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LAMIA'S WINTER-QUARTERS
Written by Alfred Austin. Illustrated by George Samuel Elgood.
Stock no. 2137588
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1908. Good condition.

Red cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. 16 colour plates. 4 page booklist to rear. Spine is bro2wned with small split to base. Damp staining to rear, going through to pages at rear. Foxing.

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SICILY
Written by Spencer Musson. Illustrated by Alberto Pisa.
Stock no. 2137436
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

Grey cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover and green and orange decorations. Top edge gilt. 48 tissue-guarded mounted colour plates and fold-out map to rear. Part of the A & C Black 20 Shilling Series. 1-2" split to top of spine; some fraying to cloth; other horizontal tear across top of spine - partially repaired with glue. Browning to spine. Bumping to corners. Some scuffing. Front joint is pulled. Newspaper cutting has been stuck to the rear pastedown. Some browning and foxing.

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POMPEII
Written by W.M. Mackenzie. Illustrated by Alberto Pisa.
Stock no. 2137054
Published by A. & C. Black. Circa 1913. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and dark yellow title to front cover. 20 colour plates with tissue guards plus a few b/w plates. 179 pages plus fold-out map and publication list to rear. A & C Black 7/6 Series. Reprint. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to spine. Marks to covers. Top corner tips are creased (where book bumped). Hinge cracked at page 129. Sketch plan a bit foxed. Light foxing in other places.

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DRAWING PUBLIC COLLECTIONS IN ITALY PART ONE
Written by Annamaria Petrioli Tofani; Gianni Carlo Sciolla; et al.
Stock no. 2135992
Published by Istituto Bancario San Paolo Di Torino. 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Grey cloth with white titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. Some page edge browning. Thin card slip case is very good - a few nicks at edges.

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LOVE AND WAR IN THE APENNINES
Written by Eric Newby; Edward Stourton. Illustrated by Robin Heighway-Bury.
Stock no. 1320907
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2016. Nearly fine condition.

A love story and a war story. Colour pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap. Tiny bump to lower edge of opening corner else fine.

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RAVENNA CITY OF ART
No author listed.
Stock no. 2133676
Published by Salbaroli-Ravenna. Very good condition.

Card wraps. English Edition. Colour photos. Some creasing to corners.

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L'AERONAUTICA NAZIONALE REPUBBLICANA LA GUERRA AEREA IN ITALIA 1943-1945
Written by Nino Arena.
Stock no. 2132188
Published by Ermanno Albertelli Editore. 2nd 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Text in Italian. Title roughly translates to: The Republican National Air Force: The Air War In Italy 1943-1945. Second edition. B/w photos. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 8885909493. Light bumping to top and tail of spine and corners. Some wear to cover edges. Pale page edge browning.

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MONZA 1963 OFFICIAL YEAR-BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1818568
Published by Sias. 1963. Very good condition.

Dual language: English & Italian. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards, Cloth spine. B/w photos. Front corners slightly bumped. Boards nice and bright. Pale foxing mainly to prelims.

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IL PIANO DEL COLORE DIPINGERE LA CITTA L'ESPERIENZA PILOTA DI TORNIO
Written by Nino Cannella; Ed Egidio Cxupolillo; Franco Goy.
Stock no. 2127944
Published by Umberto Allemandi & C.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Pale blue boards, black title to spine. Text in Italian. Looks at Italian Architecture and design. ISBN: 8842206024. A few marks to covers. Contents are fine. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks; small area of surface paper damage to rear panel.

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GRAHAM CLARKE'S GRAND TOUR
Written by Graham Clarke. Illustrated by Graham Clarke.
Stock no. 2126394
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. 24 etchings, 15 watercolours and numerous drawings. A humourous look at the Grand Tour. ISBN: 0714825719. SIGNED by Graham Clarke, with dedication to previous owner on half-title page. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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THIS IS ROME
Written by Miroslav Sasek. Illustrated by Miroslav Sasek.
Stock no. 1815459
Published by W.H. Allen. 1976. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0491019963. Board edges rubbed, spine splitting but still tight. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Price-cut matching pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn with a few edge tears and tape repairs.

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APOCALYPSE IN ROME: COLA DI RIENZO AND THE POLITICS OF THE NEW AGE
Written by Ronald G. Musto.
Stock no. 1814549
Published by University of California Press. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The choices and dilemmas face by Cola, a young visionary and the best political speaker of his time, as he overthrew, without violence, the turbulent rule of Rome's barons and the absentee popes. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0520233964.

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