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Title: Family collection of 36 books written and, or illustrated by Valenti Angelo Author: ** Place: Various places Publisher: Date: c. 1935-1950 Description: Comprises: The Sonnets of Shakespeare. * Typophiles Chap Book. * Little Flowers of St. Francis. * Angeleno. * The Birthday of Little Jesus. * LEC Shakespeare King John * A Battle in Greece. * Chinese Love Tales. * Chinese Fairy Tales. * Sayings of Jesus. * Persian Fairy Tales. * The Light of Asia. * Peter Piper. * Man Without a Country. * Japanese Fairy Tales. * The Marble Mountain. * Welcome Christmas. * The Animal’s Christmas. * Golden Gate. * The Rooster Club. * Confessions of St. Augustine. * Leaves of Grass [Modern Library]. * Roller Skates. * Big Little Island. * The Long Christmas. * A Battle in Washington Square. * The Song of Hiawatha. * The Splendid Gift. * Nino. * The Three Musketeers. * Look Out Yonder. * Hill of Little Miracles. * Paradise Valley. * The Bells of Bleeker Street. * The Candy Basket. * America. * The Tragedy of Hamlet. * The Honey Boat. Plus two copies of American Artist magazine with Angelo covers and one illuminated print. All first editions, of the 36, 27 of them are inscribed to either his mother and father, his mother, his brother or his niece in the year of publication, 3 are signed only and 6 are unsigned. If the jackets were replaced, it would be hard to imagine a more important collection of Valenti Angelo titles, with wonderful personal inscriptions to his family, some to his elderly parents in his native Italian. Lot Amendments Condition: Many of the jackets are badly torn, and some slipcases are broken; volumes generally in very good to fine condition. Sold not subject to return. Item number: 199192