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New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1907. 8vo. 210 x 135 mm., [8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches]. [16], 382 pp. Illustrated with frontispiece and 20 photographic reproductions. Bound in publisher's green cloth, with color printed pastoral scene pasted to the upper board, gilt title on spine; binding showing..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1958. 8vo. 205 x 135 mm., [8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches]. [16], 272 pp. Gray publisher's cloth, embossed publisher's mark on upper board, blue label on spine, dust jacket. Some very minor fraying to head and tail of spine, dust jacket..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knoff, 1957. 8vo. 235 x 150 mm., [9 1/4 x 6 inches]. 22, 415, vii, [i] pp. Illustrated with a color printed frontispiece, 3 color plates, and 24 black and white illustrations in the text. Bound in publisher's black cloth, title in gilt on upper board..... More
London: John Murray, 1998. 8vo. x, 278 pp. Illustrated with 16 pages of photo reproductions. Publisher's green cloth, title gilt on spine, dust jacket. Very good copy.Originally published in 1970, this appears to be a fourth printing. "This is a small classic of autobiography in which Iris Origo recreates the..... More
Milano: Dall Stamperia Reale, 1809. 8vo. 220 x 145 mm., [8 ¾ x 6 inches]. 104 pp. Original marbled paper wrappers, some light foxing in the text. Excellent copy, printed in an edition of 1,300 copies, some on fine paper. Rare first edition of Foscolo’s controversial essay celebrating his..... More
Santa Rosa (CA), Black Sparrow Press, 1989. 8vo. 230 x 150 mm., [9 x 5 3/4 inches]. 266 pp., plus a full-page portrait of Fante and a one page biography. Original printed wrappers. Very good copy.First Black Sparrow edition, originally printed in 1938. Fante's first novel, an autobiographical story of..... More
London:2017. Puskin Press, 8vo. 220 x 145 mm., [8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches]. [6], 184 pp., plus 2 pp. ads. Original black boards, dust jacket. Very good to fine condition.First edition. Published from a newly discoverd diary, the textt describes the prelude to the coming of the WWII as..... More
(New York): Europa Editions:, 2020. 8vo. 225 x 150 mm., [9 x 6 inches]. 322 pp. Original white cloth boards, dustjacket. Very good copy in fine dust jacket.First American Edition. Follow up to the Neapolitan Quartet that rocked the literary world with it insights into the lives of young girls..... More
