Calvo, Alfredo CastilleroMareMagnum
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208 pages. Bibliography and glossary. Sumptuously and profusely illustrated with colour photos and reproductions of archival maps and illustrations. Text in English. "Documents the tremendous impact the arrival of New World gold and silver had upon Europe and the world economy. Describes the routes followed by the galleons on their return to Spain, loaded with precious metals, and the techniques used for their extraction. Discusses how mining towns were established, and famous fairs held in Portobelo and Jalapa. From this we learn how several mints were founded." - from Prologue. Clean, bright, tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A suberb copy of this beautifully-presented work. Gift quality. Book
[156] p. Numerous decorative and illustrated advertisements; with comic / satiric illustrations by Edward S. Jones, captioned by quotations from Shakespeare. 16mo. 15 cm. Original yellow printed paper wraps. The advertisements are quite exceptional and cover a broad range of businesses (large and small) in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Please let us know if you are looking for a particular company or product. There are a few very curious illustrated ads showing croquet-like games. This first (and only?) edition was supposedly printed in 5,000 copies, but we can locate very few in American libraries today. ". the introduction of illustrations insures the book being carefully looked through, so that each advertisement is sure to be read; and instead of being thrown away, as is often the case with advertising books, it will be retained by those who receive it, that they might show it to their family and friends" - From the Preface of 'The Shakespearian Advertiser'. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
Original Wraps. 8vo. 19 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Sermon on virtue, honor, duty, etc. Delivered by Reverend Dana of the Central Presbyterian Church; he was a graduate of Dartmouth College, and served at Central Presbyterian in South Carolina since 1835. Sermon contains history of Huguenots, and discusses Moloch in detail. Subjects: Presbyterian Church South Carolina - Sermons. Sermons 1857. OCLC lists 9 copies. Light soiling. Fresh. Good condition. (SPEC-40-33)
pp. 143, (1) [Publisher's catalogue]. Numerous small text drawings. Including five pages with 140 small drawings of mechanical movements. One page of 28 small illustrations of knots. Includes the 1870 census for United States Counties. Ruled in black throughout. Mild age stain. All edges gold gilt. 24mo. 150 mm. Original full dark blue cloth binding. Embossed border on boards. Front board embossed and lettered in gold gilt. Extremities rubbed and worn. Title continues: "Containing the Complete Patent Laws of the United States. Forms For Patents. Complete Census of the United States, by Counties and by States. Descriptions of the Condensing Steam-Engine." Very good. Hardbound. AI BX 5
311 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. "Explores the engagement of psychologists with myriad deceptive practices in American mass culture, from the circulation of enormously popular optical illusions, to the dangerous allure of the con man, to the pleasurable distractions of the stage magician." - from dust jacket. Light pencil markings throughout, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Book
32 pages. Features: The War on Religion - with an anti-religious quote by Max Epstein, Vice-Commissar for Education; Notes of the Week; New Year Notes by Lady Houston, D.B.E.; A Conservative Leader?, by Kim; The Case of Patrick O'Malley, life-long trade unionist; Satirical full-page ad for the public auction of the nations of the Commonwealth; A Hair of the Dog that Bit You!; Air Progress Abroad, by Major Oliver Stewart; The Monstrous Shadow of 1934, by Robert Machray; More Grave Changes - British Legion Affiars; Eve in Paris; Political Madness - Conservative Party Heads for Suicide, by Colonel Sir Thomas A. Polson; Lord Dalhousie - Creator of Modern India - article plus full-page portrait on glossy stock; India - the Frost Continues, by Hamish Blair; Across a Century (Charles Lamb died December 27, 1834); New book news; News snippets from the empire; The Expensive Mr. Baldwin; Music reviews; Theatre notes; The Gamekeeper's Dog, by Eric Hardy; Broadcasting notes; Lady Houston's Cold Cure; Interesting back cover reproduction of a letter dated 23 May, 1917 signed by Ramsay MacDonald (and others) in support of the Russian Revolution, plus one of his more recent quotes, plus the suggestion that it was his intent that the British people pay for goods ordered by Russia from Britain. Faint libray stamps to front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this interesting vintage issue. Book
Features: Gutter Politics, by Bruce L. Felknor - in every election year unscrupulous smear experts ply their shoddy trade; Eichmann and His Trial (Part 1 of 3), by Gideon Hausner - the full story, his prosecutor, the Attorney-General of Israel; Change of Pace on the Night-Club Scene - New York's grab bag of entertainment holds a varied fare for the enterprising visitor; His Car is Named Desire - with the racy Avanti, Studebaker's Sherwood Egbert hungers for big sales; 'Genius' at Green Bay - Jim Tayolr delivers running power for the Packers; From Greece - Food Fit for the Gods; Tale of Two Cities - San Francisco vs. Los Angeles; Memoirs of a Monster, by Boris Karloff - the world's most famous bogeyman looks back on his 35-year career in horror; Can we still be first on the Moon? (PLEASE NOTE: PAGES 83-84 MISSING FROM THE MOON STORY. Nice colour Cadillac ad inside back cover. Average wear. Book
Features: The embarrassment of Louisiana - this state was glowing with prosperity until the integration conflicts broke out in all their ugliness; Abortion (part 2 of 3) - a reporter's portrait of the abortionists - who they are, and how they practice their trade; The face of America - River of Ice - photo of the Mendenhall Glacier; Pitfalls of buying a boat - Richard Bertram's Miami 'supermarket' sold $5,000,000 worth of sail and power vessels last year despite the disdain of competitors who think he's too high-pressured; A Call on the 'Candid-Camera' Man, Allen Funt; Can Ivan read better than Johnny? - Arthur S. Trace Jr. points out that Russian kids are far more literate than their American counterparts; Adventures of the Mind - The Hidden Heart of Nature, by Elliot Lovegood (E.L.) Grant Watson. Nice color Pepsi ad. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Rev. Dan McLellan has helped rescue 1,000,000 Peruvian Indians from poverty; After 3 centuries, leadership of America may be shifting from the weary East to the dynamic land beyond the Mississippi; We learned to live with tragic illness - a father tells what happened after his son and daughter-in-law, the parents of two youngsters, were stricken by crippling polio; Our new super-road - the controversial 41,000 mile interstate highway system and how it will change our lives; The Mystery of Charles de Gaulle; The Fleeting Fame of No-Hit Pitchers; The Great Wilderness Fight - Conservation vs. Commerce. Somewhat above-average external wear. A sound copy. Book
pp. xiii, 331. Floral endpapers. 8vo. Original full tan cloth binding, decorated and lettered in red. Hardbound. Third Edition. A very good copy. Especially interesting are Codman's impressions of Utah, Mormonism, and California. AMERICANA BOX 5
299 p. Illustrated with photographs by Ellen Everhard. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Verna Lindmark's copy. A Bonanza reprint. TEXTILE 1/TEXTILE 2 x3
299 p. Photo illustrations by Mary Ellen Everhard. 8vo. Original cloth binding. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TEXTILE 1?
pp. xx, 204. XLib. Lacks last fly leaf. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding. AFRICA/3
Rear inside hinge starting, otherwise Very Good Condition. Lacks Jacket; 8vo; 645 pages; 35-page index & 11-page bibliography. The standard text on the subject
Name/date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. Slight creasing down spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and minor bumping to spine ends and two corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with rubbing to top of sunned spine. 427pp. An in-depth study of shipping, one of the most important and fast-growing industries of early modern England - in the 17th and 18th centuries. Second impression. Scarce in the UK.
First edition, 61, [1]pp., disbound. Goldsmiths', 7157.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 110pp. Empire Free Trade, a wealth of statistics about all countries in the British Empire including geographical area, population, produce, exports, imports, structure, trade, military, industry, etc and a fascinating set of political questions posed by the author about the state of the Empire in 1934.
First edition, 8vo (198 x 120 mm), [2], 53, [1]pp., later cloth-backed boards. Provenance: The Lawes Agriculture Library, Rothamsted Research Institute. Rothamsted Catalogue, p.21; Perkins Catalogue, 1342.
191 p. Very mildly XLib. Two small stamps on first fly leaf. Lightly browned. Fly leaves very dampstained but not text. 16mo. 165 mm. Original full leather binding, scuffed and pitted. Hardbound. Good. Title continues: 'Exhibiting at One View, the Amount of Value of any Number or Quantity of Goods or Merchandise, from One up to Ten Thousand.' These reckoners were extremely popular in early America. They were an essential tool in trades of every sort. Evans 33730. PALIB 6
191 p. Browned. Margins torn without loss on two leaves. Slight loss of a few numbers on pages 99/100. 16mo. 165 mm. Original full leather binding, worn. Front board detached. Title continues: 'Exhibiting at One View, the Amount of Value of any Number or Quantity of Goods or Merchandise, from One up to Ten Thousand.' Hardbound. Fair. These Ready Reckoners were essential to all classes of Americans from landed squires to agricultural laborers. Evans 33730. EVANS1
From limited edition of 1,000 copies. 247 pages. Index. Many reproductions of archival black and white photos. Photo-illustrated endpapers. Oblong 11.2" x 12.5". When this book first appeared in 1913 it represented the most extensive chronicle of Alberta's cattle country ever undertaken, and since then it has become a cornerstone in the written history of Western Canada. This edition includes every word of the original, complemented by 45 additional archival photos (of the same period and locale as the text). The author calls this the story of the work and play of the cowboys and the ranchers when the ranges were open and the cattle were wild. - paraphrased from dust jacket. Discrete handwritten gift greetings atop front free endpaper, otherwise book clean and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A handsome copy. Book
First Edition, stab holes in the inner blank margins, [2], 25, [1] pp., disbound. Kress, B352; Goldsmith, 12147.
158 pages. Features: Julius Shulman divulgues some tricks of the architectural photographer trade; Vacation photos can bring you more than happy memories; Corrective portraiture can save a lot of worry; Special convention section; Steichen retrospective; A special effect that multiplies opportunities for product photography; You have to make good employees for your studio. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
pp. xvi, 271. Illustrated with numerous drawings. XLib. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding, worn. ART 5
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, WANTING TITLE, first leaf browned; attractively bound in twentieth century half calf, marbled boards, back with five flat bands ruled in gilt, second compartment with red leather label lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, crisp copy. This copy comprises 66pp. RARE. Not recorded by Anderson.
