History from Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare

Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, Inc, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. The set includes seventy-volumes from the March of America Facsimile Series. Bound in blue cloth stamped in silver and gold on the front and the spine, top edges stained red. The volumes in the series were almost entirely selected from the holdings of the William L. Clements library, University… Read more about this item

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991. Softcover. This curious and wonderfull tall tale contributes to the apocalyptic revision of American history that began with Little Big Man and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee..." Fine in the original publisher's shrinkwrap. ; Octavo.

New York: New American Library, 1962. Paperback. Mentor MP364. With illustrations. A very good+ copy. ; Small octavo.

New York and London: The Century Co, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 426pp. Green pictorial cloth stamped in black and white on the front panel and the spine panel, map endpapers. With ninety-four illustrations from photographs by the author and a map showing his route. The author's first hand account in the Near East. Light wear to extremities, mild… Read more about this item

Chicago: International Publishing Company, 1899. Hardcover. 595pp. Pictorial cloth stamped in silver, red, blue and gold on the front panel, lettered in gold on the spine. Illustrated with photographs and drawings of battles, on sea and land, war ships, etc. Cloth shows some soiling and some stains on the rear panel. Internally very clean. A very good copy. ;… Read more about this item

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. A radical look at a radical designer, this book locates Sottsass's work within the larger landscape of postwar political thinking and economic change". The book surveys the work of Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass, focusing on his monumental furniture, conceptual photography, and speculative drawings. Fine in publisher's shrinkwrap.; Quarto.… Read more about this item

Milano: Aldo Garzanti Editore, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition thus. 523pp. Pictorial boards, issued without dustjacket. Sean Connery photo covers. Text in Italian. Light toning to pages, name on front free endpaper. A bright near fine copy. ; Octavo.

Città di Castello: Petruzzi Editore, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Published to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Italian Air Force. 191pp. Pictorial boards. An in-depth look at the history of military aviation in Italy edited by Baldassare Catalanotto. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Includes a complete 72-page story in color by Hugo Pratt set in Eastern Africa during… Read more about this item

Roma: Ufficio Storico Aeronautica Militare, 1968. First Edition. Softcover. 28pp. Original wrappers. A first hand account of the Italian retreat from Somalia in 1940-1941. Text in Italian. A fine copy. ; Quarto.

Roma: Il Giornale d'Italia, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. xx, 621pp; [3], 625-1101pp. Green leatherette. Foreword by Mario Scelba. Collects all the articles written by Don Sturzo for the newspaper Il Giornale d'Italia between 1952 and 1959. Text in Italian. A fine set in slipcase. ; Octavo.

London: John Murray, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. xi, 113pp. Cloth. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. Name on front free endpaper. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with lower corner of front flap clipped but retaining the publisher's price on a small sticker. ; Octavo.

Hong Kong / Oxford / New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. Reissue. Hardcover. Reissue with the addition of an introduction by Pamela Arwell. xi, 486pp. Boards. With several inserted plates with illustrations and four foldouts. Bruised spine head, light toning to pages, name on front free endpaper. About near fine in very good+ dustjacket with some toning and mild… Read more about this item

Milano: Longanesi & C., 1963. Hardcover. Il Mondo Nuovo 37. 260pp + publisher's advertisements. Cloth. The history of the twenty-eight Italian submarine force that was sent to the Atlantic, fulfilling a pledge to assist Germany in the Atlantic campaign. With 29 b&w photographs. Toning to pages. A bright fine copy in fine dustjacket with mild toning to rear panel.… Read more about this item

Roma: Editoriale Aeronautico - Ministero dell'Aeronautica, 1943. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. 470pp + cxxviii inserted plates. Original wrappers with pictorial dustjacket. Written by an Italian Air Force Gold Medal aviator the book chronicles the daring exploits and innovative spirit of Italy's aviation pioneers. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of b&w photographs from the era. Text in Italian. Some foxing and… Read more about this item

Firenze: Scuola di Guerra Aerea, 1956. Second Edition. Pictorial wrappers. viii, 478pp. Original wrappers. With drawings, diagrams, and one foldout map. Includes chapters on the various Air Forces that took part in the conflict, the Norwegian, Polish, and French Campaigns, the Battle of Britain, the operations in the Mediterranean, Africa, the Atlantic, and more. Text in Italian. A near… Read more about this item

Milano: Aldo Garzanti Editore, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition thus. 523pp. Pictorial boards, issued without dustjacket. Sean Connery photo covers. Retains the original publisher's bookmark with information about the author and the three titles included in this omnibus. Text in Italian. Light toning to pages. A bright fine copy. ; Octavo.

London: Stacey International, 2003. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Revised edition. lxvii, 290pp. Cloth. First published as the Annual of the Palestine Exploration Fund for 1914/15, the book describes an incredible archaelogical survey carried out as cover for a British military mapping operation in southern Palestine just before the outbreak of World War I. At the time of publication it was… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: At the University Press, 1956. Hardcover. Second impression. xxvi, 752pp. Cloth. The history of the British language and its descendants, Welsh, Cornish and Breton, before the Norman Conquest. Complimentary card of Blackwell's from Oxford laid in. A few spots to fore edge of text block, lower corner tip bruised, toning to endpapers. A bright very good+ copy in… Read more about this item

London / Totowa, NJ: Ernest Benn Limited / Rowman and Littlefield, 1972. First US Edition. Hardcover. 255pp. Boards. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. Name on front free endpaper. A near fine copy in fine dustjacket with a touch of fading to spine panel. ; Octavo.

Firenze: Giunti, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. 351pp. With b&w photos and illustrations. An in-depth look at Francesco Baracca life. Baracca was the greatest Italian pilot of the First World War and was credited with shooting down 34 enemy aircraft, the highest number achieved by an Italian aviator. A fine copy. ; Octavo.