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189832565Chicago: Published by Belford Middlebrook and Co. and Printed by Rand McNally and Co. Printers 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Folio. Unpaginated. Illustrated. Light tan cloth hardcover with title and red blue and tan patriotic illustrated front cover. Restored. Front and rear hinges repaired with tissue. Tan cloth binding is soiled along the edges with a few spots on the rear cover. Published by Belford, Middlebrook and Co. and Printed by Rand, McNally and Co. Printers 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
201429313<p>New York:: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2014. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine tight copy with discreet remainder dot in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. Madrid 1936. In a city blasted by a civil war six people meet and find their lives changed forever. Ernest Hemingway his career stalled his marriage sour hopes that this war will give him fresh material and new romance; Martha Gellhorn an ambitious novice journalist hungry for love and experience thinks she will find both with Hemingway in Spain. Robert Capa and Gerda Taro idealistic young photographers based in Paris want to capture history in the making and are inventing modern photojournalism in the process. And Arturo Barea chief of the Spanish government's foreign press office and Ilsa Kulcsar his Austrian deputy are struggling to balance truth-telling with loyalty to their sometimes compromised cause a struggle that places both of them in peril. Beginning with the cloak-and-dagger plot that precipitated the first gunshots of the war and moving forward month by month to the end of the conflict. Hotel Florida traces the tangled and disparate wartime destinies of these three couples against the backdrop of a critical moment in history: a moment that called forth both the best and the worst of those caught up in it. In this noir landscape of spies soldiers revolutionaries and artists the shadow line between truth and falsehood sometimes became faint indeed your friend could be your enemy and honesty could get you or someone else killed.Years later Hemingway would say "It is very dangerous to write the truth in war and the truth is very dangerous to come by." In Hotel Florida from the raw material of unpublished letters and diaries official documents and recovered reels of film the celebrated biographer Amanda Vaill has created a narrative of love and reinvention that is finally a story about truth: finding it telling it and living itwhatever the cost.</p> Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, hardcover
201428203New York:: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2014. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine tight copy with a discreet remainder dot in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. Madrid 1936. In a city blasted by a civil war six people meet and find their lives changed forever. Ernest Hemingway his career stalled his marriage sour hopes that this war will give him fresh material and new romance; Martha Gellhorn an ambitious novice journalist hungry for love and experience thinks she will find both with Hemingway in Spain. Robert Capa and Gerda Taro idealistic young photographers based in Paris want to capture history in the making and are inventing modern photojournalism in the process. And Arturo Barea chief of the Spanish government's foreign press office and Ilsa Kulcsar his Austrian deputy are struggling to balance truth-telling with loyalty to their sometimes compromised cause a struggle that places both of them in peril. Beginning with the cloak-and-dagger plot that precipitated the first gunshots of the war and moving forward month by month to the end of the conflict. Hotel Florida traces the tangled and disparate wartime destinies of these three couples against the backdrop of a critical moment in history: a moment that called forth both the best and the worst of those caught up in it. In this noir landscape of spies soldiers revolutionaries and artists the shadow line between truth and falsehood sometimes became faint indeed your friend could be your enemy and honesty could get you or someone else killed.Years later Hemingway would say "It is very dangerous to write the truth in war and the truth is very dangerous to come by." In Hotel Florida from the raw material of unpublished letters and diaries official documents and recovered reels of film the celebrated biographer Amanda Vaill has created a narrative of love and reinvention that is finally a story about truth: finding it telling it and living itwhatever the cost. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 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
18983455New York: Published at the Office of "Cuba" 1123 Broadway 1898. First edition. In original printed wrappers. Wrappers creased and dented; spine missing at bottom. Corners dog-eared. A few pages with wormholes not affecting text. Otherwise in very good condition. First edition. In original printed wrappers. 74 2 pp. <p><br /> Rare first edition of Spain's 1897 grant of autonomy to Cuba and Puerto Rico-its last failed attempt to retain the islands through reform and the first constitutional success for the Cuban and Puerto Rican autonomist movements.<br /> <p><p><br /> Issued by Cuban autonomist exiles in New York this publication presents the full English translation of the Royal Decree of November 25 1897 signed by Queen Regent María Cristina which established broad local self-government for Cuba and Puerto Rico. It is accompanied by political commentary from Eliseo Giberga a leader of the Cuban Autonomist Party and editorials from El País the party's principal newspaper in Havana. The decree promised legislative authority to elected insular parliaments universal male suffrage civil and political equality with mainland Spaniards and control over finance commerce education public works and internal justice while reserving military naval and foreign affairs to the Spanish central government. A unique provision among colonial constitutions preserved the islands' representation in the Spanish Cortes.<br /> <p><p><br /> Although hailed at the time as realizing "the dream of three generations of Cubans" the new constitutional system was overtaken by events. After the sinking of the USS Maine and the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898 Spain was forced to cede Puerto Rico to the United States and withdraw from Cuba rendering the newly granted autonomy largely theoretical. The political structure outlined in this decree was never fully implemented.<br /> <p><p><br /> The publication also offers comparative analysis asserting that the rights granted exceeded those enjoyed by Canadian provinces under the British North America Act of 1867 and in some respects by U.S. states. It preserves the vision of peaceful constitutional reform promoted by the Cuban Autonomist Party soon eclipsed by military occupation and the shift toward independence under American influence. <br /> <p><p><br /> This volume captures Spain's last liberal attempt to modernize its empire-a transitional political vision for Cuba and Puerto Rico that was quickly overtaken by war U.S. intervention and the collapse of Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and Pacific. It is also a key document in the history of Cuban constitutionalism and Puerto Rican political status.<br /> <p><p><br /> Rare particularly in original wrappers; only a handful of institutional holdings recorded. RBH lists only one copy sold in the past fifty years Sotheby's 2021.<br /> <p>. Published at the Office of "Cuba," 1123 Broadway 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>
169719796London: Printed for R. Sare F. Saunders and Tho. Bennet 1697 1697. First edition in English. ESTC R5377; Wing Q188. Binding particularly the spine rubbed; text fine; very good copy. 8vo contemporary mottled calf gilt decorated and lettered spine. The first English translation of Francisco de Quevedo's La Hora de Todos y la Fortuna con Seso a biting satire of Spanish politics and the follies of the times written under the guise of a prose fantasy. Ouevedo 1580-1645 a contemporary and friend of Cervantes was one of the greatest writers of his era in Spanish literature. The translator Capt. John Stevens was a prolific translator of Spanish literature and author on Spanish subjects. London: Printed for R. Sare, F. Saunders and Tho. Bennet, 1697 unknown
1714AQ23536En Amberes i.e. Antwerp: Por Henrico y Cornelio Verdussen 1714. 8 336 331-680pp 2. Text complete despite erratic pagination. Handsomely bound in nineteenth century russia tooled in gilt and blind A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Armorial bookplate in sanguine superimposed on an earlier bookplate of Thomas Merthyr Guest to FEP An early eighteenth century revised edition of the first part of Gines Perez de Hita's 1544-1619 Historia de los vandos de los Zegries y Abencerrages 1595-1619 widely considered the first Spanish historical novel. The book's portrait of the chivalrous Moorish family of the Abencerrages did much to establish the stereotype of the romantic Moor in European literature. Thomas Merthyr Guest 1838-1904 Welsh industrialist and landowner husband to author and benefactor Lady Theodora Guest née Grosvenor 1840-1924. . 8vo. Por Henrico y Cornelio Verdussen unknown
1855RF 1508<p><strong>El Omnibus. Lecturas para todos - Se publica los lunes.</strong> Madrid: Establecimiento Tipográfico de Mellado 1855-1857.</p><p>ALL PUBLISHED. Año 1 n.1 dic.1855 - año 2 n.95 30 jul. 1857; folio; each issue: 4 pp illustrated with fine wood engraved plates contemporary calf.</p><p>First edition complete run of 95 issues of this weekly periodical from Madrid published for two years. Each issue included at least one illustration alongside the topics included in the issue including travelogs world History and History of Spain. Several texts penned by Alexandre Dumas and other important writers were published in this Spanish periodical for the first time before appearing in book form. Of great interest.</p><p> Hartzenbusch Eugenio. Apuntes para un catálogo de periódicos madrileños desde el año 1661 a 1870.</p><p># WorldCat: No copies in US Libraries RF 1508 LL 1207</p> Establecimiento Tipográfico de Mellado
69007Chicago Illinois: Industrial Workers of the World 2422 Halsted St. Norte 8211. Printed in Morelia Mexico. Pamphlet. Very Good . 23 pp. 4 pp. insert bound at the center between pages 10 and 11. Octavo 23 cm; side-stapled in printed wrappers. Just a bit of toning to some of the internal pages. This copy is clean and in excellent shape with just a soft faint central vertical crease that runs throughout. Spanish language edition; a translation or variation of the IWW informational and organizing pamphlet "One Big Union of All the Workers." or "One Big Union of The IWW." etc reference: Miles 4393–4397.<br /> <br /> The single-sheet 4 pp. insert prints the Errata for this work on one side and an illustration of "Father Thomas J. Hagerty's Wheel" which is a circular diagram of the structure of the IWW's industrial union system. <br /> <br /> "Father" Thomas J. Hagerty b. 1862 was a Catholic priest a co-founder of the IWW the author of the IWW's omnipresent "Preamble" text and the creator of this chart "Hagerty's Wheel" see: https://archive.iww.org/history/biography/FatherHaggerty/ and https://archive.iww.org/about/official/wheel/. Shortly after the establishment of the IWW in 1905 Hagerty left both the Catholic church and the radical political movement. Late in life before his death sometime in the 1920s Hagerty was reported by some of his former union comrades to be living in voluntary poverty on the streets of Chicago. Industrial Workers of the World (2422 Halsted St. Norte) unknown
19513060Laredo Tx 1951. Very good. 64pp. Original pictorial wrappers stapled. Light toning; minor wear. Attractive copy of this Spanish phrasebook for U.S. travelers crossing the border into Mexico through Laredo. Stated twelfth edition. unknown
19206853Barcelona: Encuardernaciones Patentadas Spirax Sol; Papeles de Estano-Barna 1920. Booklet spiral-bound along top edge 17 x 13 cm. 58 leaves printed rectos only. Illustrated throughout in chromolithography. Title from cover. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. A trade catalog for the distinctive and elaborate bottles for wine and spirits from the firm of Destilerias Hilario Botella from Jativa in Spanish Valencia. The first offerings are the highly decorated bottles in styles such as Anfora Valenciana Nagasaki del Japon Carmen Sevilla Piramidal Conica and most exciting the Botella Pinguino Patentada– a 1000 gram bottle in the shape of a penguin. Bottles for dozens of types of spirits are included as well as a lemonade dispensing device and two pages of fine leather goods. Some offsetting throughout; rear wrapper panel soiled but mostly clean and bright. Some early ink scribbles to front wrapper verso otherwise generally very good or better. Scarce. OCLC locates no copies. Encuardernaciones Patentadas Spirax Sol; Papeles de Estano-Barna hardcover
19902081002109002103Instituto Cultural de Macau Serviços Culturais-Embaixada de Portugal em Toquio Camara Municipal de Omura 1990. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 94 p. Size: 26 cm Instituto Cultural de Macau Serviços Culturais-Embaixada de Portugal em Toquio Camara Municipal de Omura paperback
1711AQ26623London: Printed for S. Popping 1711. 8 88pp. Modern half-calf marbled paper boards contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Minor shelf-wear. Half-title browned. The sole edition of a pamphlet variously attributed to Bishop of Chichester Francis Hare 1671-1740 and physician and satirist William Wagstaff 1683/4-1725 demonstrating 'the Danger of leaving the House of Bourbon in possession of the whole Spanish Monarchy or of any considerable part of it' occasioned by the peace negotiations March-July 1710 held at Geertruidenberg in the United Provinces between representatives of Louis XIV and the Dutch in an attempt to conclude the War of the Spanish Succession and written partly in response to three contemporary pamphlets; The ballance of Europe: or an enquiry into the respective dangers of giving the Spanish monarchy to the Emperour as well as to King Philip; Reasons why this nation ought to put a speedy end to this expensive war; and An essay at a plain exposition of that difficult phrase a good peace - all commonly ascribed to Daniel Defoe 1660-1731. ESTC T56742. First edition. 8vo. Printed for S. Popping hardcover
171134984London 1711. 888pp. Some toning. Very good. Disbound.<br/> <br/> An interesting work relating to the actions of French Huguenot soldier and diplomat Henri de Massue Earl of Galway during the War of the Spanish Succession. Galway's failure at the Battle of Almanza led to the defeat of the British and his eventual censure by Parliament.<br/> <br/> ESTC T18844. Goldsmith 4973. unknown
1701ABC_48243Amsterdam 1701. Small 4to ca. 20 x 15 cm. Nicolas Chevalier Contemporary limp vellum with the manuscript title on the spine and a paper shelf mark label at the foot. With a general title and 2 divisional titles for ad 6 and ad 11 all with a woodcut vignette further with 2 hand-coloured engraved maps 1 folding engraved plate and several woodcut initials. 12 parts in 1 volume. 134 pp. Collection of very rare pamphlets and printed letters published under a collective title on the actual political circumstances of Northern Europe in the years 1699-1701 especially in connection with the death of the Spanish King Charles II born in 1661 in 1700 leading to the War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714. The work includes 2 maps of Flanders and a folding plate of the Battle of Narva which took place on 30 November 1700. Although the pamphlets and letters were printed separately the present collection appears to be very rare as we have not been able to find any other copies with the same contents.Charles died childless. His possessions would go to one of his brothers-in-law: the French King Louis XIV 1638-1715 or the German Emperor Leopold I 1640-1705. Both had agreed already beforehand that they would divide Charles heritage to avoid disturbance of the European balance of power. In his last will however Charles had appointed the grandson of Louis XIV as his successor named from now on Philip V of Spain 1683-1746. The Treaty of The Hague affirmed this in 1701. With the deaccession stamp of the "Bibliothèque municipale de Nîmes" on the title page and its shelf mark label at the foot of the spine. The vellum at the foot of the spine with a tear the boards are somewhat stained. The leaves are occasionally browned and foxed. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Knuttel no. 14.510 ad 1 14.543 ad 6 14.588-14.589 ad 9 14.538 ad 10 and 14.538 a comparable collective title page with the imprint "Amsterdam Daniel de la Feuille 1701" with various texts ca. 78 pp.; STCN 317179241 1 copy the same general title page but with only 3 letters all different from ours. hardcover
