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1984116640Madrid: Biblioteca Cubana Contemporanea 1984. Paperback. 144p. text in Spanish signed by the author very good first Spanish edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Biblioteca Cubana Contemporanea paperback books
1900List518Most Cuba or Jacksonville 1900. Silver gelatin or albumen photographs various sizes ranging from 3 x 3 to 6 x 8 most captioned to verso. With handwritten manuscript four leaves discussing various diseases. The Spanish-American War was the first war in which nurses formed their own dedicated units as well as the first war in which they were accepted within military hospitals. While no nurses died in battle 153 died during the war from disease. Nurses were responsible for both treating soldiers as well as maintaining sanitary conditions within the camps. Conditions were often poor leading some to work until they were too sick to continue. <br /><br /> The current collection of photographs documents the experiences of a Mrs. Waters who was originally from Groton Massachusetts. The collection begins with a couple early photographs including a portrait as a young woman and a cyanotype of one of Waters' leprosy patients at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. The next section shows Waters' training in Jacksonville Florida with either the Fourth or Seventh Army Corps at what was called Camp Cuba Libre both Corps trained there in 1898. The photographs of Jacksonville show life around the military camp and environs with some notable photographs of African-American inhabitants of the region. Three photographs quite notably show the Congregation of American Sisters a small group of American Indian nuns led by Reverend Francis Craft. The photographs taken in Cuba are notable for their portrayal of local life. Several photographs of military installations are taken around the "trocha" or line established by General Valeriana Weyler from Mariel to Majana. Another notable photograph is a cabinet card of a large group of nurses taken by the Havana photographer R. Testar. <br /><br /> The group overall shows very early photographic records of military nurses in training as well as a scarce photographic record from a woman in a combat situation. The photographs are generally well preserved in very good to excellent condition with some light fading. Accompanying the photographs is a four page manuscript essay presumably by Waters discussing leprosy as well as the booklet Spanish Phrase Book for American Soldiers and Sailors published by the National Relief Commission of Philadelphia. <br /><br /> Offered in partnership with Daniel / Oliver Gallery. books
1953M13602Spain: 1953 1953. SIGNED BY Henry M. Turner Lawson Wilkins Ernesto Salgado Octobre 19-24 1953. See: Claude J. Migeon Elizabeth Wilkins McMaster Remembering Doctor Lawson Wilkins: A Pioneer of Pediatric Endocrinology North Charleston South Carolina: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2014. "In the second part of the book Claude Jean Migeon MD recollects meeting with the Wilkins family in Paris as a pediatric student who had been accepted to work under Dr. Wilkins's tutelage at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore." Wilkins founded the first pediatric endocrine clinic in the world at Johns Hopkins in 1935. 1953 unknown books
1711WRCAM53956London 1711. 888pp. Dbd. Some toning. Very good. 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. ESTC T18844. GOLDSMITH 4973. unknown books
1715WRCAM39768London 1715. Small folio broadsheet. 1p. plus printed docket title on verso. Ornamental initial. Dbd. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Mild foxing. Very good. A petition to Parliament by the officers of Lieut. Gen. George Hamilton's Regiment of Foot seeking pay due for services abroad in the War of Spanish Succession. Lord George Douglas-Hamilton 1666-1737 was a Scottish Williamite officer during the Glorious Revolution who later married William III's mistress Elizabeth Villiers became a confidant of William was created Earl of Orkney in 1696 was appointed Governor of Virginia in 1714 and in 1736 was the first British general promoted to the rank of Field Marshal. In 1701 at the beginning of the War of the Spanish Succession Hamilton led the First Regiment of Foot the Royal Scots to the Netherlands where the regiment fought for the remainder of the war. Despite their long service and the high position of Hamilton the officers suggest in the present petition that having been so long overseas they had been forgotten by the British government and charge that they had not received their pay even after frequent petitions. The document is an early example of lobbying literature which first began proliferating in the lobby of the House of Commons at the time of the accession of King George I and the British general election of 1715. ESTC records four copies two at the British Library one at Oxford and one at the National Library of Scotland. unknown books
1715WRCAM39783London 1715. Small folio broadsheet. 1p. plus printed docket title on verso. Ornamental initial. Dbd. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Some foxing. Very good. A rare political leaflet petitioning Parliament for relief of warrant officers who had fought in the recent War of the Spanish Succession. In March 1715 the House of Commons ordered that a list of all the regimental and warrant officers be drawn up but by the time this document was printed numerous warrant officers had not been entered into the list and rumors had begun to circulate that they would therefore not be receiving expected compensation for their service. "Besides the Nature of several of the Warrant Officers Posts was such as they could not be put on a Regimental List viz. Directors of Hospitals Commissaries Officers who have lost their Limbs and many other Officers whose particular Hardships Pretensions and Disappointments are more at large set forth and specify'd in their several Warrants. So that their Condition is very deplorable." This is among the earliest examples of lobbying literature which first began proliferating in the lobby of the House of Commons at the time of the accession of King George I and the British general election of 1715. ESTC lists only two copies at Oxford and the University of Missouri. HANSON 2212. unknown books
1713WRCAM53351Minorca Spain 1713. 690pp. Thick quarto. Later three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Moderate wear to edges and spine extremities boards rubbed corners bumped. Small later ownership inscription on front pastedown. Light foxing and tanning marginal dust soiling. Composed in a neat legible hand. Very good. Untrimmed. A lengthy and highly detailed manuscript volume containing documents related to the British takeover of Minorca after its capture from Spain during the War of Spanish Succession and an investigation into the governance of the island. In September 1708 British forces occupied the Mediterranean island with little opposition the inhabitants and nobles having mostly supported the Anglo-Dutch designs for the Spanish throne. The inherent importance of the island as a military outpost and trading way point in the Mediterranean led the British to occupy it for the rest of the war and to receive it as a possession in the Treaty of Utrecht which ended the conflict in 1713. <br> <br> The documents collected here relate to the English Brigadier Lewis Petit who served as Lieutenant Governor and Chief Engineer of the island during its occupation. As Chief Engineer Petit was in charge of improving the fortifications and defenses of Minorca and although a Spanish ally was named as titular Governor Petit exercised the true authority over the island. Although his improvement plans may have been sound his management of the island's public moneys was suspect. <br> <br> "Petit somehow found time to enter into commercial speculations on his own account. In partnership with two Spaniards and Stanhope's secretary Arent Furley Petit purchased a French prize at Mahón for 7800 dollars with which to trade between Minorca Majorca Sardinia and the Spanish and Barbary coasts. He advised Furley that he had found it necessary to use funds supplied for the fortifications to complete the purchase and urgently requested capital from his partners to repay this misappropriation. Petit's participation was valuable to the enterprise owing to his ability to land cargoes at Mahón without paying duty an activity much objected to by the local town government. <br> <br> "Petit was soon to find himself under the scrutiny of the inspectors sent from London to investigate irregularities in the expenditure of the army in Spain as an attempt to disgrace the previous ministry.The accusations against him concerned imperfections in his accounts including allegations of missing vouchers irregularities and overcharging in the numbers of workmen and mules and alleged differences between prices contracted and prices paid among other charges" - DNB. <br> <br> The documents compiled here therefore relate principally to the investigation of those actions by a specially convened Board of Commissioners and contain Petit's written responses to specific inquiries about his expenditures. In transmitting these answers the reports provide a detailed perspective regarding the management of Minorca's finances defenses and engineering improvements under Petit's charge. Moreover in order to buttress or to undermine those claims voluminous correspondence financial figures construction reports testimonies affidavits and other material are reproduced that span the length of the British occupation of the island before it officially became a possession. As a result the manuscript documents contained here provide a thorough encapsulation of the economic and military situation on Minorca and the growth of its importance as a British outpost in the Mediterranean. <br> <br> A highly valuable set of manuscript documents that meticulously details the development and management of a British possession gained through the War of Spanish Succession worthy of much deeper research. Paul Latcham "Petit Lewis 1665-1720" in OXFORD DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY Oxford University Press 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22038. hardcover books
1879WRCLIT82812Madrid: Libreria de Cuesta 1879. 775pp. Large octavo. Printed wrappers extracted from pamphlet volume. Tables and illustrations. French bookseller's ticket on front wrapper spine covering absent but a very good copy. First edition published in the series "MonografÃas Industriales." OCLC/Worldcat locates two copies in North America: Sutro Library and Yale. OCLC: 42946953. Libreria de Cuesta unknown books
1975206646New York: Harper and Row 1975. Hardcover. 601p. very good first edition first printing stated number line on last page ends with "1" in cloth boards gilt and unclipped dj. Peruvian author's third novel. Harper and Row hardcover books
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 books
1978206146Vancouver: New Star Books 1978. Paperback. 176p. map photos illustrations personal inscription to Betty Elder Thomas signed Margaret Randall very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. First-person exposé of Samoza and the repression of the Nicaraguan people co-written by Randall an activist/author/photograph who has done extensive work in Latin America and Spain. Personal rousing inscription to lawyer/activist Betty Elder Thomas wife of Piri Thomas. From His collection. New Star Books paperback books
195760341Austin: Department of Romance Languages University of Texas 1957. Paperback. Very Good. frontis group portrait 62p. Wrapper. 23cm. INSCRIBED by Harvey L. Johnson who was Discussion leader of Section IV of the Symposium. <br/><br/> Department of Romance Languages, University of Texas paperback books
189947205New York: Underwood & Underwood Publishers 1899. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Some wear & soiling to card. A bit of yellowing to image. A VG example. Caption printed to verso in 6 languages. Stereo image separate domed mounted to stiff-stock concave card. Oblong format: 3-1/2" x 7". Rounded corners. <br/><br/> Underwood & Underwood, Publishers unknown books
189947201New York: Underwood & Underwood Publishers 1899. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Modest wear & soiling to card. A bit of yellowing to image. A VG example. Stereo image separate domed mounted to stiff-stock concave card. Oblong format: 3-7/16" x 7". Rounded corners. <br/><br/> Underwood & Underwood, Publishers unknown books
194040218Dearborn MI: Ford Motor Company 1940. 1st edition presumed. Stiff black color illustrated covers night scene cover illustration of the Ford Super Deluxe grill comb-bound with white plastic. Two graduated thumb tabs. Still housed in light blue publisher's envelope with white string closure and b/w illustration to upper lefthand corner. Light rubbing and shelf-wear to covers slight warping. Envelope worn and rubbed some small tears. A VG catalogue in an About VG envelope. 102 4 "Indice General" - Index pp. Many color illustrations throughout. Oblong format: 9" x 12-5/8" <br/><br/>This an exceedingly scarce dealership showroom catalogue in Spanish for the 1941 Ford passenger models and trucks which were introduced in October of 1940. These models included the Special the De Luxe and Super De Luxe sedans convertible cabriolet Woody Station Wagon and Coupes and others. These cars came equipped with the new 226 cubic inch L-head straing-6 and rated at 90 horsepower. The 221 cubic inch V8 remained the standard for the De Luxe and Super De Luxe models . Ford thoroughly updated their models for the 1941 model year with wide bodies that nearly covered the running boards. The front and rear fenders came in several pieces instead of just one and were now more integrated into the body and pushed the headlights up and out over the front wheels. Of interest is that this Spanish-market catalogue also integrates the 1941 truck and heavy truck models on the eve of World War II. Those include the 1 ton stake truck commercial panel trucks and vans cab-over heavy trucks and the Heavy Duty Stake among others. No institutional holdings located on OCLC. Rare. (Ford Motor Company) unknown books
1920250560Bilbao: Huecograbado 1920. 16p. stapled pictorial wraps 7.75 x 8.75 inches profusely illus. very good condition. Tourist's guide to road-houses inns with restaurants across Spain. None in OCLC as of 4/2020. Huecograbado unknown books
1820WRCAM21881Washington 1820. 8; 4pp. plus twenty-seven folding tables. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Some occasional foxing. Overall crisp and very good. Untrimmed. The first report includes communications of the Spanish minister General Vives regarding the revolting Spanish American colonies possible Spanish session of Florida and other subjects. The second work consists of twenty-seven folding plates listing the names of American-owned vessels and other property claimed as Spanish spoliations. SERVIES 1048. hardcover books
8831Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Attractive small oblong album ca. 1840 red leather gilt tooled containing manuscript songs in the hand of one "J.W. Gales" whose name is stamped on the front board. 61 pages including works by Sebastian Iradier Mariano Soriano Fue rtes Manuel Garcia Basilio Basili Evaristo Ciria and others Spanish composer of the early and mid-19th century. Joints cracked chipped at top and bottom of spine otherwise fine. 15 x 11 cm. hardcover books
150734851Barcelona Madrid Valldolid Spain Aranjuez Mexico City & elsewhere 170179. Small 4to folio & larger. Approximately 135 ff. <br><br>Explaining why manuscript cedularios were made in the era of the printing press is called for here and the answer is simple: The number of copies that were printed of any given royal cédula tended to be smaller than the number of lawyers clerks judges and other legal sorts who needed a copy. And within months of the issuance of the decree no printed copies were available for love or money. Owning the various editions of the Recopilación de leyes de Indias was insufficient for most cédulas related to => specific issues peculiar to one person place institution or event and such specificity is not included in the recopilaciones though the royal decrees provided good useful precedents to cite.<br>Â Â Â Â QED: Every colonial-era lawyer had to resort to maintaining his own cedulario.<br>Â Â Â Â This cedulario was assembled in Mexico during the 18th century probably around 1778 or 1780 for the use of a lawyer before the audiencia or perhaps for an audiencia judge or a judge's staff member. The decrees relate to a wide variety of topics: criminal cases the army and navy confiscation of property the use of stamped paper the royal treasury royal officials in Nicaragua cabildos proselytization of Indians commodities dress codes bigamy and other social matters in the regions of Mexico New Galicia and Guatemala. Of the 43 items 22 are printed decrees all but one printed in Spain and the remaining 21 are manuscript. Fifteen bear => true rather than stamped royal signatures: six are signed by Felipe V and nine are by Ferdinand VI. Of the 28 documents not signed by a king 17 are printed and 11 are manuscript. The documents are sewn and were once bound; binding removed some time ago. 18th-century numbering of documents shows that 10 documents were removed som time before the collection came into our hands. There are some stains a few holes at folds a few edges a little tattered nothing worse. => A sound and interesting collection. unknown books
150136083Madrid Barcelona & elsewhere: Various publishers 18281927. Mostly small 8vo. Bound in 43 volumes. <br><br>This considerable gathering of Spanish 19th- and early 20thcentury plays includes in 43 sammelbande plays by Hartzenbusch Rodriguez Rubi Breton de los Herreros Lopez de Ayala Garcia Gutierrez Echegaray Zorrilla Eguilaz Gil de Zarate and many others. => One play was expressly written for the actress María Ana de Jesús Guerrero Torija. => Three of the plays are presentation copies from the playwrights.<br>Â Â Â Â Evidence of Readership: Six plays are marked up either as prompt or acting copies or by very interested readers.<br>Â Â Â Â => A list of the collection is available. All volumes are in good condition except one which has waterstaining throughout. Texts sometimes have foxing or stains. Ten plays lack title-leaves. Such condition problems have been taken into account in establishing the price. Various publishers unknown books
197059679NY: Rand McNally 1970. 4to pp. 112. Bound in pictorial boards with color photos throughout. A very good copy. Rand McNally unknown books
1778WRCAM37240Madrid: Pedro Marin 1778. 219262pp. plus engraved leaf with royal coat of arms. Quarto. Contemporary mottled calf gilt spine gilt extra. Edges of covers slightly worn corners heavily worn. Modern bookplate on front pastedown old book dealers' descriptions on front pastedown. Contemporary ownership inscription "Castillo" on titlepage. Occasional minor soiling and dampstaining in upper margins of a few leaves remainder of text fresh and clean with wide margins printed on heavy paper. Very good plus. Detailed rules and regulations governing Spain's late 18th-century commercial policy in Latin America with a preliminary section of nineteen pages providing a summary of the articles and tariffs documented in the main portion of the text. With this REGLAMENTO. the Crown terminated Cadiz and Seville's monopoly of trade with Spanish America allowing other cities of the realm to participate. In addition to much information on commerce and numerous tariffs on a large variety of Spanish and American goods several sections discuss shipping ports and other maritime activities directly related to commercial activity. The work also includes the text of concessions granted to Louisiana. PALAU 255843. SABIN 68890. MEDINA BHA 4845. Pedro Marin unknown books
1617WRCAM34089Madrid: Por la viuda de Alonso Martini 1617. 4344 leaves plus several pen and ink illustrations. Folio. Later speckled calf maroon gilt morocco label spine gilt. Covers with slight wear and scuffing at extremities. Faint dampstain in lower margin. Occasional contemporary manuscript notes and marks. Overall internally clean. Very good. A comprehensive list of rules addressed to ship captains governing the proper provisioning of Spanish vessels based in Sicily and Naples both then under Spanish rule. The text includes a bevy of rules expense guidelines and more and offers a fine window into the near-obsessive attention to detail that marked the administration of the Spanish military at the peak of its powers. <br> <br> Of particular interest are several pen and ink sketches that include tools a ship in dry dock and storage bins as well as two much larger harbor plans of Palermo and Naples. Each drawing is keyed to a printed description of the location and shows fortifications lookouts and in the case of Naples dormitories. These are charming and well accomplished. <br> <br> Good evidence of the Spanish navy at work at the height of empire with rules which certainly applied to vessels in the Americas as well. Extremely rare. Por la viuda de Alonso Martini unknown books
1719WRCAM35378Seville: Francisco Garay 1719. 4pp. Small quarto. Modern three-quarter morocco over linen boards spine gilt. Occasional stains holes at bottom of both leaves not effecting text last page of text closely trimmed. A good copy. A four-page ballad describing the enormous storm experienced by the Spanish fleet in 1719 and of the miraculous preservation of the ships which eventually arrived safely in Cadiz. It was this same great fleet which Spain had gathered at Cadiz and Corunna for the invasion of the west of England directed by James Butler the attainted Duke of Ormonde. A rare possibly unique piece of early 18th-century Spanish verse. Not recorded in Palau NUC or on OCLC. Francisco Garay hardcover books
129359hardcover. Real Academia Nacional de Medicina. 16 vols. 8vo flexible white cloth; slightly soiled. Madrid: Julio Cosano 1921-1949.<br/><br/> A scholarly set on internal medicine biography epidemics pediatrics and other topics.<br/><br/> unknown books
