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1987rif. 74409Museum. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English. 48 pp. With 15 ills. 3 col. . 26 x 18 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1987. Museum paperback
1983rif. 66181Luis Gonzalez-Robles and Jose M. Losada. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in English. 72 pp. With 98 ills. 16 col. . 29 x 23 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1983. Luis Gonzalez-Robles and Jose M. Losada paperback
1937rif. SPANISHC002314Left Review London. 1937. First edition. Royal octavo. 24 pages. Wrappers. A publication arising from a letter signed by twelve European writers prominent in Europe including Aragon W.H. Auden Nancy Cunard Heinrich Mann Pablo Neruda Ramon Sender Tristan Tzara etc. The letter was addressed to the writers of England Scotland Ireland and Wales and asked whether they were for or against the government of Republican Spain. Somehow Ezra Pound got involved he was neutral in a combative kind of way: ''Spain is an emotional luxury to a gang of sap-headed dilettantes''. The majority of responses were in favour and these include messages from Samuel Beckett ''�Up the Republic!'' - almost the shortest contribution Kay Boyle Thomas Burke Cyril Connolly Aleister Crowley C. Day Lewis Liam O'Flaherty Ford Madox Ford David Gascoyne Victor Gollancz Laurence Housman Aldous Huxley C.L.R. James Arthur Koestler John Lehmann Rose Macaulay ''AGAINST FRANCO'' - the shortest contribution Hugh Macdiarmid Louis MacNeice John Middleton Murry Sylvia Pankhurst V.S. Pritchett Herbert Read Olaf Stapledon Sylvia Townsend Warner Clough Williams-Ellis etc etc. In the neutral camp were Vera Brittain Robert Byron T.S. Eliot H.G. Wells V. Sackville-West etc. Only five messages are in the ''Against'' section including ones from Edmund Blunden Arthur Machen and Evelyn Waugh. The following year a similar exercise was carried out in America where 418 writers gave their opinions. This pamphlet has also been the inspiration for questionnaires on the Vietnam War and even the Falklands War.Foxing mostly light on almost every page. Covers lightly stained. Spine starting to split. Good. Left Review, London. unknown
1869In -folio, 2 voll., pp. (4), VIII, 1-224, (2), 223-244, 70 tavv. a colori; (4), XLIX, 464, tela con tassello e titolo al dorso. Sontuosa edizione completa di 70 litografie che riproducono, a colori, il cosiddetto “Codice Troano”, uno dei pochi manoscritti superstiti della lingua maya. Si tratta di uno dei primi cospicui tentativi di decodificare la scrittura della civiltà precolombiana: Brasseur (1814-1874) vi si dedicò per oltre cinque anni con passione, diligenza e competenza ma, purtroppo, partendo dallo sbagliato presupposto che i codici riproducessero un alfabeto fonetico, convinzione che derivava da un metodo cinquecentesco messo a punto da Diego de Landa, monaco spagnolo che sarebbe diventato vescovo dello Yucatàn. La tavola comparativa tra alfabeto latino e caratteri maya era inaffidabile. In base alla decrittazione di questo codice, fra l’altro, si ipotizzò la suggestiva descrizione del continente perduto di Mu, mitica terra collocata nel Pacifico. Il lavoro di Brasseur avrebbe avuto un corso scientifico molto limitato, e la sua teoria fu smentita entro la fine del secolo, ma una serie di miti costruiti sulle sue presunte scoperte, fra tutti proprio quello della terra di Mu, hanno avuto corso fino a oggi in ambito parascientifico e in numerose suggestioni letterarie. La pubblicazione fa parte di una serie di opere commissionate da Napoleone III (“Mission scientifique au Méxique”) intese allo studio del Sud America. A luxury edition, complete of 70 lythographies reproducing, in colors, the so said “Troano codex”, one of the few manuscripts survived to Maya civilization’s destruction. This is one of the first attempts to decipher their writing: Brasseur (1814-1874) studied the matter for five years but he was wrongly convinced that the codex was reproducing a phonetic alphabet. The myth of “Mu” land results from this erroneus interpretation. The publication is part of a collection of works about South America commissioned by Napoleon the III.
rif. a-now-infamous-photo-afteHarman B/W Digital Fibre. Limitation of only 20 of each size. First ever printing. Hand numbered. Spanish Tony Media estate stamp to verso. Spanish Tony Sanchez facsimile signature to bottom right recto. Taken 1972 printed 2024. All prices are unframed. If you would like your print to be framed do get in touch. unknown
19334 vols., 8vo., First Edition (one volume a Second Impression), with 4 portrait frontispieces, and numerous plates, facsimiles, maps and plans, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper of first volume; original maroon buckram, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, a very good, bright, crisp, clean set in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. Volume I is a second impression published in the same month as the first edition. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Cohen A97.2(I-IV).a, Woods/ICS A40(aa).
1811rif. 905505London: Printed For Lackington Allen And Co; F.C. & J Rivington; Longman Hurst And Co Cadell And Davies; J. Mawman; Vernon Hood & Sharpe; E Jeffery R.H. Evans ; And Gale And Curtis. 1811 Four Full Leather Bound Volumes In Very Good Condition. Each Volume Has An Unobtrusive Previous Owner's Stamp Front And Rear The Stamp Is Very Faint Watered Down Ink And Sometimes Is Hard To See. The Are No Other Marks Than These. Volume One Shows A Little Foxing On The Title Page As A Result Of The Frontispiece Which Does Not Appear To Have Been Tissue Protected. Each Volume Is Tight And Solid Original Bindings Vol 1 & 2 Have The Pace Ribbon Still Intact Volume 3'S Ribbon Is Missing And Vol 4 Has The Ribbon But No Longer Attached. Each Volume Has Decorative Watermarked Eps. Solid Brown Leather Boards With Some Age Marks On All And A Small Scuff To The Vol 1 Rear Board. Some Rubbing To Board Edges . Fine Line Gilt Border Still Bright On All Volumes. 4 Banded Spines Still Solid However The Gilt Though Still Visible Is Faded And The Stamped Titles Have No Remaining Gilt. Hardly Any Wear To Spine Ends. Watermarked Block Edges With Gilt Decorative Design On All Board Edges Still Present. A Delightful Collectors Set Printed For Lackington, Allen And Co; F.C. & J Rivington; Longman Hurst And Co, Cadell And Davies; J. Mawman; Vernon, H hardcover
1637rif. ABC_50143Madrid: Juan Sanchez 1637. Disbound. Folio 21 x 29.2 cm. With a woodcut decorated initial. Interesting account in Spanish of two captures and defeats that the Lord Marquis of Floresdavila of His Majesty's Council of War and his Governor and Captain General in those parts had in different Berber villages on the borders of Oran.The "Marquis of Floresdavila" is Antonio Zúñiga y de la Cueva ca. 1590-1652 who was the second Marquis of Flores DAvila General of the Galleys of Naples and Sicily Governor of Oran and Mersw-el-Kébir and of the County od Rousillon and member of the War Council of King Philip IV. Antonio Zúñiga was accompanied during the execution of these very bloody battles by Father Juan Ponce de Léon a 17th-century Spanish presbyter who served as an official "qualifer" calificador of the Holy Office the Spanish Inquisition. The first battle was on 17 November 1636 and following days the other on 5 February 1637 both were bloody and many Muslims and enslaved people were killed. The result was the definitive subjugation of these regions around Oran to the throne of Spain which had not seen a Spaniard before.The pamphlet was printed by Juan Sánchez Frexeneda also known as Juan Sánchez de la Frexeneda a prominent 17th-century Spanish printer and typographer based in Madrid. He operated one of the active printing workshops in Madrid during the Spanish Golden Age active from roughly 1613 until his death in 1639. His press distributed current event broadsheets "Vendese en casa de Esperança Franciscea frontero del Colegio de Atocha" is printed on p. 1.With near- contemporary manuscript foliation in the upper outer corners of the leaves "148-151". Somewhat foxed the edges of the leaves are frayed. Juan Sanchez, unknown
1990The best monograph on the work of this modern Catalan artist (1912-1999), profusely illustrated in color. WITH A SIGNED COLOR SELF-PORTRAIT IN PROFILE BY THE ARTIST ON THE TITLE-PAGE. Large 4to. Original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, LIKE NEW.
1966Three volumes, complete. ALL THREE VOLUMES ARE SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS. GOYTISOLO RARELY SIGNS BOOKS, AND THIS SET MAY BE THE ONLY COMPLETE SIGNED SET EVER OFFERED FOR SALE. This trilogy established Goytisolo as a major modern writer and remains his greatest accomplishment. SeÒas de identidad was published in Mexico City in 1966 in an edition of 4100 numbered copies. Don Julian was published in 1970, also in Mexico City, in an edition of 5000 numbered copies. Juan sin tierra was published in 1975 in Goytisolo's native Barcelona. 8vo. First two volumes near fine in publisher's cloth, with very good djs. Third volume very good in publisher's wraps. SeÒas de identidad signed by Goytisolo on half-title, with prior owner's signature on front free endpaper. ReivindicaciÛn signed and inscribed by Goytisolo on front free endpaper. Juan sin tierra signed by Goytisolo on title-page, with prior owner's signature underneath. ALL THREE VOLUMES WERE SIGNED IN TANGIER IN AUGUST, 2013. Included with this set: a great digital photograph of Goytisolo signing the the books.
1793rif. 000703Paris Defer de Maisonneuve 1793
1970rif. 022883New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1970 Stated first edition American first printing without the number line on bottom back page in the second issue dust jacket lacking the exclamation mark at the end of the first paragraph on the front flap. A tiny bump to bottom back corner and light rubbing to spine ends and corners else book in fine condition; dust jacket with a short closed tear/crease to bottom back edge near the flap-fold a short closed tear/crease to foot of back spine fold a tiny closed tear to upper front flap and minor rubbing to extremities. Harper & Row, Publishers hardcover
1800rif. 54439London:: Printed For J. Wright Piccadilly By John Dean 1800. 1800. First edition in English. 4to. Translated from the original Spanish by Maurice Keatinge. Leather and boards viii 514 1 pp. frontispiece map preface. One of the most important firsthand accounts of the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Written by Bernardo Diaz del Castillo a foot soldier who served under Hernan Cortes during the expedition that led to the fall of the Aztec Empire. The book covers the expedition from Cuba to Mexico in 1519; first encounters with Indigenous peoples along the Gulf Coast; the alliance with the Tlaxcalans; the march to Tenochtitlan; meetings between Cortes and Moctezuma II; the uprising in Tenochtitlan and the retreat known as the La Noche Triste; the siege and fall of Tenochtitlan in 1521; etc. The book provides detailed descriptions of Indigenous cities markets and customs; military operations and logistics; relationships among Spanish commanders; daily life of common soldiers; the cultural shock experienced by Europeans encountering Mesoamerican civilization; etc. Encyclopedia Britannica: "Bernal Diaz del Castillo 1495 – 1584 was a Spanish soldier and author who took part in the conquest of the Aztec nation. Diaz's account is written in an unassuming colloquial style and has both historical and artistic value." A.S.W. Rosenstock 19 #193: "All the later histories of America have acknowledged their debt to Bernal Diaz and his work has been acclaimed one of the most valuable source books of the period." The author was an original member of Cortez’s expedition to conquer the Aztec nation. He was involved in the initial planning stages all the way to its culmination. One of the most important sources on the conquest of the Aztec Empire and Mexico. The original leather spine label is missing but a new leather label approximating the original has been placed inside this copy. Retains the original leather boards which exhibit perimeter wear. Internally there are repairs to the hinges with some toning of the text but remarkably free of foxing. In all a very good copy. Printed For J. Wright, Piccadilly, By John Dean, 1800. hardcover
1898rif. 231301898. Spanish-American War stereoview archive circa 1898-1899 documenting how the war was pictured through mass-produced photographic views that followed U.S. mobilization battlefield action occupation and military life across both Cuba and the Philippines. These stereoviews preserves the visual system by which the war was circulated to American audiences showcasing camp organization troop movement burial hospital care naval power and overseas deployment. Particularly notable is the archive's coverage of the Rough Riders the Santiago campaign in Cuba and U.S. presence in Manila and Malate showing how stereoview photography helped normalize the war's expansion from anti-Spanish conflict into a broader American imperial presence. Archive of 21 stereoviews Various publishers. Spanish-American War stereoview archive. Cuba the Philippines and the United States circa 1898-1899. each measuring 3" x 7". The views are drawn from multiple phases and theaters of the war including camp and drill scenes in the United States embarkation and troop arrivals at Tampa battlefield and occupation imagery from Cuba and extensive and some grisly scenes from Manila and surrounding areas in the Philippines. Captions and images show soldiers in formation cavalry drill military reviews naval artillery hospital interiors encampments burial grounds and troops in active position. Cuban views include Morro Castle after bombardment dead and wounded on the battlefield of Santiago U.S. soldiers preparing to invade Cuba and troops dining near Cabañas Fortress. Philippine views include a departure for Manila American pickets routing a Filipino reconnoitering party the 18th Infantry engaged by Filipino outposts volunteers awaiting orders under the tropical sun Army Hospital Manila and "Our Boys in Camp at Malate P.I." One stereoview identifies Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the mobilization phase linking the archive to one of the war's most publicly mythologized units. As a group the stereoviews demonstrate the process by which the Spanish-American War was framed not simply as a short military victory over Spain but as a sustained structure of U.S. troop deployment and occupation extending from Cuba into the Philippines. The Manila and Malate scenes are especially important in this regard since they place American soldiers within the opening phase of the Philippine conflict where U.S. military presence quickly moved beyond liberation rhetoric into imperial control. The archive's mixture of battlefield casualties camp routine naval spectacle and celebratory review scenes shows how stereoscopic publishing converted war into a domestic viewing experience while reinforcing the legitimacy of American expansion abroad. Wear to mounts some toning; overall very good condition. A strong cross-theater visual archive of the Spanish-American War and the emergence of U.S. imperial power in Cuba and the Philippines. unknown
1898rif. 231301898. Spanish-American War stereoview archive circa 1898-1899 documenting how the war was pictured through mass-produced photographic views that followed U.S. mobilization battlefield action occupation and military life across both Cuba and the Philippines. These stereoviews preserves the visual system by which the war was circulated to American audiences showcasing camp organization troop movement burial hospital care naval power and overseas deployment. Particularly notable is the archive's coverage of the Rough Riders the Santiago campaign in Cuba and U.S. presence in Manila and Malate showing how stereoview photography helped normalize the war's expansion from anti-Spanish conflict into a broader American imperial presence. Archive of 21 stereoviews Various publishers. Spanish-American War stereoview archive. Cuba the Philippines and the United States circa 1898-1899. each measuring 3" x 7". The views are drawn from multiple phases and theaters of the war including camp and drill scenes in the United States embarkation and troop arrivals at Tampa battlefield and occupation imagery from Cuba and extensive and some grisly scenes from Manila and surrounding areas in the Philippines. Captions and images show soldiers in formation cavalry drill military reviews naval artillery hospital interiors encampments burial grounds and troops in active position. Cuban views include Morro Castle after bombardment dead and wounded on the battlefield of Santiago U.S. soldiers preparing to invade Cuba and troops dining near Cabañas Fortress. Philippine views include a departure for Manila American pickets routing a Filipino reconnoitering party the 18th Infantry engaged by Filipino outposts volunteers awaiting orders under the tropical sun Army Hospital Manila and "Our Boys in Camp at Malate P.I." One stereoview identifies Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the mobilization phase linking the archive to one of the war's most publicly mythologized units. As a group the stereoviews demonstrate the process by which the Spanish-American War was framed not simply as a short military victory over Spain but as a sustained structure of U.S. troop deployment and occupation extending from Cuba into the Philippines. The Manila and Malate scenes are especially important in this regard since they place American soldiers within the opening phase of the Philippine conflict where U.S. military presence quickly moved beyond liberation rhetoric into imperial control. The archive's mixture of battlefield casualties camp routine naval spectacle and celebratory review scenes shows how stereoscopic publishing converted war into a domestic viewing experience while reinforcing the legitimacy of American expansion abroad. Wear to mounts some toning; overall very good condition. A strong cross-theater visual archive of the Spanish-American War and the emergence of U.S. imperial power in Cuba and the Philippines. unknown books
1934rif. 52881London: H.R.G. Jefferson et al 1934-1939. NOTE: Other identified publishers all London include: Unthanks Bookshop; R. Bishop; William Massey. Beginning in July 1938 title changes to "World News and Views." Collection of two hundred forty-nine quarto issues in original staple-bound self-wrappers. Each issue 27cm x 21cm; most issues ca 20pp numbered sequentially. General wear occasional creasing or small losses; some copies marked as "File Copies;" some with red pencil annotations presumably for publication; a few issues with ink pressure stamp of the Los Angeles Workers Library. With the exception of a few issues in 1934 the journal was printed on high-quality newsprint; the run is well-preserved Very Good overall and fully readable. The periodical was issued irregularly from one to as many as three issues per week; our run collates as follows: Vol. 14 1934: 28-14161719-232629-3234-3638-4043-455760-63 32 issues Vol. 15 1935: 1-58-3136383944474850555658596163646668-72 49 issues Vol. 16 1936: 1246-3032-384042-58 53 issues Vol. 17 1937: 248-242642444547-5355-57 47 issues Vol. 18 1938: 1-35-81012-2325273031333436-4044-47525456-60 38 issues Vol. 19 1939: 2-91415181920-2628-3235-4155 30 issues. Beginning in 1918 immediately following the Russian Revolution International Press Correspondence usually called by its acronym INPRECOR became the Communist International's principal international organ for distributing "official" news of the global spread of Marxist ideology. The paper was issued in four languages English French Spanish and German and at its height no fewer than one and as many as three issues per week appeared. The chief audience was the editorial staffs of COMINTERN-aligned newspapers where many of INPRECOR's articles would be republished verbatim. Thus INPRECOR served as a de facto press service for the left-wing media in Europe North and Latin America. In our experience cohesive runs of INPRECOR in any size are unusual; this collection represents a veritable treasure-trove of official COMINTERN policy during the Popular Front period especially valuable for its day-by-day coverage and interpretation of events in Spain before during and after the Civil War and for documenting the rise of fascism across the European continent. Our run ends in August 1939 on the eve of Germany's invasion of Poland and the outbreak of the Second World War. Between that date and 1934 despite occasional lacunae the issues offered here provide a clear and compelling narrative of the sweep of world events leading to the World War and an intimate view of the communist left's response to those events. Even individual issues are somewhat scarce in commerce. Earlier issues of INPRECOR have been digitized by the Marxist Internet Archive ending in 1934. Much of the run is available in microfiche produced by the Communist Party of Great Britain but the imaging is of legendarily poor quality basically illegible in many places. Holdings for physical issues are spotty per WorldCat with many institutions holding small samples or partial runs. H.R.G. Jefferson [et al] unknown
1934rif. 52881London: H.R.G. Jefferson et al 1934-1939. NOTE: Other identified publishers all London include: Unthanks Bookshop; R. Bishop; William Massey. Beginning in July 1938 title changes to "World News and Views." Collection of two hundred forty-nine quarto issues in original staple-bound self-wrappers. Each issue 27cm x 21cm; most issues ca 20pp numbered sequentially. General wear occasional creasing or small losses; some copies marked as "File Copies;" some with red pencil annotations presumably for publication; a few issues with ink pressure stamp of the Los Angeles Workers Library. With the exception of a few issues in 1934 the journal was printed on high-quality newsprint; the run is well-preserved Very Good overall and fully readable. The periodical was issued irregularly from one to as many as three issues per week; our run collates as follows: Vol. 14 1934: 28-14161719-232629-3234-3638-4043-455760-63 32 issues Vol. 15 1935: 1-58-3136383944474850555658596163646668-72 49 issues Vol. 16 1936: 1246-3032-384042-58 53 issues Vol. 17 1937: 248-242642444547-5355-57 47 issues Vol. 18 1938: 1-35-81012-2325273031333436-4044-47525456-60 38 issues Vol. 19 1939: 2-91415181920-2628-3235-4155 30 issues. Beginning in 1918 immediately following the Russian Revolution International Press Correspondence usually called by its acronym INPRECOR became the Communist International's principal international organ for distributing "official" news of the global spread of Marxist ideology. The paper was issued in four languages English French Spanish and German and at its height no fewer than one and as many as three issues per week appeared. The chief audience was the editorial staffs of COMINTERN-aligned newspapers where many of INPRECOR's articles would be republished verbatim. Thus INPRECOR served as a de facto press service for the left-wing media in Europe North and Latin America. In our experience cohesive runs of INPRECOR in any size are unusual; this collection represents a veritable treasure-trove of official COMINTERN policy during the Popular Front period especially valuable for its day-by-day coverage and interpretation of events in Spain before during and after the Civil War and for documenting the rise of fascism across the European continent. Our run ends in August 1939 on the eve of Germany's invasion of Poland and the outbreak of the Second World War. Between that date and 1934 despite occasional lacunae the issues offered here provide a clear and compelling narrative of the sweep of world events leading to the World War and an intimate view of the communist left's response to those events. Even individual issues are somewhat scarce in commerce. Earlier issues of INPRECOR have been digitized by the Marxist Internet Archive ending in 1934. Much of the run is available in microfiche produced by the Communist Party of Great Britain but the imaging is of legendarily poor quality basically illegible in many places. Holdings for physical issues are spotty per WorldCat with many institutions holding small samples or partial runs. H.R.G. Jefferson [et al] unknown books
1758rif. 37969Madrid. 1758. A rare proclamation by Ferdinand VI King of Spain demanding that earlier laws regarding the appointment of judges in the Spanish Indies be observed. The decree states that disregard of these laws and guidelines in the past has been a great injustice causing injury to royal interests and to the general population. This proclamation was to be sent to the viceroys and audiencias throughout the Spanish Indies. This copy accomplished in manuscript at Aranjuez Spain on August 20 1758 is signed by Juan Emanuel Crespo with the inscription "Yo El Rey" and the annotation "Por mandado del Reyno exo. señor." A manuscript inscription on the blank verso of the final printed page dated December 4 1759 confirms that the decree had been reviewed by the President the fiscal and other high-ranking officials in Santiago de Chile. Not in OCLC Medina BHA or Palau. Folio. Dbd. Maltese cross at head of title. Contemporary and later manuscript annotations in ink and later pencil annotation on first page. Accomplished in manuscript with additional manuscript annotations. Manuscript inscription on blank verso of final printed page. Extremely light dampstaining in margins occasional minor soiling and ink stains the latter touching a few letters. Very good. unknown
1758rif. 37969Madrid. 1758. A rare proclamation by Ferdinand VI King of Spain demanding that earlier laws regarding the appointment of judges in the Spanish Indies be observed. The decree states that disregard of these laws and guidelines in the past has been a great injustice causing injury to royal interests and to the general population. This proclamation was to be sent to the viceroys and audiencias throughout the Spanish Indies. This copy accomplished in manuscript at Aranjuez Spain on August 20 1758 is signed by Juan Emanuel Crespo with the inscription "Yo El Rey" and the annotation "Por mandado del Reyno exo. señor." A manuscript inscription on the blank verso of the final printed page dated December 4 1759 confirms that the decree had been reviewed by the President the fiscal and other high-ranking officials in Santiago de Chile. Not in OCLC Medina BHA or Palau. Folio. Dbd. Maltese cross at head of title. Contemporary and later manuscript annotations in ink and later pencil annotation on first page. Accomplished in manuscript with additional manuscript annotations. Manuscript inscription on blank verso of final printed page. Extremely light dampstaining in margins occasional minor soiling and ink stains the latter touching a few letters. Very good. unknown books
1812rif. 2890London: Carpenter & Son 1812. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 volumes. First English edition translated from the Spanish by G. A. Thompson. Quarto. Approx. 550pp. per volume. Collated complete. Early 20th century three-quarter polished tan calf marbled boards. Small contemporary engraved bookplate. Corners show light wear. Ex-library copy withdrawn with bookplate to front and rear endpapers perforated library stamp to title pages and a few unobtrusive ink library stamps. Light foxing to preliminary and end leaves. Overall a very good set generally very clean. Originally published at Madrid 1786-89 this great work is a valuable and comprehensive geographical historical and commercial gazetteer of the Americas. It covers the entire history of the Americas and is particularly rich in data relating to the Spanish possessions with particularly extensive sections on Chili Mexico Peru Venezuela etc. It also includes numerous entries dealing with Canada and the United States. The general section on "Nueva España New Spain is very well covered and begins with "A spacious kingdom of North America the limits of which toward the north are unknown.". California is covered giving a great deal of statistical information and includes a list of the missions of "New California" founded up to 1803. Appended is a vocabulary of provincial terms largely Spanish forming a catalogue of American plants birds and animals. A supplement provides the text of the Treaty of Peace between the United Kingdom and the United States War of 1812. "Thompson's edition for its additions etc. is infinitely superior to the original." Sabin. Sabin: 683. Carpenter & Son hardcover
1812rif. 2890London: Carpenter & Son 1812. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 volumes. First English edition translated from the Spanish by G. A. Thompson. Quarto. Approx. 550pp. per volume. Collated complete. Early 20th century three-quarter polished tan calf marbled boards. Small contemporary engraved bookplate. Corners show light wear. Ex-library copy withdrawn with bookplate to front and rear endpapers perforated library stamp to title pages and a few unobtrusive ink library stamps. Light foxing to preliminary and end leaves. Overall a very good set generally very clean. Originally published at Madrid 1786-89 this great work is a valuable and comprehensive geographical historical and commercial gazetteer of the Americas. It covers the entire history of the Americas and is particularly rich in data relating to the Spanish possessions with particularly extensive sections on Chili Mexico Peru Venezuela etc. It also includes numerous entries dealing with Canada and the United States. The general section on "Nueva España New Spain is very well covered and begins with "A spacious kingdom of North America the limits of which toward the north are unknown.". California is covered giving a great deal of statistical information and includes a list of the missions of "New California" founded up to 1803. Appended is a vocabulary of provincial terms largely Spanish forming a catalogue of American plants birds and animals. A supplement provides the text of the Treaty of Peace between the United Kingdom and the United States War of 1812. "Thompson's edition for its additions etc. is infinitely superior to the original." Sabin. Sabin: 683. Carpenter & Son hardcover books
1779rif. 154781Spain: 1779. Visually appealing manuscript offering a valuable insight into the Spanish naval empire in the Caribbean Fascinating official service record of don Francisco Ximenez Parrado an officer of the Spanish Navy who served during the War of Jenkin's Ear 1739-48. This detailed account signed by Parrado enumerates his services from 1721 to 1779 listing naval campaigns many of them in the Americas. During his career Parrado participated in a range of operations; coastal patrols surveys and some significant naval engagements particularly against the British. In 1729 Parrado joined the Fuerte 60 under don Domingo Justiniani which sailed from Cadiz on 19 December in company with the two-decker frigate Nuestra Señora del Carmen 54. En route to Cartagena the two ships passed Tobago the coasts of Trinidad Margarita Cumana and Caracas. Once at Cartagena they commenced cruising the coasts of Terra Firme Spain's mainland possessions from the Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico in search of illicit traders. In less than a year they had captured some six frigates and seven sloops carrying contraband off the coast of Venezuela. During the Summer of 1736 Parrado was in the Conquistador under don Blas de Lezo which was under repair in Spain before its embarkation for Cartagena early in 1737 with 1891 tons of cargo and brigadier don Jose Ambrosio the new governor of Chile aboard. The Conquistador remained at Cartagena on coast guard duties until she was scuttled by de Lezo during the battle of Cartagena in 1741 as part of the blockade of Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon's massive invasion assault. British failure here was to prove one of the pivotal moments of the War of Jenkins's Ear. Parrado is shown as having stayed in Cartagena until 1744 after which it seems he joined don Benito Antonio de Espinola in Havana taking part in the 1745 commissioning voyage of the Santa Teresa de Jesus 64 better known as the Dragon. The manuscript details an engagement in that year with an unnamed British vessel of 60 guns "quese avisto diferentes vezes frente del Puerto" "had been seen several times outside the port ". The Dragon's main mast was split and she was forced the quit the battle. The document also notes Parrado's presence in Tortuga Cabo de San Antonio Puerto Rico and Havana during 1746. The record details Parrada's career under four headings: Empleos "Employments" Campañas "Campaigns" outlined in chronological order Comiciones en que fue Empleado "Commissions in which he was employed" and Funciones en la America "Dutiess in America". Parrado seems to have occupied seven different positions during his career showing a clear ascent through the ranks ; Marinero Agregado a los Pilotos "Sailor attached to the pilots" Arnillero "Gunsmith" with a note that he continued in his role with the pilots Pilotín "Pilot's Assistant" Segundo Piloto "Second pilot" Primer Piloto "First pilot" Alférez de Navío "Frigate lieutenant" a junior watch officer and Teniente de Fragata "First lieutenant" a full lieutenant. Parrado later became the principal teacher at the School of Navigation in Cartagena. This fascinating document offers some welcome insight into a single career during a time of considerable conflict taking place on a world-wide stage. 4 pp. manuscript in neat clearly legible hand on a single bifolium elaborately engraved cartouche to the first page incorporating a three-master atop and enclosing a tabulated manuscript summary of Parrado's postings and positions. Light toning and minor staining. A very good example. Clowes The Royal Navy vol. 3. unknown
rif. 61898BBo.J. (Joan Miro, geboren am 20. April 1893 in Barcelona, gestorben am 25. Dezember 1983 in Palma. Spanisch-katalanischer Maler, Grafiker, Bildhauer und Keramiker).
1962Un disegno originale dell'Autore in copertina (ogni volume reca un disegno diverso). Stampato in occasione del sessantesimo compleanno del poeta Stampato dall'Arte Grafica Bartolomé U. Chiesino S.A. di Buenos Aires. 8vo. pp. 14. Bella dedica e firma autografe dell'Autore (Inscribed and signed by the Author). Ottimo (Fine). . Prima ed. di 29 es. numerati e firmati dall'A.. . Empujan, en fin, vientos de libertad marina a la poesía de Rafael Alberti llevándola a explorar todos los espacios de la historia, de la mitología o de la experiencia humana: ''Yo te miraba, oh Cádiz, bahía de los mitos / ... / Canas de antigüedad, tus estelares fábulas, / tus solares historias, / oh gaditano mar de los perdidos / Atlantes, vesperales jardines de la espuma, / islas desvanecidas del Ocaso!'' Los pobres pescadores que salen del Guadalete hacia el mar son los mismos que arribaban a Tarsis en busca de oro y plata y estaño. El mar resume la historia y el mar compendia el sueño. ¿Qué escenario mejor podría soñarse para el encuentro amoroso de Venus y Príapo que el escenario del mar de Cádiz? Uno de los más formidables poemas amorosos de la literatura universal, de ese Diálogo entre Venus y Príapo, acontece en esa bahía: "Amor! La noche se desvae. / Nos baña el mar. (Oh luz!. El mundo canta. / Cae la luna... El viento...)"
1752rif. PHO-2500Amsterdam et Leipzig, Arkstée & Merkus, 1752, 2 volumes in-4 (26x22cm), 11 ff.-554 pp. et 1f.-316 pp.-7ff.-309 pp.-3pp., Veau marbré époque dos à nerfs orné avec pièces de titre et tomaison, tranches jaspées. Frottements, coins usés, accroc coiffe sup. Tome 2, 4 feuillets blanc brunis, 9 planches brunies, 1 avec déchirure réparée.