Search Results: Titles starting with B from Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books

Ithaca and London, Cornell University Press, 1974.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Small folio (28 x 19.5 cm.), publisher's dark blue gilt-stamped cloth with original transparent vinyl dust jacket. In fine condition. xxi, 531 pp., (2 ll.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this group of 173 letters to and from the physician Giorgio Baglivi (1668–1707) in Latin, Italian and French, with English summaries. The originals were acquired in 1908 by Osler, a turn-of-the-century medical practitioner and book collector who greatly influenced medical education in the English-speaking world. The book includes extensive scholarly apparatus.***

Ouro Preto, Typ. de J.F. de Paula Castro, 1887.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Folio (31.5 x 23 cm.), early red quarter cloth and publisher's printed boards (rubbed and soiled, with loss of 1-2 letters; inked address to Henry Burnay & Cª in Lisbon on both covers, remains of wax seal and postmarks on back cover). Title appears only on original printed boards. Scattered light foxing, a few short marginal tears (without loss). In very good condition. Addressed to Henry Burnay & C.ª, Lisboa. 31, 5, 14 pp., 15 tables (mostly folding). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION [?]. Balance sheets and budgets for the Brazilian state of Minas Geraes in 1887. The text consists of tables of income and expenses from 1885 and 1886; many of the tables are large and folding. The expenses are quite specific, e.g., "1 professor de geographia e historica do Brazil, 720$000" and "Importancia paga ao alferes quartel-mestre do corpo policial pelo que despendeu com a limpeza de armamento remettido para os destacamentos do Juiz de Fôra de… Read More

Bahia, Typographia Bahiana, de C. Melchiades, 1911.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original beige printed wrappers (slightly soiled; wrappers with slits at joints; small piece gone from lower outer corner of front wrapper). In good condition, if just barely overall. Internally very good. Author's ink manuscript presentation inscription on half title to the editorial board of Portugal-Brazil dated "11/4/911". 230 pp., (1 blank l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.Arnaldo Damasceno Vieira (Porto Alegre, 1879-Rio de Janeiro, 1951), Brazilian author, *** Not located in Porbase. Not located in Jisc. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only a link to the UCLA digitized copy.

Rio de Janeiro, Domingos de Magalhães, 1894.. FIRST EDITION. 8°, recent dark green quarter sheep over marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands in five compartments, crimson leather lettering piece, gilt letter, decorated endleaves, top edge tinted green, other edges uncut, original printed wrappers bound in. Occasional light foxing and light browning. Wrappers a bit frayed. Overall in good to very good condition. Unidentified contemporary inscription on half-title. 286 pp., (1 l.). *** FIRST EDITION of this collection of short stories. Coelho Netto (1864-1934) was born in Caxias, Maranhão, to a Portuguese father and Indian mother. From his earliest years he was fascinated with native lore as well as the Portuguese and Latin classics; both had profound effects on his writings. He is difficult to classify, and has been called both a realist and a romanticist. Certainly he was one of the most vocal adversaries of the Modernist movement, and the Modernist authors responded by excluding his works… Read More

(Oxford), Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, 1921.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original gray printed wrappers. Text within double-ruled border. As new. viii, 82 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Rio de Janeiro, Benjamim Costallat & Miccolis Editores, 1923.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, contemporary red quarter morocco over marbled boards (joints rubbed, slight wear to corners), smooth spine (defective at foot), with bands in blind, short author-title lettered gilt, small gilt ornaments, text block edges rouged. Light foxing and browning. In good condition. Small contemporary ink signature on title page. Stamp of Livraria Brandão, Salvador, Bahia on front free endleaf recto. [[5]-204 pp., (2 ll.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Short pieces on contemporary events and people, centering on the world of crime and "melandragem" with a glossary of terms on pp. 281-94, because "O malandro nacional fala uma linguagem estranha." The malandro is a Brazilian anti-hero, a scoundrel who thrives on idleness, fast living, and petty crime. The lyrics of the samba, which originated in Bahia in the early twentieth century, often celebrate malandragem.*** Not located in Porbase. Not located in Jisc. Not… Read More

N.p., n.pr., dated 26 January 1827.. Folio (30.5 x 21.5 cm.), unbound. Caption title. Uncut. Short marginal tear. Fine condition. Broadside. *** With the aim of preserving the peace after a military coup, Colonel Campino orders that no public gatherings be held "con el objeto de hacer peticiones, ú otro acto semejante" and that there be no gatherings of armed men. Penalties will be imposed "segun la calidad de la persona que lo cometa y enormidad del delito."The Sublevacion de Campino (Mutiny of Campino) in January 1827 was a failed attempt to strengthen the power of the radical federalists by replacing President Agustín Eyzaguirre with Colonel Enrique Campino, brother of prominent liberal Joaquin Campino. Colonel Campino dissolved Congress and imprisoned some conservative ministers (including Diego Portales and Manuel José Gandarillas). Government troops put down the rebellion, but Eyzaguirre resigned at the end of January and Ramón Freire was named president.*** Briseño III, 57, no. 335.… Read More

London, Hakluyt Society, 1992.. 2 volumes. Large 8°, publisher's boards with dust jackets. Minor wear to dust jackets. Otherwise as new. cxxviii, 327 pp.; vii pp., (2 ll.), 331-916 pp., black-and-white illustrations. *** Jean Barbot was a commercial agent on French slave-trading voyages in 1678-79 and 1681-82. He began an account of the Guinea coast based on his own observations and on printed sources. The account was expanded for an English edition and continually revised to his death in 1712. This translation includes material from the French and English editions, focusing on Barbot's eyewitness information.***

Lisbon, INAPA, 1998.. Folio (32 x 25.3 cm.), publisher's cloth with dust jacket. Lower outer corner of front cover slightly bumped. Otherwise as new. 153, (1) pp., (3 ll.), amply illus., including many color photographs, superbly reproduced. *** Text by Carrasco, photographs by Peres. First published 1997.***

Lisbon, Edições Avante!, 1982.. Very large 8°, original plain wrappers with dust jacket (slight wear to jacket). In very good condition, internally in "as new" condition. 414 pp., (2 ll.), 14 plates, additional illustrations in text. *** First published 1961, this novel is considered by many to be the author's best work. The preface (pp. [5]-13), is dated 1964. The illustrations appear to be original to the present edition. The action takes place during a week in May, 1891, with the Portuguese economy in collapse due to a financial crisis. Alves Redol (1911-1969) was the first neo-realist novelist to achieve wide recognition in Portugal. He also wrote dramas, short stories and ethnographical studies. *** See Saraiva & Lopes História da literatura portuguesa (16th ed.) pp. 1083, 1084, 1092, 1162.

Lisbon, Colibri, and Barrancos: Câmara Municipal, 2001.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 107 pp., (1 l.), illustrated, including 8 pp. color illustrations in text. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

Lisbon, Editora Arcádio Limitada , 1959.. FIRST EDITION. Small 8°, Original illustrated wrappers. Occasional minor foxing; light browning. Overall in very good condition. Author's signed and dated six-line presentation inscription on half title: "A Alfredo Ribeiro dos Santos // com a admiração // e amizade recente // mas já firme// do // Urbano Tavares Rodrigues // Maio de 1960". Illustrated lithograph bookplate of A.[lfredo] Ribeiro dos Santos (smaller version). 143 pp., (2 ll.). *** FIRST EDITION of this significant novella. In the Alentejo, where Tavares Rodrigues grew up and which is a recurring setting for his work, Irisalva, daughter of a large landowner, revolts against the status-quo. The present book marks the beginning of the author's second phase, characterized by an amplification of the erotic combined with an increased political conscience. Urbano Tavares Rodrigues (Lisbon, 1923-Lisbon 2013) grew up in Moura, in the Alentejo, in a family of large landowners, and eventually became… Read More

Rio de Janeiro, H. Antunes & C.ª, 1923.. FIRST EDITION. 8°, later dark blue buckram, imitating leather, smooth spine richly gilt with author, title, and date in gilt, single ruled gilt border on covers, original illustrated wrappers bound in. Outer and lower edges uncut. In good to very good condition. Author's signed and dated (1924) eleven-line presentation inscription on half title: "A D. José [illeg.] // - ao grande inter- // prete de Sevilha //of á, // muito grato pela // oferta dos seus // livros admiraveis, // o // Antonio Ferro // Madrid. // 24-6-924." 162 pp., (3 ll.). *** FIRST EDITION of this collection of "cronicas" on varied subjects, from the Praça da Figueira in Lisbon to "Charlot", from women in literature to the Louvre, to Vigo, and more. A facsimile reprint, with an introduction by the author's son, the philosopher, poet, author of fiction, essayist, literary critic, literary historian, university professor and translator António Quadros, appeared in 1988 or 1989, depending… Read More

Lisbon, Assírio & Alvim, 2006-2007.. FIRST EDITION. 8 volumes. Folio (31.8 x 23 cm.), publisher's cloth with dust jackets. As new. 266 pp., (3 ll.); 352 pp., (2 ll.); 252 pp., (2 ll.); 250 pp., (3 ll.); 253, (1) pp., (1 l.); 269, (1) pp., (1 l.); 253, (1) pp., (1 l.); 253 pp., (1 l.). All volumes profusely illustrated in color. *** New complete edition of the Bible in Portuguese, with many full-page color illustrations by the distinguished painter and book illustrator Ilda David'. It uses the old Calvinist translation of João Ferreira Annes d'Almeida [with Catholic revisions?]. Annes d'Almeida, one of the few Portuguese Protestants of his day, was born in Torre de Tavares, Várzea de Tavares, in the concelho de Mangualde, district of Viseu, 1628, and died at Java, Indonésia, 1691. Nicely printed on high quality paper, these eight volumes weigh in at 11.548 kg.***

Lisbon, Minerva, 2009.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 101 pp., (1 l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The author, a native of Tomar, is a prize-winning poet, painter and diplomat, for many years vice-cônsul at the Portuguese consulate in New York, and advocate of Seventh Day Adventism. *** 1 copy at Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Not located in Jisc. Not located in OCLC. KVK (51 databases searched) only repeats Biblioteca Nacional copy.

Coimbra, Ex Architypographia Academico-Regia, 1769.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Folio (38 x 24 cm.), folded in quarters. Double-rule borders on inside pages. Small tear along folds at center, without loss of text. Light soiling on one blank section. Overall in good to very good condition. (2 ll.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The first leaf (in large type) is a dedication to the Virgin Mary. The two facing pages of dense text are excerpts from the examination of Leitão Bandeira, who was in his fifth year of studying civil law at the University of Coimbra.*** Author not located in Innocêncio. Neither author nor title located in Porbase, Jisc or KVK (51 databases searched).

[Colophon] Lisbon, apud Antonium Rodrigues Galhardo, 1801.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, early decorated wrappers (minor wear). Ornamental rules. Light dampstains. Overall in very good condition. 26 pp., (1 blank l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The primary thesis is that logic is very good for avoiding errors and correcting them.***

New York, The Bibliographical Society of America, 1972.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Large 8°, publisher's gilt-stamped crimson cloth. As new. xxviii, 112 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION.***

[Lisbon], n.pr., dated in print 24 September and 13 November 1649.. Folio (29.5 x 19.4 cm.), disbound. Large woodcut initial on first leaf recto. In good to very good condition. Old ink manuscript foliation "250-251" in lower outer corners of each leaf recto. (2 ll.). *** Reinforces an earlier law on the selling of bread. *** Arouca L109. Not in Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Exposição bibliográfica da Restauração. Not in Martinho da Fonseca, Restauração. Not in Visconde da Trindade, Restauração.

[Colophon] Lisbon, Por Antonio Alvarez, Impressor del Rey, 1641.. Folio (29.7 x 19.7 cm.), disbound Large woodcut initial on first leaf recto. Small light dampstain at lower inner corners. In good to very good condition. Old ink manuscript foliation "208-209" in lower outer corners of each leaf recto. (2 ll.). *** On contributions toward expenses for the War of the Restauração. Dated 15 November 1641, this early tract is from the first year D. João IV's reign.*** Arouca C792. Not in Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Exposição bibliográfica da Restauração. Not in Martinho da Fonseca, Restauração. Not in Visconde da Trindade, Restauração.