Resultados de búsqueda: Libros de Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books

London, Rodale Books, Inc., 1954.. 8°, original quarter-leatherette with illustrated boards, title and author in gilt on flat spine. Title page and some photos in color. In fine condition. 36 pp. *** Text of King James I's book on the evils of tobacco, originally published in 1604, with a new foreword and eight illustrations.***

Porto, Editora Empreza da Historia de Portugal, de Schaefer, 1878?.. Large 8°, original beige printed wrappers (some small stains) In poor condition. Some small wormholes, touching a few letters of text. Burn damage to several leaves Non-authorial ink presentation inscription in upper portion of inner rear wrapper. Pp. [5]-40. *** ***

New York, Random House, 1966.. Large 8°, publisher's cloth with dust jacket (slightly soiled, small nick to jacket at foot of spine). Overall in very good condition. lv, 669 pp., (1 l.). *** Fourth printing.***

Lisbon, Agencia-Geral do Ultramar, 1969.. Large 8°, original beige printed wrappers (minor soiling). Uncut and unopened. In fine condition internally. Overall very good. 170 pp. *** ***

Porto, Lello & Irmão Editores, n.d. (ca. 1950?).. Large 8°, original illustrated wrappers (worn). In good condition. 64 pp. *** ***

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1949.. FIRST EDITION. Large 8°, publisher's red cloth (warped and faded; some soiling and minor wear), illustrated endpapers. Endleaves after drawings of Cuzco by William Caskey. In less than good condition. xv, (1), 194, (2) pp., map on final preliminary leaf, 94 photographic illustrations on 32 ll. plates. *** FIRST EDITION. Based on the author's diary during a trip to South America. He explains that the condor is the emblem of the mountain republics of the Andes, and the cow represents the cattle-bearing plains nations, particularly Argentina. Isherwood landed in Venezuela at La Guaira and visited Cartagena, Bogotá, Quito, Lima, La Paz, Buenos Aires, and many smaller towns in between.***

Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1968.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Folio (27.9 x 21.6 cm.), original illustrated wrappers (some soiling). In good condition. Internally fine. 108 pp., illustrations in text, footnotes, analytical index. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

New York, American Brands, 1975.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 120 pp., (3 ll., 1 blank l.), illustrations in text, notes. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

N.p., Published by the Author, in association with Christie's Wine Publications, 1992.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original illustrated wrappers. A reading copy, in poor condition. xii, 128 pp., (2 ll.), profusely illustrated. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Lisbon, Biblioteca Nacional, 2000.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Folio (29.7 x 21 cm.), original illustrated wrappers. As new. 42 pp., (1 l.), illustrations. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

(Oxford), Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, 1921.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original gray printed wrappers. Text within double-ruled border. As new. viii, 82 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Providence, R.I., Gávea-Brown, 1986.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. Foot of spine rubbed. Otherwise as new. Overall in good to very good condition. 58 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Poems, several prompted by visits to Portuguese communities in the United States, by this Açorian poet and professor at the University of the Azores.***

Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original beige printed wrappers. As new. Frontis, vi, 96 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Lisbon, Instituto de Cultura e Língua Portuguesa, 1978.. FIRST EDITION. 8°, original printed wrappers. In very good condition. 135, (1) pp., (1 l. advt., 1 blank l.). *** FIRST EDITION. A Second edition appeared in 1980.Luiz Francisco Rebello (Lisbon, 1924-Lisbon, 2011), noted theater critic, historian, playwright, and lawyer, in addition to substantial literary output wrote at least seven juridical works, most of which deal with the rights of authors. *** See Álvaro Manuel Machado in Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 403-4; Fernando Matos Oliveira in Biblos, IV, 628-31; and Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, V, 360-2.

Chapel Hill, N.C., The University of North Carolina Press, 1972.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original printed wrappers. Recto of front wrapper printed in red and black. As new. 138 pp., (1 blank l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION thus of this scholarly rendition of Vicente's last play, written shortly before his death in 1536.***

Lisbon, Instituto de Cultura e Língua Portuguesa, 1984.. 8°, original printed wrappers. In very good condition. 120 pp., (3 ll.). *** Second edition. First published 1977.Luiz Francisco Rebello (Lisbon, 1924-Lisbon, 2011), noted theater critic, historian, playwright, and lawyer, in addition to substantial literary output wrote at least seven juridical works, most of which deal with the rights of authors. *** See Álvaro Manuel Machado in Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 403-4; Fernando Matos Oliveira in Biblos, IV, 628-31; and Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, V, 360-2.

Lisbon, n.p. [Imprensa Lucas & C.ª], 1931.. FIRST EDITION. 8°, original printed wrappers (foxed and stained; defective at head and foot of spine). Diagram giving stage directions on p. [7]. Waterstains to half title and title page. Otherwise in uncut, very good condition, but overall a less than good, working copy. Black on red printed ticket of "Livraria // Ferreira & Franco, L.da // Sceção Teatral // R. Horta Sêca, 3 // Lisboa, Telef. 2 1446" tipped on to lower portion of front wrapper. 130 pp., (1 l.). *** FIRST EDITION of this play by the dominant Portuguese dramatist of the period between the First and Second World Wars. Written during the phase following the author's conversion to Catholicism, it displays an apologetic, reverent tone.Cortez (or Cortês, as the some pedantic present-day cataloguers would have it; 1880-1946), a lawyer with a degree from Coimbra University, is described by Rebello as "figura cimeira da dramaturgia portuguesa … a sua obra, de expressão rigorosa e linear,… Leer más

Lisbon, n.p. [Imprensa Lucas & C.ª], 1939.. FIRST EDITION. 8°, original printed wrappers (slight wear; spine faded). Piece torn away ca. 7.5 x 6 x 3.5 cm. at lower inner blank portion of title page; title page barely attached. Otherwise in uncut, very good condition, but overall a less than good, working copy. (1 blank l., 2 ll.), 139 pp., (1 l., 1 blank l.). *** FIRST EDITION of this penultimate play by the dominant Portuguese dramatist of the period between the First and Second World Wars. Here the author returns to the themes of his earlier works, the life of the capital, with critiques of bourgeois society and capitalism. The public performance of this play was only authorized by government censors shortly after the author's death in 1946.Cortez (or Cortês, as the some pedantic present-day cataloguers would have it; 1880-1946), a lawyer with a degree from Coimbra University, is described by Rebello as "figura cimeira da dramaturgia portuguesa … a sua obra, de expressão rigorosa e linear,… Leer más

London, G. Bell and Sons Ltd., 1951.. 8°, publisher's greenn cloth (some wear). In good condition. x, 204 pp. *** ***

Cambridge, Houghton Library, Harvard University, 1995.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original spiral-bound brown wrappers, gilt. As new. 25, (1) pp., with black-and-white illustrations. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Houghton Library, February 24-April 7, 1995. Anninger's 19-page overview of book printing in France during the sixteenth century is followed by a checklist of works in the exhibition.***