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Madrid, Tipografía de la "Revista de Archivos y Bibliotecas", 1916. 4to.; VII-275 pp., más 3 hojas con la lista de miembros de la Sociedad "Amigos de Aragón". Cubiertas originales.
Madrid, Imprenta del Cuerpo de Artillería, 1894. Doce volúmenes en 4to.; 640 pp. en paginación continuada y 19 láminas, la mayoría plegadas + 688 pp, en paginación continúada, y 19 láminas, la mayoría plegadas. Cubiertas originales. Contiene, entre otros textos, "Monografía político-militar de Mindanao" de Francisco J. de Moya, "La Fábrica de Trubia" de Salvador Diaz Ordoñez, "Sitios de Gerona en 1808" de Manuel Cabanyes, "Los Peñones de Vélez de la Gomera y Alhucemas" y "Las Islas Chafarinas" de Francisco J. de Moya .
Madrid, Imprenta del Cuerpo de Artillería, 1895. Doce volúmenes en 4to.; 704 pp. en paginación continuada y 29 láminas, la mayoría plegadas + 688 pp, en paginación continúada, y 17 láminas, la mayoría plegadas. Cubiertas originales. Contiene, entre otros textos, "Monografía político-militar de Mindanao", "Consideraciones militares sobre la campaña de Cuba" y "Archipiélago de Fernando Poo" de Francisco J. de Moya, "Empleo de la artillería en la campaña de Cuba" y "El pequeño material de artillería para la campaña de Cuba" de de Gabriel Vidal y Ruby, " El 11º Batallón de Artillería de plaza y su marcha a Cuba de Francisco F. de la Puente, y "Apuntes sobre la defensa de la bahía de Algeciras" de Salvador Ordoñez
60 pages. Features: Volvo ad touts the 18.7 year life-expectancy of their cars; Another Chance for Joe Clark?; Sexy ad for Miami Beach; Profile Article on Rupert Murdoch; Dogsled racing in the Yukon - Paul Sheridan and Dick Eastmure; Yuri Luryi - 35 years on the trail of Raoul Wallenberg; There Could be Economic Civil War if Alberta Stops Sending Oil East; Discovery of 4,000-year-old civilization at the northern tip of Labrador; Celebrity photos of Nelson Skalbania, Stephen Yan (of Wok with Yan), the Frantic Follies, and composer-singer Carol Connors; Pope John Paul II visits the Philippines - article with photos; Indictment of the mullahs' rule in Iran; Rev. Ian Paisley in Ireland; Death threats to Teddy Kennedy aide Richard E. Burke; Canada may have been impacted by US nuclear bomb testing prior to Hiroshima; Government Loan Guarantee to Chrysler Canada; Bert and Irving Gerstein's Peoples Jewelers Ltd. purchases Zale Corp. of the U.S. - article with photo; Tony Tanti of the Oshawa Generals breaks Wayne Gretzky's OMJHL goal scoring record - article with photo; Feature article on actor Donald Sutherland; Gold medal for speed skater Gaetan Boucher; Archeological dig in Calgary's Nose Hill - excavations of the entrepreneurial kind; The Problems of Enforcing Seat Belt Legislation; Dance article on Lawrence Gradus and the Theatre Ballet of Canada; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
76 pages. Features: Ohio's polluted Cuyahoga River - with photo of it on fire; Colour photos of President Nixon welcoming the Apollo 11 astronauts back to earth; The Mysteries of Chappaquiddick; Photo of Nixon with President Marcos of the Philippines; Stories on the aftermath of Apollo 11; Suez battles; The Chosen Prince of Spain; Kikuyu Suspect Njoroge; Color samples of pastel art by Robert Natkin and Richard Diebenkorn; Ruler of the Road - auto racer Jackie Stewart; Article on Japan's ascendancy; Photo of Laotian troops studying Mao; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispieces, coloured and monochrome plates, illustrations, maps and endpaper maps; original Society binding of blue cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Hakluyt Society, Series III, vols. 8, 11, 13. The set comprises: Vol. I: Cadiz to Panama; Vol. II: Panama to The Philippines; Vol. III: Manila to Cadiz.
Madrid, Imprenta Real, 1788, 19,5 x 13 cm., 3 hojas + 73 págs. (Carece de encuadernación. Contiene al fin notas del traductor, hermano del autor).
Boards faded and with one small stain to front cover; Top edge gilt; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 567 pages
72 pages. Features: Vertol 107 ad; FMC ad for the LVTP6 Amphibious Armored Personnel-Cargo Carrier; Our Government - muckrakers may be destroying the very system that allows them to criticize - article with photo of Corporal Edward Dickenson, the first turn-coat Communist POW to return to U.S. control; Why Marine Inflight Refueling? - how it's done and why; Single Engine TransPac - a tense description of the MAG-13 FJ-4B flight from Hawaii to San Francisco; Move by Air - airlift article; Major Littleton Waller Tazewell Waller of Samar (part 1 of 2) - article with photos; Merger Training for Air Reservists; Marine Corps Reserve; Force Recon - what they do and how they do it; Baseplate McGurk; SATS - a bright future; Transfers and Promotions; Back cover color ad for the McDonnell F4H Phantom II; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Copia manuscrita de época, 30 x 21 cm., 2 hojas que contiene los documentos oficiales mencionados, fechados en Filipinas entre 1840 y 1842; en el primero, el recién nombrado Jefe de la Comisión Hidrográfica del Apostadero de Filipinas, el Brigadier Guillermo de Aubarede, solicita la entrega inmediata de los instrumentos necesarios para desarrollar su trabajo. Continúa la respuesta del Comandante General de Marina. A continuación Aubarede sugiere lo útil que resultaría una goleta de regular porte para realizar su trabajo en Filipinas. Guillermo de Aubarede permaneció 4 años en el cargo donde realizó una importante labor, fijando varios puntos con sus arrecifes y bajos. A su vuelta a España fue nombrado Director del Depósito Hidrográfico de Madrid sucediendo a Martín Fernández Navarrete).
Binding not tight. Boards with light rubbing to extremities ; Decorative boards with gilt lettering and blindstamped pictorial design. INSCRIBED by author to front free endpaper; 8vo; 416 pages
Outside dimensions 10.75" x 14.5". Unmarked with light wear and soiling. An attractive vintage copy. Book
Photograph (12.7 x 9 cm) of Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY MARCOS IN INK. From the collection of Catalan autograph hound JosÈ Bronsoms Nadal. FINE AND BRIGHT, IN PERFECT CONDITION.
Pages 69-130. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: Nice Prescott Pianos ad inside front cover; Some Alaskan Experiences; Gilman Marston (poem); Our Winter Birds and their food relations; The Philippines (poem); Rt. Rev. Philander Chase, D.D., Bishop of Ohio and of Illinois; The Old Daguerreotype; "Finnigan's Chateau"; New Hampshire Industries (first paper) - Our Only Piano Factory - article with great photos and illustrations of the Prescott Piano Company factory; New Hampshire Necrology. Peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
288 pages. Features: One War to Go - The Coming Fight with Japan; U.S. Meat in This War - how boneless beaf solved the logistics of meat for the first time; Philips of Eindhoven - The big Dutch electrical company, in the U.S. to stay, shows no signs of changing its cartel tactics; The New Transport Planes - Consolidated Vultee's Clipper - the state of the art, how we got here, and what's in the future; The Bogey of Economic Maturity - Washington spenders claim capitallism is moribund; Commander Eugene F. McDonald of Zenith; The Medal - today's heroes are heirs to the great tradition of Pisanello; The Military Police - bully boys in the last war, this time they have won the G.I.'s respect; Battle for the Philippines - the U.S. settled the battle of the Pacific; and more. Many excellent vintage ads in color and black and white, perhaps being the one-page War Loan ad which features photo of Admiral Hirohito on horse, with inset photo of Admiral Halsey who has expressed his desire to ride the Emperor's horse, Shirayuki. Another great color ad by International Harvester shows U.S. troops storming Pacific beach with title "Till The Japs Say Uncle"; Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Spine lean. A worthy vintage copy of this sensational WWII-era issue. Book
Madrid : Libreria General V. Suarez, 1949. 4to. mayor; 8 hojas, 88 folios numerados, 3 hs. Edición limitada y numerada de 100 ejemplares. Cubiertas originales.
231 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Generously illustrated with vivid color photography. "The most up-to-date and comprehensive work published on the indigenous orchids of the Philippine archipelago. Includes many rare and new species depicted for the first time. More than 300 species are described and illustrated in color photos." - from dust jacket. Light wear to clean and unmarked book. Moderate wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy of this magnificent work. Book
702 pages. "Takes the history of the Society of Jesus in the Philippines from the arrival of the first Jesuits in 1581 to the expulsion of the Order from the islands in 1768." - from Preface. Somewhat above-average wear externally. Some light pencil markings erased from contents. Hinges secured internally with unobtrusive white tape. Worthy working copy. Book
Pages 597 through 714 pages. Several additional pages of illustrated advertisements. Contents include: The 'Lost Battalion' of the 77th Division; The Enveloping Attack; Motor Transportation in Military Operations; The Philippines Maneuvers; The Company's Personnel; Trotski and the Conscription of Labor; German Infantry Training; The War Stock Uniform. Black and white illustrations. Average wear. Top inch of backstrip open but present. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Contents: color Parker pen ad inside front cover; interesting ad for the Curtiss Commando aircraft; Great International Harvester Truck/War Bonds ad; Pullman railcar ad with returning vets bearing swastika emblazoned souvenirs; Colour Cadillac ad; nice color ad for White Trucks - military theme; Does Truman lean left or right? - clues appear in the first 40 days; Are Japs Wanted? - article with interesting poster demanding fair play for America's Japanese; Congressional committee tours Concentration camps; Miami dogs killed after they kill Doretta Zinke; Blockade and bombs hit Japan as prelude to gathering storm - attrition is Allied policy while knockout forces transfer in strength to the Pacific; Great photo of the first Yank post V-E day ship bringing servicemen home; Great map indicating the 'Bomb Strategy Against Japan'; color Seiberling Tire ad; How to Starve out Japan - bomb the rice paddy dikes; Philippines - sobering losses; China - the Japs back up; Dramatic photo of the American Essex-class carrier Franklin (Big Ben) with its crew huddled on the flight deck after it was attacked by a single Japanese bomber with two 500lb bombs; Okinawa - sacrifice - 156 American marines and doughboys died there each day last week; photo of German prisoners with shovels in the massive American Henri Chappelle Cemetery in Belgium; Russia casts its shadow over Asia; Yugoslavs' willful grab at Trieste poses danger for Charter makers; Prince Faisal and other Arabs agree Palestine is an Arab state, despite a half-dozen vociferous Jewish organizations on the conference sidelines; Color Goodyear belt centerfold; Photo of Allied officers in front of Reichstag ruins; Pattern emerges for occupation - Allies command, Germans obey; "Life has no meaning" for Dr. Ley, once leader of the German labor front - article and photo; Nazi U-boat (with 'the Schnorkel') surrenders and is escorted to a Newfoundland port - photo; NBC airs dramatization of F.A. Hayek's The Road to Serfdom; Max Schmeling released; Rosenberg's den of Royal Theives holds key to looted art of Europe; interesting ad for a Sperry gunsight "The gunsight that 'things' faster than humans... or Japs!"; Great color Chesterfield cigarette ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label on front cover. A sound copy. Book
Signed and inscribed by author to the son of Francisco B. Caingcoy who saw action on Bataan with the 14th Eng. 2nd Btn and was captured on 9 April 1942 by the Japanese, started the Death and escaped. 240 pages. Black and white illustrations. Winner of the Book of the Year award by the American Bookdealers Exchange. "A true narrative by Sergeant Waldron, who risked his life in keeping a day by day diary, for three and a half years as a Prisoner of War under the Japanese... A true saga of the first five months of World War Two in the Philippines, and life as a Prisoner of War." - from dust jacket. Average wear bo book. Above-average wear to dust jacket. Book
128 pages. First published in 1905. Numerous interesting black and white photos and illustrations. "These little stories of ancient days in the Philippines are the result of more than two years' of study of early Philippine history and represent the first attempt to write the story of those days in verified detail." - from Preface. Binding intact. Above-average external wear. Faint red discoloration to upper corner of front board. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper. A sound copy of this charming and informative vintage work. Book
Madrid, Imprenta de la Viuda de Manuel Fernandez, 1755. 4to.; 2 hs., 464 pp. Encuadernación en pergamino, de la época. Contiene relaciones sobre India, Filipinas, China (con un extenso informe sobre el Ginseng), México, Misiones del Paraguay, de Chiquitos y de Moxos, además de las extensas e impresionantes "Cartas" del Padre Gabriel Marest sobre su Misión y Viajes en el Canadá, en las Kaskaskias y entre los Illinois en el Mississippi. Destaca su descripción de la región de la Bahía de Hudson y de la Expedición de Iberville en el otoño de 1694.
Maroon cloth octavo, gilt lettering; xxiii, 549 pages : portrait ; 27 cm Scarce thus. Publications of the National Heroes Commission. "Awarded first prize in the Rizal Biography Contest held under the auspices of the JosÈ Rizal National Centennial Commission in 1961."
(Al fin:) Manila, Tipo-Litografía y Almacén "Amigos del País", 1891, 20,5 x 14,5 cm., cartulina editorial, 25 págs. (Menciona 1371 especies y variedades de flora autóctona y exótica en el Jardín Botánico de Manila. Solo hemos localizado 3 ejemplares de este impreso en el Catálogo Colectivo).