New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1904. Small Hard Cover.
No jacket. Minor general wear.
vii, 278 pp. With engravings. Red cloth boards with sword through wreath decor on front board. Fold-out map of the expedition of Alexander the Great precedes text. Alexander III of Macedon (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος.....
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed.
xxvi, 334 pp. "Of all Roman emperors none, with the possible exception of Nero, surpasses Caligula's reputation for infamy. But was Caligula really the mad despot and depraved monster of popular legend or the victim.....
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990. Hard Cover.
Edge wear.
xxvi, 334 pp. "Of all Roman emperors none, with the possible exception of Nero, surpasses Caligula's reputation for infamy. But was Caligula really the mad despot and depraved monster of popular legend or the victim of hostile ancient historians? In.....
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Faint 1/2 inch stain on spine base, jacket lightly toned.
496 pp. Includes black-and-white maps. "The never-before-told story of how Ultra first proved itself in battle, turning defeat into victory." "Written by a man who was personally.....
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014. 9th Printing. Trade Paperback.
9th printing. Faint edge wear.
xxx, 759 pp. "Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome.....
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1850. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Stained, pencil name on front paste-down endpaper, pencil note on rear free endpaper recto.
428 pp. A fictional retelling of the doomed city in the years leading up to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
New York: International Collectors Library, 1946. Hard Cover.
Front joint starting.
356 pp. Original green leatherette hardcover binding with gold lettering & design, gilt top page ridge, green ribbon marker. "The Last Days of Pompeii is a novel written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834. The novel was inspired by the.....
Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 2010. Reissue. Trade Paperback.
2010 reissue of a standard English translation from the 1860 German original.
350 pp. "This authoritative study by a distinguished scholar presents a brilliant panorama of Italian Renaissance life, explaining how and why the period constituted a cultural revolution. It.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1954. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1954 first thus, Toledano 032.4, binding/jacket style 8i with 374 titles on verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Near fine in good jacket. Jacket price clipped, rear jacket panel discolored, cover spine slightly faded though jacket spine is not, indicating that.....
Italy: Pontifical Sanctuary of Pompeii, 1990. Large Softcover.
Minor general wear.
202 pp. Collaboration between three friends of the Sanctuary: Msgr. Pietro Caggiano, Prof. Michele Rak and Prof. Angelo Turchini, has given us an authentic trilogy of "popular sacredness." In their own particular fields, each of them has "seen" the.....
Canastota, New York: Canastota - Oneida Area Italian American Committee, 1998. Large Softcover.
Spine bumped, smudge on bottom page ridge.
232 pp. Black-and-white photographs throughout. CONTENTS: Map of Italy's Regions; Family Histories; Poem "I Am an Italian"; Immigrant Photographs; Dedication; Descendant Photographs; Canastota; Business People Photographs; Railroad and Photographs; Boxing.....
New York: Modern Library, 1927. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First thus (Toledano 3.2). Flexible boards. Edges lightly rubbed, front hinge starting.
485 pp. "The autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini was started in the year 1558 at the age of 58 and ended abruptly just before his last trip to Pisa around.....
![The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, Written by Himself [Autobiography]. Benvenuto Cellini, John...](/pictures/thumb/2322674.jpg?v=1646883433)
London: Phaidon Press, 1960. Pope-Hennessy, John. Reprint. Hard Cover.
Reprint. Jacket edges lightly rubbed, front jacket flap price-clipped. Pencil note on front free endpaper.
xiv, 498 pp. Translated by John Addington Symonds. Introduced and illustrated by John Pope-Hennessy. Benvenuto Cellini (/ˌbɛnvəˈnjuːtoʊ tʃɪˈliːni, tʃɛˈ-/, Italian: [beɱveˈnuːto tʃelˈliːni]; 3 November 1500 –.....
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1976. Cornelisen, Ann. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Personal copy of Abraham A. Rothberg with his blind stamp on the title page. Rothberg was a Jewish author whose books reimagined traditional Jewish stories and legends, and touched on themes relevant to the diaspora. Ink.....
Boston and New York: Lee and Shepard / Charles T. Dillingham, 1877. Hard Cover.
No jacket. A few small spots on front board, ink name and place on front free endpaper, pages lightly toned.
323 pp. Red boards, gilt decor on spine. EXCERPT: "After spending a few weeks in Florence.....
Rochester, New York: The Du Bois Press, 1929. Dunn, Emelene Abbey. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Ink note on front flyleaf presenting the book as a gift: 'Christmas 1929. In recognition of your friendship with the author.' Stain on rear board, otherwise excellent.
126 pp. Compiled from manuscripts located.....
New York: Random House, 2009. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Remainder mark.
xxiv, 392 pp. "Born in A.D. 76, Hadrian lived through and ruled during a tempestuous era, a time when the Colosseum was opened to the public and Pompeii was buried under a mountain of lava and ash.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1931. Hard Cover.
Binding style G3. Both volumes: Lack jackets. Spines toned, board edges rubbed, bookplate on front endpaper.
ix, 1303; xii, 1476 pp. Two volume set. It traces Western civilization (as well as the Islamic and Mongolian conquests) from the height of the Roman.....
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012. 6th Printing. Trade Paperback.
Sixth printing. Spine base bumped.
xv, 447 pp. Did Garibaldi do Italy a disservice when he helped its disparate parts achieve unity? Was the goal of political unification a mistake? These questions are asked and answered in a number.....
New York: Oxford University Press, 1936. Goudy, Frederic W. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. Top corner stained.
With 25 plates drawn and engraved by the author. Contains the first use of Village Italics. An expansion of Goudy's earlier work entitled THE ALPHABET in which he took the.....
San Francisco: D.P. Elder and Morgan Shepard, 1902. Limited Edition. Hard Cover.
Limited edition. 1 of 300 copies. Spine cracked, rear board soiled, some pages lightly foxed.
306 pp. Top edge gilt. Color fold-out map follows text. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Katharine Putnam Hooker (May 2, 1849 – July 20, 1935).....
Pennsylvania: Dorrance & Company, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by author with inscription, "For Joyce Baker--I hope you enjoy reading of my adventures--before ARCO! Eugenia Kielar 11/30/87." Two small tears to jacket edges, jacket clipped, faint stain on front jacket flap.
220 pp. Eugenia Kielar graduated from.....
New York: Hearst Books, 1994. Robledo, Maria. Reprint. Hard Cover.
Boards lightly bowed, pages faintly toned. Jacket lightly bumped.
144 pp. "Move over pasta and pizza, here come panini, bruschetta and crostini! The world of sandwiches, Italian style. But not sandwiches oozing mayonnaise and dripping with calories. Viana's panini are.....
Paris: Telleri, 2003. Large Softcover.
Pages very faintly toned.
223 pp. "Celebrates Florence's glorious feast of artistic, architectural, and sculptural creativity during this period of enlightened patronage."
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995. 5th Printing. Hard Cover.
Fifth printing. Jacket spine lightly faded. Blind stamp on front free endpaper.
351 pp. In this deeply personal and learned labor of love, R.W.B. Lewis provides a new look at the glories of Florence, the smallish Tuscan city which.....