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New York, Stringer and Townsend, 1856.. FIRST EDITION. 12°, publisher's black cloth, blocked in blind, spine gilt (some wear). Wood-engraved seal of Nicaragua on title page. Some browning, scattered foxing; 2-cm. tear in margin of map, which is otherwise in fine condition. Overall in good to very good condition. Signatures in ink of J.T. Williams, dated 1858, on front pastedown, front free endpaper, and blank verso of frontispiece. Stamp of Kenneth Williams on blank verso of frontispiece. Frontispiece (wood-engraved portrait with added tint block), vi, [11]-316 pp., large folding hand-colored map. *** FIRST EDITION of this "highly partisan defense of the filibusters' regime" (DAB) in Nicaragua under William Walker. Save for Walker's own The War in Nicaragua (1860), Walker's Expedition is the best contemporary account of Walker's life and expedition to Nicaragua in 1855-56. Wells' account carries events up through Walker's election as president of Nicaragua and formal recognition of his government… Leer más

Heidelberg, Im Selbstverlage des Herausgebers, 1857.. FIRST EDITION. Large 8°, original printed yellow wrappers. Light foxing. Overall in very good condition. (2 ll.), 158 pp., including a folding plan of the castle and grounds. *** FIRST EDITION. A French translation appeared the following year. Tour of the ruins of Heidelberg Castle (parts of which date to the 13th Century), before the major renovation of 1883-1890. Heidelberg was a favorite destination of Romantic artists.***

London, Strange, 1833.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, relatively recent black and white marbled wrappers, text-block edges sprinkled blue-green. Light spotting, 2 page numerals just touched by the binder. Overall in good to very good condition. Extracted from a tract volume, with old inked pagination in upper outer corners. 102 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The author takes the side of Dom Miguel against Dom Pedro. He reviews events in Portugal and Brazil from 1820 to 1833, combined with even older historical observations on the Portuguese monarchy, going back to its foundation in the twefth century, as well as its restoration after 1640, in order to refute the policies of Canning and Palmerston.*** Canto, Ensaio bibliographico … 1828 a 1834 (1892), n.º 648. Not in Duarte de Sousa. Porbase cites a single copy, at the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Biblioteca de Arte. NUC: ICU, DCU-IA.

Nurnberg, Willmy-Verlag, n.d. (1942-1945).. 8°, original beige printed self-cover, stapled (fragile, slightly defective at spine and rear cover. Browned. Overall in good condition. [3]-72 pp., (1 l.). *** The work originally appeared in 1942; this edition bears no date. The author discusses why the state needs so much money, discusses finances during and after World War I, and argues that inflation cannot happen under National Socialism.Fritz Reinhardt (1895-1969) joined the Nazi Party in 1924 or 1926, and quickly rose through the ranks due to his knowledge of economics and taxation, and his public speaking ability. By 1930 he was a member of the Reichstag, and by 1933 on Rudolf Hess's staff. Reinhardt was in charge of taxation and customs. As state secretary in the German Finance Ministry during the Third Reich, he approved many measures such as the confiscation of gold from dispossessed and murdered Jews. After being captured by the Allies in 1945, Reinhardt was convicted as a Hauptschuldiger… Leer más

10 x 17 cm. watercolor on a 16 x 23 cm. mat., In very good condition. *** ***

Lisbon, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1963.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, publisher's cloth. In good condition. 186 pp., analytical index, 4 plates printed on 7 sides, 1 map and a few illustrations in text. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Princeton, Princeton University Library, 1969.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original marbled wrappers, rectangular paper slip with title tipped on to front cover (rear wrapper slightly dampstained). In very good to fine condition; except for the small dampstain to the rear wrapper, as new. x, 61 pp., illustrated. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Lisbon, Edições Delta, [1923?].. First Edition in Portuguese. 16°, original illustrated wrappers. Two full page illustrations, a half page vignette, and smaller oval halftone portrait of Poe in text. Hairline tear to title page, 1.5 cm long. Tear in final leaf at hinge, 2 cm., does not touch text. Front wrapper with faint outline of water stain. Contemporary signature on front wrapper in black ink, does not touch text or illustration. Wrappers very lightly soiled. Textblock loose from wrappers. Pinpoint hole at head of all leaves. Overall in good condition. 37, (1) pp. *** First Edition in Portuguese of the present translation. Fernando Pessoa has provided an introduction of three pages, "Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)." Carlos Sequeira was a pseudonym for Augusto Ferreira [de Oliveira Bugalho] Gomes (1892–1953) poet, novelist and journalist. A longtime close friend of Pessoa, he collaborated in the second issue of Opheu, as well as the periodicals Athena, Ilustração portuguesa, Civilização,… Leer más

New York, Oxford University Press, 1975.. First American Edition. 8°, publisher’s gilt–stamped cloth with dust jacket. In very good to fine condition. Signature and date crossed out on recto of front flyleaf: "CR Boxer // ii.ii.78". Inscribed by author in different ink below: "Douglas with best wishes // From //Charles, // Pretzel Bell--Virgin's Retreat // (Jan-April '78)" 142 pp., facsimile autograph in text, color frontispiece plate. *** First American Edition. Appears to be identical to London, 1975 first edition except for the title page, dust jacket, and lettering on the spine.*** West 265.

(New York), Hispanic Society of America, 1931.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, folded. In very good condition. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Accordion-style binding, which folds out into 24 panels that contain 47 woodcuts from the second-edition, Spanish-language translation of "Olivier de Castille," Burgos, 1499.***

, , ca. 1920-1950.. Large 8°, original pink printed wrappers (some fading and light soiling). Overall in very good condition. Frontispiece photographic portrait, 76 pp., black-and-white illustrations in text, including photographs and reproductions of title pages. *** Moses Bensabat Amzalak (Lisbon, 1892-1978) ranks as one of Portugal's most distinguished twentieth-century economists. His works on the history of economics show a profound knowledge of the primary sources and a great attention to detail, while his works on modern economics reveal a broad grasp of the economic and social sciences. Amzalak was for many years professor of Ciências Económicas e Históricas at the Instituto Superior de Ciências Economicas e Financeiras of the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. He published extensively in Portuguese, Hebrew, French and English: the second edition of his bio-bibliography (published in 1958, while Amzalak was still alive) lists more than 250 works.***

London, Maggs Bros. for the Wormsley Library, in co-operation with The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1999.. FIRST EDITION. Folio (29.2 x 20.25 cm.), original illustrated wrappers. As new. xii, 278 pp., (1 blank l.), profusely and excellently illustrated, most illustrations in color, bibliography, index, 106 entries. *** Catalogue of an exhibition held at The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 27 January-2 May 1999. In addition to the cataloguers mentioned above, cataloguing was done by William M. Voelkle and Roger S. Wieck. From the introduction: "The books reflect some of their collector's catholic enthusiasms. Early purchases include examples of fine printing in rich array, from incunables to modern private-press books, many on vellum, English hand-coloured aquatint books, chiefly travel and scenery, the flower of French illustrated books from Vérard to Vollard, and, above all, a spectacular assemblage of fine bindings from medieval times to today. There are also splendid manuscripts, such… Leer más