Viva Il Duce: 23 Marzo, La Rivista Illustrata del Popolo d'Italia

Milan: NP, 1939. Hardcover. vg. Ex-library. Folio. Unpaginated. Late library cloth with gilt lettering and catalog number on spine. Red page edges. Retaining bookplate of the Leeds library. Small unobtrusive library stamps on lower corners of lithographic plates. Original illustrated wrappers are bound in at the front and rear. Striking account of Benito Mussolini and the fascist movement and its history in Italy. Published to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the fascist party. Profusely illustrated with full page and in-text b/w reproductions of photographs as well as full page reproductions of color paintings on stiff paper by Mario (truncated) Sironi. Manlio Morgagni was director and president of the Stefani Agency and was a close friend of Mussolini's. Text in Italian. Minor rubbing and scuffing to boards. Corners rubbed. Small parts of fore-edge on five leaves repaired with white tape. Tight copy in very good condition. Scarce. (Inventory #: 13397)