Orsini: The Story of an Italian Conspirator
by Packe, Michael St. John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket tattered and missing several small pieces.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket tattered and missing several small . pieces.. 1957. First American Edition. Hardcover. Gray cloth binding. Index, works consulted, illustrations. Library of Congress number 58-7857. A biography of Felice Orsini, the 19th century Italian revolutionary and compatriot of Mazzini, who engineered a daring escape from his prison tower in Mantua, and was ultimately executed for an attempted assassination of French ruler Napoleon III. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 313 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26293
- Title
- Orsini: The Story of an Italian Conspirator
- Author
- Packe, Michael St. John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket tattered and missing several small pieces.
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Risorgimento, Italian History
- Bookseller catalogs
- European History;
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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