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Segretario amoroso italiano-inglese [Romantic Secretary (Italian-English)]. New York: Italian Book Company, 1945.
The "secretary" like this one, filled with "model" business and social letters in both Italian and English, was surely a best seller for the Italian Book Company - Società Libraria Italiana: witness the variety of such works just by the IBC alone.…
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 things Italian, then located at 191 Grand St.) stamp on title page, just above the publisher's…
137 racconti per dilettare e guidare gli italo-americani sulla via del bene: consigli, indovinelli, brindisi, proverbi [137 Tales to Delight and Guide Italian Americans on the Road to Happiness: Words of Advice, Riddles, Toasts, Proverbs]. Pittsburgh: Tip. De "La Stella di Pittsburgh," [n.d.]
There is no indication of authorship, no date of publication, or publisher, just the printer, namely, the Tipografia de "La Stella di Pittsburgh." I do not find it on OCLC or in the Italian library system.This copy was a gift to me from distinguished…
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…
Guida alla salute: Il come prevenire le malattie, come curarle, come riguadagnare la salute, estesa descrizione delle cause, sintomi, e trattamento di tutte le malattie del corpo umano con un capitolo sul matrimonio e la vita sessuale [Guide to Health: How to anticipate illnesses, how to treat them, how to regain health, extensive description of the causes, symptoms, and treatment of all illnesses of the human body with a chapter on marriage and sexual life]. New York: Italian American Directory Co., 1904.
Collins, working in Liverpool, was a physician and quack. An issue of The Medical Standard dated 1896 announces his medical residency in Hicksville, NY. Later, he appears to have been fined $150 for advertising his medical practice without first…
