To include:

Dino Buzzati. LA FAMOSA INVASIONE DEGLI ORSI IN SICILIA. Milan-Rome: Rizzoli, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Illustrated paper boards, illustrated endpapers. 4to; 150 [6]pp. Text in Italian. Numerous b&w and color illustrations. (Boards scuffed and toned, some edgewear including small dent, front board slightly warped, spine with crease and dent at head; pages toned, with previous owner's signature on free endpaper, one page with 1/2-in. edge tear, cracking at hinge p. 98, pages overall clean, crisp, and unmarked; lacking dust jacket. Good or better/none.)

Hans Schumacher; Celestino Piatti, illus. CELESTINO PIATTI: ABC DER TIERE. Zürich and Stuttgart: Artemis Verlags, 1965. Signed first edition. Hardcover. Illustrated paper boards, cloth spine. Oblong 4to; [28]pp. Text in German. Signed by Piatti on the title page. (Boards lightly toned and scuffed, staining, with areas of grime on back board, edgewear; occasional mark, overall pages clean and crisp. Good/none.)

11 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.; 8 3/8 x 11 3/4 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

La Famosa Invasione degli Orsi in Sicilia, or The Bears' Famous Invasion of Italy is a children's book about bears who invade Sicily in search of food. The book is known for its humorous and colorful illustrations. The book was made into a critically acclaimed animated film in 2019.

Celestino Piatti (1922-2007) was a Swiss artist known for his illustrations for children's books and for his work as a designer for the German publishing house dtv Verlag.