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Pais, E. ALCUNE OSSERVAZIONI SULLA STORIA E SULL'AMMINISTRAZIONE DELLA SICILIA DURANTE IL DOMINIO ROMANO - article in one complete issue of ARCHIVIO STORICO SICILIANO 1888
Palermo 1888 first edition. Archivio Storico Sicilliano ...della Socita Siciliana per la Storia Patria. 4to wraps. Pais article pp. 113-256. Other articles on Sicily in issue as well. One old library stamp but no other owner marks. Binding and backstrip reinforced. cover soiled and worn. Good. (a104169)
$100.00Avolio, Corrado. DI ALCUNI SOSTANTIVI LOCALI DEL SICILIANO - article in one complete issue of ARCHIVIO STORICO SICILIANO 1889
Palermo 1889 first edition. Archivio Storico Sicilliano ...della Socita Siciliana per la Storia Patria. 4to wraps. Avolio article pp. 369-398. Other articles in issue as well. One old library stamp but no other owner marks. Backstrip reinforced. cover somewhat soiled and worn. Good+. (a104170)
$39.00Di Giovanni, V. DIVISIONE ETNOGRAFICA DELLA POPOLAZIONE DI PALERMO NEI SECOLI XI, XII, XIII - article in one complete issue of ARCHIVIO STORICO SICILIANO 1888
Palermo 1888 first edition. Archivio Storico Sicilliano ...della Socita Siciliana per la Storia Patria. 4to wraps. Di Giovanni article pp. 1-72. Other articles in issue as well. One old library stamp but no other owner marks. Backstrip reinforced. Somewhat soiled and worn. Good. (a104171)
$75.00Beloch, G. LA POPLAZIONE ANTICA DELLA SICILIA - article in one complete issue of ARCHIVIO STORICO SICILIANO 1889
Palermo 1889 first edition. Archivio Storico Sicilliano ...della Socita Siciliana per la Storia Patria. 4to wraps. Beloch article pp. 1-83. Other articles in issue as well. One old library stamp but no other owner marks. Backstrip reinforced. Somewhat soiled and worn. Good. (a104172)
$75.00Columba, G M. IL MARE E LE RELAZIONI MARITTIME TRA LA CRECIA E LA SICILIA NELL'ANTICHITA - article in one complete issue of ARCHIVIO STORICO SICILIANO 1890
Palermo 1890 first edition. Archivio Storico Sicilliano ...della Socita Siciliana per la Storia Patria. 4to wraps. Columba article pp. 315-361. Other articles in issue as well. One old library stamp but no other owner marks. Backstrip reinforced. Somewhat soiled and worn. Good. (a104173)
$75.00Proske, Beatrice Gilman. SPANISH DETAILS IN THE GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE OF SICILY - article in one complete issue of NOTES HISPANIC, 1944
NY 1944 first edition. Hispanic Society. octavo wraps. Proske article pp. 1-36 with 44 bw photo illustrations. VG no owner marks. (a104524a)
$45.00Howe, Maud. SICILY IN SHADOW AND IN SUN - THE EARTHQUAKE AND THE AMERICAN RELIEF WORK
Boston 1910 first edition. Little Brown. Hardcover thick octavo. Green cloth. 491p. Some pages yet unopened. Photo illustrations. VG+, light foxing on frontispiece and its tissue. no owner marks; no dj. (a107593)
$44.00 Salomone-Marino, Salvatore . LA BARUNISSA DI CARINI POEM OF THE SICILIAN RENAISSANCE THE 1873 AND 1914 VERSIONS
Brooklyn 1986 Arba Sicula. Translation and Introduction by A.M. Cinquemani. Text in English and Italian. Octavo, 84pp., wraps. Near Fine. (a24490)
$35.00 Lindberg, Harald . ITINERA MEDITERRANEA EIN BEITRAG ZUR KENNTNIS DER WESTMEDITERRANEN FLORA AUF GRUND EINES MATERIALS VON GEFASSPLANZEN, GESAMMELT IN TUNESIEN UND SIZILIEN IM JARE 1924 UND IN SPANIEN UND MAROKKO IM JAHRE 1926IEN IM JARE 1924 UND IN SPANIEN UND MAROKKO IM JAHRE 1926
Helsingfors 1932. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae Nova Series B Tom 1 No. 2. In German. 4to., 178pp., 32 photo illustrations, wraps. VG, cover discolored and frayed on edges. (a25213)
$75.00 Wood, Arnold . HIGH SPOTS OF SICILY
NY 1931. 8vo., 65pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Review copy, slip tipped in. VG plus in Good DJ, some fading and wear on dj. . (a29601)
$20.00Piccinini, Fr. G.. THE FRAGMENT OF MONTEPELLEGRINO
Boston 1959 Third Edition. Religious events in Sicily. 8vo., 332pp., photo illustrations, stiff wraps. Owner inscription on front blank. VG in Good color pictorial DJ, some wear and chipping at head of spine. (a31636)
$25.00 Tommasi-Crudeli, Corrado . SULLA NECESSITA DI RENDERE OBLIGATORIA LA ISTRUZIONE PRIMARIA IN ITALIA
Palermo 1869. In Italian. Conferenza Publica fatta 7 Marzo 1869 nella Regia Universita di Palermo. Offprint from Revusta Sicula, Vol. I, Maggio 1869. 8vo., 34pp., rebound in later wraps. Inscription from Tommasi-Crudeli cropped at the top margin of the title page. VG. (a40473)
$45.00 (sicily) . CITTA' E TERRITORIO IN SICILIA OCCIDENTALE
Palermo 1979. 8 article in Italian. Lg.8vo., 189pp., photo illus., stiff wraps. Good, wraps a bit rubbed. (a41370)
$45.00 Crescimanno, Antonino . LE COSTITUZIONI DEL PECUNIARIO PALERMITANO BANCO
Palermo 1978. In Italian. 8vo., 115pp., wraps. Fine. (a42480)
$40.00 (philately) . TRINACRIA '87 MANIFESTAZIONE FILATELICHE
Palermo 1987. Nel 40th Anniversario dell'Unione Filatelica Siciliana. In Italian. 8vo., 102pp.. illustrations, stiff wraps. Fine. (a44418)
$40.00 Ayscough, John . MAROTZ
NY 1908 1st . Novel about a Sicilian woman.8vo., 415pp., printed cloth. VG. (a48689)
$45.00 Zimmermann, Max Gg. . SIZILIEN. I: DIE GRIECHENST�DTE UND DIE ST�DTE DER ELYMER
Leipzig 1904. In German. 8vo., 126pp., photo illustrations, index, decorated limp hardcover. Good, small chip on lower rear corner, spine ends and covers lightly worn. (a57089)
$30.00(sicily). ORIGINAL POLITICAL DOCUMENT DATED 1746
Palermo 1746. Concerning El Principe Corsini whose names are printed at the end of the document. In Italian. 4to., (10x14 inches), 8pp., printed. VG plus, folded in half ; clean and very bright. (a5840)
$65.00 Tamburini, Thomas (1591-1675) . THEOLOGICA MORALIS BOOKS I, II, III (IN ONE VOLUME)
Venice 1748 Pezzana. Tamburini was a Sicilian Jesuit. In Latin. Three books in one volumes. Folio, (8), 300pp.; (6), 340pp.; (6) 259pp. plus indice, double column text, title page in red and black, full vellum with mounted gilt leather spine label. Clean handsome copy printed on thick paper. Small stamp of Naval Attache on front end paper and tiny ink note saying book was purchased in Mexico in 1943. Good, leaves a bit rippled, vellum rubbed and stained and is worn off at a few small spoits, some vert light water (almost imperceptable) staining on final fourth of book at top margin. Scarce. (a65821)
$650.00 Flaccovio, S. F. (editor) . SICILIA 70
Palermo 1972. Many articles in this issue including: The Spell of Mortgantina by Augusto Ajon; Begegnung mit Urs Oberlin by Berta Burgio Ahrens. 4to., monochrome and color illustrations, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a69751)
$35.00 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 Libertini, Guido and Giuseppe Paladino . STORIA DELLA SICILIA DAI TEMPI PIU ANTICHI AI NOSTRI GIORNI
Catania 1933 1st Vincenzo Muglia Editore. In Italian. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 768pp., photo illustrations, foldout map of Sicily, 3/4 black calf with maroon marbled boards, matching end papers, gilt spine lettering and 5 raised bands. Near Fine, light toning to text, slight wear on edges. No ownership marks. Beautiful book. (a72756)
$175.00Livingston, Edward et al. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE CONVENTION WITH SICILIY
Washington 1831. 22d Congress, 2d Session. Doc. No. 70. Includes two page chart of all captures, seizures, and condemnations of ships and their cargo, value, remarks, etc from 1809-1811. Octavo, 70pp., removed from larger binding and rebound in later wraps. Good, slight bit of foxing, mostly in outer margin. (a78565)
$69.00 Sidebottom, Herny . REPORT ON THE RECENT FORAMINIFERA FROM THE BAY OF PALERMO, SICILY (OFF THE HARBOUR)
Article extracted from Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 1909-1910. Vol 54, part III . Manchester. First edition. 36p. and 3 plates. Original pale green printed wraps. Rebound in later wraps. VG no ownership marks. (a89262)
$35.00Epstein, S R. CITIES, REGIONS AND THE LATE MEDIEVAL CRISIS: SICILY AND TUSCANY COMPARED - article in one complete issue of PAST & PRESENT, February 1991
1991 first edition. Oxford University. sm octavo wraps. Epstein article pp. 3-50. other articles in issue as well. Near Fine. clean, no marks. (a99521a)
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