Printed for A. Millar, London:, 1755. 8vo.  210 x 130 mm., [8 x 5 ¼ inches].  xi, 467 pp.  Bound in contemporary speckled calf, double gilt fillet borders on both boards, spine with five raised bands; paper label with title partially missing and another paper label with the inventory number..... More

Hamburg: [s.n.], 1759. 8vo. 177 x 121 mm. (7 x 4 3/4 inches). 103 pp. Woodcut vignette on title-page. Printing flaw on page 26 with first few words at the beginning of each line are faintly printed. Text lightly soiled. Original paste-paper wrappers, orange paper back strip with paper label..... More

Padova: Con Licenza de'Superiori e Privilegio, 1783. 8vo.  210 x 145 mm., [8 x 5 ¾ inches.  viii, 287 pp.  Illustrated with an engraved portrait, unsigned.  Bound in contemporary paste paper boards, textblock laced in.  Boards soiled with age otherwise a very good copy. First Italian edition of Franklin’s Political..... More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1846. 2 volumes. 8vo.  205 x 130 mm., [8 x 5 inches].  [xviii], 417 pp., plus 24 pp. ads dated 1846; [8], 515 pp.  Original blind stamped publisher’s cloth; spine gilt; volume one a bit cocked, otherwise a near fine copy.  Contemporary bookplates of T. Hayter..... More

In Parigi: [Venice]: A Spese di Giannalberto Tumermani Stap. Veron. 1742. Folio.  350 x 240 mm., [ 13 x ½ x 9 ¼ inches].  [viii], 143, 96 pp. Engraved frontispiece and 24 engravings in the text.  The typographical design of the poem is Ricchi, who divided each page into two..... More

London: Peter Owen, [1953]. 8vo. 190 x 12o mm., [7 1/4 x 5 inches].  211 pp.  Publisher's cloth, dust jacket; jacket with some light abrasion and a bit of fading to the red; verso of the jacket shows some discoloration, otherwise a very good copy.First English edition.   Collection of Pavese's..... More

Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1769. 8vo. 170 x 110 mm. (6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches). [4], 279, [1], 24 pp. 18th century Dutch decorative paper boards; spine and joints rubbed, otherwise a sound copy.First edition in French, originally appearing in Villafranca (i.e. Venice) in 1767. Educated in the law..... More

Londres: Chez J. Read, 1724. 4to.  245 x 190 mm., [9 ½ x 7 ½ inches].  [viii], 175, [1] pp.  Illustrated with a stunning engraved title-page engraved by G. Davis, and woodcut head and tail pieces, initial letters, and printer’s ornaments throughout.  Bound in contemporary calf, gilt diamond decoration in..... More

New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1923. 8vo.  [12], 454 pp.  Original orange cloth, title-lable on upper board and spine; cloth a bit soiled, spine faded; missing dust jacket.First American edition.  Verga's last major work of fiction, originally appearing in 1888.  Lawrence writes, "Basing their judgement on the two novels, I Malavoglio and..... More