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Sea and the Sailor, The: Notes on France and Italy, and Other Literary Remains of Rev. Walter Colton. With a Memoir by Rev. Henry T. Cheever.


Cheever, Rev. Henry T.

Hardcover. New York, A. S. Barnes & Co., 1st, 1854, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 437 pages. Brown cloth cover with gilt lettering and design. Wear on bumped edges and spine. Foxing throughout, heavy in parts. Provincetown library sticker on front endpaper. Some b&w illustrations. An interesting biography.

Record # 852467


Price: $20.00 

Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy by: Mayes, Frances
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Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy by: Mayes, Frances

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Broadway Books, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 286 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Blind stamp on cover. Dust jacket price clipped. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 469278
Price: $12.00 

 

Famous Americans in Florence


Dentler, Clara Louise

Hardcover. Firenze, Giunti Marzocco, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 96 pages. Collection of biographies of famous Americans living in Italy. Gray cloth cover, color illustrated dust jacket, 40 b&w plates. Wear to dust jacket edges; overall a clean, tight copy.

Record # 605429


Price: $19.00 

 

Life of Georgio Vasari, The: A Study of the Later Renaissance in Italy


Carden, Robert W.

Hardcover. New York, NY, Henry Holt & Co., First Edition, 1911, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 365 pages. Gilt top edge. Bright gilt decoration to front cover board. Faded gilt titles to spine. Crack to front half title page but the binding is very tight throughout. Wonderful illustrations in black & white with no markings. Faint toning to pages throughout. Maroon coloured boards with light wear to edges, light wear to crown & heel of spine. Clean pages, some uncut.

Record # 751576


Price: $75.00 

 

Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, The


Sterne, Laurence

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, ltd ed., 1925, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Wood engraving illust. by Wilfred Jones. Ltd. to 2050 copies (#64). small nicks to spine edge.

Record # 108066


Price: $25.00 

Duse, a biography Weaver, William
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Duse, a biography


Weaver, William

Hardcover. San Diego, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 383 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Includes extensive bibliography. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469378


Price: $15.00 

 

Niccolo's Smile - A Biography of Machiavelli


Viroli, Maurizio

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st Thus, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 271 pages. Hardcover. Bright dust jacket in very good condition. Jacket illustration by Santi di Tito, Portrait of Machiavelli, Florence, Italy. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 750390


Price: $15.00 

 

Divine Aretino, The


Cleugh, James

Hardcover. London, Anthony Blond Limited, 1st UK, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 263 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Biography of a con artist and Court Jester from the Renaissance. Slight bowing to boards. Bumping to corners. Price-clipped. Moderate edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket. Mild age toning to top text block edge. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 951748


Price: $19.00 

 

Tina Modotti: A Life


Cacucci, Pino

Hardcover. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1st US, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 225 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Biography of famed photographer and silent film actress. Translated by Patricia J. Duncan. Heavy fading to spine. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 952503


Price: $29.00 

 

Eug

Hardcover. Boston, MA, James R. Osgood & Company, 1st, 1883, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 280 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Cover boards bound in dark brown cloth, gilt title on spine and design embossed on front cover. Cover boards have some age wear, fraying, rubbing, chipping. Front and rear hinges cracked, but binding still tight. Spine slightly cocked. Some moisture staining along foreedge, but doesn't affect text or illustrations. Moisture damage to back cover board. Tanning from age throughout. In great shape for its age.

Record # 31723


Price: $38.00 

 

Sinatra: The Life


Summers, Anthony, Robbyn Swan

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 573 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. B/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight, pages bright, spine straight. Yellow cover boards, black quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Deckled edges. In great shape, looks barely read. "Tracing the arc of this incredible life, from the humble beginnings in Hoboken to the twilight years as a living legend in Malibu, Sinatra follows a career built on raw talent, sheer willpower - and criminal connections."

Record # 31769


Price: $23.00 

Mussolini: The Intimate Life of a Demagogue by: Monelli, Paolo
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Mussolini: The Intimate Life of a Demagogue by: Monelli, PaoloMussolini: The Intimate Life of a Demagogue by: Monelli, Paolo

Mussolini: The Intimate Life of a Demagogue by: Monelli, Paolo

Hardcover. NY, The Vanguard Press, 1st thus, 1954, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 304 pages, hardcover. Covers are in good condition, with some light bumping to the top and bottom of the spine. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This is a biographical work on the full life of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, translated from the original Italian. Clean copy. Record # 33986
Price: $12.00 

 

Life of Cesare Borgia, The by: Sebatini, Rafael

Hardcover. London, Stanley Raul, 11th pr., 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1st pub. in 1912. Previous owner's bookplate Record # 57670
Price: $12.00 

 

Garibaldi - The Revolutionary and his Men


Viotti, Andrea

Hardcover. Dorset, UK, Blandford Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, black & white illust. 236 pgs.

Record # 108375


Price: $25.00 

 

Mary Berenson - A Self-Portrait From Her Diaries and Letters by: Strachey, Barbara and Jayne Samuels

Hardcover. New York , Norton, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 319 pages. B&W illustrations. Dust jacket with small tear to front cover and slight sun-fading to upper edge of spine. Clean, tight copy. Mary Berenson, a scholar of Italian Renaissance art, was the collaborator and wife of Bernard Berenson, whom she often assisted with his research, writing, lecturing, and business affairs Record # 302011
Price: $18.00 

 

Tasso


Hasell, E. J.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, reprint, 1882, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 211 pages, green cloth covers with black design, Foreign Classics for English Readers. A biography of Torquato Tasso, 16th Century Italian romantic poet. Ex-library with light marking, residue.

Record # 402634


Price: $12.00 

Leonardo: The Artist and the Man Bramly, Serge
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Leonardo: The Artist and the Man


Bramly, Serge

Softcover. US, Penguin Books, reprint , 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 493 pages. B&w illustrations throughout. 8 pages of b&w photographs. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 466935


Price: $13.00 

Thousand Bells at Noon, A: A Roman Reveals the Secrets and Pleasures of His Native City by: Romagnoli, G. Franco
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Thousand Bells at Noon, A: A Roman Reveals the Secrets and Pleasures of His Native City by: Romagnoli, G. Franco

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. New York, Harper Perennial, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 261 pages. Paperback. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 469255
Price: $12.00 

Hills Of Tuscany: A Memoir by: Mate, Ferenc
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Hills Of Tuscany: A Memoir by: Mate, Ferenc

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Albatross, 1st, 1998, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 248 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 469272
Price: $12.00 

Italian Neighbors or, a Lapsed Anglo-Saxon in Verona Parks, Tim
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Italian Neighbors or, a Lapsed Anglo-Saxon in Verona


Parks, Tim

Hardcover. New York, Grove Weidenfeld, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages. Hardcover. Silver gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469281


Price: $19.00 

Italian Neighbors or, a Lapsed Anglo-Saxon in Verona Parks, Tim
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Italian Neighbors or, a Lapsed Anglo-Saxon in Verona


Parks, Tim

Hardcover. New York, Grove Weidenfeld, 1st, 1992, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages. Hardcover. Silver gilt titles on spine. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 469283


Price: $15.00 

To Reason Why Forman, Denis
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To Reason Why


Forman, Denis

Hardcover. Suffolk , Andre Deutsch Ltd, 1st, 1992, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 220 pages. B&w photographs throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Faint odor, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 469506


Price: $13.00 

Setting the World on Fire: The Brief, Astonishing Life of St. Catherine of Siena Emling, Shelley
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Setting the World on Fire: The Brief, Astonishing Life of St. Catherine of Siena


Emling, Shelley

Hardcover. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Black and white images throughout. A tight copy.

Record # 471485


Price: $13.00 

 

Mussolini - A Study in Power


Kirkpatrick, Ivone

Hardcover. New York, Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 726 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket shows light wear along edges. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 609735


Price: $18.00