Spanish Language

Guanajuato, Mexico: Ediciones Casa Valadés, (Undated). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, bright clean, slight curl. 7/8" rip at top of spine hinge. Slight edgewear to exterior. 2 page corners with tiny fold. "Relatos de hechos históricos llenos de fantasía que a través del tiempo se han convertido en una tradición. Entre las leyendas más populares y conocidas, se encuentran: Las Momias de Guanajuato, Callejón del Beso, La Llorona, El Usurero del Baratillo, Calle del Truco, Callejón de la Condesa y Jardín del Cantador, entre muchas más." 90 pages with color illustration accompanying each story, 8-5/8x6-1/2" (21.9x16.5cm).

Spain: Montaner Y Simon, S. A. , Editores. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1930. Edicion segun el texto de Francisco Rodriguez Marin. Leather. Text in Spanish; Vol 1 567 pp + LXXXI, (Con Comentarios de los Mas Eminentes Cervantistas, Seleccionados por Juan Givanel y Mas, de la Real Academia de Buenas Letras de Barcelona, Vida Y Semblanze de Cervantes por Miguel S. Oliver) , Vol 2 635 pp. Limited printing; Vol 1 "Se acabo de imprimir el dia 28 Febrero del ano 1930," Vol 2 "Se acabo de imprimir el dia 21 Agosto del ano 1930." boards are 14 3/4" tall x 10 1/2" deep, each volume is about 3" thick. High quality paper, each volume weighs approx. 15 pounds. Vol 1 has chip out of upper spine. Both vols show wear to top and bottom of leather on boards, there are scuffs and some small missing leather pieces on boards themselves. Text is excellent, no marks, all tip ins present, (24 color tipins (Laminas) Vol 1, 21 color tipins (Laminas) Vol 2. + numerous b/w… Read More

Rudolfo Anaya. Bless Me, Ultima. TQS, Quinto Sol Publications, Inc. Berkeley, CA. Softcover. Copyright 1972, 25th Printing Thus, 1991 SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. ABOUT RUDOLFO ANAYA: Rudolfo Anaya was an American author. Noted for his 1972 novel Bless Me, Altima, Anaya was considered one of the founders of the canon of contemporary Chicano literature. We consider offers.

"Una de las mejores biografías de la excelsa poetisa mexicana Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz." (Palau, Manual del Librero) Primera edición, de autor, impresa en Madrid por los hijos de M.G. Hernández, 1910. Muy bella encuadernación holandesa de escuela española con tapas marmoleadas, lomo en piel vacuna con 4 falsos nervios, títulos y ornamentos dorados. Magnífico ejemplar, únicamente el canto superior de las tapas está un poco raspado. Interiores impecables. Muy raro, especialmente en esta encuadernación y estado de conservación.

EDAF, 1998. Paperback.Spanish Language Used - Near Fine condition. Book is clean and tight with mild shelf wear. Pages 13-16, 75-82, 171-176 were slightly creased during the printing process at the top edge. Page 55/56 has a 1/4" tear at the bottom edge. Inserted between pages 64-65 is a foldout descriptive addition. No markings in the book. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.

Contains 2 lengthy articles by Eustaquio Fernández de Navarrete on the Columbus family:a. "Noticias Para la Vida de D. Hernando Colon" (pages 289-483)b."Noticias de D. Bartolomé Colon, hermano del Almirante" (pages 485-574)574, index, [2] pages.Boards rubbed with minor scratches and loss to corners and all three edges. Marbled end-papers with small ex-libris to inner front board. Spanish text clean and unmarked.
A reference source for the life of Hernando Colon, son of Christopher Colon/Columbus, with a focus on the challenges he faced in defending his family's legacy. This volume gives some of the earliest published details of the life of Hernando supported by the inclusion of 8 transcribed documents, including Hernando's defence of his brother's (Diego's) rights to titles and income following his father's death; details relative to the conception Hernando had for his library (the "Biblioteca Hernandia"); and the text of Hernando's will.
Navarrete's second chapter to this volume concerns the life… Read More

xxxviii, [2], 319 pages (including black and white photographs of documents held in the Biblioteca Colombina). Slight rubbing to top corners of the boards. Very neat paper repairs to the bottom corners of pages ix – xxiv, not touching text. Very small blemish (remains of paper label?) to front end-paper. Spanish text clean and unmarked.Includes "the most authoritative edition of the will" of Hernando Colon/Ferdinand Columbus, son of Christopher Columbus (Edward Wilson-Lee, The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books, London, 2019, page 343). This volume was produced to coincide with the quadricentennial anniversary of the death of Hernando Colon (the volume contains 105 documents reproduced in text format and 4 in photographic facsimiles covering 66 pages.
A note to the reader explains that previous publications have contained textual errors arising from mistakes in copies obtained from the original documents held by the Biblioteca Colombina. The intention in producing this publication was to "remedy these… Read More

Paris: Denys Ianot, [Janot], 1540. First Edition. Transl. from Spanish by "le Seigneur des Essarts", Nicolas de Herberay. (1540)-1542, 3 parts in 1 vol. 150; (4), 86; (3), 94 leaves., repeated woodcut printer's mark on 2 title-pages, 43 (some repeated) woodcut illustrations within borders. 65 historiated/ decorated initials (including Janot's white alphabet with thistle especially designed for the Amadis), 18th century calf with gilt spine and two contrasting leather labels. folio. - First part lacks the first two preliminary leaves (incl. title) So begins at aiii); Remaining prelims one leaf with tear in text and one leaf lacks upper outer blank corner; first part partly wormholed in lower margin; title-page. to second part some soiling and old owner's entries; title-page. to third part slightly. dust stained; lower corner of final three leaves of third part restored and small inkstain in outer margin; All three parts occasionally. finger soiled / stained; engraved heraldic bookplate of Ham Court… Read More

4° (mm 185x135); cc. LXXIIII. Caratteri gotici; titolo e anno impressi in rosso, entro cornice silografica a quattro scomparti e con bellissimo legno centrale; al verso dell'ultima carta, marca tipografica silografica. Legatura ottocentesca in mezza pelle. Bell'esemplare, nonostante i margini non amplissimi.
Very rare edition of the earlier Spanish sentimental romance, originally published in Valencia in 1513.
About the authorship of Qüestión de amor, one of the most intriguing among the Spanish sentimental romances:
"In a series of articles on the authorship of the earlier sentimental romance Qüestión de amor, I suggested first that the anonymous author was a member of the aristocratic Cardona family (1994a) basing this attribution on a series of clues deeply imbedded within the text itself – in other words, evidence interior to the work. Furthermore, I suggested that the author was the poet Alonso de Cardona whose work was found in the Cancionero General of 1511 (1994b and 2006). Finally,… Read More

8°; cc. (12), pp. 669, (3). Elegante legatura novecentesca firmata da Brugalla in marocchino decorato in oro, con astuccio. Bellissimo esemplare.
Exceedingly rare first edition of the Italian translation of the Primiera parte of Quijote.
Rius, 780; Suñé, 819 ("La version esta hecha con bastante fidelidad, tomada de la edición de Bruselas de 1607"); Palau, 53135. Sul traduttore, cfr. P. Scapecchi, Venezia e Firenze unite dalla prima traduzione italiana di 'Don Chisciotte', in Quixote/Chisciotte mdcv-2005. Edizioni rare e di pregio, traduzioni italiane e straniere conservate nelle biblioteche veneziane, Venezia, Sale Monumentali della Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Libreria Sansoviniana, 18 novembre 2005 – 2 gennaio 2006, Mostra a c. di D. Ferro, Catalogo a c. di A. Scarsella, Venezia 2006, pp. 33-37; S. Trovato, Andrea Baba stampatore veneziano, in Quixote/Chisciotte MDCV-2005…, pp. 39-52.
La traduzione del Franciosini sarebbe stata ripubblicata solo tre anni più tardi, nel 1625,… Read More

8° (mm 140x95). Vitello bruno coevo (restauri; sguardie rinnovate). Bella copia, unsophisticated, nell'originale legatura in vitello bruno (restauri alle cerniere, sguardie rinnovate).
Very rare second or third edition (see below), the first one with the errata.
Palau, III, 53401; Rius, I, 221.
Dodici le Novelas ospitate dall'edizione: La Gitanilla, El Amante liberal, Rinconete y Cortadillo, La Española Inglessa, El Licenciado Vidriera, La Fuerça de la sangre, El Zeloso estremeño, La Illustre Fregona, Las dos Donzellas, A Señora Cornelia, El Casamiento engañoso, La de los perros Cipion y Bergança.
Dopo la princeps pubblicata nell'agosto del 1613 dal "taller que trabajava a nombre de 'Juan de la Cuesta'" - di cui si conoscono sei soli esemplari superstiti - nel 1614 videro la luce tre edizioni:
• la presente, pubblicata a Pamplona, "muy cuidada y atenta a corriger erratas";• l'edizione di Velpio y Huberto Antonio (Bruselas 1614), "que transcribe incluso las erratas evidentes";
• "la… Read More

Tiempo Cercado (1959), primer libro de Sergio Pitol, firmado por el autor y con dedicatoria manuscrita "para mi compañero y amigo Laszlo (Moussong)", en el año de su publicación. Editorial Estaciones, colección La Aventura y el Orden, dirigida por José de la Colina. Rústica, 120 pp. En excelente estado, cubierta con algunas manchas y raspaduras leves. Author's first book. Warmly inscribed to mexican writer and editor Laszlo Moussong, in the year of publication

Segunda edición (primera de distribución comercial, facsimilar a menor escala de la primera), uno de 5 mil ejemplares en tela editorial roja, guardas ilustradas (Siqueiros). Lomo frotado y un poco manchado, tapas muy bien. Interiores impecables, sólo el papel está un poco oscurecido en los bordes. Se envía desde México por correo registrado, envío por paquetería (DHL, FedEx) disponible. Siranda Librería Anticuaria, CDMX

San Francisco, CA USA: Solidarity Publications, 1984 A near mint copy of the June 1984 stated first printing of this bilingual Spanish-English collection of poetry by Roque Dalton, a writer and Marxist revolutionary from El Salvador and an important influence in Central American literature. He was assassinated in 1975 just before his 40th birthday. The title page is date stamped December 25, 1985, No other flaws. Paperback 12 mo. 206 pages,

Cuba musical album resumen ilustrado de la historia y de la actual situacion del arte musical en cuba segunda edicion corregida y aumentada habana cuba 1929 signed por jose calero y leopoldo valdes quesada.libro de gran tamano y peso,super ilustrado.con dedicatoria de los dos editores.con la historia de la musica en cuba hasta 1929,biografias de musicos,compositores,e interpretes,historias de las academias,colegios y escuelas de musica en la habana y provincias con fotos,e historias de su fundacion.el libro es una rareza bibliografica [out of print].de coleccion.el libro mantiene su encuadernacion original de la epoca en piel,algo gastadas por su uso.