Search Results: Fascism from Kate Mitas, Bookseller

[Milano]: [Rizzoli & Co.], [1931]. Good. 19-1/2" x 14. [8] pp. Cream paper printed in black, burnt orange, and blue, with color lithographed illustrations throughout. Center fold line and lighter vertical crease; light foxing to outer pages; several nicks and occasional minor loss to margins; long tear to head of last leaf, progressively shorter in successive leaves; few other tears, minimally affecting text on last page; some splitting to folds. Large promotional newspaper/program for this travelling German circus, in Italy only from 1931-32. The circus featured "la sua grandiosa pantomima acqua", a grand water pantomime in which the ring was flooded with 500,000 litres of water, with fountains "whose splashes touch the top of the tent, jets of water illuminated by reflectors with the force of 2,000,000 candles, luminous waterfalls, a thousand water games complete with the entire artistic staff, with actors, singers, and international dance beauties" (our translation)."In the late 1920s, Jakob… Read More