Search Results: Authors starting with I from Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books

Lisbon, Na Offic. de João Procopio Correa da Silva, 1800.. First Edition in Portuguese. 8°, later rear wrapper (front wrapper missing). Uncut and unopened. Slight staining to first and last few leaves. In good condition. (4 ll.), 78 pp., (1 blank l.). *** First Edition in Portuguese of this work on the treatment of wounds caused by firearms, first published in Spanish, Madrid, 1796. Ibarrola drew extensively on his experiences in Guipuzcoa and Navarre, in the Basque region.This Portuguese edition was translated and annotated by Manoel Joaquim Henriques de Paiva, a naturalized Brazilian (Castello Branco, Portugal, 1752-Bahia, 1829) and one of the foremost physicians of his time. He exercised considerable influence on Brazilian and Portuguese medicine, particularly by his activities as a promulgator of foreign medical doctrines. He translated numerous medical works into Portuguese and was one of the first to introduce the ideas of John Brown to Portugal and Brazil, mainly through translations of… Read More

La Coruña, Imprenta de "La Voz de Galicia" for Latorre y Marinez, 1886.. FIRST EDITION. 3 volumes in 1. 8°, early-twentieth–century quarter sheep over cloth boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, gilt letter and fillets, marbled endleaves, top edge rouged. Titles in red and black. Some browning, mostly light, but heavier in a few leaves. Overall in very good condition. (1 l.), 240 pp., (2 ll. advertisement); 298 pp., (1 blank l., 2 ll. advertisement); 261 pp., (3 pp. advertisement). *** FIRST EDITION. *** Palau 118002.

Vila Nova da Famalicão, Amores Perfeitos, 2001.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 66 pp., (1 l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Born in Branca, Concelho de Albergaria-a-Velha, 1953 (according to the publisher's blurb, or 1952 according to the cataloguers of the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal) this is the author's first book. His A segunda letra de jota, and A letra intermédia de jota appeared in 2003 and 2004, respectively, by the same publisher, and several other books of his have been published since, including A letra malva de jota (Porto: Papiro, 2005), and A 4.ª letra de jota (Vila Nova de Famalicão: Amores Perfeitos, 2006). *** Porbase locates three copies: Biblioteca Pública Municipal do Porto, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, and Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra. Not located in Jisc.

New York, The Typophiles, 1988.. 8°, publisher's cloth with dust jacket. As new. 154 pp., (1 blank, 1 l.). One of 1,100 copies. *** This is the original edition, which went out of print soon after publication. The only work in English to survey Gutenberg scholarship from the fifteenth century to the mid-1980s; also includes a detailed discussion of the 42-line Bible of 1455. Designed by Abe Lerner, and set and printed in Monotype Van Dijck by Michael & Winifred Bixler.***

New York, J.C. Baldwin & Co., Steam Job Printers, 1879.. First Edition in English. Large 8°, original brown printed wrappers (some fraying). Wood-engraved vignette on front cover and title page. Tear of about 4 cm. in upper margin throughout. Some creases. In good condition. Embossed stamp of Matthew Crosby, Jr., [Peruvian?] Consul, in upper outer corner of front wrapper. 13 pp. *** First Edition in English. Peru justifies its participation in the War of the Pacific (1879-1833), between Bolivia and Peru on one side and Chile on the other. The points of dispute were the mineral-rich provinces of Tarapaca, Tacna and Arica (Peru) and Antofagasta (Bolivia). The war broke out on February 14, 1879 when Chilean troops occupied the port of Antofagasta.*** Not located in AAS online catalogue. Not located in Jisc. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the microfilm cited by OCLC. NUC: DLC, NN

(Santiago de Chile), Imprenta de la Opinion, dated 16 May 1833.. 4°, recent blind-ruled calf. Woodcut vignette with "RR" monogram on title page. Light browning. Overall in very good condition. Early manuscript foliation in ink. (1 l.), 49 pp. *** Irisarri's enemies had been attacking him for some time because in 1822, while serving under Bernardo O'Higgins, he had negotiated a loan for Chile of a million pounds sterling. Here he explains the historical context (the need to invade Peru and end the War of Independence) and why the funds could not be raised via taxes. He compares Chile's situation with that of Mexico, Peru, and the United States (pp. 23-25) and refutes all the objections to the loan. Irisarri quotes Say, Tracy, Storch, Necker and Walpole, among others. A table on p. 42 sets out amortization rates over 30 years.Antonio José de Irisarri (Guatemala, 1786-New York, 1868), one of the fathers of Chilean journalism, served as interim supreme director of Chile for a few days in 1814. When… Read More

Philadelphia, Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829.. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. Tall 12º, recent crimson half morocco, spines with raised bands in 5 compartments, gilt letter. Slight browning. Small brown marginal stain to upper outer corner of first half of volume I, not affecting text. 6-cm. tear to Y5 of volume I, without loss. Scattered light foxing to volume II. Uncut. Overall very good condition. 311 pp., (2 ll. advertisement); 319 pp. *** FIRST EDITION of Irving's entertaining history of the Christian conquest of Granada (1478-1492), which resulted in the expulsion of the Moors from Spain. Irving enlivened his history in several ways, most notably through the interjection of extensive quotations from an imaginary chronicle, said to survive in fragmentary form in the Escorial, composed by one Fray Antonio Agapida. The Chronicle was one of four books - the others being The Alhambra and two works on Columbus and his fellow explorers - produced during Irving's happy sojourn in Spain during the 1820s.***… Read More

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1949.. FIRST EDITION. Large 8°, publisher's red cloth (warped and faded; some soiling and minor wear), illustrated endpapers. Endleaves after drawings of Cuzco by William Caskey. In less than good condition. xv, (1), 194, (2) pp., map on final preliminary leaf, 94 photographic illustrations on 32 ll. plates. *** FIRST EDITION. Based on the author's diary during a trip to South America. He explains that the condor is the emblem of the mountain republics of the Andes, and the cow represents the cattle-bearing plains nations, particularly Argentina. Isherwood landed in Venezuela at La Guaira and visited Cartagena, Bogotá, Quito, Lima, La Paz, Buenos Aires, and many smaller towns in between.***

Rio de Janeiro, Typ. e lith. Economica, rua de Gonçalves Dias n. 28, 1887.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, later blue quarter cloth over decorated boards (slight wear); green printed front wrapper bound in (soiled). Some browning. Overall in good condition. (1 l.), 10 pp., (1 l.), [12]-60 pp. but LACKING pp. 53-56; with 1 folding table and 1 folding color plate. Might the folding table and folding plate count as pp. 53-56? *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Mariano de Azevedo Itapura (São Paulo, 1864-Rio de Janeiro, 1889), an officer in the coast guard who served on the Nichteroy, the Javary, and the Almirante Barrozo, publishes his unedited letters to his brother. He mentions New Orleans, the Gulf of Mexico, Havana, Matanzas, New York, Newport, the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, Cabo Verde, São Vicente. The last few pages describe a fire aboard an Austrian brig Cori in the harbor of Montevideo; for his valor in helping save those aboard, Itapura was commended and promoted. Includes a folding… Read More