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Barcelona, Editorial Lumen, 1991. 208 p. 3 h. 4º menor. Rústica editorial ilustrada con solapas. Muy buen ejemplar. 1ª edición. Primera edición. Se trata de una nueva edición del "Diario del artista seriamente enfermo" de 1974 con el añadido de algunas páginas y sobre todo de un largo "Informe sobre la Administración general en Filipinas". 1st edition. First edition.
Barcelona, Editorial Librería Religiosa, 1933. 4to.; 85 pp., 1 h. y una lámina retrato. Cubiertas originales.
Madrid, Gredos, 1987. 4to.; 218 pp. Cubiertas originales.
Features: Perpetual seafloor metal factory; Swallow-tailed gull of the Galapagos Islands; The cooperative whale and its rescuers; Frying Pan Shoals Light Station - an aid to seafarers and biologists; Sea Squirts; The short , unhappy saga of Steller's sea cow; Milkfish - Southeast Asia's protein machine; Unpalatable Goby. Sound 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.
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
Delaware, Ohio, The Praestant Press, 1977. In-4 relié toile avec jaquette, xi-283 pp. Avec 207 illustrations et quelques planches. Mouillures sur la jaquette, des rousseurs sur les tranches. Sinon ouvrage en bon état.
343pp. 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
8vo; 265 pages
London, Secker & Warburg, 1960. 4to.; 224 pp. Encuadernación original en tela.
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."
iv + 156pp., 24cm., text in English, excerpt from a doctoral dissertation ("Excerpta ex dissertatione ad Doctoratum in Facultate Historiae Ecclesiasticae Pontificiae Universitatis Gregorianae"), softcover, stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, good condition, R112659
Boards faded and with one small stain to front cover; Top edge gilt; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 567 pages
Reprint of the 1975 edition, with an afterword by the author. VG pbk. Light wear to the covers. ISBN 0879236043. Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh. (Nonpareil books ; 53). 17281. eng
465pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Good condition in fair d.j., bottom margin damp warped fair
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
175 pages. Author relates his father's capture by the Japanese in the fetid jungles of New Guinea, the annihilation of his entire squad and how he, the lone survivor, was shipped to live with Australian and British POWs in a squalid, degrading camp in the Philippines that came to be known as The Hotel Tacloban. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Spine leaning. Decent reading copy. Book
8vo., First Edition thus; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, green endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Harrowing account of Japanese captivity in the Philippines. Enser, p.141 (recording the UK edition).
8vo., First Edition, with maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE.
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
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations in the text, and endpaper maps; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The author was a young nurse fighting the Japanese in New Guinea and the Philippines. Uncommon, especially in this condition.
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.
345 pages including index and notes. A case study of how absolute power corrupts. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Solid copy. Book
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
104 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this informative and nostalgic snapshot of the Philippines in 1963. Book
