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Almanacco Italo-Svizzero Americano Anno 1881 [Italian-Swiss American Almanac Year 1881]. San Francisco: Pub. di J. F. Fugazi, "No. 5 Montgomery Avenue, San Francisco, California," 1881.
This earliest of the almanacs (of 6 or 7) in the Collection, published in San Francisco, lacks a book catalogue in the rear that the 1894 one by the same publisher in San Francisco possesses, q.v., but there are ads for bookstores and for newspapers,…
Almanacco illustrato dell'Elvezia: dono agli abbonati del 1895 [Illustrated Almanac of the "Elvezia", a gift for its subscribers in 1895]. San Francisco: L'Elvezia, [1894].
One of the earlier of the almanacs (of about 6 or 7) in the Collection. This 1895 Italo-Svizzero Americano almanac was published in San Francisco, Pietro Magetti handwritten owner name on cover. This is the "Supplemento all'Elvezia no. 7" that…
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…
1908 Almanacco della rivoluzione [1908 Almanac of the Revolution]. Paterson: Libreria Sociologica, 1907.
In the 62 pages of this work are essays by various writers. Of particular note at the end is a 4-page catalogue of other books published by the Libreria Sociologica, a bookstore as well as publisher, which was founded in 1903 by noted anarchist Ninfa…
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…
Almanacco Sovversivo 1906-07 [Subversive Almanac 1906-1907]. Barre: Bib. Circolo Studi Sociali (ed. a cura della), 1906-1907.
Prefatory essay by Bernard Lazare; 13 pages of historical references, by date, from March 1906 through March 1907 [it says "1897"]; other essays by him, and other Italians (including Luigi Fabbri), and works translated from French and German…
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.
Strenna almanacco anno 1919 e catalogo generale della Libreria Banca Tocci [Free Almanac for the year 1919 and General Catalogue of the Banca Tocci Bookstore]. New York: Libreria Banca Tocci, 1919.
See my essay (on the site) Italian American Book Publishing and Book Selling, for a discussion of this work.C. Calvosa (of whom Durante says nothing) signed the introductory note. Francesco Tocci, perhaps deceased by 1919, was the nephew of the…