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Lima, Peru: Universidad Nacional Mayor De San Marcos, 1958 339 pages. Tan soft covers with black lettering show mild corner wear. The July-December 1958 volume No. 59 in Spanish with contributions by: Erasmo Roca; Alejandro Figueroa; Pedro Gonzales Cueva; Cantuarias; Jose Matos Mar; Ing Heysen; Ing Pascual Saco Lanfranco; Fernando Romero; Fidel Zarate. Jorse Gonzales Bravo; Diaz Rodriguez; Sebastian F. Feril Marquez; Nelson Omar Gaviria; Carlos Capunay Mimbela; Eloy Cabrera Charun; M. Mur De Lara; Leoncio Palacios; F. Dutran; Berenice Franco A.; Cuentas Gomez; Martel Miranda; Cabello Vicuna.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University Press, 1999 415 pages plus 56 pages of supplemental materials. Pale blue pictorial soft cover on front, with hard back cover, are bound with white metal spirals; front cover shows mild edgewear.. Second Edition. Spiral Bound. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Pearson Custom Publishing 782 pages. White pictorial covers with blue lettering show mild creasing near corners, corner wear. Contains the complete text of the fifth edition of The Modern Writer's Handbook, edited by Frank O'Hare and Robert Funk, plus over 100 pages of Resources for Composition at the University of Southern Alabama.. Stated First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good+/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1981 176 pages. Mauve pictorial soft covers with yellow and black lettering show almost no wear; mild curling. :Both fun and informative, this one-of-a-kind lexicon clarifies hundreds of words and phrases from Greek, Latin, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Yiddish that have been appropriated by the English language but are often confused, misused or misunderstood.". Reprinted Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Adama Books, 1987 Unpaginated. Yellow pictorial hard covers with black lettering show bumping to outside corners, soiling of top and outside edges of free endpaper, title page. Organized alphabetically by English alphabet, with the english, the phoenetic spelling of the Chinese, and the Chinese character, with each noun illustrated.. First Edition. Glossy Hard Covers. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Dennis Sheheen . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanavich, Publishers, 1980 320 pages including Grammatical Index, Spanish-English Vocabulary. Blue pictorial soft covers with white lettering show mild edgewear; no writings or markings within text. Excellent course book for second-year students learning Spanish with Teaching Suggestions For Each Unit and more for the Spanish Language teacher.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Living Language Course , 1998 VHS tape within blue and white pictorial cardboard case showing mild wear to corners. "Learning to communicate with the hearing impaired is easy with Living Language Say it By Signing, and here's why: A visual presentation is the best way to learn a visual language. English subtitles appear as an aid, but you can test yourself by replaying the lessons as they appear without subtitles. Learn at your own pace by replaying the lessons until you feel comfortable moving on to the next lesson.". n/a. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. VHS Tape. more information

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Peking, China: "Epoch" Publishing House, 1958 391 pages. Gray/tan cloth covered boards with brown lettering show almost no edgewear, mild soiling. "This book contains the phonetic and grammar materials used for the first term by the Chinese Language SPecial Course for Foreign Students in Peking University...arranged in accordance with the practical needs of foreign students in the process of learning.". Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Hong Kong: Bailey Record Company, 1971 244 pages, plus 4 double-sided audio cassette tapes in fitted box bound with brown leatherette with gold lettering; yellow soft covered book shows almost no wear inside or out. . First Edition. Leatherette. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Galahad Books, 1963 246 pages including Glossary of Poetic Terms; font size somewhat larger. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Standard Reference Works, 1956 2006 pages plus 375 pages of various tables (largest cities in the United States, populations, dictionary of noted names in standard fiction, mythology, legend, etc.); multiple color plates illustrate various definitions; green marbled endpapers with one front inside page missing. . Front cover of tan cloth beautifully impressed with scroll design with inset red and gold lettering shows mild edgewear, bumping to all corners with wear to boards at one corner, scrape across front near center; looks well-used; all pages firmly attached.. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Mannheim, Germany: Dudenverlag, 1977 672 pages plus perhaps 100 pages of index. Orange cloth covered boards with black band and white lettering show no wear inside or out. Written IN GERMAN, this is a pictorial reference book of stuff, pieces diagrammed and parts displayed.. First Edition. Cloth. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Warsaw: Wydawnictwo , 1961 171 pages. Tan cloth covered boards with faded gold lettering show mild soiling, edgewear; bound-in blank pages inscribed by prior owner; written in Polish. . First Edition. Cloth. Good -/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Tokyo: International Christian University, 1971 425 pages. Black cloth covered boards with silver lettering show mild bumping, wear to lettering on front; prior owner name on inside front cover. "...deloped for the student who wants to acquire a basic knowledge of the Japanese language in a short time. Although spoken Japanese is emphasized at the beginning, easy conversation for tourists is not the object and the material also establishes firm foundations for reading and w riting skills.". First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Mannheim, Germany: Bibliographisches Institute, 1964 672 pages, with additional Italian word index and German word index sections following. Dark green cloth covered boards with white lettering show mild bumping to corners. Green white and orange dust jacket with black lettering shows mild edgewear with small nicks at top edge. Pictorial dictionary with main pictorial text in Italian, some text in German.. Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Hong Kong: Commercial Press , 2003 445 pages. Teal pictorial soft covers with light lettering show mild corner wear, NO CDs present. "Chinese For Today is a series in two stages conceived and designed for people outside China who want to learn modern Chinese. It can be used as a textbook for regular classroom teaching, as well as for self-teaching purposes.". Second Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London, England: Kegan Paul Intl, 1987 221 pages, with an introduction by Kadri O'Connor. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering show no wear inside or out. Red pictorial dust jacket with gold lettering light crease; covered in protective mylar. "This unique and indispensable book takes you into the boardrooms and offices of Japan Inc. and gives an inside view of Japanese business strategies, techniques, principles and practices through an analysis of over 500 key words and phrases that are essential for doing or understanding business in Japan today.". Cloth. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Paris: Librairie A. Lemerre, 1942 117 pages. Pale rose-colored uncut paper blocks with black lettering shows mild edgewear with small tear at top spine, bent corner front top, and signature of prior owner on back near top. "Petite Collection rose" carries selections by: Joachim Du Bellay; Etienne Jodelle; Pontus De Tyard; Remi Belleau; and Jean-Antoine De Baif.. Assumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. more information

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London: DK Pub, 2003 396 pages. pictorial wraps show no sign of wear or use. Includes Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.. Third Printing. Trade Paperback. As New/No Jacket as Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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White Plains, New York, U.S.A.: Longman Pub Group, 1998 398 pages. Blue, yellow and red soft covers with blue spine and white lettering shows mild rubbing and very mild wear. . First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Japan, 1984 192 pages. IN JAPANESE. Illustrations, both color and black and white, both finished and in process, instructions for creating anime?. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good+/Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Milan, Italy: Ulrico Hoepli, 1910 693 pages including index. Brown cloth covered boards with gold lettering show library marks on lower spine, inside front and back covers, stamp on title page reverse; mild pull to top spine. An Italian analysis of both ancient and modern (through 19th century) Italian architecture, with photographs and diagrams throughout (written in Italian).. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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New York: Pocket Books, 1964 262 pages. White pictorial covers with silver spine and black and blue lettering show mild soiling and very mild edgewear; pages lightly yellowed. "A thorough, detailed explanation of the structure of the English language that shows you how to use it more effectively and how to make it do what you want it to do. With many practice exercises.". Stated First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Chicago, IL: Packard, 1946 197 pages including index. Buff colored boards with dark red lettering show mild corner wear with bumping, very mild spine end wear; prior owner signature on free endpaper. Tan dust jacket with red lettering shows spine fading, mild edgewear. "...divided into six parts, each of which includes a graded reading selection, explanatory grammatical notes, a list of new words, and suggested exercises. The second and third parts, contain somewhat more advanced readings, the one consisting of selections from Russian LIfe and Literature, the other from Science and Technology...a number of Russian Songs..." and more.. Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Ecuador: Abya-Yala, 1995 177 pages. Pale green pictorial soft covers with dark green lettering show mild edgewear, crease along spine. With Spanish language contributions by: Fernando Tinajero; Gloria M. Garzon; Magdalena Gallegos De Donoso; Juan Castro y Valezquez; Ximena Carcelen; Ivan Cruz Cevallos; Evelia Peralta; Ruben Moreira; Alfonso Ortiz Crespo; Pablo Lee Tsui; Jose L. Guerra U.; Alfredo Ochoa; Juana Martinez Borrero; Diego Jaramillo P.; Marcelo Naranjo; Trinidad Perez; Lenin Ona; Carlos Rojas Reyes; Cecilia Suarez Moreno; and. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Bloomington, IL: Indiana University, 1965 143 pages. Light green soft covers with black lettering show mild wear at bottom. A compilation of technical linguistic information about languages from what is now Russia, Kamchatka, China, and nearby areas.. First Edition. Staple Bound. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York, NY: Basic Books, 1967 296 pages including Notes. Black cloth covered boards with red and metallic purple lettering show no wear inside or out. Red dust jacket with white and black lettering shows almost no signs of wear; no protected by mylar. "Six American poets--W. H. Auden, Jean Garrigue, Stanley Kunitz, Stanley Moss, William Jay Smith, and Richard Wilbur--were given literal translations and prosodic models of the poems by Max Hayward. As the poets created English equivalents, Mr. Hayward continued to interpret for them the sense, the sound, and the association of the originals." With facing Russian and English pages.. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Plaza & Janes, 1970 309 pages plus Table of Contents; written in Spanish. Slate blue cloth covers with silver lettering show no wear inside or out. Purple and white pictorial dust jacket shows rubbing, edgewear; now protected by mylar.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Buenos Aires, Argentina: Editorial Lumen , 1994 92 pages; written in Spanish. Light tan pictorial soft covers with French flaps show almost no signs of wear. . First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Promexa, 1999 157 pages plus index; written in Spanish, with prolog by Elena Poniatowska. Pale gray pictorial soft covers with brown lettering show small crease to back corner. A study of the lives of Mexican street children, with photographs.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Prague: Ceskoslovenske Academy Ved, 1956 519 pages, with tables (in Czech) at the end. Blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering show mild sun-fading, bumping to corners. Dictionary with English words translated into Czechoslovakian.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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France: Editions Du Seuil, 1971 412 pages. White pictorial covers with black and yellow lettering show. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Oslo, Norway: Land Og Kirke, 1945 191 pages plus Contents; written in Norwegian. Blue marbled-style hard covers with black cloth spine and gold lettering shows bumped corners, mild wear, pencilled prior owner name and address on inside front cover. White pictorial dust jacket with dark blue lettering shows soiling, mild edgewear; now protected by mylar. "Memories of Krigsarene".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Philadelphia, PA: David McKay Company 1073 pages. Red cloth cover with title in black on front cover, gilt stamped on spine, shows very little sign of wear or use. Page edges yellowed, binding very secure, pages clean and unmarked. A lot of book for its size.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Cambridge, England: Harvard University Press, 1944 507 pages. Brownish cloth cover with title gilt-stamped on front and spine shows considerable wear to all edges, but no fraying of fabric. Binding tight and solid, pages clean and unmarked. American Edition published by Harvard University for wartime use, . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002 398 pages including index. White pictorial soft covers with blue lettering shows mild corner wear. A basic English writing book dealing with parts of langage, correct usage, and much more with examples as this is the instructor's edition.. Second Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Jewish Guilde for the Blind , 1968 137 pages including index. Orange soft covers with black lettering show mild edgewear; mimeographed "English Braille Chart of Symbols and Contractions" plus partially completed transcription with notes and critiques laid in.. . Staple Bound. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Jewish Guilde for the Blind , 1964 140 pages including index. Sun-faded green soft covers with black lettering show mild edgewear, prior owner signature at top outside edge; mimeographed "Division of Words" insert laid in.. . Staple Bound. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Jewish Guilde for the Blind , 1969 140 pages including index. Green soft covers with black lettering show mild edgewear, sun-fading at outside edge; mimeographed "Brailletter of the Volunteer Braille Services, Portland, Oregon Summer 1968" insert laid in.. . Staple Bound. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A.: Libraries Unlimited Inc, 1988 164 pages including index. Orange soft covers with white lettering show mild corner wear; no writing or markings within text. . First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Sandusky, OH: Handbook Publishers, 1947 174 pages. Maroon cloth covers with gold lettering show no obvious signs of wear; signature of prior owner on inside free endpaper. White dust jacket with brown lettering has yellowed, shows edgewear with small tears. "A handy reference work for those who appreciate the importance of correct expression in writing and speaking. The English language can best be utilized by those who give careful consideration to the meanings of words and to their correct formation into sentences.". Assumed First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Oxford Univ Pr, 2001 450 pages. White pictorial soft covers with black lettering show mild edgewear, creased top corner, light rubbing. . First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Effingham Maynard, 1893 345 pages including index. Olive green cloth covered boards decorated with leaf design and gold lettering shows rubbing, edgewear; prior owner signature on free endpaper, pencilled notes only on inside back cover; all pages firmly bound. "A course of practical lessons adapted for use in high schools and academies and in the lower classses of colleges.". Revised Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Bloomington, IL: Indiana University, 1965 77 pages, with an introductory article by W. W. Elmendorf of Washington State University: "Impreessions of Ryukyuan-Japanese Diversity". Light green soft covers with black lettering show no obvious wear. A compilation of technical linguistic information about languages from what is now Russia, Thailand, Tibet, China, and nearby areas.. First Edition. Staple Bound. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Bloomington, IL: Indiana University, 1965 294 pages. Light green soft covers with black lettering show mild sun fading. A compilation of technical linguistic information about languages originating in Europe and nearby areas.. First Edition. Staple Bound. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Bloomington, IL: Indiana University, 1965 150 pages. Light green soft covers with black lettering show crease on back cover, mild sun fading. A compilation of technical linguistic information about languages originating with natives of North, Central, and South America.. First Edition. Staple Bound. Good+/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Bloomington, IL: Indiana University, 1965 57 pages, with an introductory article by W. W. Elmendorf of Washington State University: "Impreessions of Ryukyuan-Japanese Diversity". Light green soft covers with black lettering show light sunfading around edges. A compilation of technical linguistic information about languages from what is now Russia, Thailand, Tibet, China, and nearby areas.. First Edition. Staple Bound. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1939 188 pages plus perhaps 30 pages of vocabulary. Pale teal green cloth covered boards with dark green lettering show mild edgewear, signature of prior owner on inside free endpaper. A play by the popular Italian playwright from the 18th century is used here to help students learn Italian; each scene contains vocabulary and grammar notes at the bottom of the page. Editors Joseph G, Fucilla and Elton Hocking preceed the the play with biographical notes about the author, and suffix it with an extensive vocabulary listing.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Spain: Consorci De Museus De La Comunitat Valenciana , 2001 145 pages; in Spanish with English translations at end of book. Bright red glossy hard covers with lighter lettering show small impression near top edge, very mild rubbing. Unusual, avant gard photographs of people, textures, and more by Concha Prada from an exhibition at La Gallera art gallery are supplemented by interviews and comments by Patrcia Molins, Nicolas Sabcgez Dura, Margarita Bolinches, and Humberto Perez Padilla.. First Edition. Glossy Hard Covers. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Madrid, Spain: Miguel Guijarro, 1876 409 pages. Maroon leather spine with title and embellishments gilt-stamped shows some wear to spine top, red cloth boards show shadows of smaller books front and back. Binding is very firm, pages clean and solid. A scarce original spanish-language second edition of this volume by one of the great popular writers of nineteenth century spain.. Second Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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