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Venezia: A Spese di Francesco Pitteri. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes bound in one. 276pp; 280pp. Contemporary marbled boards, edges sprinkled. Engraved titles, head-pieces and initials. An overview of the events of the year 1769-1770 concerning mainly Europe but with brief outlines on the rest of the world. Backstrip is..... More
Chicago: H. F. Kett & Co., 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. 474pp + ads. Light brown cloth stamped in black and gold on the front and the spine. Portrait frontispiece, inserted plates, two-page map in color. Worn spine ends and corners, hinges a bit soft. A very good copy. ; Octavo..... More
Paris: Chez Maradan, 1807. First Edition. Hardcover. xiv, [12], 362pp. Contemporary quarter morocco over marbled boards, spine with four raised bands, decorated and lettered in gold, marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece. The monthly calendar is printed on blue paper. Considered by many the founding father of culinary journalism, the eclectic Grimod..... More
Hardcover. A unique look at human sexuality and literary Romantic love in the early part of the twentieth century during the colonial and modernist eras. As noted by the famous French philosopher Michel Foucault in his "repressive hypothesis,” the age of Victorian repression clearly produced non-traditional expressions of lust. The..... More
Privately Issued, [1932]. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 39pp. Original wrappers lettered in black on the front cover. Signed and inscribed by Battle on the first page: "Compliments of the author / Oct. 10 - '32." With a foreword by Mortimer A. Sullivan, mayor of Newport, Rhode Island. Vertical crease to..... More
Milano: Corriere Della Sera, 1928. First Edition. Newspaper. The set includes fifty-three issues. The Corriere dei Piccoli, founded in 1908 by Silvio Spaventa Filippi, is considered the first comic published in Italy. Among the characters appearing in these issues are Salomone e Dorotea by Attilio Mussino, il Signor Bonaventura by..... More
Paris: Imprimé pour l'auteur, 1888. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 62pp. Original gray wrappers with lettering in black and red. With three inserted color maps and a large (56 x 45 cm) foldout color map at rear. Spine is almost completely missing, light chipping to the edges, small tear to edge..... More
Bologna: Nicola Zanichelli, 1962. Third Edition. Hardcover. Published in the same year as the first edition. 299pp. Bright orange cloth stamped in black on the cover and white and black on the spine. Signed and inscribed by Walter Bonatti on the dedication page. With numerous color and b&w photographs by..... More
Roma: Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso / Sergio Bonelli Editore, 2007. First Edition. Softcover. A series that reprints every Tex story ever published in chronological order, in a larger format and in color. The set includes the first fifty volumes (#1-50) for a total of roughly 15,000 pages. Each volume includes stories..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884. Illustrated by Merrill, Frank T. First Edition. Hardcover. xii, 303pp + 4pp of publisher's advertisements. Original mustard pictorial cloth stamped in black on the front panel, and lettered in gold on the spine panel. Decorated endpapers. Collects eighteen stories about life in the South, originally published..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram for Thomas Dobson, 1801. Second Edition. Hardcover. Revised and enlarged. viii, 536, 8, [21]pp. Contemporary full tree calf, red leather label lettered in gold on the spine. Marbled endpapers. According to the author, almost eighty pages of additions and two extra copper plates were..... More
New York: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., 2015. First Edition. Stapled wraps. Beautiful intricate piece featuring Wolverine. Signed by Tim Bradstreet on the lower left corner and again on the inside of the blank cover. Ships in Mylar. ; 17 x 26 cm; Signed by Author. More
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co, 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. x, 403pp. Green cloth stamped in blind on the sides and lettered and decorated in gold on the spine, top edge gilt. Engraved frontispiece. Previous owner's inscription to flyleaf, light wear to extremities, front hinge a bit weak, flyleaf excised. A...... More
Milano: The Walt Disney Company Italia, 1997-99. First Edition. Softcover. The set includes I Maestri Disney #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 15. Each issue is dedicated to a different author and features several stories in b&w and color and short introductory articles. The authors are..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1953. First US Edition. Hardcover. Slant to spine, previous owner's name and offsetting from a clipped newspaper article on the front free endpaper. A very good copy in good+ dustjacket with chipping to the edges, front flap almost completely split at fold and..... More
Milano: The Walt Disney Company Italia, 2003-05. First Edition. Softcover. The set includes issues #1 to 28. Average condition is near fine/fine. In the Italian language. ; 21 x 32 cm. More
Venezia: Nella Stamperia Baglioni, 1793. Hardcover. 399pp. Contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, spine with brown and black labels lettered and decorated in gold and old title in ink still partially visible, all edges sprinkled red, title vignette. Light overall wear, mild scattered foxing throughout, two small tears to the..... More
Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1888. Printed wrappers. Collectanea Adamantæa XXV. Edition limited to 275 small paper copies. In two volumes. 62pp, 54pp. Originally published in 1720. Volume 1 wrapper has some loss at lower corner of front panel and an old tape repair along the spine. Volume 2 has mild chipping..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 243pp. Black cloth lettered in silver and gold on the spine panel. The author's second novel. Edges a bit dusty. A near fine copy in very good+ dustjacket with light edge wear and a couple of minute chips. ; Octavo... More
Milano: L'Agrifoglio, 1991. Non-Book. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies. Plate number five from the portfolio Valentina incontra Henry Moore. Signed by Crepax on the lower right corner. In 1990 Crepax published a story called Sindrome di Moore (Moore Syndrome) in which a feverish Valentina has an oneiric encounter with..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Five volumes in slipcase. 364pp; 330pp; 342pp; 321pp; 486pp. Pictorial cloth. With illustrations. A fine set in fine slipcase.; Octavo. More
Capolago: Tipografia Elvetica, 1837-8. Hardcover. Eleven volumes in five. 310, [1]p; 388pp; 441pp; xxxii, 363pp; 410pp; 304pp; 545pp; 342pp; 410pp; 351pp; 365pp. Contemporary quarter polished calf over marbled boards, spines lettered and decorated in gold, edges stained blue. A comprehensive history of Venice, originally published in Paris in 1819. Translated..... More
Chester, PA: Published by De Furia Pub. Co., (1929). Non-Book. Self-wraps. Signed by Placido De Furia in ink over his photo. De Furia, a native of Montecalvo Irpino, was a multi talented musician and writer, venerable of the Lodge Sbarco di Marsala, Order of Sons of Italy, and one of..... More
