Brattleboro, VT: Published by the Author, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. 432pp. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and the spine. Front joint partially split, half of the cloth on the spine is missing. Light scattered foxing and some old stains to the edges. Sabin 21677. ; 12mo. More
Milano: Casa Editrice Valentino Bompiani, 1964. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Light tan wraps. Edges of front cover are slightly sunned. A near fine copy. Contursi A006a. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. More
Milano: Bompiani, 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Pages are age-toned. A near fine copy. Collects a series of short essays originally published on various Italian newspapers and magazines. Contursi A017. In the Italian language. ; Octavo; 343 pages. More
New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2001. First US Edition. Hardcover. Gray paper-covered boards. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. Collects five essays. Translated from the Italian by Alastair McEwen. Contursi A041c. ; Octavo; 111 pages. More
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994. First US Edition. Hardcover. Originally published as Il secondo diario minimo. A fine copy in about fine dustjacket with mild fading to the spine panel. Collects a series of short essays which appeared on various Italian publications. Translated from the Italian by William... More
Milano: Bompiani, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Bright red cloth stamped in gold on the spine. Pages are age-toned. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket. Collects a series of short essays which appeared originally on various publications. Contursi A035a. In the Italian language. ; Octavo; 339 pages. More
Milano: Bompiani, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Bright red cloth stamped in gold on the spine. Pages are mildly toned. About fine in fine dustjacket. Collects a series of short essays which appeared originally on various publications. Contursi A035a. In the Italian language. ; Octavo; 339 pages. More
Cologno Monzese: Cooperativa Scrittori, 1976. First Edition. Softcover. I Gulliver #1. 128pp. Original wrappers. Collects four previously published essays. A near fine copy. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. More
Roma / Bari: Editori Laterza, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 423pp. Boards. Slightly bruised spine head. A near fine copy in very good dustjacket with some edge wear and a couple of short, closed tears. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. More
Milano: Bompiani, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Bright orange wraps. A fine copy. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. More
Milano: Bompiani, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Portico Critica e Saggi #38. Black cloth stamped in white on the front and the spine. Collects several essays many of which appeared previously in various publications. Mild toning to pages. A nice, near fine copy in very good stiff wrappers with toning to... More
Milano: Bompiani, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 349pp + index. White cloth lettered in black on the spine. Collects a series of essays originally published between 2000 and 2005. Light toning to text block else a fine copy in fine dustjacket. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. More
Milano: Bompiani, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth stamped in gilt on the spine. Pages are age-toned. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. Collects a series of short essays which appeared originally on l'Espresso and other newspapers and magazines. Contursi A024a. In the Italian language. ; Octavo; 304 pages. More
Milano: Bompiani, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth stamped in gilt on the spine. Text block is age-toned. Two pages are folded at corner else a fine copy in near fine dustjacket with a faint crease on the front flap. Collects a series of short essays which appeared originally on... More
Milano: Bompiani, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages are age-toned, faint underlining on pages 9 and 10. A very good copy in near fine price-clipped dustjacket. Collects a series of short essays. Contursi A026a. In the Italian language. ; Octavo; 371 pages. More
Milano: Bompiani, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Bright red cloth stamped in gold on the spine. Name and date in pencil on the front free endpaper. A near fine copy in about fine dustjacket with a touch of wear to the edges. Collects a series of short essays. Contursi A026a. In... More
Milano: Bompiani, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Pages are slightly yellowed. A fine copy. Collects four short essays one of which discusses the geography in Hugo Pratt's Corto Maltese stories. Contursi A044. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. More
Roma: Newton Compton Editori, 1993. Softcover. The catalogue published for the 1993 exhibit held in Milan at the Rotonda della Besana. 255pp. Includes six essays by Umberto Eco, Oreste del Buono, Fulvia Serra, and others; a biography of Charles M. Schulz; a list of the characters; a selection of strips;... More
Boston, New York, and London: Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Compliments of Olmsted Brothers card tipped-in. 23, [114]pp. Green cloth stamped in gold on the front panel. Fifty-one photographs, six lithographs and three large folding maps of the Stony Brook Reservation, Middlesex Fells and Blue Hills at... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936. First US Edition. Hardcover. vii, 203pp. Original blue cloth lettered in gold on the spine panel. Includes five previously uncollected essays. Tiny scar to fore edge. A bright, fine copy in fine, price-clipped dustjacket. ; Octavo. More
London: Madden and Malcolm, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. xi, 220pp. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and the spine and lettered in gold on the spine. Former library copy with bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper and blind stamp on the title page, loss to spine ends... More
Silver Spring, MD: Adventure House, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial boards. 208pp. The history of the girlie pulp magazines of the 1920s and 1930s. With more than 400 covers in full color. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Oblong quarto. More
San Bernardino, CA: The Borgo Press, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. A fine copy. Collects twenty essays. ; Octavo. More
Boston and London: Ginn & Company, Publishers, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. xviii, 225pp. Original pictorial green cloth with spider motif and lettering in gold on the front and the spine panel. With numerous in-text illustrations from drawings by the author, and b&w photographs. Light wear to extremities and mild fading..... More
Lugdunum Batavorum et Roterodami [Leiden and Rotterdam]: Ex Officina Hackiana, 1664. Hardcover. [10], 784, [20]pp. Contemporary full vellum with title handwritten in ink on the spine panel, edges sprinkled red. Engraved title page, head-pieces, initials. Light soiling to covers, short tear to vellum on the edge of the front board... More