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Il libro annuale del lavoratore italiano in America 1927 [The Italian Labor Year Book 1927]. [New York?]: Federazione Italiana del Partito Socialista d'America, 1927.
Eugene Debs on cover, & Debs introduction ("Man, Woman and Child in the Conception of Debs"; oration of Norman Thomas; preface by Morris Hilquit, Anna Kuliscioff.
Per un governo di pace e di liberta in Italia! [For a Government of Peace and Liberty in Italy!] [New York]: L'Unità del Popolo, 1942.
"Appeal of the Italian National Front at the Underground Conference in Milan, December, 1942." L'Unità del Popolo was the Italian-language newspaper of the Communist Party U.S.A.
Un appello agli Italiani [An Appeal to Italians]. [New York]: L'Unità del Popolo, [1942.]
Text is only in Italian, unlike the "Per un governo" which is otherwise a similar pamphlet issued by the Italian Communist Party, whose newspaper was L'Unità del Popolo.
Almanacco enciclopedia italo americano 1913 [Italian American Encyclopedia Almanac for 1913]. New York: J. Personeni, 1913.
Note the advertisement on rear cover for L'Adunata dei Refrattari, not exactly consistent with the prominente press values that Personeni represented.
This otherwise general business-advertisement filled "almanac" is noteworthy for the 16-page…
La chiave dei sogni e manualetto di chiromanzia [The Key to Dreams; and Little Manual of Palmistry]. New York: Vincenzo Ciocia, 1913.
This copy bears a copyright date of 1905, in contrast to date on the cover of 1913 for printing, as well as 89 Centre Street address, rather than the earlier 79 Centre Street, thus suggesting that this is a later printing by Vincenzo Ciocia at a…
In memoria della Rev.ma Francesca Saverio Cabrini: Fondatrice e Superiora Generale delle missionarie del S. Cuore del Gesù, volata al cielo in Chicago il 22 Dicembre 1917 [In memory of the most Reverend Francesca Saverio Cabrini: Foundress and Superior General of the missions of San Cuore del Gesù, ascended into heaven in Chicago on the 22d of December, 1917]. [n.p.]: A. Bernasconi, [1918].
Mother Cabrini, later the first U.S citizen canonized by the Church (predicted here), became Saint Cabrini. She founded the Sacred Heart Missionary and also orphanages and hospitals throughout the U.S. and elsewhere. The work includes translations in…
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 his married lover, the Countess Giulia, in Rome in March 1911, when she refused to give him any more…
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 1911, when she refused to give him any more money and broke off their extra-marital relationship.…
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. only by Italian Book Co. of New-York." The work was actually published by the Casa Gennarelli,…
Almanacco Sovversivo 1916 [Subversive Almanac 1916]. New York: Nicoletti Bros Press, 1916.
After a 15-page almanac of historical events associated with each day of the year, there are essays by Luisa Migel, Pietro Gori, Joe Hill, and Clifford Howard. List of "opere" and "opuscoli" by anarchists are in the rear. Rear cover: "La Nostra…
Guida degli Stati Uniti con particolare riferimento alla opera svoltavi dagli italiani [Guide to the United States with particular reference to the works carried out by Italians]. New York: The Vigo Press, 1937.
Giovanni Schiavo, a self-taught historian, brought out many volumes of his Italian-American Who's Who, in English (unlike Flamma), from the late 1930s through as late as the 1960s. This Italian language guidebook was a departure from his usual…
La crisi sociale da Cristo a Mussolini [The Social Crisis from Christ to Mussolini]. New York: Cocce Brothers, 1933.
In this 24-page pamphlet, Lisanti praises fascism, though noting its differences from Christianity. Lisanti declares that fascism has substituted for Christ’s exhortation to “Love your neighbor as you love yourself,” the “political imperative of…
L'anima; Il diavolo e L'inferno [The Soul, the Devil and Hell]. New York: Casa ed. del Martello, 1924.
The preface by Carlo Tresca sets up the themes of the work: that believers think the soul is immortal, that there is an "eternal world" that he deems "horrible" in which believers are supposed to - according to his usual enemies, the priests - both…
Un italiano in America [An Italian in America]. Milano: Treves, ed., 1892.
This is the very hard to find first edition of this important, astute observation of the personal and collective experience of Italian immigrants in America in the very early days - Rossi arrived in New York in 1880 - of the mass migration.Rossi (b.…
Un italiano in America [An Italian in America]. Milano: Casa Editrice La Cisalpina, 1899.
This is the second edition of this work, the first one with illustrations. The first edition, published in 1892, is also in the Collection. Rossi (b. Veneto, 1857; d. Buenos Aires, 1921) was first published in America on December 13, 1880 in the…
La battaglia dell'Italia negli Stati Uniti - 1925-1926: articoli e note polemiche; con ritratto e autografo di Benito Mussolini [The Battle of Italy in the United States - 1925-1926: essays and polemical notes; with a portrait and autograph of Benito Mussolini]. New York: Il Carroccio Publ. Co., 1927.
This work consists of polemical articles (against syndicalists and other enemies of fascism) from the prior two years of Il Carroccio as publisher, not simply as printer (as in the case of De Fiori's Mussolini). De Biasi (b. Sant-Angelo dei Lombardi…
Il Carroccio (The Italian Review): rivista di coltura propaganda e difesa italiana in America. New York: Il Carroccio Publishing Co., 1915-1932.
The tone and political ideology of this long-lived magazine was always nationalistic (from inception, in 1915) and later (beginning in 1922, with the March on Rome) pro-fascist, as reflected in its largely political articles. But Il Carroccio also…
Il Carroccio (The Italian Review): rivista di coltura propaganda e difesa italiana in America, Vol. 9, No. 6. New York: Il Carroccio Publishing Co., Giugno [June] 1919.
See both the description in the 1915 volume below (Il Carroccio, Anno 1, Vol. 2, Nos. 7-12 - Agosto [August] - Dicembre [December] 1915) and in the "main entry" hyperlinked at the end (1915-1932) for Il Carroccio's history and place in Italian…
Il Carroccio (The Italian Review): rivista di coltura propaganda e difesa italiana in America, Vol. 12, No. 3. New York: Il Carroccio Publishing Co., September 1920.
See both the description in the 1915 volume below (Il Carroccio, Anno 1, Vol. 2, Nos. 7-12 - Agosto [August] - Dicembre [December] 1915) and in the "main entry" hyperlinked at the end (1915-1932) for Il Carroccio's history and place in Italian…
Il Carroccio (The Italian Review): rivista di coltura propaganda e difesa italiana in America, Anno I, Vol. II, Nos. 7-12. New York: Il Carroccio Publishing Co., Agosto [August] - Dicembre [December] 1915.
While it would appear that this second volume should contain six issues - July through December - this volume only contains five issues, beginning with August; the last issue (December) is a double issue, numbered 11-12. It is unclear if July was…
Il Carroccio (The Italian Review): rivista di coltura propaganda e difesa italiana in America, Anno 12, Vol. 23. New York: Il Carroccio Publishing Co., Gennaio [January] - Giugno [June] 1926.
This six-month period includes Eugenio C. Branchi's "Sarete mia, Laura," a novella by Nelly Valgolio, and an essay by Mussolini (Jan.); an essay by Giovanni Preziosi (Feb.); a piece by futurist theorist F. T. Marinetti, "Come nacque il Fascismo" and…
Il Carroccio (The Italian Review): rivista di coltura propaganda e difesa italiana in America, Anno 12, Vol. 24. New York: Il Carroccio Publishing Co., Luglio [July] - Dicembre [December] 1926.
See both the description in the 1915 volume below (Il Carroccio, Anno 1, Vol. 2, Nos. 7-12 - Agosto [August] - Dicembre [December] 1915) and in the "main entry" hyperlinked at the end (1915-1932) for Il Carroccio's history and place in Italian…
Il Carroccio (The Italian Review): rivista di coltura propaganda e difesa italiana in America, Anno 13, Vol. 25. New York: Il Carroccio Publishing Co., Gennaio [January] - Giugno [June] 1927.
See both the description in the 1915 volume below (Il Carroccio, Anno 1, Vol. 2, Nos. 7-12 - Agosto [August] - Dicembre [December] 1915) and in the "main entry" hyperlinked at the end (1915-1932) for Il Carroccio's history and place in Italian…
Il Carroccio (The Italian Review): rivista di coltura propaganda e difesa italiana in America, Anno 13, Vol. 26. New York: Il Carroccio Publishing Co., Luglio [July] - Dicembre [December] 1927.
See both the description in the 1915 volume below (Il Carroccio, Anno 1, Vol. 2, Nos. 7-12 - Agosto [August] - Dicembre [December] 1915) and in the "main entry" hyperlinked at the end (1915-1932) for Il Carroccio's history and place in Italian…
Il Carroccio (The Italian Review): rivista di coltura propaganda e difesa italiana in America, Anno 14, Vol. 27. New York: Il Carroccio Publishing Co., Gennaio [January] - Giugno [June] 1928.
See both the description in the 1915 volume below (Il Carroccio, Anno 1, Vol. 2, Nos. 7-12 - Agosto [August] - Dicembre [December] 1915) and in the "main entry" hyperlinked at the end (1915-1932) for Il Carroccio's history and place in Italian…