Search Results: Foreign Language - Spanish from Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)

Colonia Vista Alegre, Mexico: E. C. O., 1942. 1st Edition . Soft cover. VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Softcover, measuring roughly 8 inches tall and 12 inches wide. Pictorial paper wraps blue cloth on spine. Exterior is toned due to age with numerous foxing and soiling spots, cloth has some minor folds. Internal binding is good in text pages are tight. The inside front wrap contains a bookplate in the opposite end page is stamped "American Institute for Foreign Trade, Phoenix Arizona". No other markings found in the book, no handwriting, no library markings. Pages are darkened due to age and type of paper used. Most of the large color maps have glassine overlays but some do not. It is unknown if they are supposed to or if this was the way the book was made. Book is unpaginated and in Spanish.

Spain: Titulos Publicados, 1966. Soft cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. See photos for condition details. Tall soft covers, measuring 12.5 and 12.25 inches tall. These are two books produced as part of the Titulos Publicados series. The first title ofLa Casita de Chocolate is number 7 and La Semilla Prodigiosa is number 14. Neither book shows a clear copyright date except for the two digit reference on the registration number which shows La Casita de Chocolate being 1964 and the second book being 1966. Exteriors show minor scuffing and soiling, both books are staple bound and unpaginated. No authors are listed. No signatures or bookplates present, no handwriting, no signatures, no scribbling, no library markings. Both books have a small sticker residue in the upper left corner. The 1966 book is slightly taller and narrower than the one from 1964. Interior pages of both books are slightly toned due to age but show little wear. Edges and corners show minor bumps and wear as well.… Read More

Comonfort, Mexico: Herrero Hermanos, Sucesorers, 1944. Hardcover. VG-. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, pictorial paper covered boards with cloth to spine. The book is rectangular, measuring just over 6.5 inches tall by 9 inches wide. Exterior shows spotting and soiling with toning to the edges. Edges and corners show bumps/wear. The internal binding is good, no hinge issues though the rear hinge has pulling which is starting to show the staples. Pages are toned due to age and type of paper used. No signatures or bookplates, no library markings, no handwriting found.

Santiago, Chile: Zig-Zag Publishing Company, 1962. 6th Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, thick padded brown cloth boards decorated in gilt with silk flower attached front. Exterior shows some scuffing and wear and rear board has a white mark near the bottom. Exterior page textblock also shows staining along the fore edge, this stain can be seen on some of the pages though only along the extreme edge and well outside of any text areas. Some stains also present on front and rear pastedowns as well as foxing. Some hinge cracks are present at the front board and the rear board is starting at the bottom. Binding of the text pages is good and tight. Pages are darkened due to type of paper used in some spotting and foxing is present. The only handwriting found in the book is on the front end page where there is the letter C penned near the top center. The copyright page (to the left of the title page) states the copyright… Read More

Barcelona: M. Pareja, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half title page: "A mi querido amigo y colega Jorge Felices, escritor de grandes qualates(??) y exquisito poeta, con un cordial abrazo de Juan Diez de Andino, Marzo 26/73". DJ is toned and spotted with numerous chips in small tears along the edges. Light brown cloth boards underneath are clean but they do show some edge and corner bumps/wear. The internal binding is good in text pages are tight. No hinge issues, no bookplates, no library markings. The only other handwriting other than the author's inscription is on the front end page where there is a circled letter written in red pen along the top edge. The end pages and pastedowns do show toning and foxing as does the dust jacket. A rare title and a one-of-a-kind item because of the inscription from one author to another.

Mexico: La Impressora, 1930. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. See photos for condition details. Tall softcover education workbook, written in Spanish. The exterior shows scuffing and spotting, mainly on the front, and the hinge (located on top) shows chipping to the marbled cloth. Front cover also shows faint residue from where a price was once penciled in the upper right corner next to "Primera Parte". The internal binding is good and text pages are secure. It does not appear that this book was used as none of the worksheet pages have been written on. The first page inside the cover does contain a bookplate which has been pasted in the upper right corner. The book contains 100 single-sided pages.