Alfieri, Vittorio

Tragedie Vol. 2

Firenze, G. Barbèra, 1867. Hardcover. Collezione Diamante. 24mo (10.5x6.5 cm). 593pp. Contemporary full vellum with spine lettered in gilt (now faded), marbled endpapers, tissued frontispiece. Original bookstore label on front free endpaper, small stain on bottome edge, light soiling to covers. Includes Ottavia, Timoleone, Merope, Maria Stuarda, La congiura de' pazzi, Don Garzia and Saul. A very good copy. .

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Book number: 12903

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: Poetry, italian book, Italian Language

Alfieri, Vittorio

Le Tragedie

Milano, Ulrico Hoepli, 1923. Pictorial wrappers. Second edition, revised. viii, 476pp. Original pictorial wrappers, frontispiece. Edited by Michele Scherillo. A touch of foxing to text block else a near fine copy. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. .

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Book number: 23574

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE, ITALIAN BOOK, ITALIAN LANGUAGE

Alger, Horatio, Jr.

Strive and Succeed; or, the Progress of Walter Conrad

Philadelphia, The John C. Winston Co, N.D. Hardcover. Early 1900s. 355pp. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in purple, red and black. Frontispiece. Toning to text block. Name on front pastedown endpaper and on front free endpaper, some wear to edges, mild spine slant. A very good- copy. ; Octavo. .

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Book number: 24643

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: FICTION, YOUNG ADULTS Children and Young Adults

Alighieri, Dante

La Commedia Di Dante Alighieri Nel Testo E Nel Commento Di Niccolò Tommaseo

Milano, Aldo Martello Editore, 1965. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Edition published to celebrate the seven hundredth anniversary of Dante's birth and limited to 500 numbered copies. In three volumes. 361pp; 333pp; 345pp. Full deep green morocco ruled and lettered in gold on the spine, five raised bands, top edges gilt, others uncut, green endpapers; printed on special Ventura paper. The volumes come in sturdy green paper covered publisher's slipcases with leather inserts. With more than one hundred illustrations by fifty contemporary Italian artists including Giorgio de Chirico, Renato Guttuso, Emilio Greco, Aligi Sassu, Carlo Carrà, Remo Brindisi, Massimo Campigli, Carlo Corsi, Carlo Guarienti assembled for a special Quadriennale exhibition in 1960. Very mild wear to the spines but a superb set nonetheless. This copy, not numbered, is ad personam for Bruno Molajoli. ; Quarto. .

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Book number: 19546

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: ITALIAN BOOK, ITALIAN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, POETRY, DIVINE COMEDY, CLASSICS, FINE BINDINGS

Alighieri, Dante

La Commedia Di Dante Alighieri Nel Testo E Nel Commento Di Niccolò Tommaseo

Milano, Aldo Martello Editore / Edizioni Labor, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition published to celebrate the seven hundredth anniversary of Dante's birth. In three volumes. 210, [1]p; 225, [2]pp; 240, [7]pp. Quarter brown morocco, spine with two raised bands, lettered and decorated in gold. Printed on Ventura paper. With more than one hundred illustrations by fifty contemporary Italian artists including Giorgio de Chirico, Renato Guttuso, Emilio Greco, Aligi Sassu, Carlo Carrà, Remo Brindisi, Massimo Campigli, Carlo Corsi, Carlo Guarienti assembled for a special Quadriennale exhibition in 1960. The three volumes are in fine condition but for a small bruise to the spine head of volume one. The slipcases show some toning and wear and one has a short tear to the side. In the Italian language. ; Quarto. .

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Book number: 28970

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: ITALIAN BOOK, ITALIAN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, POETRY, DIVINE COMEDY, CLASSICS, FINE BINDINGS

Alighieri, Dante

IL Convivio

Firenze, G. Barbèra Editore, 1928. Hardcover. 6.5 x 10 cm. 380 pp. White cloth stamped in gold on the front panel and red and gold on the spine panel. Decorated endpapers, all edges stained red. Front hinge is cracked but the binding is still solid. About very good. In the Italian language. ; 24mo. .

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Book number: 16039

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: Literature, italian book, Italian Language, PHILOSOPHY

Alighieri, Dante

La Divine Comédie (la Divina Commedia)

Paris, Jacques Beltrand, 1922. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Edition published to celebrate the six hundredth anniversary of Dante's death and limited to 225 numbered copies, this being #190. In three volumes. xii, 319pp; 320pp; 313pp. Full vellum with gilt decorations and rules on the boards, gilt lettering on the spines, gilt inside dentelles, top edges gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers. Printed on Arches paper with a "1321 Dante 1921" watermark. Text printed in red and black, initials. Illustrated with numerous wood engravings by Jacques Beltrand and his brothers Camille and Georges based on the drawings by Sandro Botticelli. Text in Italian and French. Translation from the Italian by André Pératé. Covers are a bit soiled and spines slightly darkened. Internally clean. A wonderful and well preserved set in a simple and stylish binding. ; Folio. .

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Book number: 12894

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: Literature, Italian Language, FRENCH LANGUAGE, ITALIAN BOOKS, Poetry, CLASSICS, FINE BINDINGS

Alighieri, Dante

De Monarchia E de Vulgari Eloquentia Con le Epistolae E la Quaestio de Aqua Et Terra

Firenze, G. Barbera, 1928. Hardcover. Book measures 6.5 x 10.5 cm. 343pp. Beige cloth stamped in gold and red on the spine, all edges stained red, decorated endpapers. Text in Latin. Light wear to covers. A near fine copy. ; 64mo. .

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Book number: 33748

Keywords: Literature, Classics, LATIN LANGUAGE, LATIN BOOKS, Italy, MINIATURE BOOKS

Alkire, G. A.

Prairie Bill and the Covered Wagon

Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing Company, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. The Big Little Book #758. 378pp + [1]p of publisher's advertisements. Pictorial boards. Illustrations by Hal Arbo. Pages are lightly toned, some wear to extremities, a few of the leaves have corner folds. A very good copy. ; 32mo. Ill.: Illustrated by Arbo, Hal.

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Book number: 25750

Catalogue: Children and Young Adults

Keywords: FICTION, CHILDREN'S BOOKS, LITTLE BIG BOOKS, GOLDEN AGE

Alleg, Henri

The Question

New York, Belmont Productions, Inc, 1958. First Edition. Paperback. Belmont Books 202. The first hand account of the author's imprisonment and torture during the Algerian War. Light rubbing to covers. A very good+ copy. ; Small octavo. .

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Book number: 31400

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: non-fiction, FRANCE, TORTURE, PARATROOPERS, BIOGRAPHIES, ALGERIAN WAR History

Allen, Fred H.

Famous Paintings

Boston and New York, Haskell and Post Company, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. Japan and China Paper Edition, Before Letter. 119pp; [120]-240pp. Brown half morocco over silk covered boards, spines with five raised bands, gilt decorations and lettering. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Text by Fred H. Allen. With ninety photogravures by the Lakeside Press from paintings by Gustave Doré, Cesare Detti, F. Andreotti, Henri Regnault, Jules Garnier, Gabriel Max, Alma-Tadema, Alexander Wagner, Mariano Fortuny, Raimond de Madrazo, Jacques Clement Wagrez, Heinrich Hoffman, and others. Long crease to flyleaves in both volumes. An occasional small stain to the edge of some the leaves but otherwise internally fairly clean. Covers show wear to extremities, rubbing and some staining, and short split at spines although they are still solid. A good set.; Folio. .

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Book number: 36248

Catalogue: General Non-Fiction

Keywords: non-fiction, PAINTINGS, ART, 1800s Antiquarian

Allen, Paul, ed

Fantasy Newsletter #21 February 1980

Loveland, CO, Paul Allen, 1980. Stapled wraps. Vol. 3, No. 2. A fine copy. Contributions by Fritz Leiber, David Hartwell, Mike Ashley, Bill Warren, Stephen Fabian and others. .

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Book number: 9571

Catalogue: Fanzines

Keywords: Fanzine, Magazine, FANTASY

Allen, Paul, ed

Fantasy Newsletter #24 May 1980

Loveland, CO, Paul Allen, 1980. Stapled wraps. Vol. 3, No. 5. A near fine copy. Contributions by Karl Edward Wagner, Bill Warren, Stephen Fabian and others. .

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Book number: 9574

Catalogue: Fanzines

Keywords: Fanzine, Magazine, FANTASY

Allen, Paul, ed

Fantasy Newsletter #33 February 1981

Loveland, CO, Paul Allen, 1981. Stapled wraps. Vol. 4, No. 1. A very good copy. Contributions by Fritz Leiber, Robert Weinberg, Jeffrey M. Elliot, Real Musgrave, Stephan Peregrine and others. .

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Book number: 12566

Catalogue: Fanzines

Keywords: Fanzine, Magazine, FANTASY

Allen, Paul, ed

Fantasy Newsletter #25 June 1980

Loveland, CO, Paul Allen, 1980. Stapled wraps. Vol. 3, No. 6. Stain affecting the upper portion of the magazine. A good copy. Contributions by Fritz Leiber, Mike Ashley, Sydny Weinberg, Thomas Canty and others. .

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Book number: 9575

Catalogue: Fanzines

Keywords: Fanzine, Magazine, FANTASY