Search Results: Italy from Great Expectations Rare Books

L.C. Page & Company, 1906. Light blue coarde grained cloth stamped in red and gold. Top edge gilt. Illustrated. Covers sunned with resulting fading and dulling to cloth, especially at backstrip. A title in the Art Galleries of Europe series. Material pertaining to other titles in series pasted onto front endpapers. "Containing a brief history of the building and of its collection of paintings, as well as descriptions and criticisms of many of the principal pictures and their artists." A clean, solid copy. Near very good.. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover, red cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's colorful pictorial dust-jacket. 288 pages. Includes: Glossary of Venetian Terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index. Illustrated throughout with color and black and white images. First edition, with no additional printings on copyright page. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and like new copy. As new in an as new dust-jacket. A large heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible. .

New York: Broadway Books, 2000. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback. 286 pages. First Trade paperback edition, first printing with full number line. More of the good life in Italy from the author of "Under the Tuscan Sun." No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. Very mild toning to page edges as per usual. Very good. .

Cambrif=dge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996. Hardcover, black cloth in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 498 pages. Index. Illustrated with color and monochrome photographs. First American edition, published earlier the same year in the united Kingdom. No previous ownership marks. Top edge spotted / foxed, else a very clean, square, unmarked copy. Graded very good in a fine dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Harvill, 1992. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback. 268 pages. Index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. First paperback of the revised edition published by Harvill with photographs by Werner Forman. First printing thus with full number line. No previous ownership marks. Spine shows single crease from reading, else a clean, square, tight and unmarked copy. Very good+. .

New York: Thames & Hudson, 2002. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large trade paperback. 256 pages. Illustrated with 516 photographs (355 in color). First edition, no additional printings listed. A title in a unique series of travel guides focusing on accommodations available in specific locals. This volume offers the traveler suggestions not only in the usual destinations; Tuscany, Venice, Florence and Rome, but in more remote locals such a Puglia, Basilicata and Le Marche. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good +. .

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1926. Royal octavo in purple cloth and original non-price-clipped dust-jacket. Illustrated with 10 monotone plates by Hanslip Fletcher, 10 full color plates by Kenneth Hobson, and a double page map on front end-papers. Untrimmed, Dustjacket age worn and toned, lacking large chip from top of front panel affecting the first word of title "In". Book is in near fine condition with strong hinges, clean interior, all plates present. Page edges beginning to show mild toning, else a very nice copy. Dust-jacket is worn.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Poor. Illus. by Hanslip Fletcher and Kenneth Hobson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1989. Hardcover in dust-jacket. 479pp., Illustrated with photographs. Private gift inscription on front free end-paper. First edition, third printing. A square, clean, tightly bound copy in a clean, complete dust-jacket. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket.. Third Printing. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Atheneum, 1969. Green cloth spine over red boards, in non price-clipped dustjacket. A lively excursion throuhg Italy, Sicily and Sardinia. Fine in fine dustjacket.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2015. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, large, square volume bound in black cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's pictorial non-clipped dust-jacket. 420 pages. Introduction by Paul Hoffman. Text by Ralph Toledano. Profusely illustrated throughout with magnificent color photographs by Roberto Schezen. Reissue in the Rizzoli Classics series, first edition thus, first issue with full number line. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy, pristine and like new. As new in an as new dust-jacket. A heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible. .

Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1995. Large trade paperback. 416pp., Bibliographical Essay, Index. Illustrated with maps. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, tight copy with no spine crease. Small incidental scratch to rear cover, else as new, A near fine copy.. Third Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 255 pages. Signed by author in black marker on title-page. Illustrated with photographs by Kristine Walsh. First edition, first printing with full number line. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good+ in a very good+ dust-jacket. ..

New York / London: The Frick Collection / D. Giles Limited, 2018. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large format hardcover, folio size volume bound in black boards boldly lettered in gold, in publisher's pictorial dust-jacket. 544 pages. Includes: Chronology; Appendices; Bibliography; and Index. Introduction by Xavier F. Salomon. Profusely illustrated throughout with hundreds of color photographs. First edition. "This catalog is published on the occasion of the exhibition Luigi Valadier: Splendor in 18th- Century Rome, on view at the Frick Collection from October 30, 2018, to January 20th, 2019". An important figure in eighteenth-century Italian decorative arts, Luigi Valadier (1726-1785). He was a talented draftsman, designer, goldsmith, silversmith, and bronze founder, using precious stones as well as enamel, wood and glass, to create whimsical and elegant works of art for noble clients, which included aristocrats and Popes. A… Read More

New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1919. Green cloth sans dust-jacket. No name, no book-plate, etc. Cloth age moderately age soiled with result that gilt lettering has darkened, else a sound, internally clean copy of a scarce book.. First Edition. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Napoleoni & Wakefield Ltd, 2006. Softbound edition with full French flaps. 272pp., Includes reference tables at rear for: Addresses and Opening Hours of Churches and Places to Visit; Chronological List of Popes; List of Roman Emperors; Chronology of the History of Rome; Glossary; Alphabetical Index of Places and Churches; Bibliography. A comprehensive and thorough guide to the churches and sites in the Eternal City. No previous owneship marks. A very clean, square, unread and unmarked copy, as new.. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large format hardcover, folio size volume bound in black cloth lettered in gold, in publisher's black slipcase. 224 pages. Introduction by Coarelli, Filippo. Essays by Roberto Cassanelli, Massimiliano David, and Annie Jacques. Appendixes, Bibliography, Index of Architects and Envios, etc. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white. First American edition. Top edge of slipcase and book show moderate bump to upper fore-edge corner. No previous ownership marks. But for mild damage mentioned above, a fine, clean copy. Very good in a near very good slipcase. No International shipping available for this title. Domestic Priority orders will require additional postage. .

Clarkson Potter, 1990. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Oblong hardcover, blue boards in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 160 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs and full page color paintings. Stated first American edition, first printing with full number line. A collection of essays, mostly dealing with Lawrence's extended sojourn to the lake Garda region and its environs. No previous ownership marks. Dust-jacket shows small tear at lower front fore-edge flap, now tape repaired on verso, and general very mild edge-wear. Book is clean, sound, and unmarked. Very good+ in a very good dust-jacket. .

Florence, Italy: Scala - Monumenti Musei E Gallerie Pontificie, 1974. Large format paperback, bound in stiff pictorial card covers. 64 pages. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. First edition. A pictorial essay on the Vatican - its architecture, art, and historical antecedents. No previous ownership marks. A clean, unmarked copy showing mild wear from use. Good. . First Edition. Softcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format oblong sized quarto, hardcover in publisher's dust-jacket. 96 pages. Profusely illustrated with water-colors by Moireau; introduction by Deborah Howard, and text by Trudy Sammartini. Stated first U.S. edition, first printing. No previous ownership marks. Not ex-library. A very nice copy in scarce dust-jacket. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. Oversize book, Priority and International orders may require additional postage. .

Vatican City: Edizioni Musei Vaticani, 2008. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Revised Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format paperback in stiff pictorial card covers. 143 pages. Essential Bibliography. Profusely illustrated throughout with color photographs. Updated reprint edition, first published 2001. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, unread and like new. Fine. .