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1921041352Frankfurt / Leipzig: Bauer Fundacion Tipografica / Las Fundiciones Schriftgiesserei Flinsch 1921. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. Typographical Specimens And Illustrations Throughout In Color And B/W. 100 Pp. Beige-Gray Wrappers Gilt. Typographical Catalog For Spanish Language Printing. Covers With Wear And Small Chips At Edges Covers Overlap Page Block; 1 1/4" Square Chip At Upper Left Of Front Cover With 5 1/4" Entirely Closed Tear Chip Present And Laid In Loosely. Contents Near Fine Title Page Has A Little Faint Offsetting From Inside Front Cover. No Marks. Rare; Worldcat Records One CopyTentatively Dated 1965 Located In The Newberry Library In Chicago. <br/> <br/> Bauer Fundacion Tipografica / Las Fundiciones Schriftgiesserei Flinsch paperback
194297399New York NY & Jersey City NJ circa 1942. 1942. Very good. - An 8 inch high by 10 inch wide softly hued black & white original photograph by Arthur C. Macaulay. The photograph portrays the Spanish pianist Amparo Iturbi standing on stage next to a grand piano accepting the applause of the servicemen looking back from their seats at a table. American Theatre Wing's City Center Producer Jean Dalrymple is seated next to a sailor at bottom right. An array of flags serves as background to the stage and the pictorial banner above reads "American Theatre Wing War Service Inc. : Stage Door Canteen". The Jersey City N.J. photographer's credits are stamped on the verso and the photograph is additionally identified in pencil as "#758 Courtesy c-9-4 Amparo Iturbi" and "Amparo Iterbi / Jean Dalrymple" on the verso. There is a crease to the bottom right corner of the photograph with minor creasing to the top left corner and left edge. Very good. <p>A New York City venue run by the American Theatre Wing "The Stage Door Canteen" offered meals and entertainment free of charge to American service men during WWII. The original venue first opened in the basement of a theater on 44th Street in New York City on March 2 1942. Stage Door Canteens were eventually set up in cities throughout the country as well as in London and Paris.<p>The younger sister of Jose Iturbi the Spanish pianist Amparo Iturbi 1898-1969 was herself a well-known performer. She gave her debut concert in Barcelona when only 15 years old and played in Paris in 1925. She and her brother Jose played dual piano recitals through Italy Switzerland Belgium the Netherlands and England and she also accompanied the Catalan Soprano Maria Barrientos. Her first American performance came in 1937 and she was a pioneer of the Spanish piano repertoire prior to Alicia de Larrocha's arrival in 1965. Amparo appeared on screen with her brother Jose Iturbi in MGM's 1944 musical "Two Girls and a Sailor".<p>Jean Dalrymple 1902-1998 was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville appearing with James Cagney and Cary Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski Mary Martin Jos Iturbi Andre Kostalanetz Nathan Milstein and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943 serving as a board member and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951 Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world. New York, NY & Jersey City, NJ, circa 1942. unknown
193830423San Sabastian Spain. 1938. First Printing. Periodical. Scarce English edition the first issue of this monthly mimeo magazne printed on rectos only stapled at center of top edge issued by the fascist party formed when Franco merged two separate National groups. This issue leads off with a speech by Franco an open letter to the army from Jose Antonio What National Syndicalism is Doing for Spain. Some Social Reforms and Books. Recommended. Very good- with small tears creasing and geneal wear; last page present but detached. ; 9 x 13"; 16 pp . unknown
1937bb_montseny1937<p><b>MONTSENY</b> Federica.</p><p><b><i>La commune de Paris y la revolución Española</i></b>; conferencia pronunciada en el Cine Coliseum de Valencia el dia 14 de Marzo de 1937.</p><p>N. pl.: C.N.T. A.I.T. Comité Nacional Oficina de Información Propaganda y Prensa 1937.</p><p>12mo. 36 pp. staple-bound pamphlet with beautiful four-color print by <b>Arturo Ballester</b> on the front cover depicting a battle scene; rear cover with imprint and stamped "Printed in Spain" except for age toning a fine copy.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Federica Montseny</b> was an anarchist who served as the Minister of Health and Social Policy in the Second Spanish Republic during the Civil War and at the time of publication the first female member of any Spanish government's cabinet or anywhere in Western Europe.</p> Comité Nacional, Oficina de Información, Propaganda y Prensa paperback
1946204357Los Angeles: Win the Peace Division of the Mobilization for Democracy and the Action Committee to Free Spain Now 1946. Small ink notation in one corner; horizontal fold; fine. Broadside single leaf approx. 8-1/2 X 11 inches printed on one side. Printed petition to Secretary of State James F. Byrnes 1945-47 seeking action from the U.S. government against Franco's Spain in the aftermath of the defeat of Hitler. Win the Peace Division of the Mobilization for Democracy, and the Action Committee to Free Spain Now unknown
1938207232New York: League of American Writers 1938. First Edition. Covers rubbed slightly used with a hint of sun to the spine. Small 8vo 82pp; printed wrappers stapled. Historic publication of statements for and against the Spanish resistance to Franco and fascism including contributions from Faulkner Hemingway Hammett Steinbeck Wright and many more. League of American Writers unknown
1905H7577Madrid: Nuevo Mundo 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. Large quarto leather backed cloth boards very good light wear to binding original front color covers bound in but not the rear wraps each issue is 24 pp heavily illustrated some colorized photos on all aspects of Spanish theater. Nuevo Mundo hardcover
1903H7578Madrid: Nuevo Mundo 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. Large quarto leather backed cloth boards very good light wear to binding original front color covers bound in including the rear wraps each issue is 24 pp heavily illustrated some colorized photos on all aspects of Spanish theater. Nuevo Mundo hardcover
1927055900Ankara: Adliye Vekâleti Istatistik ve Nesriyât Müdüriyeti Türk Ocaklari Matbaasi 1927. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original trichrome wrappers. 4to. 27 x 20 cm. In Ottoman script Old Turkish in Arabic letters. 4 56 72 92 32 92 41 31 8 25 p. two full paged b/w plates. First and only edition of detailed account of the Lotus case an international legal case involving France and Turkey in front of the Permanent Court of International Justice compiled by Spanish judge Altavira y Crevea and translated by Turkish Distinguished Professor of International Law Menemenlizâde Edhem 1878-1965. The case is known for establishing the so-called "Lotus principle" in international law says that sovereign states may act in any way they wish so long as they do not contravene an explicit prohibition. The Bozkurt-Lotus case decided by the Permanent Court of International Justice PCIJ in 1927 became a landmark in international law especially regarding issues of jurisdiction and the extent of a state's rights to assert criminal jurisdiction over foreign nationals. The case arose from the collision between the S.S. Lotus a French vessel and the S.S. Bozkurt a Turkish ship near the Greek island of Mytilene on 2 August 1926. After the collision eight Turkish nationals aboard the Bozkurt drowned. In response Turkey arrested and charged the captain of the Lotus Captain Demons for causing the deaths and damages to the Turkish vessel. The Turkish courts condemned him asserting their right to try him for the incident even though the collision occurred in international waters and involved a French ship. France contested the jurisdiction of Turkish courts over the captain arguing that Turkey could not claim the right to prosecute a foreign national for actions committed on a foreign vessel in international waters. France brought the case before the PCIJ to challenge Turkey's legal authority. The court ruled in favour of Turkey emphasizing that under international law there was no general prohibition against a state asserting jurisdiction over crimes involving foreign nationals even when the incident occurred outside its territorial waters. The PCIJ's decision established the principle that absent an explicit prohibition in international law states are free to exercise jurisdiction in cases where they have a legitimate interest even if the matter involves foreign nationals and occurred in international waters. This judgment reinforced the notion of state sovereignty in determining jurisdiction and highlighted the extent to which international law permits states to assert legal authority over incidents involving foreign nationals under certain conditions. However it also raised important questions about extraterritorial jurisdiction and the balance between state sovereignty and international cooperation in legal matters. "The Lotus principle or Lotus approach usually considered a foundation of international law says that sovereign states may act in any way they wish so long as they do not contravene an explicit prohibition. The application of this principle - an outgrowth of the Lotus case - to future incidents raising the issue of jurisdiction over people on the high seas was changed by article 11 of the Convention on the High Seas. The convention held in Geneva in 1958 laid emphasis on the fact that only the flag state or the state of which the alleged offender was a national had jurisdiction over sailors regarding incidents occurring on the high seas." Wikipedia. It is the first legal Turkish success achieved in the international arena after the proclamation of the Republic. Karakus. In court the Turkish side was represented by Mahmut Esat Bozkurt who was the Minister of Justice at the time. When Turkey adopted the formal surname system in 1934 Mahmut Esat chose the surname "Bozkurt" as a reminder of the landmark case. Sources: Karakus H.Burak. 2013. Atatürk Özel Sayisi: "Genç Türkiye'nin Ilk Hukuk Zaferi: Bozkurt-Lotus Davasi". Ankara: Hukuk Gündemi Dergisi. Wikipedia. Bulut Hüseyin. 2018. Atatürk <br/> <br/> Adliye Vekâleti Istatistik ve Nesriyât Müdüriyeti, Türk Ocaklari Matbaasi paperback
190228399New York: Harper's 1902. First printing. Hardcover. Good overall. Content on the Russo-Japanese & Spanish American War; Automobiling early cars playing polo!; Teddy Roosevelt Chinese rugby cartoon Blackwell Island Bridge Thomas Nast cartoon Henley regatta. Half year bound volume of Harper's Weekly with woodblock illustrations throughout.<br /> <br /> Color supplements were included in the Christmas issue. Chinese playing rugby cartoon p1582; US Naval Academy p1498; Blackwell Island Bridge p1308; Wall Street p1180; Thomas Nast p1972. <br /> <br /> Folio 1155pp. Weekly issues bound up into a large single volume with 3/4 leather and marbled boards. Leather spine chipped cracked at hinge binding firm internally very clean. Harper's hardcover
193729733AB1937. Sevilla L. Roisin Fotografo 1937 10 cm x 7.5 cm. 20 photographic cards connected as Leporello. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Signed by the member of Na-Fianna Eireann from Graignamanagh Captain Padraig Quinn in 1937. paperback
19466958San Juan / Arecibo: Imprimio en los Talleres Tipográficos de la Imprenta Venezuela / Coleccion Martinez 1946. First edition. Folio 15x11" 84pp. Presented to Kenneth McKlintock former Secretary of State and President of the Senate of Puerto Rico by the Colección Alvaraz Martinez Cadilla with inscription and signature on title page. Illustrations facsimiles. Original printed paper wraps spine chipped split and partially perished. Colección Alvaraz Martinez Cadilla stamps throughout else clean internally. A good copy. <br /> <br /> Very uncommon memoir from the innovative 20th century Puerto Rican artist Julio Tomás Martínez 1878-1954. Martinez studied art architecture and engineering working in all three fields in Arecibo. Martinez set himself apart from most Puerto Rican artists of the time with his interest modern idioms incorporating symbolism surrealism and futurism into his works. He was married to writer and artist Maria Cadilla and the two established an art academy in Santurce San Juan.<br /> <br /> This book includes sections on the Spanish American War and represents one of the few published memoirs of a Puerto Rican civilian on that topic. Martinez describes the role his hometown of Utuado played in the 1898 conflict and describes the American military campaign against Spanish forces on the island. <br /> <br /> This book has a significant association being presented to then Senator and later President of the Senate and Secretary of State of Puerto Rico Kenneth McKlintock b. 1957. We can't identify the signature but it is likely a child or grandchild of Martinez and Cadilla one of their daughters having married into the Alvarez family. <br /> <br /> OCLC cites just 6 holdings of this important text from an influential figure in early 20th century Puerto Rican history and culture. <br /> <br /> <br /> . Imprimio en los Talleres Tipográficos de la Imprenta Venezuela / Coleccion Martinez unknown
19889070San Juan: Universidad de Puerto Rico 1988. Facsimile. 11x8.5" 321 1pp. in facsimile Spanish with tables indices. Publisher's faux leather over boards stamped in gilt. Upper joint with splitting to red paper covering few scuffs to rear board. Prelims toned else clean internally and very good. <br /> <br /> Scarce facsimile edition of the documents of the Paris Treaty of 1898 originally published in Madrid 1898-1899. Universidad de Puerto Rico unknown
196334963n.p.: Chas. M. Henry Printing Company 1963. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. x 163 pages 1. Illustrated. Blue cloth hardcover with title and regimental flag illustration on the front cover. Light shelf wear and rubs to the blue cloth binding. End papers toned. Chas. M. Henry Printing Company hardcover
193856826Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd. 1938. 8vo. 4 343 1 pp. Orange cloth purple lettering front cover & spine minor dustsoiling minor darkening to head & foot of spine slight bumping to couple corners w/ d.j. cover art of monoplane soaring into the sky above smoking ruins at the lower fore-edge minor creasing slight chipping to corners minor chipping head & foot of spine w/ old minor tape repairs to verso still VG/G copy. First edition second printing of Oloff de Wet’s memoir as a British volunteer pilot during the Spanish Civil War and considered one of the most descriptive and best accounts by a republican flier during the War. Oloff de Wet 1912-1975 was an RAF trained pilot who grounded out from an accident worked as journalist and pilot in the Second Italo-Ethipian War Second Italo-Abyssiann War and after fighting in the Spanish Civil War would later become a spy in Prague before World War II. He and his wife were captured and tortured by the Gestapo and his experiences would later be published as The Valley of the Shadow Death Row. After his release in April 1945 from a Nazi prison he returned to London where as a portrait sculpture he executed busts of Ezra Pound Edmund Blunden John Cowper Powys Dylan Thomas Robert Graves and others. Scarce in original dustjacket. William Blackwood & Sons, Ltd., hardcover
193782175Madrid: Confederación Nacional del Trabajo 1937. First Editions. Four folio issues 59.75cm; original newsprint wrappers; 4pp per issue; illus.; text is entirely in Spanish. Publication sequence as follows: Año VI Nos. 625 22 May 737 3 November 740 6 November 741 7 November. Each issue horizontally folded with light wear with varying degrees of mild toning and dust-soil to extremities; two issues show some old underlining or circling in red and blue pencil; two faint marginal stains and some smudging to the text in a few spots on No.625; two old shallow ink stains to No.737; overall Very Good. A small group of well-preserved issues of a daily newspaper published by the CNT Confederacion Nacional de Trabajo a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist labor union founded in 1910 and still active today. Contents include coverage and photographs from the various fronts during the Spanish Civil War toward the second year of the conflict. 82175. [Confederación Nacional del Trabajo] unknown
193881496New York: Covici-Friede 1938. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto 28cm; taupe cloth blocked and titled in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; unpaginated 96pp; photographically illustrated. Gently spine-sunned lightly shelfworn with foxing to spine joints board edges and upper edge of textblock; pronounced offsetting to gutters at endpapers from binder's glue though text and illustrations are mostly clean; triangular loss to upper right corner of p.50-51 3.5" x 3.25" x 1 5/8" with the torn corner loosely laid in; just Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.50 spine-sunned showing moderate wear several chips tears and attendant creases with a half-dozen or so tears archivally reinforced on verso; Good or better. <br /> <br /> One of the definitive photobooks of the 20th century and an essential title in any collection of books on the Spanish Civil War. The untitled jacket image capturing the moment of death of a militiaman on the Cordoba front established Capa's reputation as one of the great battlefield photographers of all time and remains one of the most recognizable photographs of the Twentieth Century. PARR-BADGER I:139. 81496. Covici-Friede unknown
193730146Valencia: S.i. 1937. Six tabloid issues 58cm; newsprint wrappers; 4pp per issue; occasional illus; text entirely in Spanish. Publication sequence as follows: Año XLIV Nos.15.394 15.409 15.411 15.413 15.424 15.435 October 8272931; November 1326 1937. All six issues horizontally folded at center occasional creasing to extremities with a few scattered passages underlined in red and blue colored pencil; one with mild toning along folds else paper is still supple and quite fresh; Very Good overall. Nicely-preserved selection of issues of this Republican daily newspaper the official organ of the Partido Sindicalista one of the smaller Spanish left-wing workers' parties that would eventually become affiliated with the United Front. The paper was founded in 1896 by the popular Spanish novelist and journalist Vicente Blasco Ibañez. During the Second Republic under the management of Ibañez's nephew Sigfrido the paper became more politically aligned eventually becoming the organ of the Syndicalists in 1932; it ceased publication with the end of the Republic in 1939. Rare; OCLC finds 2 locations holding any issues Biblioteca Universitat de Barcelona Universidad de Valencia none in the U.S. S.i. unknown
193726237Valencia: CNT 1937. 49 tabloid issues ca.48cm with publication seqence as follows: Año II Nos. 219 224-225 227-228 233-234 241-243 245 327-329 331-332 334-340 342 347-349 351-352 356 358-363 365-378. Printed offset on newsprint ca.8pp per issue; illus. Issues show light overall wear and toning creases and small tears with underlining and marginalia in red and blue colored-pencil to most issues; overall Very Good. Substantial run of this Spanish Civil War newspaper the official organ of the anarcho-syndicalist group Confederación Nacional del Trabajo. Published in Valencia between 1936-1939 the paper provided daily coverage of the Republican struggle with articles by Jesus Muro Felix Paredes Enrique Lopez Alarcon Gaston Leval and Juan Lopez et al. Illustrated with political cartoons and caricatures throughout. Large runs extremely uncommon in the trade; OCLC shows just 5 American institutions holding any issues. [CNT] unknown
193617499Barcelona: Edicions del Comissariat de Propaganda de la Generalitat de Catalunya ca 1936. First Limited Edition. One of 150 copies in the "regular" issue from a total edition of 175. Folio 40cm. Illustrated card portfolio containing 12 loose lithographic plates and a single sheet of letterpress as issued. Portfolio has shelf-wear and soil sticker to front wrapper with 2" tear to lower edge 0.5" nick to rear flap fold and creases and tiny tears to extremities; contents clean and fresh; Good. <br /> <br /> Suite of twelve lithographs by the Catalan painter Pere Créixams 1893-1965 all depicting Catalonian children against the backdrop of various scenes from the Civil War. Each image is accompanied by a brief patriotic slogan in Catalan with English translation printed beneath. The one-page text introduction is signed "C.A. Jordana." A rather uncommon collection of Spanish Civil War propaganda images exceptionally well-preserved. 017499. Edicions del Comissariat de Propaganda de la Generalitat de Catalunya unknown
193452881London: 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." <br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> The periodical was issued irregularly from one to as many as three issues per week; our run collates as follows: <br /> <br /> Vol. 14 1934: 28-14161719-232629-3234-3638-4043-455760-63 32 issues<br /> Vol. 15 1935: 1-58-3136383944474850555658596163646668-72 49 issues<br /> Vol. 16 1936: 1246-3032-384042-58 53 issues<br /> Vol. 17 1937: 248-242642444547-5355-57 47 issues<br /> Vol. 18 1938: 1-35-81012-2325273031333436-4044-47525456-60 38 issues <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> 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
193733100Barcelona: IWMA 1937. Folio 33.5cm.; staplebound self-wrappers printed mimeograph; 14 leaves printed rectos only. Minor wear from handling light toning to extremities else Very Good and sound. Special issue of the Bulletin issued by the IMWA most likely in conjunction with the anarcho-syndicalist Civil War-era libertarian movement headed by the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo and the Federación Anarchista Ibérica. Contents comprised of a single article "Events in Catalonia: Developments in Antifascist Spain Since July 19th 1936. IWMA unknown
193852890Madrid: Gráficas Reunidas U.H.P. 1938. Original illustrated poser offset printed in colors on beige stock measuring 68.5cm x 100cm 27" x 39.25". Light wear and toning to extremities a few old folds smoothed-out with several tiny nicks and small edge tears a few tiny splits at intersection of folds and a small loss toward lower margin just above the lettering; an unrestored Very Good example unbacked. <br /> <br /> The first in a series of four propaganda posters produced by Gráficas Reunidas for the Liga Nacional de Mutilados e Inválidos de Guerra LNMIG the National League of War Wounded and Invalids founded in Madrid in 1937. "The creation of this association was the first tangible outcome of the organizational efforts made by wounded Republican veterans. According to their provisional programme their key concern was to remain 'useful' útiles to the war effort and provide 'unconditional help to the government'. It was stated that the association should 'educate and re-educate the disabled veterans in physical and cultural terms. As a consequence of the efforts made by the LNMIG on behalf of disabled veterans the government gave preference to the war wounded to fill vacant menial jobs such as janitors messengers and the like" cf.Matthews James. Spain at War: Society Culture and Mobilization 1936-44. The poster created by an anonymous artist depicts a wounded soldier supporting himself with a crutch being embraced by a typist above text reading "Wounded soldier take my place!" translation mine. OCLC notes a single holding at the Biblioteca Universitat de Barcelona. CARULLA 1.268. Gráficas Reunidas U.H.P. unknown
19408804Buenos Aires: Lopez and Co 1940. Fifth edtition. 4to 5 333 v 1pp. Text in Spanish with index at rear illustrations diagrams cut-out patterns throughout one folding. Publisher's shell patterned blue cloth stamped in gilt. First 40 or so pages lightly damp stained around edges and with rippling. Spine gilt worn away corners bumped still a very good sound and complete copy. <br /> <br /> Very uncommon technical treatise on dress making by F. Marti de Gili who is described on the title page as the Founder and Director of the Barcelona Women's Technical Institute and contributor to European and American fashion magazines. The book is copiously illustrated with over 1300 drawings and patterns all new and original. <br /> <br /> OCLC listings seem to indicate this book was published under various titles and likely heavily revised each time to keep up with the fashion between 1935 and 1962. There are perhaps 10-12 holdings in total for the various titles and we find no holdings for this 1940 edition. Lopez and Co unknown
1920RF1178<p><b>History and Stories for Children and Teenagers by One of the Most Important Spanish Publishers of All Times</b></p><p>12vo; 4 series 20 issues each: <i>"Cuentos" "Vida de hombres celebres" "Cuentos" "Episodios historicos"</i>; original illustrated wrappers; fine condition.</p><p>Ramón Sopena 1867-1932 was a Spanish editor who founded the publishing house that bears his name in 1894 in Barcelona. He was a multifaceted editor that published essentially dictionaries and encyclopedias but also journals. For some time he also edited erotic works and then opted for popular literature.</p><p>In the children's genre he published small works in series such as the ones we offer here: the CHILDREN COLLECTION or the LIBRARY FOR CHILDREN. The printing house had a long life since it closed only in 2004.</p><p>The purpose of the CHILDREN'S COLLECTION "<i>Episodios historicos</i>" "<i>Historical episodes</i>" was to make relevant topics of Spain's history available to children. "<i>Vida de hombres celebres</i>" "<i>Life of famous men</i>" are brief biographies of characters from Spanish and universal history. Finally the two series of "<i>Cuentos</i>" "<i>Tales</i>" are small stories without specifying their authors.</p><p># WorldCat: no copies of this series in US Libraries. <b><br /></b></p>
