Grammatica-enciclopedia Italiana-Inglese per gli Italiani degli Stati Uniti [Italian-English grammar-encyclopedia for the Italians of the U.S.]. New York: Libreria Nuova Italia, ed. [n.d.] .
Title
Grammatica-enciclopedia Italiana-Inglese per gli Italiani degli Stati Uniti [Italian-English grammar-encyclopedia for the Italians of the U.S.]. New York: Libreria Nuova Italia, ed. [n.d.] .
Description
The cover but not the title page of this edition indicates that it is the "nuovissima edizione" - the newest edition - but there is no date inside.
The date must be sometime between 1929 and 1933: in the list of Presidents, Herbert Hoover's start date of 1929 is listed, but no end date - Hoover was replaced in 1933 by Franklin D. Roosevelt. And see the similar but dated 1949 edition, costing $2.25. The price has nearly doubled to $2.00, as indicated on the spine, which is a modest increase given the passage of time from its 1911 original publication. It has expanded from 452 to 512 pages. The extended description on the cover notes the book employs a "metodo accelerato" [accelerated method], a description used before, by De Gaudenzi's earlier such works though not by Pecorini in the earlier edition.
Note that the publisher is no longer Nicoletti Bros. Rather, it is the Libreria Nuova Italia (copyright on the verso of the title page is listed as "New Italy Book Co."). Pecorini (1881-1957) may have been the owner of the New Italy Book Company.
The cover title of the book corrects the misspelled "Enclopedia" from the 1911-1912 edition so that it correctly reads "Enciclopedia."
The date must be sometime between 1929 and 1933: in the list of Presidents, Herbert Hoover's start date of 1929 is listed, but no end date - Hoover was replaced in 1933 by Franklin D. Roosevelt. And see the similar but dated 1949 edition, costing $2.25. The price has nearly doubled to $2.00, as indicated on the spine, which is a modest increase given the passage of time from its 1911 original publication. It has expanded from 452 to 512 pages. The extended description on the cover notes the book employs a "metodo accelerato" [accelerated method], a description used before, by De Gaudenzi's earlier such works though not by Pecorini in the earlier edition.
Note that the publisher is no longer Nicoletti Bros. Rather, it is the Libreria Nuova Italia (copyright on the verso of the title page is listed as "New Italy Book Co."). Pecorini (1881-1957) may have been the owner of the New Italy Book Company.
The cover title of the book corrects the misspelled "Enclopedia" from the 1911-1912 edition so that it correctly reads "Enciclopedia."
Creator
Alberto Pecorini
Publisher
Libreria Nuova Italia
Format
19.5x14.5cm; 510 p.
Citation
Alberto Pecorini, “Grammatica-enciclopedia Italiana-Inglese per gli Italiani degli Stati Uniti [Italian-English grammar-encyclopedia for the Italians of the U.S.]. New York: Libreria Nuova Italia, ed. [n.d.] .,” Italian-Language American Imprints: The Periconi Collection, accessed April 24, 2024, https://italianamericanimprints.omeka.net/items/show/458.
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