The Italian Bookshop Among the Vines: An absolutely gripping and heartbreaking WW2 historical novel, inspired by true events

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An attractive set of Tasso's poetic masterpiece, in a pleasing contemporary miniature binding featuring intricately designed lyre tools on the covers and spines. A scarce and substantial set of this attractively produced series, presenting in facsimile the original editions that shaped the history of accounting within the period 1543-1831; these copies formerly in the possession of the editor, Basil Selig Yamey, with his reading notes. This was a beautifully written and deeply moving novel about a very difficult period in Italian history. The only edition with the main text printed entirely in Gothic type of four rare editions published about the same time without date and printer.

Della moneta was penned in response to the monetary crisis that hit the Kingdom of Naples after the 1748 Peac. This is not an easy story to read due to the graphic scenes depicted of suffering and death; yet there are also tremendously enchanting scenes of the countryside of Italy, the towns, the beaches, the flowers; even though there is war, there is beauty to be found. Many WWII historical novels are described as "heartbreaking" but the description proves to be hyperbolic.First edition, presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper verso: "Dono dell'Autore Ab[a]. The firm focuses on literature and art of the twentieth century, with particular reference to the original editions, art books, illustrated books, art catalogs, photography and original graphic art. Some 500 years ago Sandro Botticelli was commissioned by a member of the Medici family to illustrate all 100 cantos of The Divine Comedy.

We are specialists in early printed books, first editions, popular prints and decorated papers; Latin America, bibliography, English, French and Spanish books. The three maps show de facto and indefinite boundaries on the Arabian Peninsula, in Aden, and in Muscat and Oman. Our rich and varied offer is constantly evolving, in fact we offer about 1,000 new items every month; We therefore invite you to visit us frequently and to include us among your favorite sellers so as to always be updated on news and promotions! Set during the final months of the First Crusade, the plot follows the adventures of the Christian leader Godfrey of Bouillon, intertwined with the romantic encounters between Christians a.Fairly well represented in libraries, this work is uncommon in commerce, with only two copies traced at auction. The characters were likable and their pain and suffering were palpable and the story was seamlessly told all of which makes this an excellent first novel.