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De America
by Piovene, Guido
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Milano: Garzanti, 1953. 8vo. 220 x 145 mm., [8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches]. xxiv, 523 pp. Illustrated with 32 photographic reproductions, one in color, the others in black and white. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, illustrated with an image of the NY skyline in gold on upper board, title on spine, dust jacket; tail of spine lightly frayed, dust jacket with chips and tears to the head and tail of spine, edges chipped, tear to rear wrapper. A fair copy of the dust jacket only.
First edition. Piovene was a journalist and travel writer who came to the United States in 1951-52 to examine for the Italian public the condition of American after the War. He begins in New York City and writes about city life, university life and the business and industry that fuels the City. He travels to Washington D.C. and describes in detail the Capitol and the numerous governmental buildings and provides a lovely image of a young black women in Sunday dress. From D.C. he write about his travels to Philadelphia, Chicago, and the Old South and provides a vivid narrative on the conditions of the Black community below the Mason Dixson Line. He continues his travels from Chicago to the Southwest and on to California.
At the end of his journey Piovene had both a love and distaste for what he found in America. He considered it a harbinger of future but dragged down by the past. Something of a warning to his European audience.
First edition. Piovene was a journalist and travel writer who came to the United States in 1951-52 to examine for the Italian public the condition of American after the War. He begins in New York City and writes about city life, university life and the business and industry that fuels the City. He travels to Washington D.C. and describes in detail the Capitol and the numerous governmental buildings and provides a lovely image of a young black women in Sunday dress. From D.C. he write about his travels to Philadelphia, Chicago, and the Old South and provides a vivid narrative on the conditions of the Black community below the Mason Dixson Line. He continues his travels from Chicago to the Southwest and on to California.
At the end of his journey Piovene had both a love and distaste for what he found in America. He considered it a harbinger of future but dragged down by the past. Something of a warning to his European audience.
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- De Simone Company, Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1107
- Title
- De America
- Author
- Piovene, Guido
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Publisher
- Garzanti
- Place of Publication
- Milano
- Date Published
- 1953
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De Simone Company is presently offering rare books, manuscripts, illustrated books, broadsides, and ephemera documenting American history during the 19th century. We encourage you to visit our website where you will find numerous catalogues listing our offering. Visit www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com.De Simone Company also specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The Company has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy and is always interested in purchasing book on the subject.In January of 2017, Daniel De Simone retired from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C as the Eric Weinmann Librarian, where he directed the operations of the Central Library. De Simone came to the Folger from the Library of Congress after serving as the Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division for 14 years.Before his appointment as Rosenwald Curator in 2000, he operated his own New York based bookselling business for 22 years. Since retirement he has begun bookselling once again and is again a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is also a member of the Grolier Club, NY, the Association Internationale de Bibliophile, Paris, and the Print Council of America.
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