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Lathrop, Elise . SUNNY DAYS IN ITALY
NY 1907 1st Pott. large 8vo., 323pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG. top spine lightly end frayed. no dj. no ownership marks. (a10799)
$20.00Richardson, Norval. MY DIPLOMATIC EDUCATION
NY 1929 Dodd Mead. Author was in diplomatic missions in Cuba, Denmark, Portugal, Italy, Chile and Japan. 8vo., 337pp., photo illus., hardcover. Owner signed. VG++, no DJ. hinges not broken; almost no wear at all. (a10929)
$26.00Lowrie, Walter. ENCHANTED ISLAND
NY 1953 first edition. Philosophical Library. Hardcover octavo. 200pp. ***Signed by Lowrie on title pages and signed in presentation to Jane Cooper "with the compliments of the Author" on front end paper. About Italian island of Ischia. VG in Good plus DJ, some stains, spine faded but not ears and just one small chip on top spine end. (a14688)
$37.00 Wall, Bernard . ITALIAN ART, LIFE AND LANDSCAPE
Melbourne 1956-lst Heineman. 260pp., photo illus., index. VG-Fine some spotting on end papers. Good DJ. (a18627)
$30.00 Leary, Russell Woodward . ITALIAN LANES AND HIGHROADS
NY 1912 1st McBride. Sm.8vo., 221pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Good plus, cover rubbed affecting printing, spine faded. (a22176)
$25.00(italian touring club). PIANTE DI ATTRAVERSAMENTO DI 170 CITTA
Milan 1956. first edition. Touring Club Italiano. sm 4to., 96pp., color maps on every page. Metal spiral bound wraps. VG. (a23306)
$35.00Agnello, G.. GUIDA DEL DUOMO DI SIRACUSA
Siracusa 1964 3rd Mascali. In Italian. sm octavo . photo illustrations, wraps. VG. (a24767)
$22.00 Smith, F. Hopkinson . GONDOLA DAYS
Boston 1897 Houghton Mifflin. Sm.8vo., hardcover. 205pp., illustrated by the author, red hardcover with gilt-decorated front and spine. Fairly Good, inner hinges cracked. (a25998)
$22.00 Sadolin, Ebbe . VANDRINGER I ITALIEN
Copenhagen 1958. In Danish Hardcover. Lg.8vo., 163pp., illustrations, hardcover. VG in VG DJ, light browning to spine. (a31193)
$26.00 Baedeker, Karl . ITALIE CENTRALE ROME
Leipzig 1904 13th Baedeker. In French. 12mo., 465pp., avec un panorama de Rome, une vue du forum Romain, une planche reporduisan les armoiries des papes depuis 1417, 13 cartes et 50 plans, limp cloth. VG plus. (a32643)
$45.00 Sandwith, Francis . CAMERA AND CHIANTI
London 1955 1st (stated). Travel in the south of Italy. 8vo., 187pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, some offsetting on front and rear blanks, in Good DJ, light wear, some chipping at head of spine. (a37626)
$24.00 Hausler, F. . DAS ANTLITZ VON VENEDIG
Basel 1932 1st Benno Schwabe. In German. 8vo., 253pp., monochrome photo illus., hardcover. Date stamp on front. VG, corners bumped, no DJ. (a43475)
$30.00 Forbes, S. Russell . THE FOOTSTEPS OF ST. PAUL IN ROME AN HISTORICAL MEMOIR FROM THE APOSTLE'S LANDING AT PUTEOLI TO HIS DEATH A.D. 62-64
London 1891 3rd, revised and enlarged. Small octavo, extra illustrated with 42 original photographs mounted in text (most are outdoor views of Rome), 16 of which are views of artwork, maps, coins or plans, white vellum with gilt borders on cover and gilt lettering, gilt decorations on spine. Owner signed. VG. (a45629)
$185.00 Elston, Roy . THE TRAVELLER'S HANDBOOK TO THE RIVIERAS OF FRANCE AND ITALY
London 1927 Simpkin Marshall. Including Rhone Valley, Basses and Maritime Alps and Corsica. Cook's Guide. Sm.8vo., 360pp., foldout maps, limp cloth. Good, cover faded and rubbed, spine ends lightly worn. (a49916)
$43.00 Hutton, Edward . FLORENCE AND THE CITIES OF NOTHERN TUSCANY, WITH GENOA
NY 1907 1st Macmillan. 8vo., 436pp., 32 illustrations (16 in color by William Parkinson), index. Finely bound in 3/4 vellum with very pretty blue and white patterned paper on the boards. Mounted blue leather spine label. VG plus, occasional light spotting on some text pages. (a51650)
$49.00 Mills, Charles (editor) . THE TRAVELS OF THEODORE DUCAS, IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN EUROPE, AT THE REVIVAL OF LETTERS AND ART. PART THE FIRST: ITALY 2 VOLUMES
London 1822 Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. Part the First was the only part published. An imaginary voyage. 2 volumes. 8vo., 388pp., 399pp., 1/2 leather and boards. Good, text quite clean, boards rubbed, corners worn, spines rubbed and worn. 2 volumes. (a57609)
$145.00 Baedeker, Karl . SOUTHERN ITALY AND SICILY WITH EXCURSIONS TO SARDINIA, MALTA AND CORFU
Leipsig 1912 Sixteenth Edition. Baedeker. 12mo., 598pp., foldout maps, original printed limp cloth. VG. (a57764)
$39.00 Wall, James W. . NAPLES AND POMPEII: A LECTURE
Burlington 1856 Atkinson. Memoir of Wall's travel to Naples and Pompeii. 12mo., 36pp., original brown printed wraps. Light vertical and horizonatl fold lines. Some ink writing onfront. Good, two tiny ink spots in text (margin only.) Rare. (a61975)
$45.00Sieck, Rudolf. CAPRI
Stuttgart 1931 1st Strecker und Schroder. In German. Oblong Small octavo, 59p., 21 farbigen bildern von Rudolf Sieck und 5 zeichnungen von Ingrid Sieck, hardcover. VG, light foxing, light browning in cover, no DJ. (a64484)
$23.00 Bertarelli, L V ; Findlay Muirhead (editors) . NORTHERN ITALY
London 1924. Blue Guide. 12mo., 484p., 62 maps and plans, hardcover. VG, light wear. (a64524)
$20.00 Potter, Olave M. . LITTLE PILGRIMAGE IN ITALY
London 1911 1st Constable. Sm.4to., 360pp., 8 coloured plates and illustrations by Yoshio Markino, hardcover with mounted illustration on front. All edges gilt. Good, inner hinges cracked, light wear. (a65466)
$29.00 Hewlett, Maurice . THE ROAD IN TUSCANY A COMMENTARY 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
NY 1904 Macmillan. Two volumes. Top edge gilt. Octavo, 383pp., 377pp., illustrations, attractive blue cloth hardcover. Owner inscribed. Near Fine. 2 volumes. (a65467)
$32.00 Santangelo, Maria . TAORMINA AND ITS ENVIRONS
Roma 1951. Translated by George H Railsback. 12mo., 225pp., photo illustrations, double page map, original wraps. Owner signed. VG. (a67881)
$24.00Hazlitt, William. NOTES OF A JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY
London 1826 first edition, 1st issue (Hazlitt name not printed on title page - written in ink by previous owner) Hunt and Clarke. Hardcover. Octavo, 416pp., original gilt trimmed brown cloth with black leather spine label. Bookplate of Wind Muller. VG , very light wear, light bit of soiling on spine, slight foxing on title page. Very scarce. (a69839)
$450.00 Bertarelli, L. V. . GUIDA D'ITALIA DEL TOURING CLUB ITALIANO - ITALIAN CENTRALE SECONDO VOLUME, FIRENZE, SIENA, PERUGIA, ASSISI
Milano 1922. In Italian. 12mo., 420pp., 5 carte geogfrafiche, 5 piante di citta, 15 piante di edifici, flexible red cover. Near Good, some wear, leaves lightly browned. (a70054)
$22.00 Sladen, Douglas . SICILY THE NEW WINTER RESORT AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SICILIY
London 1905 1st Methuen. Extensively detailed text. Small octavo, 616pp.,photo illustrations, Methuen Catalogue (40pp.), large color folding map of Sicily, red cloth hardcover. Good, some light cover wear, (a70056)
$110.00 Headley, J. T. . LETTERS FROM ITALY WITH THE ALPS AND RHINE
NY 1851 new and revised edition, Scribner. Hardcover. Small octavo, 138pp., frontis portrait, original stamped brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Good, light cover wear, some foxing. (a70057)
$44.00 Crawford, Mabel Sharman . LIFE IN TUSCANY
NY 1859 1st Americam from the London edition, Sheldon and Company. Hadrcover. Octavo, 339pp., original brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and original yellow end papers. Copy of Alfred Corning Clark signed by him boldly across title page and on front end paper. Bookplate of Elihu Phinney from whom a note reads that the book was purchased in 1878. VG, light cover rubbing and wear. Scarce in this condition. (a70061)
$210.00 Yriarte, Charles . FLORENCE ITS HISTORY, THE MEDICI, THE HUMANISTS, LETTERS, ARTS
Philadelphia 1897 Coates. New edition, revised and compared with the latest authorities by Maria Hornor Lansdale. Hardcover. Octavo, 476pp., photo illustrations, folding map in rear, gilt printed bright red cloth. Top edge gilt. VG spine gilt a bit faded. (a70283)
$38.00 Sammartino, Dr. Peter (teacher leader) . IN THE LAND OF THE IMMORTALS, AN ACCOUNT OF THE TRIP OF THE 1934 GROUP OF WINNERS OF THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT AWARDS TO AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS
Jackson Heights 1934. Members of the travelling group: Sammartino, Louis Bochichio, Vincent Coviello, Amerigo Liberati, Nicholas Macelletti, Edward Petrillo, John Carley, Angelo de Luca, Robert Roeming, Solomon Rosenfeld and Eden Sarot. Sm.4to., 77pp., original wraps. VG. (a70818)
$70.00 Thiebaut de Berneaud, Arsenne . A VOYAGE TO THE ISLE OF ELBA; WITH NOTICES OF THE OTHER ISLANDS IN THE TYRRHENIAN SEA
London 1814 Longman, Hust, Rees, Orme and Brown. Translated from the French of Arsenne Thiebaut de Berneaud by William Jerdan. Octavo, 183pp., large foldout map of Elba, rebound in maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. Small number on back of map. Copy of George Augusutus Sala , signed by him on title page (Brighton, 1883) with a note in his hand that Jerdan was Afterwards Editor for many years of a Gazette and that: I remember him. Good, map frayed on edges with a few closed tears, professionally taped on verso, final text pages also have a few small closed tears taped on verso. Scarce. (a70972)
$650.00 Rogers, Samuel . ITALY, A POEM
London 1830 T. Cadell. Octavo, vii, 248pp., 50 small engraved views of Italy and her people - one on the header of each poem, original paper covered boards with mounted printed spine label. VG, some wear. (a72552)
$60.00 Johnson, Virginia W. . GENOA THE SUPERB THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
Boston 1892 1st Estes and Lauriat. Hardcover. Octavo, 298pp., many photo illustrations (each with protective tissue), gilt decorated pale blue cloth. Top edge gilt. Owner signed with owner bookplate. VG plus. Attractive binding. (a74387)
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