Crónica de los Reyes Católicos por su Secretario Fernando del Pulgar.. Versión inédita. Edición y estudio por Juan de Mata Carriazo. by PULGAR, Hernando del (c. 1425 - c. 1495)

New York: Edizioni Sociali, 1933. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Includes black and white photographs and with a selection of letters by Malatesta. Foreword by Sebastian Faure. Small stains to the fore edge not affecting text, tiny chip along upper edge of front cover, library label on first page but non-circulating and not otherwise marked. A well preserved copy of the rather scarce first edition which was printed in Paris. ; Octavo.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Lauren Ford. This interesting little book is excerpted from Churchill's A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. On 29 December 1938, Churchill wrote to his wife regarding his initial draft about this part of his history: "I have just finished writing about Joan of Arc. I think she is the winner in the whole of French history. The leading women of these days were more forceful and remarkable than the men." Profusely illustrated, this slim volume contains 17 illustrations by the distinguished artist Lauren Ford. Though 16 of these illustrations had previously been published as black and white drawings, this is their first appearance in color. The illustration on the dust jacket front cover and frontispiece is original to this edition. This little-known edition is scarce and thus missing from many collections. Many of the copies that do come on the market are ex-library with attendant flaws, very often including library stickers or… Read More

London: J. Sewell and J. Debrett, 1792. Hardcover. Near Fine. Printed for J. Sewell, Cornhill; and J. Debrett, Piccadilly." [3], 324-400 p., frontispiece portrait of John Smeaton, civil engineer, and 1 additional leaf of a plate: music; 22 cm. Later (possibly 20th-century) dark blue cloth spine with gilt-tooled spine title; marbled paper over boards. The second plate is a view of "An ancient place of tournament at Senlis." Pages are untrimmed; 4 leaves are unopened. In addition to reports on the pardoning of two men involved in the mutiny on the Bounty and the execution of three others, includes: Remarks on Slavery by Adam Smith -- Remarks made in a trip to Paris in 1792 -- The Blatant Beast: A Poem by Moses Mendez [1st appearance of this poem by Moses Mendes] -- Critique on Somerset House, London, by a foreign architect -- Remarks on an ancient place of tournament at Senlis, built by James, Duke of Vendome -- State Papers related to the French Revolution -- Occasional Address, and Elegy: The Dead… Read More

Oxford: Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford, 1925. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. First illustrated edition, first printing, first state, with the plate showing the Old South Church in Boston incorrectly as the place where Patrick Henry gave his famous "Give me liberty, or give me Death" speech at page 271, which was substituted with the plate showing the Boston Harbor in the second state. The vast majority of the first-state copies were recalled and destroyed by the publisher with only 12 known copies surviving. In the original-issue dark-blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine and front cover. xiii + 354 pages, followed by 15 pages of b/w maps. Many full-page b/w illustrations throughout. Large, heavy book measuring 8 1/8" x 5 5/8" x 1 1/8" and weighing nearly 2 pounds. In NEAR FINE condition. Book is very bright and clean, tight and square, with strong, firm hinges with no cracking. Very slight bumps to the tips of two corners, very… Read More

This is the author's revised edition, Agapida Edition, published in 1893. 2 volumes Beautiful books in light cream colored leather binding , high quality deckled pages and lovely Moorish gilt designs on the cover and spine. Each page is framed with Moorish scroll work. The photos throughout the books are covered with glassine paper. There is some darkening, due to age, along the beveled edges of the covers and the first few pages of vo. 1. Also an inscription and signature, dated 1937 on the third flyleaf page of vol. 1.. Otherwise, the book is in fine - near new condition.

New York: Edizioni Sociali, 1933. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Includes black and white photographs and with a selection of letters by Malatesta. Foreword by Sebastian Faure. Small stains to the fore edge not affecting text, tiny chip along upper edge of front cover, library label on first page but non-circulating and not otherwise marked. A well preserved copy of the rather scarce first edition which was printed in Paris. ; Octavo.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Lauren Ford. This interesting little book is excerpted from Churchill's A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. On 29 December 1938, Churchill wrote to his wife regarding his initial draft about this part of his history: "I have just finished writing about Joan of Arc. I think she is the winner in the whole of French history. The leading women of these days were more forceful and remarkable than the men." Profusely illustrated, this slim volume contains 17 illustrations by the distinguished artist Lauren Ford. Though 16 of these illustrations had previously been published as black and white drawings, this is their first appearance in color. The illustration on the dust jacket front cover and frontispiece is original to this edition. This little-known edition is scarce and thus missing from many collections. Many of the copies that do come on the market are ex-library with attendant flaws, very often including library stickers or… Read More

London: J. Sewell and J. Debrett, 1792. Hardcover. Near Fine. Printed for J. Sewell, Cornhill; and J. Debrett, Piccadilly." [3], 324-400 p., frontispiece portrait of John Smeaton, civil engineer, and 1 additional leaf of a plate: music; 22 cm. Later (possibly 20th-century) dark blue cloth spine with gilt-tooled spine title; marbled paper over boards. The second plate is a view of "An ancient place of tournament at Senlis." Pages are untrimmed; 4 leaves are unopened. In addition to reports on the pardoning of two men involved in the mutiny on the Bounty and the execution of three others, includes: Remarks on Slavery by Adam Smith -- Remarks made in a trip to Paris in 1792 -- The Blatant Beast: A Poem by Moses Mendez [1st appearance of this poem by Moses Mendes] -- Critique on Somerset House, London, by a foreign architect -- Remarks on an ancient place of tournament at Senlis, built by James, Duke of Vendome -- State Papers related to the French Revolution -- Occasional Address, and Elegy: The Dead… Read More

Oxford: Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford, 1925. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. First illustrated edition, first printing, first state, with the plate showing the Old South Church in Boston incorrectly as the place where Patrick Henry gave his famous "Give me liberty, or give me Death" speech at page 271, which was substituted with the plate showing the Boston Harbor in the second state. The vast majority of the first-state copies were recalled and destroyed by the publisher with only 12 known copies surviving. In the original-issue dark-blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine and front cover. xiii + 354 pages, followed by 15 pages of b/w maps. Many full-page b/w illustrations throughout. Large, heavy book measuring 8 1/8" x 5 5/8" x 1 1/8" and weighing nearly 2 pounds. In NEAR FINE condition. Book is very bright and clean, tight and square, with strong, firm hinges with no cracking. Very slight bumps to the tips of two corners, very… Read More

This is the author's revised edition, Agapida Edition, published in 1893. 2 volumes Beautiful books in light cream colored leather binding , high quality deckled pages and lovely Moorish gilt designs on the cover and spine. Each page is framed with Moorish scroll work. The photos throughout the books are covered with glassine paper. There is some darkening, due to age, along the beveled edges of the covers and the first few pages of vo. 1. Also an inscription and signature, dated 1937 on the third flyleaf page of vol. 1.. Otherwise, the book is in fine - near new condition.