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Advanced Italian Lessons. New York: Italian Book Company New York, 1924 (1912).This is a copy of the Third Edition of this work, 1924, first published, in 1912. Arbib-Costa (b. Livorno, 1882; active, New York, 1900–1930),…
Italian Lessons. New York: Italian Book Company New York, 1914 [copyright]."New & Revised edition. " This "new and revised edition [was] printed from new plates." (From "new plates" is the very definition of a new…
Italian Lessons. New York: Italian Book Company New York, 1914 [copyright]."Seventh Edition."It would not be until an Eighth edition in 1933, q.v. - 24 years after the original 1909 publication - that the reader would be…
Italian Lessons. New York: Italian Book Company New York, 1914 [copyright].Fifth Edition. It seems likely that this Fifth, and the Seventh Edition, q.v., date from sometime in the 1920s, but there is no evidence in the book…
La leggenda del Piave [The Legend of the Piave]. New York: Italian Book Company, 1918.Note the copyright by the Italian Book Company both on the cover and at the bottom of the first page of this sheet music: "Copyright 1918 by the…
La regina Giovanna: emozionante romanzo storico napoletano [Queen Giovanna: stirring Neapolitan historical novel]. New York: Società Libraria Italiana, [1911?]A good example of an import by the Italian Book Company; the only copies are in Italian libraries. Book ads appear on the verso of the title page for…
I sotterranei di New York [The Undergrounds of New York]. New York: Società Libraria Italiana, 1915.This novel is the 16th of 19 or 20 that Ciambelli authored over a long and productive career. Two of the others, La trovatella di Mulberry Street and…
A festa 'e muntevergene ('Mmiezo Nola): Scene carateristiche di vita Napoletana in un atto [At Holiday: Scenes Characteristic of Neapolitan Life in One Act]. Napoli: Casa ed. Ferd. Bideri, 1923.Like Femmena 'e triato, this work was an import by the Italian Book Company, which imported many works, holding copyright protection for the exclusive…
Autunno napoletano; Casa Gennarelli [Neapolitan Autumn]. New York: Italian Book Co., 1930.On the cover, at bottom, it states "Copyright 1930 by Italian Book Co. 145-147 Mulberry Street New-York| This copy can be imported in the U.S. of A.…
Bolocchi e profumi: tango [Playthings and Fragrances: tango]. Napoli: Casa ed. Musicale Tip.-Lit. F. De Luca [imported by Italian Book Co.], 1929.This sheet music, like much of this genre imported by the Italian Book Company from Italy, was published in Italy by Casa ed. Musicale Tip.-Lit. F. De…
Casanova: memorie d'avventure amorose | scritte da lui stesso | e riordinate da | Franco Bello [Casanova: memoirs of amorous adventures]. New York: Italian Book Company, 1944.The fascination of many with the “avventure amorose” of one of the great pleasure seekers and serial seducers (of the wives and daughters of important…
Dizionario moderno Italiano-Inglese, Vol. I/Modern Italian-English Dictionary, Vol. II [Facsimile]. New York: Società Libraria Italiana, 1916.At 471 pages, this Italian-English dictionary, Volume 1, is immediately followed by a Volume 2, an English-Italian one, though called "Modern…
Femmena 'e triato: scene passionali ed umoristiche di ambiente di palcoscenico [Women and the Theatre: Passionate and Humorous Scenes in the Environs of the Stage]. Napoli: Casa ed. Ferd. Bideri, 1921."Copyright 1921 by Italian Book Co. "SOCIETA LIBRARIA ITALIANA" 145-147 Mulberry St.-New York Concessionaria esclusiva per gli Stati [sic] d'America e…
Il bandito pugliese Nicola Morra, vita ed avventure, riordinate ed ampliate da A. De Martino [Nicola Morra: Bandit from Puglia. Life and adventures, reordered and expanded by A. De Martino] [Facsimile]. New York: Società Libraria Italiana, 1914.In 1896, Pasquale Ardito published in Italy Le avventure di Nicola Morra, ex bandito pugliese. There is no indication (at least in this facsimile)…
Il libro delle erbe: medicinali e magiche di A. De Martino e Umberto Fragasso, compilato su varie opere di botanica medica [Illustrated Herbarium. Medicines and Magic Potions Compiled by A. De Martino and Umberto Fragasso, based on Various Works of Botanical Medicine]. New York: Italian Book Company, 1946.This work fairly calls De Martino and Fragasso, both in subtitle and author listing, the authors by virtue of being "compilers" (from other sources)…
Italian Lessons. New York: Italian Book Company, 1933.Eighth Edition. Arbib-Costa (b. Livorno, 1882; active, New York, 1900–1930), professor of romance languages at the College of the City of New York,…
John Huss the Veracious. New York: Italian Book Co., 1939.The book opens with an adulatory preface by "Italian Book Co.," probably De Martino himself. This is one of the relatively few works published by the…
L'assassinio della contessa Trigona: ovvero, il delitto del tenente Paternò, contemporaneo romanzo intimo-passionale [The Assassination of the Contessa Trigona: or, The Crime of Lieutenant Paternò, Contemporary Intimate-Passionate Novel]. New York: Italian Book Co., 1944.See the entry for the 1912 facsimile copy of the original of this work for the full story of Vincenzo Paternò del Cugno, a Sicilian baron who killed…
L'assassinio della contessa Trigona: ovvero, il delitto del tenente Paternò, romanzo intimo-contemporaneo passionale, illustrated [The Assassination of the Contessa Trigona: or, The Crime of Lieutenant Paternò, Intimate-Contemporary Passionate Novel][Facsimile]. New York: Italian Book Company, 1912.A real life story: Vincenzo Paternò del Cugno, a Sicilian baron who was always short on money, killed his lover, the Countess Giulia, in Rome in March…
La cucina casareccia napoletana pei golosi e buongustai [Neapolitan Homecooking for Gourmands and Gourmets]. New York: Italian Book Company, 194? [sic]Printed in Raimondi, Italy, at what seems to be a school for the deaf and mute (Scuola Tip. Sordomuti); an E. Rossi (bookstore and general emporium of…
La guerra italo-austriaca 1915-1919 [The Italian-Austrian War, 1915-1919]. New York: Società Libraria Italiana, 1919.Pallavicini (b. Torino (according to Flamma) or Milan (according to Schiavo) as Pallavicini-Pirovano, 1886; d. San Francisco, 1938) began his American…
La trovatella di Mulberry Street [The Foundling of Mulberry Street]. New York: Società Libraria Italiana, 1919.Ciambelli (b. Lucca, 1862; d. New York, 1931) was the most celebrated and prodigious novelist — as many as eight novels of his were in print and for…
Mastro Bertuchello e il tesoro dei ventimiglia [Master Bertuchello and the Treasure of the 20,000]. Milano: Casa ed. "La Madonnina" di Milano, 1950.This is an Italian Book Company import: underneath the name of the Casa ed. "La Madonnina," the Milanese publisher on the cover, is the notice that…
Nix il figlio dell'Austriaco [Nix, the Austrian's Son][Facsimile]. New York: Italian Book Company, 1920.This is a complicated story of love and espionage behind the front line during the Great War, according to Durante.
Nuovissima Grammatica Accelerata: Italiana-Inglese ed Enciclopedia Popolare con Pronunzia. Divisa in 11 Parti.[Newest Accelerated Italian-English Grammar and Popular Encyclopedia, with pronunciation. Divided in 11 parts]. New York: Libreria De Martino, Inc./Italian Book Company, [post-1963].See discussion, generally, of the 1914 edition of this work. And see the additional discussion in the description of what appears to be an identical…