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Alfonsi, Ferdinando . DICTIONARY OF ITALIAN-AMERICAN POETS
NY 1989 Lang. Octavo, 164pp., decorated hardcover. Near Fine. No jacket issued. (a13225)
$25.00 Antonini, Luigi . DYNAMIC DEMOCRACY
NY 1944 Eloquent Press. Antonni was General Secretary of Local 89 of Italian Dressmakers, first vice-president of the ILGWU, and a leader of the American Labor Party. Mostly in Italian, parts in English. Lg.8vo., 462pp., boards. VG, light soiling, foxing, no DJ. (a40750)
$25.00 Daly, T. A. . CANZONI
Philadelphia 1907 3rd Catholic Standard. Poetry, much in Italian-American dialect. Sm.8vo., 172pp., original etching by John Sloane as frontispiece--attractive city scene shows couple looking in jewelry store window, drawings in text by Sloan, hardcover.VG. (a10364)
$35.00 De Glauco, Scilla . LA GUERRA CHE NOI PREFERIAMO (THE WAR WE PREFER - MUSSOLINI)
New York 1939 1st Nikolas Press. Pro-Fascist. Text in English and Italian. Folio, about 250pp., many pages of interesting and illustrated (often with portraits of the business owners) advertisements for Italian-American and Italian-Canadian businesses, much history and national pride, hardcover. VG plus, very light wear. (a65786)
$145.00 Femminella, Francis X. (editor) . POWER AND CLASS THE ITALIAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE TODAY
Staten Island 1973. Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference of the American Italian Historical Society, October 23, 1971. Octavo, 58pp., wraps. VG. (a44293)
$22.00 Ferris, Albert Warren . ITALIAN IMMIGRATION AND INSANITY
Baltimore 1909 Johns Hopkins. Octavo, pp.717-729, removed from The American Journal of Insanity and rebound in later wraps. Good plus, light stains. (a78627)
$25.00 Rolle, Andrew F. . THE IMMIGRANT UPRAISED ITALIAN ADVENTURERS AND COLONISTS IN AN EXPANDING AMERICA
Norman 1968. Large octavo, 391pp., illustrations, index, boards. Review copy, card laid in. VG, light soiling, in VG DJ. (a40759)
$20.00 Sampierre, Martin . THE LEGACY OF ACHILLE MARTINO
NY 1988. Fiction about Italian immigrants in America. Large octavo, 115pp., hardcover. Fine in Good DJ, some wear at edges, light chipping. (a29992)
$20.00 Toscanelli, Da Carlo Maria ; D. Giuseppe Flores . DEL MARAVIGLIOSO SPECIFICO DELLE LUCERTOLE, O REMARRI PER LA RADICAL CURA DEL CANCRO, DELLA LEBBRA, E LUE VENEREA ULTIMAMENTE SCOPERTO DAL SIGNOR D. GIUSEPPE FLORES
Torino 1784 Presso l'Editore. Signor d. Giuseppe Flores dottore della Facolta Medica nell Universita di Guatimala, alle di cui sperienze, ed osservazioni si aggiungona le relazioni di varie cure fasse recentemente nel Piemonte, con una distinta, volgarmente detto da Piemontesi l'Ayeul, Il tutto raccolto Da Carlo Maria Toscanelli. In Italian. Sm.8vo., 87pp., one small vignette, hardcover. Academy bookplate. Good, spine taped, light water stain in top margin of text. Rare. (a18090)
$300.00