[Rarebooks] FS: Lauri-Volpi inscribed autobiographies

[Nina W. Matheson]

For your consideration today, both in Italian :

30668. Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo.   A viso aperto.  Milano, "Corbaccio: 
dall'Oglio, editore [1953]. Dust jacket over printed wrappers. Embossed 
ownership stamp on the title-page, cheap text paper and wrapper paper 
browned and foxed, dust jacket rubbed and missing pieces along the top 
edge. First edition. Farkas / Opera and concert singers 729. A sequel to 
L'equivico. Inscribed by the author to Toino Giordani on the half-title in 
Italian and Latin, guigno 28, 1953. $60.00

30669. Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo.  L'equivoco.   Milano, Edizioni Corbaccio 
[1938]. Embossed ownership stamp on the title-page, ink names on the front 
endpaper, half-title and title-page, book-plate on the half-title, paper 
browning, wrappers chipped and missing a 2" triangular piece. First 
edition. Inscribed by Lauri-Volpi on the title-page: "Al Gr. Uff. Generale 
Giuseppe Boella devotamente G. Lauri-Volpi / XVII". Farkas / Opera and 
concert singers 731 ("...fascinating reading with a wealth of detail, not 
only about the tenor's career, but also about his fellow artists, 
impresari, and the world of opera in general for the period it covers"). 
Illustrated with photographs. $100.00

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