Search Results: Titles starting with A from Bountiful Books

Lisboa Lisbon Portugal: Centro De Estudos De Antropologia Cultural. Monograph #11 of the Junta De Investigacoes Cientificas Do Ultramar. Pale gray wraps are clean and sound, with bumped corner. Interior is clean and unmarked. 170 pages + 16 full page tipped in b/w photographic plates. The caste system in Goa, India's smallest state. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1979.

Havana; Habana, Cuba: Cultural, S. A.. Pale orange original wraps show light rubbing, with clear tape placed over the front hinge, presumeably to reinforce it. Gift inscription on verso of title page, else a clean, sound, unmarked copy. IN SPANISH, EN ESPANOL. Columns from the period 1903 - 1919 by the publisher of Cuba's oldest newspaper (shut down when Castro came to power) give an intimate glimpse of Cuban history during that era. With a 78 page biographical and critical essay on Rivero by the editor. 430 pages. . Very Good-. Soft cover. 1st Edition Thus. 1929.

London: Hutchinson & Co.. A clean, sound copy in red boards with gilt lettering on spine and front. Personal gift inscription written in pencil on front paste-down. Slightly sunned spine, bumped spine ends and corners. Missing front free end paper, offsetting from front paste-down to title page, light occasional foxing, else interior is unmarked. The first edition of this work appeared in French in 1825, and was translated into English in 1826. This edition includes a Preface with a brief history of Guillemard's military career. A first-hand account of the Napoleonic Wars from the French viewpoint. Includes notes. xv + 342 pages. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition Thus. 1st Printing. 1898.

San Francisco, CA: Howell-North Press. Gold wraps show minor soiling, else clean and sound. McGettigan's signature and wishes for a happy holiday season on ffep. Poetry centering on California - it's history, Indian legends, and nature. With b/w line drawings at section breaks. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1943.

San Francisco, CA: Grabhorn Press. Cream colored wraps show a few tiny specks, very light foxing to last page, else a clean, sound copy. The first in a series of humorous publications produced for the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, this effort reproduces some of the world's best epitaphs. One of 250 printed. . Near Fine. Stapled Wraps. 1st Edition. 1956.

San Francisco, CA: Grabhorn Press. Illustrated cream colored covers show slight curl at one corner, else a clean, sound copy. The 4th in a series of humorous publications produced for the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, this effort celbrates the work of ancient Turkish humorist Nasreddin Hojah. One of 300 copies printed. . Near Fine. Stapled Wraps. 1st Edition. 1960.

Amsterdam: Arkslee & Merkus. Ex-library, with small stamps on the verso of the title page and first page of text on each volume, else no library markings. Handsome volumes, in original contemporary calf bindings, with ornate gilt trim, raised bands and red labels on spine, marbled endpapers and red edges. Hinges are cracked but boards are still attached; corners are bumped and worn, with leather missing from 2 corners of Volume I. Covers show some soiling, endpapers show some offsetting, textblocks are clean and unmarked, except for library stamps; bindings are sturdy. Tome I: 309 pps. inluding Index. An Advertisement by the Author and Errata Sheet are bound in prior to the text. Contents: Charles V Becomes Emperor, 1519: Spanish Civil Wars 1520-21; War of Navarre 1521; Wars of Charles V and Francois I 1521-1544. Tome II: 391 pps. including Index. Contents: Revolutions in Sweden 1515-1544; Divorce of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon 1527-1534; Conspiracy of Fiefque in… Read More

Boston: Dana Estes & Co.. True First Edition, Preceding The English Version. Green Cloth Boards With Delightful Color-Stamped Illustrations On Front Board, Rear Board And Spine, Are Clean And Sound, With Minor Wear To Spine Ends. Color Illustrations On Front And Rear Paste-Down. Gift Inscription On Ffep, Else Interior Is Unmarked, Except For The Occassional Finger Smudge, And A Light Dampstain To Edges Of Endpapers. Jo Mora's Whimsical Illustrations Adorn Virtually Every Page, With Dozens Of Full Page B/W Illustrations And 14 Vivid Tipped-In Colored Plates. Five Of The Tipped-In Plates Have Come Loose From The Binding And Consequently Show Tears And Chipping At The Edges. One Of These (P. 207, Frogs Desiring A King) Has A 2" Long X1/2" Deep Piece Missing At The Edge Plus Several Long Closed Tears Which Have Now Been Professionally Repaired With Japanese Silk Paper. 212 Pages, Additional Photos Available On Request. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1900.

Mexico: Libros Del Salmon. Bright red wraps show light rubbing, else sound. Warmly INSCRIBED by Blanco on the title page, and writing on the back endpaper, else interior is clean and unmarked. One of 1,000 copies issued of this early book of poems by the celebrated Mexican poet and critic, with cosmic b/w drawing by Blanco and Luis Cortes Bargallo. Last two pages are bound upside down. 108 pages, in Spanish, en espanol. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1983.

Mexico: Cooperativa Trabajadores de los Talleres Graficos Tolsa y Enrico Martínez. Tan wraps show edge-wear, soiling, else sound. Interior is clean and unmarked. A special edition of the 1939 Romero novel with somewhat ghoulish black and white illustrations by Molina. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition Thus. 1st Printing. 1946.

La Jolla, CA. A portfolio of eleven discrete 7.5" x 10" b/w ink on paper drawings by artist Robert Winsett, enclosed in an illustrated paper wrapper which is worn at seams. The surrealistic, often whimsical prints are themselves unmarked. . Very Good. No Binding. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1960.

Paris: Didier et Cie. A handsome set, complete in two volumes. Burgundy calf with gilt stamping to spine, marbled boards, marbled endpapers. Leather corners and spine show light rubbing, else binding is clean and sound. Frontispiece portraits with tissue guards in each volume (Vol. I Charles II, King of Spain; Vol. II Henri Harcourt), with a fold-out copy of an important letter in each volume. Light foxing throughout each volume, else unmarked. The Marquis of Harcourt was French Ambassador under Charles II and Philippe V, and this history was compiled by Hippeau from the personal archives of Harcourt Castle and the official archives of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, with notes and a historic Introduction by Hippeau. Vol. I - ccxxxix + 293 pps.; Vol. II - 575 pps. + Errata. . Very Good. 3/4 Leather. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1975.