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Through the Heel of Italy. By the Author of "Byways in Southern Tuscany" and Wayfarers in Italy
by Hooker, Katharine
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About This Item
New York: Rae D. Henkle Co., Inc., 1927. 8vo. 230 x 160 mm., [9 x 6 1/4 inches]. [xiv], 305 pp. Illustrated with a photographic frontispiece, 33 photographic plates by Marian O. Hooker and 4 by permission of the Architectural Book Publishing Company. Original blue cloth, decorated gilt cover and spine; spine gilding a bit faded; dust jacket a bit fragile, clipped of its price, with a few minor chips along the lower edge; the blue paper wrapper is a bit soiled.
First edition. Withg faults a very good copy of Katherine Hooker's travels through out of the way places in Italy. In this her third book on the subject, Mrs. Hooker and her daughter Marion record their travel with prose and photographs of the Abruzzi, Campania, Apulia, Basillicata and Calabria, bypassing the major centers and concentrating on the small hill towns and villages that had preserved the customs and traditions of 19th century Italy.
"Combinded with a sympathetic understanding of the mind of the Italian villager Mrs. Hooker has an unusually fresh and human style that sets her work apart from most books of travel."
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First edition. Withg faults a very good copy of Katherine Hooker's travels through out of the way places in Italy. In this her third book on the subject, Mrs. Hooker and her daughter Marion record their travel with prose and photographs of the Abruzzi, Campania, Apulia, Basillicata and Calabria, bypassing the major centers and concentrating on the small hill towns and villages that had preserved the customs and traditions of 19th century Italy.
"Combinded with a sympathetic understanding of the mind of the Italian villager Mrs. Hooker has an unusually fresh and human style that sets her work apart from most books of travel."
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- Bookseller
- De Simone Company, Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 923
- Title
- Through the Heel of Italy. By the Author of "Byways in Southern Tuscany" and Wayfarers in Italy
- Author
- Hooker, Katharine
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Rae D. Henkle Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Italian Books Box 2
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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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