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

London, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, (1922).. First separate edition. Large 8°, blue publisher's cloth (spine faded). Internally very good; overall in good to very good condition. (4 ll.), pp. [419]-574, (1 l.), several errata slips bound in. *** First separate edition. Reprinted from the Journal of Indian History, series 3, September 1922. Most likely printed in India, since the advertisements are priced in rupees.*** Not located in NUC.

Düsseldorf, Antiquariat Kaldewey, 1979.. 4°, original illustrated wrappers. Minor wear. In very good condition. xix, 119, (1) pp., including 16 full-page plates and numerous illustrations of title-pages, engravings, etc. Total of 100 items. Text in English and German. *** ***

Lisbon, composto e impresso nas oficinas gráficas da Emprêsa do Anuário Comercial, 1932.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original printed wrappers (minor wear at head of spine). Plate with portrait of the author. In very good condition. (1 blank l.), 112 pp., (1 blank l.), 1 plate. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The preface (pp. 5-21) is by Fernando Pessoa. Sousa points out that here, as often elsewhere, Pessoa speaks more about his own ideas and obsessions than about those in the work he is supposed to introduce. "O facto de Eliezer Kamenezky ser um judeu russo exilado em Lisboa e, sobretudo, o facto de ele estar imbuído de 'um misticismo de judeu russo', leva-o desta vez à elaboração de um texto, aliás de grande riqueza especulativa e com largo leque referencial, onde, entre outros tópicos, se focalizam religião e mística, política e ideologias, cristianismo e judaismo, Maçonaria e Rosa-Cruz, tradição alquímica e Cabala".*** Blanco PR 117. Sousa, ed., Fernando Pessoa:… Read More

(Ponta Delgada?), Região Autónoma dos Açores, Presidência do Governo, n.d. [1993].. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Folio (33 x 24 cm.), original illustrated wrappers, stapled As new. (12 ll.), mostly high-quality black-and-white photographs. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Academia das Artes, Ponta Delgada in Janurary 1993 and traveling to other galleries until September 1993.***

Nieuwkoop, B. de Graaf, 1961.. Large 8°, publisher's cloth (light soiling and some white stains). Very faint dampstaining at foot, near gutter, on first four leaves (does not affect text). Light dampstaining on front and rear endleaves, at foot to the gutter. Otherwise fine internally. Overall in good condition. Livraria Ferin, Lda, Lisboa red and white booksellers' ticket on front pastedown leaf. xxi, 155 pp. *** Reprint of the Strassbourg, 1890 edition of this essential Ibero-Jewish bio-bibliography.***

Rio de Janeiro, Livraria São José, 1964.. 4°, original printed wrappers. In very good condition. Author's signed and dated ("Out. 67") twelve-line presentation inscription on the half title to "Embaixador Fragoso". 130 pp., (1 l.), footnotes, analytical index, many illustrations in text. *** Second edition. First published 1960. Aleijadinho (i.e., António Francisco Lisboa), noted sculptor and architect of Brazil's colonial period, was born in Ouro Preto (then called Vila Rica), Minas Geraes, in 1730 or 1738, son of a Portuguese man and an African slave. For decades before his death in 1814, he was disabled by a disfiguring disease - probably leprosy, perhaps scleroderma - hence his nickname, "The Little Cripple." His most notable work (among many notable works) is the Twelve Prophets at the sanctuary of Bom Jesus at Congonhas, 1800-1805.Provenance: "Embaixador Fragoso" appears to be Aguinaldo Boulitreau Fragoso, who among other posts, served as Brazilian ambassador to Argentina in the 1960s.… Read More

New York, Grolier Club, 1997.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original beige printed wrappers. Some soiling at foot of spine, otherwise in "as new" condition. Overall very good to fine. 39 pp., full page color illustration facing title page. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Exhibition of part of Eliot Stanley's collection of almost 2,000 items of Kentiana, including books, prints, ephemera and original artwork.***

Lisbon, Editorial Minerva, 1984.. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. Lightly browned. In good to very good condition. 303 pp. *** Second Edition in Portuguese of The Dharma Bums.*** This edition not located in Porbase. No edition located in Jisc.

Lisbon, Editorial Minerva, [1965?].. First Edition in Portuguese. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. Title page in red and black. Publisher's logo on verso of half title in red. Lightly browned. In good condition. 302 pp., (1 l.). *** First Edition in Portuguese of The Dharma Bums.*** Porbase locates a single copy, in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (giving the date as 1965). Not located in Jisc.

New York, Continuum, (1998).. FIRST EDITION. Large 8°, publisher's cloth with dust jacket. As new. 180 pp. *** FIRST EDITION.***

Nova Goa, Imprensa Nacional, 1858.. First Edition in Portuguese. 4°, twentieth century brown three-quarter morocco by Frederico d'Almeida over marbled boards, decorated endleaves, spine richly gilt with raised bands in six compartments (bands somewhat rubbed), gilt letter, top edges rouged. In fine condition. Internally very fine. vii, [5]-202 [i.e., 203] pp., (1 p. errata). Pp. 202-203 wrongly numbered 201-202. *** First Edition in Portuguese. Originally published in Madras, 1831 under the title An Historical Sketch of Goa, the work contains a history of Goa and its religious establishments, and information on population, government, religion, language, trade and industry of Goa, Salsete, Bardez and the Novas Conquistas. The translator's notes include a list of publications on the 1821 revolution in Goa; excerpts from Dellon on autos da fé and other Inquisition activities in Goa; a description of St. Francis Xavier's tomb; and Francisco Pirard's 1628 description of Pangim during its golden era,… Read More

Lisbon, Imprensa Nacional, 2003.. 8°, original printed wrappers. As new. 540 pp. One of 1,000 copies. *** The substantial and interesting preface occupies pp. 7-25. The author was born in Inhambane, Moçambique in 1932. *** See Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 256; Fernando J.B. Martinho in Biblos, II, 1318-20; Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, VI, 139-41; and Saraiva & Lopes, História da literatura portuguesa (17th ed), p. 1112.

Lisbon, Editorial Caminho, 1998.. 8°, original printed wrappers. As new. 71 pp. One of 1,000 copies *** Second edition. First published 1997. The author was born in Inhambane, Moçambique in 1932. *** See Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 256; Fernando J.B. Martinho in Biblos, II, 1318-20; Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, VI, 139-41; and Saraiva & Lopes, História da literatura portuguesa (17th ed), p. 1112.

Lisbon, Typographia na Rua dos Douradores, 1855.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original pink printed wrappers (soiled, creased, 5 x 2.5 cm. at lower outer corner of front wrapper missing, spine chipped, stitching loosening). Some browning, edges curling. In good condition. 54 pp., 1 folding table, (1 blank l.), large folding map [80.5 x 60.5 cm.]. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Capitão-Tenente Kol was court-martialed over the loss of the steamship Duque de Saldanha, which ran aground under his command. Included here are summaries of a substantial number of witnesses, the interrogation of Kol, and his sentence. The shipwreck, claims Kol, was due to a combination of an error in the ship's timekeeping, an error in a map, and a deviation in the compass. Kol claims that the error in the compass was due to the fact that steamships such as the Duque de Saldanha were largely made of iron. He cites statistics of compass deviations recorded on British steamships from 1847 to 1853. Also included are… Read More

Barcelona, Casa Editorial Maucci, (1926).. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, later green quarter morocco over cloth (minor wear), spine smooth (faded to brown) with crimson leather lettering piece, gilt bands and ornament, decorated endleaves. Typographical ornament on title page, typographical headpieces. Light browning. In good to very good condition. Blue on white rectangular paper ticket of Libreria A. Batlle, Barcleona, tipped on to upper outer corner of rear pastedown. 320 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this important anthology of poetry and short prose works by 70 Panamanian authors of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Many of the works were culled from periodicals and are otherwise inaccessible. A brief biography of each writer is included. Korsi, a Panamanian poet resident in Paris, published one book of poetry, El viento en la montaña (Paris, 1926).*** Palau 13158.

[Colophon] Halle, Gedruckt bei Gebauer-Schwetschke, 1925.. Large 8°, original printed wrappers. In good condition. Purple stamp on front cover: "Yale University // Nov 9, 1928 [final digit not clear] // Library". 8 pp. *** ***

New York, American Brands, 1975.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 120 pp., (3 ll., 1 blank l.), illustrations in text, notes. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***