(no dust jacket; in slipcase) [both book and slipcase are in beautiful condition, the book blemished only by a gift inscription (non-authorial, in Italian) on the verso of the ffep, the slipcase by a tiny black smudge at the top rear]. (B&W and color photos, illustrations, maps, etc.) Lavishly-produced and extensively illustrated history and present-day portrait of the northeastern Italian river port, an industrial city that also has a significant architectural heritage and an active cultural life, and is known to cineastes around the world as the site of the annual Pordenone Silent Film Fes... View More...
(decorated red cloth with gilt lettering; no dust jacket) [nice solid copy, minor wear at extremities, slight fraying to bottom corners, spine cloth a bit faded; attractive vintage bookplate (see notes) and small bookseller's label (F. Loeser & Co. Brooklyn Book Store) on front pastedown]. (B&W photographs, drawings) In her preface, the author states that her book "was written with the desire of portraying Spain of to-day as she really is," as distinct from the many books she claims have been written about the country with "little sympathetic understanding of that Latin temperament which is r... View More...
[a touch of wear at base of spine, otherwise tight and clean; jacket shows a bit of scuffing, one tiny closed tear at bottom front hinge]. (cartoon drawings, B&W photographs, endpaper maps) INSCRIBED ("For ____ - with best regards") and SIGNED by the author on the title page; he has also drawn a small head-portrait (presumably of himself) to the left of his very stylized signature. The prize-winning cartoonist/columnist's look at the country and people of Afghanistan in the early days of the U.S. war against the Taliban. "At a time of unquestioning flag-waving, Rall went with hard questions... View More...
[light dampstain surrounding base of spine (interior of book unaffected), otherwise no significant wear; jacket lightly rubbed, 3/4" tear at top front foldover, minor wrinkling along top edge]. (color photographs, other illustrations) Photographic travel essay depicting scenes of nature and civilization (modern and ancient) along "the Silver Road," an important route dating to Roman times, whose course traces "a journey through the historic and artistic heritage of Spain." The photographic part of the book is prefaced by two lengthy essays discussing the road's historical and cultural import... View More...
[some external staining to cloth, covers slightly warped and the book twisted just a bit on its axis; jacket age-toned and lightly soiled, small tears and minor paper loss at several corners, a small and sort of ugly pull-tear at front hinge]. (B&W halftone photographs, maps) Comprehensive guide to seeing Mexico "by plane, car, train, bus and boat," by the American anthropologist and ethnographer, who moved to Mexico in 1922, spent most of the rest of her life there, and was, to say the least, steeped in its culture. She founded and published the journal "Mexican Folkways" in... View More...
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