Search Results: Hispanic Literature from Black Cat Hill Books

Santiago, Chile Biblioteca Popular Nascimento, 1971. Paperback Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: mildest rubbing to wrapper covers; the pages have tanned rather heavily, due to aging; binding leans a little but remains perfectly secure; text clean. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 194pp. Prologue by Luis Iñigo Madrigal. Paperback. Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista (1902 – 1989) was a Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba. Born in Camagüey, he studied law at the University of Havana, but abandoned a legal career and worked as a typographer and journalist. His poetry was published in various magazines from the early 1920s; his first collection, Motivos de son (1930) was strongly influenced by his meeting that year with the African-American poet, Langston Hughes. He drew from son music in his poetry. West Indies, Ltd.,… Read More

Tulsa, OK Council Oak Books, 1987. Paperback First Ed thus, but later printing. Near Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Small coffee stain at fore-edge. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 101pp. Translated by Asa Zatz. Cover Art by Juan Alcazar. Trade Paperback.

New York, NY HarperCollins: HarperPerennial, 1996. Paperback First Edition Thus [1996]; First Printing indicated. First Edition Thus [1996]; First Printing indicated. Fine in Wraps: the pages have tanned a bit with age; else flawless; binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 503pp. This title was first published in hardcover by Hyperion in 1995. Trade Paperback.

San Francisco, CA Mercury House, 1992. Paperback. First Edition Thus [1992], so stated; First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition Thus [1992], so stated; First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of rubbing to the wrapper covers; else flawless; the binding remains square and perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome very nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing only a single minor and unobtrusive imperfection. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.25 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches). xiv,… Read More

Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania, 1978. Paperback Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very light use: just a hint of wear to extremities; backstrip very slightly darkened, but titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible; lower rear corner bumped, imparting a crease to the last sixty pages or so at that point; binding square and secure; text clean. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Remains close to 'As New'. 8vo. 166pp. PBK: Pictorial Wraps. Lime Wraps. Louis Lambert and Maximiliano Rubin: The Inner Vision and the Outer Man; Two Eighteenth-Century Chapbook Romances of Chivalry by Antonio da Silva; Cosmology and the Poem: Damaso Alonso's "Sueno de las dos ciervas"; The "Fet des Romains" and the "Primera Cronica General"; Herrera and Prete Jacopin: The Consequences of the Controversy; Science and Literature in the Middle Ages: England, Spain, and the Arabs.

Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania, 1978. Paperback Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: shows considerable darkening at the backstrip, though titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible; else flawless. Binding square and secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Remains close to 'As New'. 8vo. 118pp. PBK: Pictorial Wraps. White Wraps. New Light on the Historical Setting of Garcilaso's Poetry; Setting in the Galdos Novel, 1881-1885; Another Look at the Metrics of Santillana's Sonnets; Structuralist Theory in Bello's "Gramatica"; Sobre tipologia y ordenacion de las "Novelas ejemplares"; An Etymology of "arrimar"; Spanish "rosca" as a Member of the 'Bend and Twist' Family.

Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania, 1976. Paperback Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very light use: light wear to extremities; faint bump at bottom front panel has buckled the text block very slightly for a few pages at the beginning of the text; backstrip somewhat darkened, though titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible; binding square and secure; text clean. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 111pp. Paperback: Pictorial Wraps. White Wraps. Anglo-American Poetry in the Correspondence of Luisa and Juan Ramon Jimenez; Between Macias and Don Juan: Spanish Romantic Drama and the Mythology of Love; The Author's Voice in "The Lusiads"; Spanish Textile and Clothing Nomenclature; The Meaning of "fronzida" in "El cantar de mio Cid".

Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania, 1975 . Paperback Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very light use: former owner's name in ink at top front panel and a couple of check marks in the Table of Contents; crease at front hinge; binding shows the slightest spine lean, but remains perfectly secure; text clean. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 117pp. Paperback: Pictorial Wraps. Lime Green Wraps. "La Raquel" de Huerta y la censura; Juan del Encina; Use of the Written Accent in Spanish; Peninsular Prose Fiction of the Philippines; The Epitaph of Fernan Gudiel; Berceo's "descanto'"; Dulcinea's Ass; Quevedo and Diego Lopez.

Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania, 1974. Paperback Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 176pp. Paperback: Pictorial Wraps. Orange Wraps. Cervantes and Tirso de Molina; Calderon de la Barca; Rosalia de Castro; Relaciones Clarin-Martinez Ruiz. Paperback: Pictorial Wraps.

Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania, 1975 . Paperback Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to extremities; crease along front hinge; backstrip lightly darkened, but titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible. Binding square and secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 109pp. Paperback: Pictorial Wraps. Lemon Wraps. Romantic Lyric Traditions; Synonymy in Berceo and the "Alexandre"; Multiple Symbolism in "Libro de Buen Amor'; Francisco de la Torre; Juan Goytisolo. Paperback: Pictorial Wraps.

Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania, 1976 . Paperback Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to extremities; backstrip lightly sunned, but titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible. Binding square and secure. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 98pp. Paperback: Pictorial Wraps. Lime Wraps. La genesis de "El viejo y la nina" de Moratin; Don Quixote, the Hero Upside-Down; El "Aleph," simbolo cabalistico, y sus implicaciones en la obra de Jorge Luis Borges; Peculiar Leonese Dialectal Forms; Juan Manuel's "Tabardie" and "Golfin".

Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania, 1973. Paperback Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: former owner's name at top front panel; small, single star at rear panel; else flawless. Binding square and secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 116pp. Paperback: Pictorial Wraps. Orange Wraps. Lope de Vega, Quevedo, Saavedra Fajardo, Cadalso, alamiado-morisca, spanish romanticism.

Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania, 1975 . Paperback Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: crease along front hinge; just a hint of wear to extremities; backstrip somewhat darkened, but titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible. Binding square and secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 116pp. Paperback: Pictorial Wraps. Lemon Wraps. Lost Genre of Medieval Spanish Literature; Del modernismo a la vanguardia: El creacionismo pre polemico; Is the Spanish "Comedia" a Metatheater?; Poema del Cid; El "esperpento" y el teatro de marionetas italiano; Selomoh Proops.

Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania, 1977. Paperback Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to extremities; backstrip ever so lightly sunned, but titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible. Binding shows barely discernible spine lean, but remains perfectly secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Remains close to 'As New'. 8vo. 122pp. PBK: Pictorial Wraps. Lemon Wraps. Studies in Luso-Hispanic Lexical Osmosis; Garcilaso; y la mitologia; Gonzalo de Berceo's "De los signos que aparescedan ate de juicio"; El monologo interior de Pedro en "Tiempo de Silencio"; Moslem and Spanish Christian Literary Portraiture; Sibilant Turmoil in Middle Spanish [1450-1650]; Another Source for Lucena's "Repeticion de Amores".

Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania, 1976. Paperback Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very light use: light wear to extremities; a couple of tiny, faint spots at upper front panel; bump at head of backstrip has buckled the text block very slightly; backstrip very lightly darkened, though titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible; binding square and secure; text clean. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 96pp. Paperback: Pictorial Wraps. Lemon Wraps. El punto de vista de Borges; On Sound-Patterning in the "Poema de mio Cid;" "Capricho" / "Caprichoso": a Glossary of Eighteenth-Century Usages; "Celestina"; "Noventayochistas" and the Carlist Wars.

Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania, 1975 . Paperback Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to extremities; former owner's name at top front panel; scattered, sparse RED PENCIL markings in the text; crease along front hinge; backstrip lightly darkened, but titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible. Binding square and secure. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 114pp. Paperback: Pictorial Wraps. White Wraps. Recapitulacion de "El Jarama"; An Unknown Castilian Lyric Poem; Poetic Structure in Garcia Lorca.

Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania, 1974. Paperback Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to extremities; backstrip darkened, but titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible. Binding square and secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 132pp. Paperback: Pictorial Wraps. White Wraps. Libro de Alexandre, On the text of Garcilaso, A Court Entertainment of 1638, Rhetoric and Chracterization in Don Quixote. Paperback: Pictorial Wraps.

Buenos Aires, Argentina Editorial Losada: Biblioteca clasica y contemporanea, 1968. Paperback Third Edition (1968). First published in 1958. Very Near Fine in Wraps: the faintest crease near the uppe front corner tip; the pages have tanned somewhat, due to aging; light wear to the lower corner of the text pages; the binding leans ever so slightly but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of any creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tighly bound, showing only a hint of wear and a couple of minor flaws. Bright and clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (7.15 x 4.65 x 0.4 inches). 157 pages. Language: Spanish. Weight; 4 ounces. Third Edition (1968). First published in 1958. Paperback. Nicolás… Read More

Berkeley, CA University of California Press, 1981. Paperback First Edition Thus (1981), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR-EDITOR beneath a duotone photographic portrait of the author at the front end-paper. First Edition Thus (1981), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of light use: light wear to the extremities and mild rubbing to the panels; a s small scratch to the upper front panel; a couple of soil spots to the front panel; the price is intact; the binding lean slightly but remains secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and a couple of… Read More

New York, NY Hearst Corporation: Avon Books, 1991. Paperback First Edition Thus (1991), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition Thus (1991), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Good+ to Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: a faint crease near the lower front corner; just a hint of wear to the extremities; the text pages have tanned a bit, due to the aging process; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very mild wear and minor cosmetic imperfections. Close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5.25 x 0.75 inches). 247 pages.… Read More