VENICE An Illustrated Anthology by Marqusee, Michael - 1989

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Harpercollins, 1989-10. Hardcover. Good.

Topsfield, MA: Salem House. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1988. 1st. hardcover. 4to, 192 pp., Introduction by Anthony Burgess. .

Harpercollins. Used - Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Harpercollins. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

Harpercollins, 1989-10-01. Hardcover. Like New. 10x8x1. First ed.; 192 p., immaculate and unmarked anywhere; fabulous photos and ill., including woodcuts, engravings, reproductions of paintings by Carpaccio, Guardi, Canaletto, Turner and other fine artists; introd. by Anthony Burgess. Fascinating collection of written impressions of the fabulous city by many famous people--from Geoffroi de Villehardouin to Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio to Montaigne and Thomas Nashe, to J.j. Rousseau and Edward Gibbon, to Dickens, Hazlitt, Ruskin, Hans Christian Andersen, the Brownings and many 19th c. English poets, Goethe, Wagner and Mendelssohn, to Mark Twain, Marcel Proust, D.H. Lawrence and Thomas Mann to Mary McCarthy, Boris Pasternak, and Gore Vidal, among others. Binding tight; unfaded primrose yellow boards with lettering on brown patch, well protected by glossy photographic unclipped d.j., itself without discernible shelf wear.

Harpercollins, 1989-10-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap.

Topsfield/Massachusetts: Salem House Publishers, 1989. Introduction by Anthony Burgess. Capturing the full experience of Venice, this book reveals political and romantic intrigues - extracts by Proust, Mann, and DuMaurier, among others, recall that Venice is a city peculiarly associated with death, as well as love. The wealth of literature - by Dante and Boccaccio - Goethe, Byron, Dickens and James - and on to Vidal, McCarthy and Calvino - is complemented by exemples of the artistry of the Italian masters - Canaletto, Carpaccio and Tintoretto - and that of others inspired by visits to the city - Turner, Manet and Sickert. Throughout, engravings, drawings and maps illustrate the timeless diversity of Venice. Contents: 1). Origins. 2). Arrivals. 3). Sea-bride. 4). Vedute. 5). Unreal city. 6). The merchants of Venice. 7). La Serenissima. 8). Risorgimento. 9). Veneziani: signorie e popolani. 10). Forestieri. 11). Daughters of the Adriatic. 12). Music. 13) The Stones. 14). L'Arte del Pittore. 15). The… Read More