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

Porto, Livraria Internacional de Ernesto Chardron [printed at Typ. de A.J. da Silva Teixeira], 1891.. First Edition in Portuguese. 8°, mid-twentieth-century quarter morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands in five compartments, author and title lettered gilt in second and fourth compartments, decorated endleaves, top edges rouged, other edges uncut, red silk ribbon place marker. Light foxing. Overall in very good condition. Small rectangular brown on tan printed paper binder's ticket of Frederico d'Almeida, Rua António Maria Cardoso, 31, in upper outer corner of verso of front free endleaf verso. vii, (1), 317 pp., (1 l. table of contents). *** First edition in book form in Portuguese of this classic adventure, first published London, 1885. The translation by famed novelist Eça de Queiroz was first printed in serial form in the Revista de Portugal, 1889-90. Guerra da Cal lists 26 more editions until 1947, not including editions published as part of Obras.*** Guerra da Cal… Read More

New York, Everest House, 1981.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, publisherr's cloth with dust jacket (slight nicks to 2 corners of jacket). Illustrations in text. In very good condition. 255 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Paris, Librairie Renouard — H. Laurens, Éditeur, n.d. (1899?).. Large 4° (27.8 x 20 cm.), later (ca. 1975) half green sheep over marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands in six compartments (some wear at head and foot, and to one raised band), author and title lettered in gilt in second and fourth compartments from head, top edges tinted green. Overall in good condition. (2 ll.), 86 pp., (1 l.), 46 illustrations in text, 18 plates (5 in color). *** *** Not located in Jisc.

Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992.. Folio (29.8 x 22.3cm.), publisher's buckram with dust jacket. As new. xxiv, 579 pp., (1 blank l.), illustrations (some color), maps (some color). *** ***

Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1992.. Folio (29.8 x 22.3cm.), publisher's buckram with dust jacket. As new. xxi, 599 pages, illustrations (some color), maps (some color). *** ***

London [false imprint?], , 1798.. 8°, mid-nineteenth–century burgundy quarter morocco over marbled boards (some wear), smooth spine, gilt, marbled endleaves, edges sprinkled red–brown. Some ink scribbles on title-page, 2 internal tears on A1 without loss, text very lightly browned with occasional light soiling. In good to very good condition. (1 l.), 322 pp., missing a half-title (and a final blank leaf). *** One of three Portuguese editions published with London imprints in 1798 (priority unknown) of Harper's Observations on the Dispute Between the United States and France. Dated May 25, 1797, and first published shortly thereafter in Philadelphia, this influential work was reprinted many times in the United States and England during 1797 and 1798; at least two French translations were also published in London in 1798.In this impassioned defense of Jay's Treaty, Harper argues that, by permitting British ships to seize French goods found on American vessels, the United States had not violated… Read More

Chicago and London, University of Chicago Press, (1990).. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, publisher's cloth with dust jacket. As new. xiv pp., (1 l.), 370 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Lisbon, Moraes Editores, 1981.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition. Small ink rubric in upper inner corner of title page. 288 pp. Tables, diagrams, and an illustration in text. Footnotes. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION in Portuguese. An apparently somewhat different version appeared in English in 2014.Ana Hatherly (Porto, 1929-2015) was an important Concrete poet, author of fiction, literary historian, critic, and painter. Melo e Castro (born Covilhã, 1932), textile engineer, poet, critic and essayist, has collaborated with various newspapers and reviews in Portugal, Brazil, Spain, and France since the 1960s. He was one of the leaders of the literary vanguard in Portugal during the second half of the twentieth century, especially during the 1960s, and was awarded the Grande Prémio de Poesia INASET/INAPA in 1990. *** On Ana Hatherly (1929-2015), see Fernando J.B. Martinho in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 237; Graça… Read More

Lisbon, Sociedade de Espansão Cultural, 1962.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original printed wrappers. Light toning. In very good condition. 184 pp., (1 l., 1 blank l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of the author's fourth book. Ana Hatherly (Porto, 1929-2015) was an important concrete poet, author of fiction, literary historian, critic, and painter.*** On Ana Hatherly (1929-2015), see Fernando J.B. Martinho in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 237; Graça Abranches in Biblos, II, 969-71; Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, V, 679-81; and Pamplona, Dicionário de pintores e escultores portugueses (2nd ed.), III, 104. Not located in Porbase. Copac repeats Oxford University only. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the copy cited at the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut.

Paris, Libreria Americana (Imprenta de Decourchant), 1828.. First Edition in Spanish. 12°, contemporary tree calf (worn), borders of gilt fillets on covers, smooth spine gilt with ornaments and short title (faded, front joint starting, front hinge mostly gone), marbled endleaves, taxt block edges marbled (faded). Some light foxing and soiling. In good condition. 127 pp. *** First Edition in Spanish (?) of Marie de Boulogne ou l'Excommunication, nouvelle historique. There is a Barcelona, 1835 edition. The first and only (so far as we can tell) early edition in French appeared in Paris, 1824. The story is set in Boulogne (northern France) in the twelfth century.*** Not located in Palau. Not located in Rebiun. Not located in CCPBE. Not located in Jisc.

Angra do Heroismo, Typ. do Correio da Terceira, 1880.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original blue-green printed wrappers, (spine partly defective; small hole in rear wrapper; a few nicks). In very good condition. Six-line early ink inscription to the Conde de Rio Maior at top of p. iii. xv, 25 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The author was auxiliary conductor of public works in the district of Angra. He had been Secretário do Governo de Benguella. This work deals with Angola, presenting documents relating to Silva Heitor's service in Benguella from 1851 to 1862.Provenance: António José de Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa, 4.º Conde, later 1.º Marquês de Rio Maior (1836-1891). The Casa da Anunciada library of the counts and marqueses of Rio Maior was one of the best private libraries ever formed in Portugal. It was dispersed for the most part not long after the April 1974 Portuguese revolution.*** Not in Innocêncio or Canto, Biblioteca açoriana. Not in Canto, Inventario. Porbase locates a single… Read More

London, Frederick Muller, 1967.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, publisher's cloth with gilt-stamped spine and dust jacket (very small piece missing at top of front cover; other minor wear). Internally fine. Overall in good to very good condition. Red-on-white printed ticket (4.5 x 3.2 cm.) of Livraria Ferin, Lisboa (late 1960s to mid-1970s) affixed to upper outer corner of front free endleaf recto. Ink signature in upper outer corners of title page and p. 25. (5 ll.), 134 pp., illustrations in text, 6 ll. plates with images on 12 sides. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Austin, University of Texas Press, 1964.. Large 8°, publisher's cloth with dust jacket. Price clipped. Otherwise as new. xv, 355 pp. *** Cattle industry in West Texas.***

Lisbon, Typographia Universal, 1876.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original printed wrappers (soiled; some fraying). Significant dampstains to portrait. Minor dampstains to next few leaves. Overall in good condition. Lithograph frontispiece portrait, 29 pp., folding genealogical table. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Biography of the Prince of Wales, about to visit Portugal, with some details of his stay in India.Guilherme João Carlos Henriques (William John Charles Henry, born London, 1846-Quinta da Carnota, 1924) was included by Fonseca despite being born abroad, "não só pelas suas obras de interesse e assunto verdadeiramente portuguez, como pela dedicação que tem à sua pátria adoptiva." Arriving in Portugal in 1860, he lived with his godfather, John Smith Athelstane, first Conde de Carnota, and inherited his godfather's quinta in 1886. Henriques was the first to study Alenquer's history in detail (Alenquer e seu Concelho, 1873); he also edited several volumes of correspondence of the… Read More

Lisbon, Colibri, and Cascais: Câmara Municipal, 2001.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 214 pp., (1 l.), 8 plates, printed on both sides, tables and graphs in text. One of 1,000 copies. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Lisbon, Ferreira, Lisboa & Cª, 1876.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, contemporary quarter green morocco over green cloth boards (some fading and light stains, extremities worn), spine blind-stamped and with gilt bands, gilt-lettered with title and date, marbled endleaves (hinges weak). A few leaves loose. Overall in good condition. Old ink signature in lower margin of title page. 30, 541 pp., 32 pp. advertisements; main text LACKING pp. 13-14 and with pp. 484a-b; quire 31 of 7 ll., but pagination follows. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of the first set of itineraries for Portuguese and Brazilian travelers in Europe to incorporate the most modern methods of transportation. The editors point out in the preface the need for such a work; an earlier work by Ignacio M. de Lemos had ignored such transportation, which had changed what places in Europe were accessible and how best to get from one city to another.It is organized by itineraries, with distances and points of interest. Covers Portugal, Spain,… Read More

Coimbra, Imprensa da Universidade, 1879.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, recent crimson Oasis morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands in five compartments, gilt letter, original printed wrappers bound in (rear wrapper mounted with repair to lower inner corner). Repair to upper blank margin of final leaf. Occasional light foxing. Overall in very good condition. Pale blue printed paper tag of Livraria Castro e Silva in upper outer corner of verso of front wrapper. (4 ll.), 247 pp., large folding map. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Júlio Augusto Henriques (1838-1928) was professor of Botany at Coimbra University and director of the Coimbra University Botanical Gardens. The folding map is of these gardens.*** Not in Innocêncio, despite the listing of numerous works by this author; see XIII, 250-1, 383; Aditamentos, p. 259. Porbase lists one copy of this title, in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, and another work with a very similar title (or the same work with a variant title?),… Read More

Lisbon, Prefácio, 2001.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Small folio (26.9 x 21.3 cm.), original illustrated wrappers. As new. 96 pp., profusely illustrated, a few illustrations in color. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Paris, Rignoux, Imprimeur de la Faculté de Médecine, 1843.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, disbound. Light browning at edges. In good condition. 57 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this thesis presented to the Faculté de Médecine de Paris on questions regarding hernias, complications of hysteria, blood vessels, and movement.*** Not located in Jisc.

Paris, Par la Compagnie des Libraires, 1697.. FIRST EDITION. Folio (38.5 x 26.5 cm), a distinguished binding in a sorry state: early full mottled calf (scuffed, edges much worn), gilt spine with raised bands in seven compartments (crude repairs to spine, especially at head and foot, both joints cracking), gilt-tooled arms on spine of Rohan-Soubise (see below). Title page printed in red and black; elaborate woodcut headpieces, tailpieces and initials. Scattered foxing and light browning; paper defect in margin not affecting text on Rrr iii; tear in text without loss on Hhhh ii. Internally very good; overall in good condition. Bound for Charles de Rohan, Prince de Soubise et d'Epinoy, duc de Rohan-Rohan (1715-1787) (see below). Scattered early marginal notes in various hands. On title page, a three-line purchase inscription dated 1921 and four-line purchase inscription from Santos (?), dated 1922, noting offer to Salazar (?). Engraved frontispiece portrait, (16 ll.), 1059 (1) pp., with frequent… Read More