean text..... More
New York: Random House, 2008. 8vo. 240 x 165 mm., [9 ½ x 6 ½ inches]. [12], 355, [3] pp., including a Bibliography. Publishers’ beige marbled paper over boards with copper lettering on the spine; unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Book and Jacket are As New: seemingly unread and in excellent..... More
London: Thames Methuen London Ltd, 1987. Large 8vo. 255 x 200 mm., [10 x 7 ¾ inches]. 256 pp., including Appendices: Sources; Index. With one-hundred and fifty-four color illustrations within the text. Publishers’ grey cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine; unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Book is As..... More
London: Sheed and Ward LTD., 1958. 8vo. 205 x 135 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ¼ inches]. viii + 198 pp., including Appendices: Note on Source; Index. Publishers’ red cloth over boards with black lettering on the spine; unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Book is Fine: small dent at the top..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1993. 8vo. 215 x 150 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¾ inches]. x, [6], 272 pp., including an Index. With an illustrated title-page and two b&w maps of Rome. Quarter-bound in publishers’ beige cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and white paper over..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1960. 8vo. 220 x 150 mm., [8 ¾ x 6 inches]. 337 pp., with sixteen unnumbered leaves of plates containing thirty black and white photographs inserted between pages of text and including an Index of Historical Events and an Index. Additional b&w illustration as the frontispiece..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1988. 8vo. xiv, [ii], 304 pp. Original grey cloth spine over purple boards, dust jacket. Very good copyFirst Edition. George Martin (1926-2023) was an American writer on classical music and opera. His well-known The Opera Companion (1961) achieved four editions and was notable for..... More
New York: Quill, 1987. 8vo. 235 x 155 mm., [9 ¼ x 6 inches]. 268 pp. With twenty-four bl&w illustrations within the text. Publishers’ softcover wrapper. Book is Very Good: moderate creasing on the covers; light soiling and shelf wear. Otherwise, the text block is clean and without any additions..... More
New York: M. Barrows and Company, 1964. 8vo. 215 x 150 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¾ inches]. 223 pp., with four unnumbered leaves of photographic plates containing thirteen black and white illustrations inserted between pages of text. Publishers’ terracotta cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine and..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1950. 8vo. 225 x 155 mm., [9 x 6 inches]. 245 pp., with eight unnumbered leaves containing fifteen black and white illustrations inserted between pages of text and with an Index. Publishers’ blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering over a navy label at the..... More
Italy: Edizioni Kina Italia, c. 2000s. Large 8vo. 265 x 195 mm., [10 ½ x inches]. 128 pp., with an Index. One-hundred and ninety-two color photographs as a well as a color, fold-out map of Verona within the text. Publishers’ illustrated softcover wrapper. Book is As New: a copy with..... More
