N.B. Corners of covers slightly creased. Signed by author on half title page. 237pp.
Seafarer Books, 2007, Paperback, Book Condition: Fine, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. Signed Copy. . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

ISBN: 9780955024375

Inventory #23614

Price: £ 15.00 GBP ($ 23.70 approx. - € 18.12 approx.)

This is an informative work which analyses and brings together the two fundamental aspects of the Fascist Italian experience: its history and its ideology. The author superbly explains the background of the Fascist movement, revealing in detail its corresponding political nature; this was possible because Borsella has made Benito Mussolini part of the narrative. The reader quickly becomes aware that Fascism is the logical but chaotic brainchild of Mussolini himself a restless man in search of messianic visions to allay his own insecurities and of those of his nation. Borsella exposes other individuals who were instrumental in forming the ideological foundations of Fascism, namely Sorel, Vilfredo and Gentile. Groups like the syndicalists, interventionists, and neoconservatives influenced Italian politics long before there were American counterparts.The book's greatest strength may show how the extreme Left played vital roles in shaping Fascism, as Mussolini himself had been a devout Socialist for many years before attaining power. Vividly trumpeted as a progressive state ideology, Fascism left in its wake a destructive, repressive legacy of a dictatorship. In the final chapters, Borsella compares the modern political climate in the United States to that existing in Italy under Fascism. In his final pages, right or wrong, Borsella draws parallels that should force one to reassess the meaning of what it means to be free in today's America.157pp.
Branden Books, 2007, Paperback, Book Condition: New, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0828321558

Inventory #19130

Price: £ 10.00 GBP ($ 15.80 approx. - € 12.08 approx.)

In an extraordinary literary debut, Aldo Zargani reconstructs the lost world of his Jewish childhood during the perilous years 1938-45 when he and his family fled from Fascists and Nazis in northern Italy. His haunting memoir acquires a cinematic intensity as he crosscuts from the blood-red stone spires of Basel, where his father failed to find refuge for his family in 1939, to fiery scenes of the Allied bombing of Turin in 1942, to the freezing winter of 1943-44, which Zargani and his brother spent hidden in a Catholic boarding school deep in the countryside.326pp.
Paul Dry Books, 2002, Paperback, Book Condition: New, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0967967538

Inventory #17644

Price: £ 8.50 GBP ($ 13.43 approx. - € 10.27 approx.)

One of a numbered limited edition of 1200. Over the years many historians have written about the Bonifazi family, the first feudal family of the Holy Roman Empire in Italy, which has wielded great political power and influence. This book attempts, for the first time, to detail the chronology of the Bonifazi family, which can claim descent from Ferreolus and which has survived through the centuries since its first arrival in Italy with Charlemagne. Under the Holy Roman Empire the Bonifazi family came to dominate a huge swathe of Northern and Central Italy. This binding together of vast estates and many different interests under the influence of one family can be seen as an early attempt to unite a large part of Italy under one administration.Complete with chart in pocket at rear. N.B. Top corner of front board slightly bumped. Mark on ffep, otherwise As New.
Burke's Peerage, 1998, Half-Leather, Book Condition: Fine, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. First Edition. . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

ISBN:

Inventory #23488

Price: £ 100.00 GBP ($ 158.00 approx. - € 120.80 approx.)

Head and tail of spine and D/J spine slightly bumped. D/J slightly creased along top edge. 216pp.
George Philip Ltd, 1990, Cloth, Book Condition: Fine, Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0540012149

Inventory #21597

Price: £ 10.00 GBP ($ 15.80 approx. - € 12.08 approx.)

Slight foxing to edges of pages and end papers. D/J slightly faded.Three small closed tears to top edge of D/J. Head of D/J spine and top corner of D/J chipped. Two small closed tears to bottom edge of D/J.148pp.
Alan Wingate Ltd, 1956, Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN:

Inventory #22554

Price: £ 30.00 GBP ($ 47.40 approx. - € 36.24 approx.)

Previous owners inscription on ffep. edges of D/J slightly creased. Four small tears to edges of D/J.325pp.
George Godwin Ltd, 1976, Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

ISBN: 0711448027

Inventory #22005

Price: £ 7.50 GBP ($ 11.85 approx. - € 9.06 approx.)

The first complete history of the Altar of Peace dedicated in ancient Rome to the emperor Augustus Caesar. The monument was restored under the auspices of Benito Mussolini in 1938 to commemorate the bi-millennial birth of Augustus. It is now being refurbished in the Ara Pacis museum in Rome by the American architect Richard Meier. The author disputes the date of this monument, as well as the integrity of the reconstruction, He brings an avalanche of evidence to bear on its reassignment as a commemorative monument assembled not under the reign of Augustus but rather under that of his successor, the emperor Tiberius. The author also offers new interpretation of the iconography of the many relief sculptures that adorn the monument.234pp.Small half inch closed tear (repaired) to base of rear cover.
Fabriart Editions Ltd, 2003, Paperback, Book Condition: Fine, Jacket Condition: . . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0972557318

Inventory #13028

Price: £ 12.50 GBP ($ 19.75 approx. - € 15.10 approx.)

In this work, a collection of essays argues that the true history of Italy has been reduced to that of a "southern problem" viewed through a northern prism. The book suggests that the south was not a "backward" region, but a combination of regions in which different social and economic patterns had evolved in response to the prevailing conditions within the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. 160pp.
University of Exeter Press, 1997, Paperback, Book Condition: As New, Jacket Condition: . First Paperback Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0859895068

Inventory #11362

Price: £ 7.50 GBP ($ 11.85 approx. - € 9.06 approx.)

200pp.
Italica Press, 1996, Paperback, Book Condition: New, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0934977003

Inventory #18097

Price: £ 6.50 GBP ($ 10.27 approx. - € 7.85 approx.)