Search Results: Titles starting with I from Bibliope by Calvello Books

Napoli: Guida, 1985. Paperback. Near fine(-) to very good(++0 with minor external wear and personal owner name.. Volume two only (of two); 494 p. + 23 p of b&w illus at rear, bibl. notes. In Italian. Uncommon. Volume 2 only. Series: Acta neapolitana, 3. / Spanish-Itlian realtions in 18th century. Espagne -- 18e siècle. Naples (Royaume) -- 1734-1816.

Milano: Rizzoli, 1976. 1st ed (stated). hardcover. Near fine with faint wear to boards and edges in a near fine slightly edge-worn slipcase. A faint stain to front board, back board edge very slightly chaffed or nibbled; else a bright and crisp copy. Dark blue octavo cloth spine, white boards, gilded type in illustrated gold slipcase; 389 pages. In Italian. Uncommon in such a nice slipcase.

New York: Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2006. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Very slightly worn DJ, top corners gently rubbed, faint wear to spine head & foot, bright pages; binding is tight. Very good+ to near fine(-) in near fine DJ.. Octavo in white DJ; 218 p, [8] p of plates, color and b&w illus ; 22 cm. Inscribed and signed by author. || A memoir by the iconic comedian, inspired by his 2003 imprisonment, describes how the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration attempted to make an example of him when they convicted him of supporting terrorist interests through his marijuana use. || Prisoners -- United States -- Biography; Drugs.

Walnut Creek, Calif: Sufism Reoriented, 2001. First ed., fifith printing. Paperback. Fine and unread with tiny barely noticed bump to bottom corner. Very crisp.. xvii, 161 pages ; 26 cm. "Renderings" based on the English translation of Hafiz by H. Wilberforce Clarke; bibliographical references (pages 157-159). Attractive cover illustration by Diane Cobb absent from later editions. Contents: You are with the friend now -- A divine invitation -- You don't have to act crazy anymore -- We should talk about this problem -- And applaud -- Manic screaming -- My brilliant image -- Cast all your votes for dancing -- Come to my house -- What happens -- Someone who can kiss God -- Would you think it odd? -- Someone calls your name -- The jeweler -- Saints bowling in the mountains -- Exquisitely woven -- The moon is also busy -- We all sit in God's classroom -- For a while -- Why carry? -- Someone should start laughing -- A golden compass -- Zero -- Circles -- The great secret -- Wayfarer -- Of course things… Read More

[San Francisco]: Telegraph Hill Gallery, N.D.. Paperback. Near fine. Oblong quarto in black color illus wraps; 48p, chielfy color and b&w reproductions of the artist's work. Perfect bound. Unnumbered exemplar of a stated edition of 200 copies. Scarce. No copies located in WorldCat. / Vietnamese-American Artists. Mixed media. Paper art; sculpture.

Messina: Cristo Re, 1945. First. Paperback. About near fine(-) to very good(++) with nominal shelf-wear and toning. Some foxing within. Binding is tight.. Quarto in printed stiff grey card wraps; 205 p. : numerous b&w photoplates ; 21 cm. In Italian. Very scarce. With lengthy inscription by the author to title page. No copies located in WorldCat. Only seven copies located in Italy's ICCU (Instituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico). / Italian Army in Libya. Desert Warfare. North Africa. World War Two.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999. 1st ed, 2nd printing (number line). Hardcover. Lovely copy; fine in fine jacket/Fine. 1 v. (unpaged): ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. Contents: The foolish forest sprite -- The deceitful heron -- The monkey and the crocodile -- The flight of the beasts -- The wise dove -- Three friends in a forest. A retelling of six Jatakas, or birth stories, which illustrate some of the central tenets of Buddha's teachings, such as compassion, honesty, and thinking clearly before acting. Jataka stories. Jataka stories, English. Jataka stories -- Juvenile. jātakas. Jataka stories. Paraphrases. Jataka stories. Jātakas. Title Subject: Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Khuddakanikāya. Jātaka -- Paraphrases, English. Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Khuddakanikāya. Jātaka. Class.

Milano: Mondadori, 1978. Seventh printing in Italian. Paperback. Very fine, near mint and unread copy with very faintest signs of edge-wear. Scarce thus.. Small octavo (large pocketbook) in predominanlty green but full color illus front wrap (white spine); 222p. Italian translation of Pastures of Heaven by Elio Vittorini.

(Milano): Arnoldo Mondadori, 1985. Presumably the first Italian edition. Paperback. A Very Fine unread copy with clearance price stickers to front wrapper. Wee bit of edge-wear; else As New.. Octavo in color illus wrappers; 286 pp; adverts to front and rear wrapper versos. Italian version of: Robots of Dawn. Uncommon. Part of Mondadori's URANIA series science fiction titles. Science Fiction literature in translation.

New York: Macmilla, 1972. First ed., first printign (full number line). Hardcover. Fine in near fine jacket. Please see photos. Now housed in archival mylar sleeve./near fine. Oblong quarto in pale blue color-illus jacket; 33 unnumbered pages color illustrations 21 x 26 cm, Library binding. "In this old rhyme the captain (a duck) and his sailors (white mice) go to sea in their ship full of pretty things." / Nursery rhymes. Picture books. Nursery rhymes. Comptines. Livres d'images. nursery rhymes. picture books. Nursery rhymes. Picture books.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1953. Hardcover. Very good(+) copy in a good jacket with open tear to rear upper edge as well as minor edge-wear and small chips. Jacket housed in archival mylar./Good. Tall slightly narrow quarto in black cloth and black jacket; 118 pages ; 24 cm. "List of readings"-Page 116-118. The Charles Eliot Norton lectures; 1952-1953; Variation: Charles Eliot Norton lectures; 1952-1953. [series]. Autobiographical sketches. Poètes américains -- 20e siècle -- Biographies. Poets, American. Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 Biographies.

Chicago: Childrens Press, 1957. Hardcover. Near fine copy. Edges of boards are lightly soiled; lightly bumped head and tail of spine; else tight copy; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks, creases and foxing; binding is tight. A gently used copy copy of a charming children's tale.. Quarto in white boards in color illus.; illus. (some colors); [32] pp., 25 cm. In English. Abstract: "After an informative school day, Mary decides she will be a teacher when she grows up."

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Slightly cocked; minor wear to board tips; else tight and clean. No jacket.. Quarto in polished dark grey-blue cloth; x, 333, [1] pages 25 cm. Map on lining-papers. Inscribed "Warmest arctic wishes" by the author. "Ruth Gruber (1911 - 2016) was an American journalist, photographer, writer, humanitarian, and United States government official. Born in Brooklyn to Russian Jewish immigrants, she was encouraged to pursue her dream of becoming a writer. At age 20, she received a doctorate from the University of Cologne in Germany, which was awarded for her dissertation -- in German -- on Virginia Woolf. In the 1930s, she established herself as a journalist writing about women under fascism and communism, traveling as far as the Soviet Arctic. She also served two years in Alaska as a field representative of the U.S. Department of the Interior. As World War II raged in Europe, she turned her attention to the crisis of Jewish refugees: acting on… Read More

Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1991. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely gently rubbed corners, bright pages in tight binding, very gentle rubbing to DJ corners and edges, extremely light soiling to DJ, else Near Fine(+) in Near Fine(+) DJ.. Octavo in black DJ, x, 172 pages, b&w illustrations ; 24 cm. Lakota Indians -- Biography. || Sitting Bull, 1831-1890. || Series: University of Utah publications in the American West, volume 25. || What happened to the Sioux after the Little Bighorn. Illustrates how two countries, the United States and Canada, struggled to control their potentially explosive common border. || Contents: Peace is much more fatal to Indians than war : initial military operations in eastern Montana, 1876-1877 -- In another world, white men, but different from any I ever saw before : the Sioux seek asylum in the northwest Territories, winter 1877 -- A dangerous precedent : the Canadian Minister of the Interior… Read More

Torino: Editrice Torinese, 1944. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Gentle rubbing to corners, extremely faint wear to spine head & foot, mild edge-wear, black ink ownership signature to title page, else very good.. Grey-cloth duodecimo; 182 p; 16 cm. In Italian. || Novel. Translation of : The Cossacks.

New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1996. First Owl Books Edition. Paperback. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely gently rubbed corners, extremely light soiling to covers, mostly to front cover, price sticker to front free endpaper, bright pages, tight binding, else Near Fine(-).. White-blue octavo, xii, 113 pages, b&w illustrations ; 21 cm. Brothers and sisters, Sibling rivalry, Adulthood -- Psychological aspects. || Out of print.

Milano: Cooperativa del libro popolare, 1954. First Italian edition. Hardcover. End papers mildy foxed; fore-edge of approx. ten pages chafed; else tight and very good in a very good gently spine-sunned dust jacket. Owner name and date in pen to title page.. Octavo in red printed DJ; xxvi, 177 p. ; 8. Italian translation of: Tage der Kommune. Series: La Giraffa, vol. 5. || Paris (France) -- History -- Commune, 1871 -- Drama.

San Luis Obispo, Ca: Solo Press, 1975. 1st ed. Paperback. A near fine+ crisp copy with a very slight crease to bottom corner front wrap; small crease to top corner of last several pages. Stapled and illustrated stiff wraps; brown and black large quarto; 69 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. Uncommon. Inscribed by poet Chana Bloch. Includes four poems by Marge Piercy as well as work by Beverly Dahlen, Shirley Kaufman, Maxine Kunin, Diana O'Hehir, Linda Pastan, Sonia Sanchez, Lynn Strongin and about nine others. || American poetry -- Women authors. American poetry -- Women authors. "This project is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C."

New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1994. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, sunning to spine, single ink line to Acknowledgement page, crossed out corrections to page numbers, else Very Good(+) to Near Fine(-).. Red octavo, x, 255 pages, b&w illustrations ; 21 cm. American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. || In I Know What the Red Clay Looks Like, Rebecca Carroll skillfully interviews fifteen black women writers. Carroll includes both major, established writers such as Gloria Naylor, Rita Dove, and Nikki Giovanni, and newer, emerging writers like Tina McElroy Ansa and Lorene Cary. With eloquence, candor, and a strong sense of sisterhood, these women tell their stories. Each interview is accompanied by an excerpt from the author's work, introducing readers to the variety and richness of their work. || Contents: Davida Adedjouma -- Tina McElroy Ansa -- Lorene Cary -- Pearl Cleage -- J. California Cooper -- Rita… Read More

Milano: Instituto editoriale italiano. Hardcover. Near Fine with extremely light foxing to edges (barely noteiced); else tight and clean with previous personal owner signature.. Two octavo volumes in orange cloth with gilt titles to fronts and spins;, frontis, 291 & 357p, indices; illus. ;19 cm. "Nota biografica ai ricordi di Massimo d'Azeglio scritta da Malteo Ricci" v. 2, p. 335-[349]. No date of publication given, but probably 1920s-1930s. In Italian. Series: Classici italiani,; serie II, volumes XXXII & XXXIII. || Italy -- History -- 1848-1870. Italy -- Politics and government -- 1849-1870. Italy -- History -- 1815-1870.