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1900WRCAM51843Havana 1900. Approximately 520; 600pp. including several folding charts. Over 200 separate imprints. Original half leather and brown cloth boards spine gilt. Corners and edges worn spine rubbed boards scuffed. Initial leaves of first volume torn away but present. Several other leaves chipped and torn throughout. With many official signatures and docketing stamps. Good. Two volumes of orders promulgated in 1889 and 1900 by the American military government of Cuba after the cessation of hostilities in the Spanish-American War. Under the terms of the Teller Amendment to the Congressional Joint Resolution for war with Spain in 1898 the United States denied the intention of using the conflict as a pretext for the annexation of Cuba and promised to leave the island following the termination of the war. The American military therefore oversaw the creation of the new independent Cuban government before departing in 1902. The documents contained in this collection consist of over two hundred orders in both English and Spanish from the Headquarters Division of Cuba that helped to shape the emerging civilian government. They include instructions for the running of elections the organization of the courts and school system the appointments for various government offices provisions for tax regulations and many other critical issues facing Cuba at its independence. The directives cover two periods from January to July in 1899 and from July to September in 1901. Many of the orders are signed in manuscript by the assistants to the military governor for the island Gen. Leonard Wood including assistant adjutant generals J.B. Hickey and L.W.V. Kennon and Brig. Gen. Chief of Staff Adna R. Chaffee. An interesting documentation of the first American occupation of Cuba. hardcover books
175834566Madrid: The Author 1758. 16mo. ca. 150 x 103 cm. Full contemporary vellum with manuscript titling to spine leather ties. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. "Al Lector i privileges dated July 2 9 and 10 1737 iii "Advertencia" 72 pp. text 20 engraved plates of choreographic notation of dances including those by Feuillet and Pecour with music with alternate rectos and versos blank as issued. With one folding plate of engraved music between pp. 35 and 37.<br/><br/>With charming woodcut depictions of both male and female dancers one with an accompanying musician illustrating positions of the arms and feet and dance etiquette including bowing and managing one's hat. Diagrams and choreographic notation within text. <br/><br/>The final textual section "Explicacion del Danzar a la Española" offers detailed definitions of 46 steps used in Spanish dance followed by descriptions of "Danzas a la Española ." including the pabana the gallarda the españoleta the villano the impossibles and the hermosa. <br/><br/>Plates include:<br/>- Explicn. de la Chorographia<br/>- Movimentos de los Brazos Codos etc.<br/>- Demonstracion de la Bretaña<br/>- Rigodon ô Allegro de la Bretaña<br/>- El Amable con otra Chorographia<br/>- La Pastoril demonstda. redonda y larga<br/>- La Diligenta delinda. â lo largo ô larga<br/>- La Cortesana Cont. quadrada ô en quadro<br/><br/>Free front endpaper with elaborate contemporary paraph verso with contemporary inscription: "Soy de la Libreria de Dn. AntonÃo de Hozes Ferñz de Cordova."<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn; ties partially lacking; endpapers slightly worn; free front endpaper slightly stained. Minor internal wear and soiling; some leaves browned; occasional foxing; several small virtually invisible professional archival repairs. Rare third edition of the work demonstrating the foundations of dancing in the French style considered of greater elegance than the Spanish first published in 1737. Derra de Moroda 1856 edition of 1758. Malkin 79 edition of 1737. Niles & Leslie pp. 360-361 edition of 1758. Waterloo p. 144 RISM Écrits p. 587 editions of 1758 and 1768. All with variant titles no recorded copies with this title. <br/><br/>Minguet's manual incorporates material from two other important early 18th century dance treatises Feuillet's Chorégraphie Paris 1700 and Rameau's Le Maître de danser Paris 1726.<br/><br/>"A compilation of Feuillet Rameau and De la Cuisse. His engravings however are superior to the originals of the fore-mentioned and make his Arte de Danzar perhaps the most important treatise in 18th century Dance literature in Spanish." Niles & Leslie<br/><br/>"Spain was one of the first countries to record its social dances in a system of dance notation and notation was to be an important element in dance manuals of the eighteenth century. The first Spanish book devoted entirely to dance was Discursos sobre el arte de danzado 1642 by Juan de Esquivel Navarro dancing master to Philip IV. The next dance book by Bartolemé Ferriol y Boxeraus did not appear until a century later in 1745. Pablo Minguet e Irol a famous engraver as well as an author and translator published works on a wide range of subjects; his dance books included several important works which incorporated the French dance notation of Raoul-Auger Feuillet." International Encyclopedia of Dance 5 p. 670. <br/><br/>"A particularly lovely set of illuminations can be found in Pablo Minguet e Yrol's Arte de danzar à l a francesca." op. cit. 6 p. 124. <br/><br/>Antonio de Hoces Fernández de Córdoba 1722-1782 was a "Master of Seville" and served as mayor of Cordoba. [The Author] unknown books
197546426Irvine CA: University of California 1975. 12mo pp. 178. Paper wraps. Cover little soiled o/w a VG tight copy. Short stories and poetry by people of Mexican descent; one section for residents of Southern California and a second for high school students. University of California unknown books
17884739Madrid: En la Imprenta de D. Joseph Doblado 1788. Sm. 8vo. 166251pp. Index. Copper engraved title-page vignette and double-page table. Cont. vellum soiled hand-lettered spine. Title-page with an oval library stamp that extends into the vignette. The rules & constitution of the Carmelite Order. Palau 254013. Note: Palau records the first edition as 1582. En la Imprenta de D. Joseph Doblado hardcover books
1981240713London: Amnesty International British Section 1981. 39p. 5.75x8.25 inches introduction photo lightly-worn poetry chapbook in stapled black pictorial wraps. Dorfman's poems on The Disappeared in Chile. Amnesty International British Section unknown books
1930WRCLIT82832Madrid: V. e H. de J. Ratés 1930. 2164pp. Large octavo. Contemporary cloth gilt leather spine label t.e.g. 1846 entries. Spine a shade sunned a Library of Congress duplicate with usual stamps a very good copy. V. e H. de J. Ratés hardcover books
18206451Mexico City: Alejandro Valdes 1820. First printing. Quarto 11pp. Spirited defence of freedom of the press critical of infringements that were being made by the restored crown of Ferdinand VII of laws that had been passed by the Spanish Cortes parliament during the liberal period during and right after the Napoleonic invasion. One of these infringements was the restriction of the press. Though it is anonymous the author signs himself "El Espanol imparcial" and a close reading indicates that he was probably living in Mexico. From an argument for a free press he ends up proposing independence for the American possessions. Not in Medina; Palau 19237: OCLC list 5 libraries with holdings. Fine. <br/><br/> Alejandro Valdes unknown books
19686927Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1968. Hardcover. xiii 277p. two line maps first edition cloth boards in dj top edge soiled lightly jacket a bit worn good copy. A Republican Escobal was imprisoned by the Nationalists early in the conflict. He describes the conditions of imprisonment and executions suffered by the Republican inmates. The Bobbs-Merrill Company hardcover books
198361985San Diego: Maize Press 1983. Paperback. 110p. 5.5 x 7.5 inches text in Spanish and English lightly worn else very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Maize Press paperback books
1937009641Np: Np 1937. First Edition. Octavo. 104 pp. text in spanish 58 pages b&w photos of damage done during the war bound in printed paper wraps wraps soiled some loss of paper near foot of spine. Stamped "'Material distribuido por O.P.Y.P.R.E." A very good copu. Np unknown books
20008823New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2000. Advanced Reading Copy. Fine Condition. Bound in publisher's original wrappers. <br/><br/> Farrar, Straus, & Giroux unknown books
19951323367New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1995. First Printing. Hardcover. 10mo; pp 217; G/G; black/white/yellow/red pictorial spine with black text; dust jacket clean; small chip to rear joint; cloth has slight spotting to front joint; strong boards; text block shows light shelf wear to exterior edges; interior clean;. 1323367. FP New Rockville Stock. Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
1975123250New York: Harper and Row 1975. First American Edition. About Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Light fading to the topstain else book is Fine. Jacket has a hint of rubbing at the spine ends and corners with mild laminate lift to the crown and a crease to the front flap. A bright attractive copy. Harper and Row unknown books
19751321670New York: Rizzoli International Publications Inc 1975. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto; pp 382; VG-/G; ivory spine with black text; dust jacket has modest sun darkening to exterior edges as is; sunned spine; few chips to edges; small tape mend to rear tail edge; cloth has light toning to exterior; strong boards; text block has slight toning to exterior edges; illustrated endpapers; interior shows light toning toward edges; profusely illustrated; arts - Modern; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders.<br /> <br /> <p> This book is part of the overstocked 15's kept in Room X. 1321670. FP New Rockville Stock. Rizzoli International Publications, Inc hardcover books
1977248244New York: The Viking Press 1977. Hardcover. 268p. very good first US edition quarter-cloth boards in unclipped dj. The Viking Press hardcover books
197712125New York: The Viking Press 1977. Hardcover. 268p. very good first US edition quarter-cloth boards in unclipped dj with sunned spine. The Viking Press hardcover books
198253638New York: Seaver Books 1982. Hardcover. 159p. very good first US edition first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards and bright price-clipped dj. Told from the perspective of a Spanish exile in Paris Goytisolo continues his assault on the conventional boundaries of bourgeois society and western sexual categories. Seaver Books hardcover books
198164129New York: Seaver Books 1981. Hardcover. 270p. very good first US edition first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards in dj. Novel set in North African cemeteries where young couples meet to have sex. Spain's greatest modern novelist according to some. Seaver Books hardcover books
1959247946New York: Knopf 1959. Hardcover. viii 273p/. note on the characters lightly-worn first US edition stated in red boards with black cloth spine decorated in gilt topstain purple unclipped lightly-edgeworn but bright dj. The author's first novel and his first appearance in the US. A story of bored bourgie kids in postwar Madrid who decide to assassinate a Fascist politician. Goytisolo was bisexual. Knopf hardcover books
1938119827New York: Leo Feist 1938. Sheet_music. 6p. 9x12 inches lyrics in Spanish and English sheet music in lightly-worn pictorial wraps. The Mexican American composer had a number of hits from the 1920s until her return to Mexico in 1949 most notably "What a Difference a Day Makes Leo Feist unknown books
19711311959Barcelona: Ediciones Poligrafa S.A. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo; G/Fair; ivory spines with black text; 4 volumes; dust jackets show some foxing toward exterior edges and spines; foxing to flaps; tape mend to head spine edge of vol. 1; chipping to spine head edge of mylar; mylar wraps; cloths have slight sunning to exterior; slight wear to edges; strong boards; text block has foxing to exterior edges; foxing to first and last few pages of all volumes; pictorial endpapers; profusely illustrated; light toning to interiors; arts - Spanish; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders.; Shelved above China. 1311959. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Ediciones Poligrafa, S.A. hardcover books
1973130912New York New York: Hastings Gallery/Spanish Institute 1973. Softcover. NF has the artists's name handwritten at top of front page. Cream bi-fold with 1 black and white illustration. Published in conjunction with a gallery exhibition January 16 - February 17 1973. Includes 3 reviews of the artist's work an illustration of the painting "The Blue Shirt" and a list of 13 paintings exhibited. Quite scarce. Hastings Gallery/Spanish Institute paperback books
199570852Payson UT: Tree of Light Institute 1995. 22p. 5.5x8.5 inches text in Spanish introduction very good pamphlet in stapled green pictorial wraps. Horne's guide to herbal remedies translated to Spanish. Tree of Light Institute unknown books
182121602<p>This fascinating archive consists of 27 manuscript documents in English and one in Spanish from litigation between the Baltimore owners of the merchant ship <i>Budget</i> and insurance companies that underwrote its voyage from England to South America. This conflict occurred against a backdrop of the collapse of Spain's American empire as various areas in Central and South America asserted their independence many under the leadership of Simón BolÃvar. The ship carrying weapons and supplies destined for Simón BolÃvar's rebels was captured by a Spanish privateer and condemned in Puerto Rico. The insurance companies refused to pay on their policies leading to two important cases on maritime law neutral rights and the responsibilities of insurance companies.</p> <b>INSURANCE NEUTRALITY SHIPPING SPANISH EMPIRE.</b>Archive of Evidence in <i>Thompson and Bathurst v. Maryland Insurance Company and Thompson and Bathurst v. Phoenix Fire Insurance Company</i> cases 1821-1824. 28 documents 41 pp. most 7¾ x 9¾ in.<p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>In October 1822 Baltimore merchants Hugh Thompson and Matthew Bathurst insured their ship <i>Budget</i>and its cargo for $5000 with the Maryland Insurance Company and another $5000 with the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company for a voyage from London England to two ports on the "Spanish Main" Spanish colonies in Central America and on the northern coast of South America then back to the United States. The <i>Budget</i> was transporting "munitions of war" from London to the blockaded port of La Guaira Venezuela on the coast ten miles north of Caracas for Simón BolÃvar's rebels in Spanish America.</p><p>On December 1 1822 the Spanish privateer <i>Cora</i> under the command of Captain Don Juan Esiga captured the <i>Budget</i> and had it condemned as a prize of war at a court in Puerto Rico. <i>The Budget's</i>captain John Meany purchased the ship back billing Thompson and Bathurst for doing so. The merchants applied for payment from their insurers in March 1823. By May Thompson and Bathurst had turned over the <i>Budget</i> and its cargo to the Maryland Insurance Company and demanded payment. The insurers demanded more documentation especially of the condemnation proceedings in Puerto Rico. In August the insurance companies returned the copies of the proceedings in Puerto Rico to the ship's owners "to be translated into English." In March 1824 the insurers denied the claims.</p><p>On March 17 1824 the merchants sued the insurance companies in the Baltimore County Court for having "broken their covenant." Chief Judge Stevenson Archer ruled in favor of Thompson and Bathurst. However both the plaintiffs and the defendant's objected to parts of the decisions and filed cross-appeals to the Court of Appeals of Maryland.</p><p>In December 1832 Judge Thomas Beale Dorsey of Maryland's Court of Appeals concurred with the county court's refusing exceptions presented by the insurance companies and dissented on the exceptions offered by merchants. The Court of Appeals therefore ruled in favor of the ship's owners and entered judgment for "a total loss."</p><p><b>Excerpts:</b></p><p>Insurance Policy No. 8881 with the Maryland Insurance Company October 10 1822:</p><p>"<i>Touching the adventures and perils which we the assurers are contented to bear and take upon us in this voyage; they are of the Seas Men of War Fires Enemies Pirates Rovers Thieves Jettisons Letters of Mart and Counter Mart Surprisals Takings at Sea Arrests Restraints and Detainments of all Kings Princes or People of what Nation Condition or Quality soever Barratry of the Master and Mariners and all other Perils Losses and Misfortunes that have or shall come to the hurt detriment or damage of the said vessel or any part thereof.</i>"</p><p>Translation of Order of Francisco Marcos Santaella December 23 1822:</p><p>"<i>Having seen this summary judgment relating to the capture of the transport corvette called the Budget going from New Orleans under the orders & command of her Capt. & supercargo Mr. John Meany the first of the present month by the Spanish Privateer schooner called the Cora or Good Friends armed in this place and under command of her captain Don Juan Esija; taking into consideration the contents of the ships papers & from others found on board together with the declarations taken or made at the time of capture and those which have been made before this tribunal by the captains captor & captured second mate of the corvette and the prize master all tending to show that that vessel sailed from London on the 11th day of October last with a cargo of munitions of War belonging to particular individuals residing in that capitol who destined it for Caracas to be delivered to Messrs. Jones Pawly Harry and C<u>o</u> in Laguira at that time a port blockaded by the enemy in order that pursuant to the particular intention of M<u>r</u> Zeas the Columbian Squadron sh<u>d</u>be placed upon a respectable footing; and for this purpose was to be fitted out the Brigantine New Orleans & to make a regular deposit of said articles at the s<u>d</u> Laguira for the general use of the service where the s<u>d</u>corvette made efforts to enter the said captain bearing orders in case he found the place actually blockaded to carry her into S<u>t</u> Martha a port also occupied by the Insurgents and comprehended in the same declaration of blockade where she sh<u>d</u> be discharged and the cargo left to the judgment of the said individuals of Caracas; that the same Corvette sh<u>d</u> be offered for the service of s<u>d</u> Squadron whenever it shd be found needful that it shd be particularly recommended for the said Capt Meany to be employed in the marine service; with various other particulars which the said document contained and showing the decided protection which the European English and Anglo Americans afford to the insurgents of the continent contrary to all right and how much more worthy would it have been to have refrained out of respect for a short time.</i>"</p><p>Also the original order in Spanish December 23 1822 with a certification by Judah Lord "<i>Commercial Agent of the United States of America for Port Rico</i>" January 2 1823.</p><p>Thompson and Bathurst to President and Directors of Maryland Insurance Company March 12 1823:</p><p>"<i>Having received advise from Captain Maney that he had purchased the Ship Budget after her having been condemned and drawn on us for amount of Cost & Disbursements; we wish to know if we may calculate on receiving from you the amount insured in your Office at the stipulated time expressed in your Policy; say 90 days from proof of loss</i>"</p><p>Thompson and Bathurst to President and Directors of Maryland Insurance Company May 7 1823:</p><p>"<i>We abandoned to you on the 6<u>th</u> February last the Ship & Freight of Ship Budget insured in your Office by Policy N<u>o</u>8881 and at same time handed you a Certified Copy of the Condemnation of said Ship at Porto Rico. The Period of time required by your Policy for payment of Loss after proof thereof having now expired we beg leave to call upon you for the amount thereof.</i>"</p><p>President John Hollins of Maryland Insurance Company to Thompson and Bathurst May 24 1823:</p><p>"<i>Your letter of the 21st Inst has had the attention of a full board of Directors who have instructed me to inform you that they will advance to you $4498.75 on receipt of your & R. Oliver Esqrs joint note at six months bearing interest at the expiration of which time or sooner if convenient you are required to produce to this Company the following documents relative to the Ship Budget Viz The proceedings of the Court at Porto Rico The Log book or authenticated copy thereof The Charter Party or copy authenticated upon receipt of which & their proving satisfactory an adjustm<u>t</u> of the loss shall take place.</i>"</p><p>President John Hollins of Maryland Insurance Company to Thompson and Bathurst March 4 1824:</p><p>"<i>The board of Directors have instructed me to inform you that they do not consider the Company answerable for the claim you make for the ship Budget & freight insured by policy No 8881 this opinion they have formed from advice given by Mr Wirt & Mr Purviance who have had the case under their consideration.</i></p><p>"<i>I am also instructed to say to you that if your note in favor of Messs Rob. & Jno Oliver & by them endorsed for $4498.75 with interest & cost of protest be not taken up & paid at the Bank of Baltimore where it now lays on or before the 10th Inst it will be handed to Mr Purviance to be put in suit against you & those Gentlemen we hope you will prevent this unpleasant business but if not you will know the blame will not be chargeable to this Company.</i>"</p><p>Thompson and Bathurst to President and Directors of Maryland Insurance Company March 9 1824:</p><p>"<i>we are sorry to learn you still seem determined not to admit your liability for the Loss on the Ship Budget condemned at Porto Rico.</i>"</p><p>"<i>We had hoped that the very clear and decided opinions handed you of Mess<u>rs</u>Ogden & Binney Lawyers considered as the best informed in this Country on Marine Insurance would have removed all doubts & have been conclusive on that subject.</i>"</p><p>"<i>It is extremely unpleasant to us being under the necessity of resisting the payment of our Note which our Counsel have advised us to do; at same time we feel confident the result will prove we are in the right & justifiable in doing so.</i>"</p><p><b>Matthew Bathurst</b> 1778-1847 and <b>Hugh Thompson</b> 1760-1826 were partners in a general mercantile business in Baltimore Maryland.</p><p><b>John Meany</b> 1770-1841 was a sea captain in the merchant service and then a merchant and ship-owner in Philadelphia. For many years Hugh Thompson employed him.</p><p><b>John Hollins</b> 1760-1827 was a banker in Liverpool before immigrating to Baltimore where he became a successful merchant. He was president of the Maryland Insurance Company from 1802 to 1827 and he held a variety of local offices.</p><p><b>Simón BolÃvar</b> 1783-1830 was born in Caracas and educated in Spain and France. He joined the group of patriots that seized Caracas in 1810 and proclaimed independence from Spain. He went to Great Britain in search of aid but could get only a promise of British neutrality. When he returned to Venezuela and took command of a patriot army he recaptured Caracas in 1813 from the Spaniards. The Spaniards forced BolÃvar to retreat from Venezuela to New Granada now Colombia also at war with Spain. He took command of a Colombian force and captured Bogota in 1814. The patriots however lacked men and supplies and new defeats led BolÃvar to flee to Jamaica. In Haiti he gathered a force that landed in Venezuela in 1816 and took Angostura now Ciudad BolÃvar. He also became dictator there. BolÃvar marched into New Granada in 1819. His forces decisively defeated the Spaniards at Boyacá in 1819 liberating the territory of Colombia. He then returned to Angostura and led the congress that organized the original republic of Colombia now Ecuador Colombia Panama and Venezuela. BolÃvar became its first president on December 17 1819. BolÃvar crushed the Spanish army at Carabobo in Venezuela on June 24 1821. Next he marched into Ecuador and added that territory to the new Colombian republic. After meeting with another great liberator José de San Martin in 1822 BolÃvar became dictator of Peru in February 1824. His army won a victory over the Spaniards at Ayacucho in December 1824. Upper Peru became a separate state named Bolivia in BolÃvar's honor in 1825. He stepped down as president of Gran Colombia in January 1830 and died of tuberculosis eleven months later.</p> books
1708217289Milan: M.A.P. Malatesta 1708. 6 2 blank pp. 1 vols. Samll folio. Old stab-marks visible. Very good. 6 2 blank pp. 1 vols. Samll folio. The Austrians Rule Milan. Issued during the Wars of Spanish Succession when Archduke Charles the future Emperor 1711-40 claimed the Spanish throne as Charles III. In 1706 the Austrians invaded Northern Italy and entered Milan ending he Spanish rule there. This edict of 31 August 1708 is an attempt to regulate the currency eliminate the flight of Milanese gold and silver coins through black market foreign exchange and set the rate of the new Milanese money against seventeen other foreign currencies. M.A.P. Malatesta unknown books
