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Dogs Of God

by Reston, James, Jr

From historian James Reston, Jr., comes a riveting account of the pivotal events of 1492, a year when towering political ambitions, horrific religious excesses, and a drive toward adventure and conquest changed the world forever.The Dogs of God chronicles one of the most savage epochs in human history, the years of the Spanish Inquisition. In an effort to consolidate their power on the Iberian peninsula and free themselves from the yoke of the Vatican, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella turned to the... Read more about this item

Lazarillo De Tormes

by Anonymous ; Maranon, Gregorio, 1887-1960

King Of Two Worlds

by Grierson, Edward

Los siete libros de la Diana ; prólogo y edición de Francisco López Estrada

by Montemayor, Jorge de. [López Estrada, Francisco, prólogo y edición]

Madrid : Espasa-Calpe, 1962., 1962. Fair. 3rd ed. ; ciii, 302, [1] pp. (Clásicos Castellanos ; 127) ; LCCN: a 48-9550 ; OCLC: 1319761 ; "Bibliografía de la Diana": p. lxxxvii-cii. ; paper covers; numerous marks; much worn ;a reading copy; FAIR

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NZ$30.82

Lírica hispánica de Siglo XIII al XX.

by Hamilton, Carlos Depassier, 1908- [Carlos D. Hamilton.]

New York, et al. : McGraw-Hill Book Company, c1969., 1969. Fine. -- 1st ed. -- xi, 116 pp. LCCN: 68-24344 ; OCLC: 883073 ; LC: PQ6176; Dewey: 468/.6/42 ; decorative paper covers; tiny tear at top back cover, else FINE

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NZ$42.80

La celestina ; introducción preliminar por Ángeles Cardona de Gilbert; fijación del texto antiguo por Manuel Criado de Val ; transcripción moderna y notas por Juan B. Caselles Llena. [Clásicos y ensayos ;; 6 : Serie clásicos : Serie azul, Siglo XV;]

by Rojas, Fernando de, d. 1541 ; Cardona de Gilbert, Angeles. [Manuel Criado de Val ]

San Antonio de Calonge : Hijos de José Bosch ; [Zaragoza] : [Cometa], c1975., 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. --1st ed. -- 500 pp. b&w illus. OCLC: 2912253 ISBN: 8472941280; 9788472941281 LCCN: 76-466248 ; (Colección Aubí. Clásicos y Ensayos) ; paper covers; "Fernando de Rojas, of Jewish parentage and a convert to Christianity during the Inquisition, is generally considered to have written all but the first act of Celestina. This... Read more about this item

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NZ$59.92

Language and Literature in the Formation of National & Cultural Communities : Proceedings of the XIII Congress...Fédération Internationale des Langues et Littératures Modernes...XVII Congress of Australasian Universities Language & Literature Assoc. [Prospects for a World Literature;L'émergence des littératures romanes au moyen age;East-West cultural relations and the creation of a Philippine national literature]

by Eagleson, Robert D. ; Robert White ; Christopher Bentley, eds.[Harry Levin, Paul Zumthor, Lucila Hosillos]

Adelaide, South Australia : Austalian Universities Language and Literature Association ; [The Griffin Press], 1976., 1976. Very Good. xiv, 274 pp. ; blue cloth ; contains abstracts of numerous papers delivered at the Congresses, and the following three papers in full : The Prospects for a World Literature / Harry Levin -- L'émergence des littératures romanes au moyen age : continuité ou commencement absolu? / Paul Zumthor -- East-West cultural relations and the creation of a Philippine national... Read more about this item

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NZ$77.04

El lindo Don Diego y No puede ser el guardar una mujer.

by Moreto y Cabaña, Agustín, 1618-1669

[Madrid] : Espasa-Calpe, 1960., 1960. Fine. -- 4th ed. -- 177 pp. (Colección Austral ; 119) OCLC: 4566248 ; 18 cm. ; paper covers ; small nick in top spine of wrapper, slight foxing, else FINE

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NZ$47.94

Lazarillo de Tormes ; prefacio de Gregorio Marañón. ; Series Coleccio?n Austral, v. 156

by Anonymous. ; Marañón, Gregorio,1887-1960

Madrid : Espasa-Calpe, 1973, 1973. Book. Good. Soft cover. 20th ed. ; 143 pp. (Colección Austral ; 156) ISBN: 8423901584 ; LC: PQ6407; Dewey: 863. ; similar to OCLC: 2926588 ; paper wrappers ; the first picaresque novel ; foxing ; a few notes ; G ; "The first picaresque novel ever written and the inspired precursor to works as various as Vanity Fair and Huckleberry Finn. Banned by the Spanish Inquisition after publication in 1554, Lazarillo was soon translated throughout Europe, where it... Read more about this item

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NZ$38.52

Historia pólwyspu iberyjskiego : cz I czasów prehistorycznych do nowo ytno ci. [Uniwersytet Warszawski. Katedra Iberystyki]

by Kieniewicz, Jan

[Warsaw] : Wydawnictwa Uniwesytetu Warszawskiego, 1983., 1983. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). 170, 9, [36] pp. ; 36 maps. ; ISBN: 8300011439 (cz.1); 9788300011438 (cz.1) ; cz. 1. Od czasów prehistorycznych do nowozytnosci ; pict. paper covers; signed presentation copy by the author to Henryk Ziomek, the Polish professor of Spanish who escaped the Nazis to come to the US as university lecturer ; Historian. Full tenured professor at the Faculty of "Artes Liberales" of... Read more about this item

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NZ$59.92

El infamador ; Los siete infantos de Lara ; prólogo de José Sánchez Fontáns.

by Cueva, Juan de la, 1550?-1610? [Prólogo de José Sánchez Fontáns]

Buenos Aires ; Mexico : Espasa-Calpe Argentina, 1949., 1949. Very Good. 2nd ed. ; 164 pp. (Colección Austral ; 895) OCLC: 1950972 ; LC: PQ6388.C9 ; paper covers ; heavily foxed ; small tear on back wrapper, else VG

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NZ$21.40

South From Granada

by BRENAN, Gerald

London: Folio Society, 1988. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo, 278pp., illustrated. A fine, crisp, unread copy in the publisher's patterned cloth. In the publisher's slipcase, a tinge rubbed, but near fine.

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NZ$42.80

La dama duende ; [The phantom lady] ; Series Letras Hispa?nicas (Ca?tedra), 39.

by Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681. ; edición de A. J. Valbuena Briones

Madrid : Ediciones Cátedra, c1981., 1981. Book. Fine. Soft cover. -- 3rd ed. -- 165 pp. isbn: 8437600634 OCLC: 8322995 (Letras Hispánicas ; 39) pictorial paper covers, FINE ; "There is no cloak-and-dagger comedy of Calderon's more celebrated and, apparently, better known than La dama duende [The phantom lady], written by the dramatist in 1629."- Manuel Delgado Morales ; Esta obra es el prototipo y la mas alabada de las comedias de "capa y espada" de Calderon. El... Read more about this item

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NZ$38.52

Generaciones Juntas.

by Santos, Dámaso.; ilustrada por Grau Santos con una estampa de café literario

Madrid : Editorial Bullon, c1962., 1962. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. -- 1st ed. -- 364 pp. (Colección Generaciones Juntas ; 1) pictorial paper covers; foxing; name on title page; "Notas bio-bliográficas": p. [333]-364. ; LC: PQ6072 ; OCLC: 2640066; 1123412050 ; VG ; "A gathering of brief "impressions" on very heterogeneous novelists. S. intends to present a series of portraits of novelists of several generations" - Samuel Amell ;... Read more about this item

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NZ$59.92

Spanish drama of the Golden Age : twelve plays. [Entremés del retablo de las maravillas; El caballero de Olmedo ; El burlador de Sevilla ; El condenado por desconfiado ; Las mocedades del Cid ; a adversa fortuna de don Álvaro de Luna; etc ]

by MacCurdy, Raymond R. [L. de Vega Carpio ; Cervantes Saavedra ; G. Téllez ; G. de Castro y Bellvís ; A. Mira de Amescua ; J. Ruiz de Alarcón ; L. Vélez de Guevara ; Calderón de la Barca ; Rojas Zorrilla ; Moreto y Cabaña]

New York : Irvington, c1971, 1979., 1979. Fine. -- 1st Irvington ed. -- ix, 634 p. 27 cm.. ; OCLC: 140099 ; ISBN: 0390584711 ; 9780390584717 LCCN: 77-136218 ; red cloth, ; Contents: Entremés del retablo de las maravillas/ by M. de Cervantes Saavedra -- El caballero de Olmedo/ by L. de Vega Carpi o --

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NZ$111.28

Between the Bullet and the Lie; American Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War

by Eby, Cecil

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. Hard bound, stated first edition, illustrated with maps, 342pp includes references and index. Owner bookplate on front free endpaper. Top corners lightly bumped. Very good in slightly edge torn near very good dust jacket. 625 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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NZ$17.12

El Mágico prodigioso ; Casa con dos puertas, mala es de guardar

by Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681

Madrid : Espasa-Calpe, 1967., 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 5th ed. ; 195 pp. (Colección Austral ; 289) paper covers ; numerous markings ; crease in cover ; a reading copy, G.

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NZ$17.12

Reinar después de morir y El Diablo está en Cantillena ; edición, prólogo y notas de Manuel Muñoz Cortés [Clásicos castellanos ; 132]

by Vélez de Guevara, Luis, 1579-1644 ; Muñoz Cortés, Manuel

Madrid : Espasa-Calpe, 1959., 1959. Good. lxxiii, 204 pp. 19 cm. (Clásicos Castellanos ; 132) LCCN: a 54-5801 ; LC: PQ6496 ; OCLC: 1336085 ; paper covers ; slight pencilings ; name on t.p. front wrapper torn at top ; a triffle worn ; G

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NZ$35.95

Pasos [por] Lope de Rueda / Entremeses ; edición, estudio y notas por Jose Manuel Blecua. [Pasos: La carátula. El convidado. Las aceitunas, por L. de Rueda.- Entremeses: El juez de los divorcios. El retablo de las maravillas. La guarda cuidadosa. Los habladores. El hospital de los podridos. Los romances, por M. de Cervantes]

by Rueda, Lope de, d. 1565. / Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de,; 1547-1616. ; Blecua, José Manuel,

Zaragoza, et al. : Editorial Ebro, 1969., 1969. Very Good. 4th illustrated edition ; 125 pp. b&w illus. (Clásicos Ebro. Serie Verso XVII ; 47) decorative paper covers ; OCLC: 602271 ; LC: PQ6429 ; store stamp on flyleaf ; Contents: Pasos: La carátula. El convidado. Las aceitunas, por L. de Rueda.- Entremeses: El juez de los divorcios. El retablo de las maravillas. La guarda cuidadosa. Los habladores. El hospital de los podridos. Los romances, por M. de Cervantes ; writing on cover. else FINE

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NZ$37.66

El Cerco de Roma por el Rey Desiderio : A Critical Edition by Henry Ziomek and Ann N. Hughes. [Teatro del Siglo de Oro ; Ediciones Críticas ; 32]

by Vélez de Guevara, Luis. [editors, Henryk Ziomek, Ann N. Hughes ; illustrator, Dieter Tonn]

Kassel : Edition Reichenberger, 1992., 1992. As New. viii, 153 pp. ; yellow and black decorative covers ; ISBN: 3928064436 ; illustrations by Dieter Tonn ; posthumously published volume by Henryk Ziomek, nine years in the making, with only a limited press run ; scarce ; AS NEW

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NZ$85.60

El Diablo cojuelo.

by Vélez de Guevara, Luis, 1579-1644

[Madrid] : Espasa-Calpe, 1963., 1963. Good. 3rd ed. ; 164 pp. 19 cm. OCLC: 3305878 (Colección Austral ; 975) paper covers ; pencilings, Dewey: 863.3 ; G

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NZ$37.66

A critical edition of Lope de Vega's autograph play, El Poder en el Discreto.

by Ziomek, Henryk. ; Vega, Lope de, 1562-1635

[Madrid] : [Graficas Molina], [1969], 1969. Fine. 190 p. facsims. Text in Spanish; introd. and notes in English. ; OCLC: 759417 ; pictorial paper covers; FINE

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NZ$47.94

Philip II of Spain

by Pierson, Peter

London: Thames and Hudson, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A very good+ copy with bumped spine else clean, tight and crisp, in a very good+ dust jacket.. 240 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo.

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NZ$42.80

Hell and Good Company : The Spanish Civil War and the World it Made

by Rhodes, Richard

London: Simon & Schuster. 2016. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 302 pages. The remarkable story of the Spanish Civil War as seen through the eyes of the reporters, writers, artists, doctors and nurses who witnessed it. . Reprint. Softcover.

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NZ$19.89

Personajes del mundo hispánico. [Hero; Moor; Discoverer; Shrew; Conqueror; Indian; Waif; Traveler; Gypsy; Missionary; Lover; Siren; The Magistrate; Avenger; Sister of Mercy; Patriot; Vagabond; Bandit; Bullfighter]

by Grismer, Raymond Leonard, 1895- ; Olmsted, Richard Hubbell, 1900-

New York : The Ronald Press Company, c1961., 1961. Fair. vi, 281 pp. 21 cm. OCLC: 2101179 ; LCCN: 61-7736 ; foxed blue-grey cloth ; numerous marks ; a reading copy, Each story with an English introd. and a vocabulary ; FAIR

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NZ$42.80

Don Domingo de Don Blas (No hay mal que por bien no venga) ; edición, introducción y notas preparadas por Vern G. Williamsen. [Colección Siglo de oro ;; 4; Estudios de Hispanófila; ]

by Ruiz de Alarcón, Juan, 1580?-1639. ; Williamsen, Vern G. [association copy : Henryk Ziomek, 1922-1999]

[Valencia] : Estudios de Hispanofila ; [Artes Gráficas Soler], 1975., 1975. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). 111 pp. ISBN: 847039214X; 9788470392146 LCCN: 77-471901 ; OCLC: 3116107 ; (Colección Siglo de Oro ; 4) pictorial paper covers; signed presentation copy to Polish professor of Spanish, Henryk Ziomek ; Don Garca, el hijo rebelde de Alfonso III, es el nuevo rey de Len y promueve a la privanza a don Domingo, quien haba provocado su fracaso y prisin. En esta comedia el... Read more about this item

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NZ$51.36

Cronica abreviada. Compendio de Chronica General del Rey Don Alonso ; A condensed version of Primera crónica general de España of Alfonso el Sabio, Prepared for the meeting of the Modern Language Association at Madison, Wisconsin, September 9,10,11,

by Juan Manuel, Infante of Castile, 1282-1347. ; Alfonso; X, King of Castile and Leon,; 1221-1284. ; Grismer, Raymond Leonard,; 1895- ; Grismer, Mildred Best. ; Modern Language Association.; Meeting

[Minneapolis] : [Burgess], [1957], 1957. Fair. -- [Special abridged ed.] -- 253 pp. 28 cm. Typescript, held in place by hemp cords through three punched holes. A condensed version of the Primera crónica general de España of Alfonso el Sabio. Probably the text originally prepared for the meeting of th