ADVERTISING ART. La Pubblicità d'Italia. Numbers 43-46. 468 pp., illustrated throughout. Folio, 308 x 225 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers in a new red cloth folding box. Milan: Sindicato Nazionale Fascista, 1941.
A massive survey of Italian advertising at the beginning of the war, published with text in Italian and.....
Item nr. 167105
Price: $2,500.00
ROME. La Milizia universitaria ai goliardi del mondo 1938-XVI. 240 pp., illustrated throughout, with 12 additional plates on heavier paper (present only in the first 200 copies). Folio, 365 x 280 mm., publisher's full morocco. Milan: Italica editoriale, 1938.
Despite the overwhelming presence of Mussolini, this is one of the most.....
Item nr. 169935
Price: $4,750.00
FASCISM. Il Primo Libro del Fascista. WITH: Il Secondo Libro del Fascista. 2 volumes. 96; 96 pp., illustrated with maps and photographs. 8vo, 200 x 153 mm., bound in original publisher's illustrated wrappers by C.V. Testi, in a new red cloth folding box. Rome: Mondadori, 1940.
A fine set of these.....
Item nr. 165414
Price: $475.00
FASCISM. Il Capo-squadra Balilla. 96 pp. 8vo, 187 x 136 mm. Publisher's illustrated wrappers in a new folding box. Rome: a cura della Presidenza centrale dell'Opera balilla, Pizzi e Pizio, 1934.
A charming little book devoted to the Italian equivalent of the Hitler Youth. The book is distinguished by its imaginative.....
Item nr. 171180
Price: $1,500.00
FASCISM. 128a Legione Camicie nere: documentario fotografico dell'attività svolta durante la campagna per la conquista dell'Impero Fascista. 204 pp., illustrated throughout. Folio, 390 x 290 mm., publisher's elaborately decorated binding. N.p.: 1937.
A classic example of fascist book production from the extravagant binding with its gilt bayonet to the endless photographs.....
Item nr. 171161
Price: $3,500.00
FASCISM. Littoriali dello sport: anno XVII. 133 pp., profusely illustrated. Folio, 330 x 240 mm., publisher's cloth. Firenze: Soc. An. Edit. Universitaria, 1940.
A large format homage to the glories of sporting competitions under fascism. What differentiates this book from similar works is the loving attention given to the design. There.....
Item nr. 171158
Price: $1,500.00
BOLOGNA. Federazione dei Fasci di Combattimento di Bologna Decima Legio. X Legio. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout with photographs and photomontage. Small 4to, 235 x 185 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers. [Bologna]: Ministero della Cultura Popolare, [1940].
An apparently unrecorded example of a typical piece of fascist propaganda, in this case glorifying.....
Item nr. 169110
Price: $2,500.00
ROME. Il Gruppo Montecatini per l'autarchia mineraria. 72 pp., illustrated throughout with charts and photographs, 10 pages on different coloured paper, thumb-indexed, with a loose map of the exhibition. Small 8vo, publisher's silver wrappers, in a new silver cloth box with an orange label. Rome: Mostra Autarchica del Minerale Italiano.....
Item nr. 171083
Price: $2,500.00
FASCISM. La Milizia universitaria ai goliardi del mondo 1938-XVI. 240 pp., illustrated throughout. Folio, 365 x 280 mm., publisher's illustrated boards. Milan: Italica editoriale, 1938.
Despite the overwhelming presence of Mussolini, this is one of the most stunning Italian interwar photobooks, with immense care taken with the design and layout. Although.....
Item nr. 172265
Price: $3,750.00
TORINO. EIAR: anno XVII. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout. Folio, 286 x 235 mm., publisher's boards. Firenze: Ballerini, 1938.
This is certainly one of the best examples of the fascist book, where a work of otherwise no redeeming value is made desirable through its brilliant design. The designer has sought to go beyond.....
Item nr. 171056
Price: $7,500.00
FASCISM. Lo Sviluppo Dell'Industria Italiana. 5 leaves text including title and table of contents followed by 83 colour lithographic charts. Small oblong folio, 210 x 290 mm., bound in publisher's printed grey wrappers. Rome: Litografia del Genio Civile, 1929.
A delightful book, which is essentially an Italian take on the Isotype.....
Item nr. 169254
Price: $3,500.00
MORGAGNI, Manlio. La Rivista Illustrata del Popolo d'Italia. 80 Numbers, Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with photographs and photomontages. Folio, bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers as issued. Milan: 1924-1943.
A superb collection of the official fascist propaganda magazine, full of stunning full-page illustrations by Munari, Carboni, Nizzoli, Strada, Ricas, Depero, Sironi, Bazzi and.....
Item nr. 171839
Price: $7,500.00
ROME. Bozzetti di addobbo dell'urbe per la visita del Führer. Die Ausschmueckungsentwuerfe der Stadt Roms fuer den Besuch des Fuehrers. Folio, 316 x 321 mm., publisher's cloth. Rome: n.p., 1938.
An extremely pompous tome published to celebrate Hitler's visit to Rome. Perhaps the bad taste is a reflection of the visitor.....
Item nr. 171187
Price: $2,500.00
FASCISM. Gioventù italiana del littorio. 71 pp., illustrated throughout with photographs. Folio, 270 x 220 mm., bound in publisher's decorative paper boards in original photographic dust jacket, preserved in a new folding box. Rome: Pressedienst des Generalkommandos della G.I.L., 1940.
A scarce Italian photobook given over to glorifying fascist youth and.....
Item nr. 167220
Price: $2,250.00
ALESSANDRINI, Alessandro. Le Manifestazioni Agricole del Decennale. 426 pp., photographically illustrated throughout. Folio, 295 x 220 mm., bound in publisher's silver decorated wrappers, in a new grey cloth folding box. [Torino?]: [Sindacato nazionale fascista tecnici agricoli], 1933.
A superb example of the disconnect often present in books published by the totalitarian.....
Item nr. 165416
Price: $1,250.00
FASCISM. La lotta contro tubercolosi in Italia. 114 pp., illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams. Small folio, 282 x 211 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers. Rome: Federazione italiana nazionale fascista per la lotta contro la tuberculosi, 1934.
A fine copy of a book where the imaginative design is in dramatic.....
Item nr. 169121
Price: $850.00
FASCISM. La Pubblicità d'Italia. Nos. 43-46. 467 pp., profusely illustrated. Folio, 318 x 230 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers in a new cloth folding box. Milan: Sindicato Nazionale Fascista, 1941.
A massive survey of Italian advertising at the begining of the war, published with text in Italian and German as.....
Item nr. 167163
Price: $2,500.00