Parallel to the meteoric rise of Adolf Hater is the astonishing career of Benito Mussolini, Italy's great Dictator. The gripping narrative told by himself of his humble beginnings, his activities as a socialist and a soldier in the Great War, his subsequent rapid accession to poser, provides a most interesting comparison to his counterpart beyond the Brenner Pass. It is a book that is historically valuable, giving us, as it does, intimate pictures of Fascism in theory and Practice.
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Parallel to the meteoric rise of Adolf Hater is the astonishing career of Benito Mussolini, Italy's great Dictator. The gripping narrative told by himself of his humble beginnings, his activities as a socialist and a soldier in the Great War, his subsequent rapid accession to poser, provides a most interesting comparison to his counterpart beyond the Brenner Pass. It is a book that is historically valuable, giving us, as it does, intimate pictures of Fascism in theory and Practice.
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Seller's Description:
Good. 2013. Paperback. Clean copy in cloth covers with gilt title to spine. Covers well worn and showing some age. Previous owner's stamp to ffep. No dust wrapper. Some wear to binding but remains a good copy.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Seller's Description:
Fair. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback rebound by library. Well read copy with some spine wear but still useable, colouring of page edges due to age. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
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Good. No dustjacket as issued. Size: 0x0x0; Binding shelf worn with scuffs & light soiling. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Tanning on pastedowns & endpapers. Front hinge loose. Pages toning with age, otherwise text and images unmarked.
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8vo, pp. 318. Illustrated with photographs. Admiring foreword by Richard Washburn Child, one-time U.S. ambassador to Italy. One hinge tender, owner's bookplate on pastedown and signature on flyleaf, a one-inch tear at top of spine, o/w VG.
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Acceptable. 318pp. An ex-library copy with the typical stamps and markings. Bright pages are unmarked. Teal cloth boards are pointed with sticker residue on surfaces. Binding is tight and lightly canted. Lacks a jacket. Mild foxing on endpages and text-block.
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Fair. 22 cm, 318, illus., index, boards worn and soiled, front board weak, some margin damage at index, pages roughly cut. This memoir of the Italian Fascist leader details his early life, his rise to power, and his thoughts on Fascism in theory and practice. Not quite Mein Kampf, but a significant work on the personality and politics of one of the fathers of Fascism. Richard Washburn Child, who also wrote a Foreword to this work, was formerly ambassador to Italy.
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Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes Good hardcover, no dust jacket. Prior owner's name on front pastedown, front free endpaper excised. Newspaper clipping ghost on half-title page. Frontispiece detached, laid in, some creasing and edgewear. Otherwise, good with clean pages.
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Near Fine. No Jacket. The Duce's approved version of his life, from a time prior to his alliance with Hitler; serving as a good reminder of the world's flirtation with fascism prior to World War II. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition, which is now uncommon. The Foreward is by Richard Washburn Child (1881-1935), former Ambassador to Italy, who was on Mussolini's payroll and probably is the true author. Bright green cloth binding with gilt lettering and the fasces on the front panel. Bright and clean text; 318 pages, indexed. Mildly bumped and the edges a bit tanned, else Fine. No dustjacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
