Inquisiciones. by Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986. [Joyce, James, 1882-1941] - 1925

Buenos Aires: Ediciones Dos Amigos, 1992. One of 17 copies, the total edition, 15 on cream Richard de Bas paper and 2 on white Richard de Bas paper, all signed by the artist, Mirta Ripoll, the publisher, Samuel Cesar Palui, and the printer, Ruben R. Lapolla on the colophon page. Page size: 15-1/4 inches x 11-1/4 inches; 64pp. Bound: loose in original wrappers as issued with etching by Aida Barballo on the front wrapper, housed in publisher's brown cloth over boards clamshell box with cork paper on front and spine reverse printed with title and author, artists, and publisher's names on front and author's and artists name on spine (author in large type descending down spine), fine. The text is printed in 20pt. Erasmus in a soft brown; the initial letters designed by Mirta Ripoll are in an elegant blue with title of each poem letterpress printed in the same blue; the title page is printed in black as are the dedication, table of contents, and colophon. There are 12 original full-page etchings printed in… Read More

Bilbao: Editorial Eléxpuru Hermanos Quinta edición. Text in Spanish. Full leather bound in tree calf w/5 raised bands on spine; gilt lettering on spine in red & black fields. Tomo I - Prehistoria Edades Antigua y Media; 403 pages; published 1927. Tomo II - Edad Moderna (Los Reyes Católicos; Casa de Austria; Casa de Borbón; Edad Contemporanea); 575 pages; published 1929. Condition is Good. Leather is rubbed on extremities. Tomo I has a one-inch tear at top back joint and moderate creasing on back board. Gift inscription on half-titles. Paper browning, interior text else Very Good.. Good.

NY, Harcourt, Brace [1953]. First edition of O'Brian's second novel (precedes the first English edition, entitled Frozen Flame). A dark story of love and betrayal set against the brilliant colors of the Catalan country in southern France, where O'Brian himself lived in his later years. Cunningham 3a. Hard Cover. 250 pages; 21 cm. This copy has no remainder holes but does have an owner signature. Very good in dust jacket (with photo of author) also very good except for two small chips. StockOB947.

Buenos Aires, Emecé Editores [1948]. Hard Cover. Two volumes: 478, 492 p., facsim., port.; 17.5 cm. "Edición y resumen cronológico de la vida de Lope de Vega por Angel Rosenblat. Nota preliminar de Ramón Gómez de la Serna. Indice alfabético de nombres por Raúl Moglia." Copy of Alan S. Trueblood, Lope's biographer, with his notes. Stock#45828.

Paris: Denys Ianot, [Janot], 1540. First Edition. Transl. from Spanish by "le Seigneur des Essarts", Nicolas de Herberay. (1540)-1542, 3 parts in 1 vol. 150; (4), 86; (3), 94 leaves., repeated woodcut printer's mark on 2 title-pages, 43 (some repeated) woodcut illustrations within borders. 65 historiated/ decorated initials (including Janot's white alphabet with thistle especially designed for the Amadis), 18th century calf with gilt spine and two contrasting leather labels. folio. - First part lacks the first two preliminary leaves (incl. title) So begins at aiii); Remaining prelims one leaf with tear in text and one leaf lacks upper outer blank corner; first part partly wormholed in lower margin; title-page. to second part some soiling and old owner's entries; title-page. to third part slightly. dust stained; lower corner of final three leaves of third part restored and small inkstain in outer margin; All three parts occasionally. finger soiled / stained; engraved heraldic bookplate of Ham Court… Read More

Buenos Aires: Ediciones Dos Amigos, 1992. One of 17 copies, the total edition, 15 on cream Richard de Bas paper and 2 on white Richard de Bas paper, all signed by the artist, Mirta Ripoll, the publisher, Samuel Cesar Palui, and the printer, Ruben R. Lapolla on the colophon page. Page size: 15-1/4 inches x 11-1/4 inches; 64pp. Bound: loose in original wrappers as issued with etching by Aida Barballo on the front wrapper, housed in publisher's brown cloth over boards clamshell box with cork paper on front and spine reverse printed with title and author, artists, and publisher's names on front and author's and artists name on spine (author in large type descending down spine), fine. The text is printed in 20pt. Erasmus in a soft brown; the initial letters designed by Mirta Ripoll are in an elegant blue with title of each poem letterpress printed in the same blue; the title page is printed in black as are the dedication, table of contents, and colophon. There are 12 original full-page etchings printed in… Read More

NY, Harcourt, Brace [1953]. First edition of O'Brian's second novel (precedes the first English edition, entitled Frozen Flame). A dark story of love and betrayal set against the brilliant colors of the Catalan country in southern France, where O'Brian himself lived in his later years. Cunningham 3a. Hard Cover. 250 pages; 21 cm. This copy has no remainder holes but does have an owner signature. Very good in dust jacket (with photo of author) also very good except for two small chips. StockOB947.

Buenos Aires, Emecé Editores [1948]. Hard Cover. Two volumes: 478, 492 p., facsim., port.; 17.5 cm. "Edición y resumen cronológico de la vida de Lope de Vega por Angel Rosenblat. Nota preliminar de Ramón Gómez de la Serna. Indice alfabético de nombres por Raúl Moglia." Copy of Alan S. Trueblood, Lope's biographer, with his notes. Stock#45828.

Paris: Denys Ianot, [Janot], 1540. First Edition. Transl. from Spanish by "le Seigneur des Essarts", Nicolas de Herberay. (1540)-1542, 3 parts in 1 vol. 150; (4), 86; (3), 94 leaves., repeated woodcut printer's mark on 2 title-pages, 43 (some repeated) woodcut illustrations within borders. 65 historiated/ decorated initials (including Janot's white alphabet with thistle especially designed for the Amadis), 18th century calf with gilt spine and two contrasting leather labels. folio. - First part lacks the first two preliminary leaves (incl. title) So begins at aiii); Remaining prelims one leaf with tear in text and one leaf lacks upper outer blank corner; first part partly wormholed in lower margin; title-page. to second part some soiling and old owner's entries; title-page. to third part slightly. dust stained; lower corner of final three leaves of third part restored and small inkstain in outer margin; All three parts occasionally. finger soiled / stained; engraved heraldic bookplate of Ham Court… Read More

Considerado por muchos como la mejor edición en español del Atlas, el libro reproduce los 79 tableros en planchas fotográficas de página entera, con su leyenda al frente. El segundo volumen contiene un extenso estudio de los sistemas de conocimiento subyacentes. Edición de 500 ejemplares. Libros nuevos. Widely considered to be the best spanish language edition of the Atlas, this book reproduces all 79 panels on separate photographic plates with legends in front. The second volume contains an in depth study of the Atlas' underlying knowledge systems. Only 500 copies of the first edition were printed. New books