Italy Out of Hand : A Capricious Tour
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2005. Item #1489 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 cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine and on the front cover; inlaid colored photograph on the front cover; illustrated endpapers; yellow book marker ribbon; jacket over the back cover. Book is As New: a seemingly unread copy. First Edition. Barabara Hodgson (b. 1955) is a Canadian author and graphic designer. She first collaborated on Paris Out of Hand (1996) before turning to the south. Italy Out of Hand is a non-traditional guidebook to Italy that focuses on the odd and often overlooked stories from each of the country’s main cities and regions. Illustrated throughout with composite designs produced by Hodgson herself, it provides both an engrossing narrative history as well as a unique artistic experience in and of itself.
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