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1937369890Paris : Comité international de coordination et d'information pour l'aide à l'Espagne républicaine 1937. First Edition. Softcover. Very good pamphlet copy; wrappers slightly edge-dulled. Pages tanned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 31 pages; 20 sm. Subjects; Public health Spain. Epidemics Spain. Spain; health. Spain; diseases. Spain; public health. Paris : Comité international de coordination et d'information pour l'aide à l'Espagne républicaine paperback
1969032521East Village Other/Peter Leggieri 1969. First Edition. Loose Leaf. Acceptable. Tabloid. Tabloid newspaper comix. complete 24 pages including cover - 12 sheets folded no staples or bindings were used. browning as per usual with this title and some spotting not a very carefully stored copy. vintage creasing to center it tended to be stored folded in half chips to the spine cover and outer corners of the pages. about 3'' tear at center fold outer edge just barely short of the cover art by Crumb but not damaging any exterior art. It does cut into a panel of Bode's work on the inside cover but there is not anything missing there it's just torn. Small closed tear to outer edge of the cover at the middle. else VG. The 2nd issue of this Underground Comix tabloid newspaper with art by Robert Crumb Vaughn Bode Brand Kim Deitch Kaluta Lynch Spain Rodriguez Art Spiegelman Todd Trina Wilson and others. Bagged for protection with a stiff backing board will ship flat. Also included is a Bonus 1970 Underground art tabloid close to the same dimensions as GBW2 it's either coverless or untitled. It has half page or full page illustrations many signed '70'. 14 pages 6 folded 1 half sheet at the center 2 pieces of the art are signed - by Dan Barker Mike Hill the rest is either indecipherable or unsigned it has a waterstain to the spine & some minor spotting to the edge. I received them both folded up together so I'm leaving them together. GBW2 is Graded 1.8/10 GOOD- using the Overstreet comic book grading system. Bagged with backing board. Shows substantial wear. FREE Media Mail Shipping! Images available for any item just ask. Any images shown next to the listing that have our www.aCastleofBooks.com watermark on them are the exact item you will receive all other images are for reference only. Free delivery confirmation for domestic orders. Books with Author signatures are guaranteed authentic. We understand collectors needs in terms of accurate grading and proper packaging. We stand behind our descriptions 100%. All items will be shipped securely to insure that they arrive in exactly the same condition in which they left. May have small easily erasable pencil markings on first page. Our Packing Slips do not contain any pricing information so you may order items as Gifts or for Dropship without concern. We ship every Monday Wednesday & Friday morning. All items subject to prior sale. Why the odd prices We run a percent discount for our Biblio listings which insures Biblio has our lowest prices online but does give odd change. East Village Other/Peter Leggieri unknown
1999__3484365447De Gruyter 1999. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 768 pages. German language. 9.21x6.14x1.63 inches. De Gruyter hardcover
197214426AB1972. 5 volumenes. Glashütten y Nendeln Auvermann y Kraus 1972. 23 : 16 cm. 2140 páginas con alguna ilustración Media piel original. La mas importante revista literaria de la España republicana en la cual se manifesto la oposicion intelectual contra Franco. Fue publicado en Valencia en enero 1937 y finalico en Barcelona en octubre 1938. Con articolos de Antonio Machado Jose Bergamin Rafael Dieste. Damaso Alonso Andres Idurate etc. The journal was published in 1937 in Valencia until 1938 in Barcelona. Important publication of the socalled "Second republic" from the times of the Spanish Civil War with contributions of authors which belonged mainly to the "generation of 1927" like Rafael Alberti Vicente Alexandre Nobel prize in 1977 Damasio Alonso Manuel Altolaguirre Luis Cernuda Rafael Dieste Ramon Gaya Miguel Hernandez Juan Ramon Jimenez Nobel prize 1956 Antonio Machado Miguel de Unamuno etc. Also contributions by Max Aub Ilya Ehrenburg Nicolas Guilen Vicente Huidobro Thomas Mann Nobel prize 1929 Pablo Neruda Nobel prize 1971 and Octavio Paz Nobel prize 1990. - Perfect overview of the Anti-Franco movement in Spain during the Civil War. unknown
1977386338San Francisco: Sun King 1977. Softcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Magazine. Folio. 47pp. Newsprint wrappers. Near fine with some light toning and wear. A first wave punk zine that includes the Lester Bangs article "The Roots of Punk"; Richard Meltzer's column Bebop on Your Mama; a Patti Smith penned piece on Robert Bresson; a full-page comic by Spain Rodriguez; articles on The Nuns The Dils The Avengers Richard Hell and Cheap Trick along with heap of coverage of the San Francisco music scene. Sun King unknown
199813083Madrid: Guillermo Blázquez 1998. Madrid Guillermo Blázquez 1998. 2 volúmes. En folio. -I: cv-81 pp. 2 h. -II: 60 folios en papel pergamino con más de 200 miniaturas 14 a toda página orlas y capitulares. Encuadernación en piuel gofrada con estampación en oro dentro de caja. Primera edición de esta versión del Libro de la Caza del infante Don Juan Manuel el primer libro de caza en español miniado por el pintor Angel Roncero e inspirado en el Libro de Horas de María de Borgoña. Contiene el texto medieval y modernizado notas y vocabulario por José Manuel Fradejas y Francisco Calero. Guillermo Blázquez unknown
1992CL250606082Z153CRC Press 1992-06-04. hardcover. Very Good. 10x7x1. Hardback--exlibrary--otherwise excellent condition CRC Press hardcover
1954131213<p>The First UK Printing published by Max Parrish London in 1954. 4to. bright yellow publisher's boards lettered in black to spine with tiger device in black to upper board; together in the unclipped pictorial wrapper '7'6 net' to front flap featuring a tiger with cubs to the upper panel; illustrated throughout by Nancy Spain in full colour; The BOOK a lovely bright copy is in Very Good condition with a hint of darkening to the spine and lightly bumped at the tips; endpapers browned and offset; otherwise clean and bright with no annotations; The WRAPPER seldom found also in Very Good condition; a little toned with light spotting to the upper edge; a couple of scratches to the lower panel; some closed tears to edges up to 6cm in length and chipping to ends of spine and folds the largest 1.5cm to foot of spine marginally affecting lettering and extending with closed tear into the lower panel. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The first title in Spain's series concerning Simpkin the tiger this story focusing on his expulsion into the Jungle by his mother his subsequent friendship with an abandoned child and his travels to England with his closest companion. Several further books followed including 'The Tiger Who Went to the Moon' 1956 and 'The Tiger who found Treasure' 1961. Nancy Spain 1917-1964 is perhaps best remembered today as a broadcaster and journalist who wrote for the 'Daily Express' and the 'News of the World' in the 1950s and 1960s and also appeared on a series of radio broadcasts including 'Woman's Hour'. She also wrote numerous works of non-fiction and a series of detective novels which were described by the biographer Rachel Cooke as "eccentric and outrageously camp". She passed away suddenly in 1964 when her airplane travelling to report on the Grand National crashed near Liverpool killing all on board. This remains a scarce work seldom found in the wrapper. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.</p> Max Parrish, London hardcover
1998DADAX0419236805Taylor & Francis 1998-07-02. hardcover. New. 6.14x1.31x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Taylor & Francis hardcover
1977Q-0824765915Marcel Dekker Inc 1977-11-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Marcel Dekker Inc hardcover
193851576London: United Editorial 1938-39. 12 issues bound in one 8vo. Numerous photographic illustrations owner's signatures - one contemporary - to fly leaf. Contemporary cloth recently rebacked. "Voice of Spain" was a continuation of "Spain at War London: United Editorial unknown
1977191Leichtentein: Topos Verlag 1977.- 5 vols. XXIV415; VIII478; VII516; VII393; VII419 pp.; 4° 22 cm.- Es la reimpresión facsimil de la edición de "Valencia enero de 1937 - Barcelona noviembre 1938". En 23 números. GUERRA CIVIL 1936-1939 Y EXILIO Libro en español Topos Verlag paperback
1998x-0419236805Spon Pr 1998. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 596 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.50 inches. Spon Pr hardcover
197113315Nottingham England: The Chess Player 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8.60 x 5.50 x 0.50 inches. Rare numbered copy: No. 458 of 600. Pristine. Hardcover red and black textured boards with gilt spine titles. High gloss pages with many photos throughout the book. Fine / Like New condition. The covers are in great shape. The binding is square and tight. There is a very small faint tan mark at the top edge of the textblock. The interior pages are clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. The book will be carefully packaged for shipment to protect from the elements. An electronic tracking number issued free of charge. From November 9 to December 12 1970 the Interzonal Qualifying Chess Tournament for the Candidates Cycle took place in the splendid city of Palma de Mallorca in Spain which in eliminatory matches would consecrate the challenger of the World Champion Boris Spassky. The expectation generated by the Interzonal competition in the chess world was mainly centered on the participation in the event of the North American Grandmaster Robert �Bobby� Fischer who came to the tournament as a favorite after his recent huge performances in the tournaments Zagreb who won with a 2-point difference and Buenos Aires won with a difference of. 3.5! in which he showed an enormous superiority against rivals such as Gligoric Smyslov Kortchnoi Panno and Petrosian just to name a few. For many connoisseurs the �Fischer� phenomenon had exploded confirming the laurels he had already achieved since his times as a child prodigy and it only remained to know if his somewhat unstable character would not play a trick on him in Palma. The Chess Player hardcover
1990x-0419177000Spon Pr 1990. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 544 pages. 11.81x8.50x1.42 inches. Spon Pr hardcover
1977x-0824765915Marcel Dekker Inc 1977. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 560 pages. 9.90x6.60x1.30 inches. Marcel Dekker Inc hardcover
1937182036Spain: Educiones del Partifo Comunista De Espana 1937. Edition Unstated. Hardback. Original color-printed stiff-card wrappers very good. Bound in contemporary gilt-blocked mock snake-skin cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Publishers may vary. Subject: Anti-fascist movements - Europe. Working class - Europe - Political activity. Communism - Spain. Europe - Politics and government - 1918-1945. Spain - History - Civil war 1936-1939. Castelao 1886-1950 - Political and social views. Galicia Region - History - 20th century - Autonomy and independence movements. Date is suggested/cannot be verified. Spain: Educiones del Partifo Comunista De Espana hardcover
19202465<p>8-1/4 x 11 inches. 60pp recto only. Burgundy cloth photo album with gilt title and ornament stamped to spine brown paper leaves reinforced with cloth at the gutter. 55 b&w photographs 6 cyanotypes 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches each; holograph text in verse in Spanish. All but two photos are pasted in one per page; two additional photographs are laid in one a duplicate possibly removed from another album and one on a loose leaf of black construction paper and seemingly unrelated to the text. Light wear to spine ends and corners; front hinge gently split; light dampstaining to edge of front endpaper; text of one page smeared from contact with moisture although there is no damp-staining and the text is still readable.</p><p>An original proto-fotonovella relating in dramatic fashion the tale of four young couples who fall in love despite opposition from their guardians -- who it turns out are themselves a pair of star-crossed lovers who fell in love during an unnamed 19th-century war in the United States presumably the Civil War. Their tales are told through detailed staged photographs of amateur actors paired with occasionally rather clumsy verse.</p><p>The story begins with four sisters -- Betty Jilly Molly and Nelly -- who live with their stern spinster aunt Miss Arabella Arrowrock in a palatial home in New York City. The sisters are romantically involved with four brothers -- Dick Fred John and Jack -- who are under the care of their uncle Florentin Williamson. Although the brothers are supposed to be immersed in their studies they are much more interested in romance and sneak out to meet their beloveds standing on the girls' windowsills to woo them under cover of night. However they are spotted by a maid Judith who immediately reports to Miss Arrowrock that "instead of being asleep each one of the girls is at their window making love with strange men." </p><p>The young women and men get in serious trouble with their respective guardians and Arrowrock and Williamson forbid their charges from seeing their as-yet-unknown lovers again threatening to disown them if they disobey. Arrowrock and Williamson who are friends then meet and resolve to marry of their charges quickly not realizing that they are already intimately acquainted with each other. Neither the sisters nor the brothers know who the others' guardian is and the sisters hatch a plan to scare off their suitors through grotesque makeup and outlandish outfits. The brothers are disgusted but the sisters recognize them at once and all four couples secretly resume their relationships believing they are capable of duping their elders.</p><p>Naturally Arrowrock and Williamson overhear them gloating about their successful charade and are furious. Arrowrock sits on a bench to recover herself and Williamson approaches and recounts the story of how they met in their youth. An extended flashback scene follows set during what this cataloguer presumes is meant to be the American Civil War although that is never explicitly stated. Arrowrock like many daughters of the aristocracy worked as a nurse in a hospital tending to the war wounded and Williamson who was a soldier then was sent to the hospital to recover from being wounded. As Arrowrock nurses Williamson back to health he develops strong romantic feelings for her but never dares to tell her; even on their last night together when they both attend a ball at the close of the war Williamson can't work up the courage to confess his love.</p><p>Back in the present the nieces and nephews have been eavesdropping. They convince Arrowrock and Williamson to marry and let them marry each other since it was they who brought their aunt and uncle back together to make their feelings known. All five couples are then married simultaneously in a mass ceremony and the nieces leave home presumably to live with their new husbands; Arrowrock and Williamson remain in the former's palatial home.</p><p>The story's emphasis on finding true love is strongly reminiscent of the fotonovelas rosas pink photonovels or fotonovelas suaves smooth photonovels that were popular in the Spanish-speaking world in the mid-20th century albeit without some of the tropes of those later creations. Photonovels as we know them today emerged in Italy in the late 1940s and the present album presents as a sort of prototype of the photonovel resembling its content and use of visual narrative. It also has an extremely high production value for being homemade: the night scenes are presented in cyanotypes; indoor scenese that take place at night show electric lights switched on; and their are numerous costume changes and multiple extras.</p><p>A cast photo and list at the beginning reveals that many of the actors were related. That the fact that this album is likely unique or at least one of a very limited quantity and the photo laid in at the rear which seems to be of a real wedding between two older people in 1922 suggests that this may have been a keepsake or even a wedding gift. Moreover the album's final lines read "Y adios amigo lecter: esta historia . que ahora empieza / para ti ya termino." "Farewell dear reader: this story . which has now begun has for you now ended."</p> hardcover
199528829Troy Missouri U.S.A.: Greenwood Pub Group. New. 1995. Hardcover. 0313294593 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - --BRAND NEW FLAWLESS COPY NEVER OPENED -- 388 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . Greenwood Pub Group hardcover
200016664International Auctioneers. New. 2000. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless -- with a bonus offer-- . International Auctioneers paperback
200016665Madrid Spain: International Auctioneers. New. 2000. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless -- with a bonus offer-- . International Auctioneers paperback
194828761EDICION DE LUJO NUMERADA.- Madrid: Edita el Ministerio de Obras Públicas Se imprimió en la imprenta Editorial Magisterio Español 1948.- 4 VOLS. 3 h. X p. 1 h. 441 p. = 4 h. 437 p. 2 h. = 3 h. 394 p. 2 h. = 3 h. 585 p. 1 h.: Vol. 1º. con retrato fotográfico de Franco a plena página tras la portada fotografías del archivo de Tomás Magallón y un mapa de Puerto Rico por Roberto Ferrer / Vol. 2º. con fotografías del archivo de Tomás Magallón planos y mapas de Roberto Ferrer / Vol 3º. fotografías del Marqués de Santa María del Villar planos gráficos y mapas de Roberto Ferrer / Vol. 4º. Con reproducción de acuarelas en láminas a todo color de Carlos Saenz de Tejada y dibujos intercalados en el texto a dos colores por Lorenzo Goñi. Los 4 vols. con artísticas letras capitulares grabadas en madera por José Antonio Marín; 4º mayor 295 x 235 cm.; Magistralmente encuadernado en Media Piel chagrén a puntas de color rojo lomera dorada con 5 nervios y 2 tejuelos.- EDICION DE 1200 EJEMPLARES en diversas series siendo el 1º el Nº CXLV el 2º el Nº 109 el 3º el Nº 562 y el 4º el Nº 111 / CONTIENE: Vol. 1º. Maximiano García Venero: Historia anecdítica del ferrocarril en España; J. Gimeno Lassala: Los ferrocariles españoles en Filipinas y Puerto Rico; Enrique Castillo: Los ferrocarriles españoles y las organizaciones internacionales de transportes / Vol. 2º. José María Rovero Aguilar y Otero: Han pasado cien años; Carlos Fernández Casado: Las vias de comunicación españolas en la iniciación de los ferrocarriles; Francisco Wais: Nacimiento desarrollo y constitución de la red española; Manuel M. Arrillaga: La iniciativa y actividad españolas en sus ferrocarriles; Carlos Botín: Los ferrocarriles de vía estrecha; Alejandro Mendizabal: Explotación de ferrocarriles por el Estado.; Agustín M. Aleixandre: Automotores; Ramón Mª. Serret: La energía en la red de los ferrocarriles españoles su importancia presente y futuro; José R. Mencos: Aplicaciones de la electricidad en los ferrocarriles; Juan L. de Chicheri y Federico Escario: Servicio de los trenes; Pablo Fraile Gabarret: El material movil. / Vol. 3º. Mariano Tortosa: La vía; Casimiro Juanes: Los puentes; Manuel Villar Lopesino: La locomotora de vapor; Mario Viani: La iniciación de la tracción eléctrica en los ferrocarriles españoles y la electrificación de la sección Barcelona-Mataró; Julio Nogués Caiz: Las instalaciones de seguridad señales y enclavamientos; Gregorio Pérez Conesa: Construcción de nuevos ferrocarriles; Miguel Otemendi: Los ferrocarriles metropolitanos; Federico Valenciano: Los tranvías en España; José de Aguiinaga: Ferrocarriles de montaña; Conde de Guadalhorce: El porvenir del ferrocarril; José Mª. García-Lomas: El ferrocarril y la economía nacional. / Vol. 4º. Jacinto Benavente: Viajes y viajeros; W. Fernández Florez: Contribución al estudio del viajero; Eugenio D'Ors: Mente y Tren; Alfredo Marqueríe: Anécdota y poesía del equipaje; Gerardo Diego: El ferrocarril en la poesía; Enrique Jardiel Poncela: Las 5 clases de nuestros vagones ferroviarios; T. Llorente Falcó: Los ferrocarriles levantinos; Natalio Rivas: El ferrocarril de la Andalucía oriental; Luis Antonio de Vega: Los ferrocarriles del Protectorado; José María Pemán: Trenes por Andalucía; Federico García Sanchiz: Ventanillas del tren; G. Marañón: Extremadura; José Filgueira Valverde: Galicia; Concha Espina: Caminos de hierro; Pío Baroja: El tren y el paisaje en la tierra vasca; Ricardo del Arco y Raray: Aragón; Francisco de Cossío: Castilla La Vieja; Pedro Mourlane Michelena: Meditación en Castilla La Nueva sobre el paisaje y los jardines; José Pla: El paisaje del Camino de hierro Barcelona-Mataró; Lorenzo Riber: Itinerario Lírico de Mallorca; F. J. Sánchez Cantón: El ferrocarril en las bellas artes españoles. En excelente estado de conservación con magnífica encuadernación. FERROCARRILES TRANSPORTES RED VIARIA Y OBRAS PÚBLICAS EN GENERAL Libro en español [Edita el Ministerio de Obras Públicas ?] Se imprimió en la imp hardcover
196913188East Village New York: Peter Leggieri and the East Village Other 1969. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. "During its eight-issue run the publication displayed comics in both color and black-and-white. The first issue was titled Gothic Blimp Works Presents: Jive Comics. Vaughn Bodé was the founding editor but soon stepped down after the first two issues. At Bodé's invitation Bhob Stewart became the publication's editor introducing a line-up of contributing artists and writers that included Larry Hama Michael Kaluta Willy Mendes George Metzger Ralph Reese Steve Stiles and Bernie Wrightson. The first two issues also featured work by Bodé Joel Beck Roger Brand Robert Crumb Kim Deitch Simon Deitch Bill Griffith Ron Haydock Jay Lynch Trina Robbins Spain Rodriguez Art Spiegelman John Thompson Larry Todd and S. Clay Wilson." While Zap Comix officially started the underground comics movement in the US Blimp Works created national readership and networks to collectively identity as a distinct comic art movement. Features the distinctive oversexualized art of Robert Crumb known for his characters as Mr. Natural and Keep on Truckin'. Important collection billed as "the first Sunday underground comic paper." Scarce complete holdings in the US. Light chipping fading fold lines one issue with dampstaining and general newsprint toning else tight bright and unmarred. Complete run of eight issues with color and b/w illustrations. fo. Var. pg. Peter Leggieri and the East Village Other unknown
192315073AB1923. Munich Verlagsanstalt D.& R.Bischoff 1923. 335 : 245 cm. 2 leaves 21 signed original etchings by Willi Geiger. Original-vellum portfolio original engraving plate mounted on front cover gilt title on spine filettes slipcase signed Enders. One of only 21 copies of the deluxe edition A printed on Shidzuka Japan. - All copies of this edition are very rare each copy is unique because of the mounted original engraving plate in this copy it is plate no. 5. All etching singed by Geiger. Very striking images which deteced that the artist was very engaged with bull fight. The 'Stierkampf' bull fight is one of the most impressive series of the artist. - A mint copy only front board with a few minor stains. - See Thieme/B. XIII 346 1912. hardcover
193823436Valencia - Barcelona: Tip. Moderna y Tip. La Académica respectivamente 1937-1938.- 22 fascÃculos de unas 90 páginas cada uno: Viñetas; 4º 222 x 162 cm.- La revista se imprimió en Valencia desde enero a diciembre de 1937 y en Barcelona desde enero a octubre de 1938. IMPORTANTISIMA Y RARISIMA REVISTA EN MAGNIFICO ESTADO DE CONSERVACION. INTERVIENEN EN ELLA LAS MEJORES PLUMAS DE LA INTELECTUALIDAD ESPAÑOLA REPUBLICANA ENTRE LAS QUE SE ENCUENTRAN LOS POETAS DE LA GENERACION DEL 27. En excelente estado de conservación. Falta el Nº 23 último publicado. LITERATURA Y FILOSOFÃA ESPAÑOLAS DE LOS SIGLOS XIX-XXI Y SU HISTORIA EN GENERAL Libro en español Tip. Moderna y Tip. La Académica respectivamente paperback
