One Year's Reading for Fun by Bernard Berenson - 1960

New York (Alfred A. Knopf), 1960.. xiii, (1), 166, xiii, (3)pp. Sm. 4to. Cloth. D.j. (worn). Diary kept by Berenson during the last years of World War II, when he and his wife Mary, and secretary Nicky Mariano endured an enforced seclusion in Italy. From the library of Elizabeth Mongan.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson,, 1960. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. xiv, 166, (xv)pp. Original blue boards with gilt spine titles. Slight wear otherwise very good in a slightly edge worn and torn, very good dust jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Xiii, Xiv. Brown Cloth Spine, Tan Cloth Covered Boards, Gilt. First Edition Stated. First Printing. Berenson (1865-1959) Was Best Known As An Art Expert, But "His Magnificent Assemblage Of Books, Some Forty Thousand Volumes Chosen Over The Decades, Remains His Ultimate Monument. This Great Collection, One Of The World's Finest Private Libraries, He Bequeathed - Along With I Tatti [His Estate] Itself- To Harvard University." (See Dj). A Short Or Long Paragraph About 365 Books, What We Are Never Assigned To Read But Would Read If We Knew Enough To Be Fully Aware Of Them, Although Some Would Be Difficult To Obtain In English Translation.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1960 VG/VG-. 8vo. original blue boards gilt (a little rubbed & bumped, scattered spotting) in dustwrapper priced 21s net (rubbed & frayed, occ. chipping); pp. xiv, 166, xvi (last blank). A very good copy.. First UK. Hard Cover. VG/VG-.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as stated on copyright page, book looks new, no remarkable flaws, jacket has some very mild edge-tanning, a short, closed tear on the spine (the most noticeable flaw) and a small chip at the top front corner, the jacket is clean and attractive overall, the original price (5.00) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "These pages from a diary, not originally intended for publication, record the frank day-to-day comments, thoughts, and recollections that this tripartite reading aroused in B. B. and reveal the scope of his interests, the fairness of his judgements, and the perceptiveness of his extraordinary intelligence," includes an introduction by John Walker, Director of the National Gallery of Art and a photograph of Berenson on the front panel of the jacket by Cecil Beaton .