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Madrid: Anaya, 2011. 1? Edición. Encuadernación de tapa dura. Muy Bien/Muy Bien. Javier Sáez Castán. CAJA 253 Tapa dura con sobrecubierta. Muy buen estado. Ilustraciones color. Literatura infantil

San Francisco: Presto Art, 2012. 1st edition. As New. small quarto. laminated boards 143pp., text ills., Ôshowcases the amazing talent of artist extraordinaire Jeral Tidwell. His work has been featured on everything from skate decks to video games, concert posters to radiators. His unique blend of hot-rod, pop art, tattoo, pin stripe, Kentucky Fried style is unmistakableÕ

First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 8. Folded wraps. With a small plain white label reading 'Simon Lee' indicating the book came from the art reference collection of the Simon Lee Gallery (2002-2023) dealers in contemporary art in Mayfair, London and Hong Kong. Text in English and Spanish. Very good indeed.

Biblioteca Castro, Fundación José Antonio de Castro, 2024. Madrid. 1ª edición.. 23x14. Tela editorial con sobrecubierta. LXXVI+1358 pgs. (T7476)

New York: Longmans, Green, 1892.. First U.S. edition. 8vo. 295 pp., illus., plus [8] pp. of ads at rear. Very good in red cloth, covers a little soiled, spine a little slanted, ex-libris John Ruyle label within (his notes in pencil on end paper), in clear protective mylar jacket.

GB: JM Classic Editions (Jeremy Mills), 2005. 17/100 copies. Book is in very fine condition with virtually no signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1600g.. 1st Edition. Paperback. Fine.

Lisboa : Coimbra Editora, Limitada. 1ª Edição . Brochado / Paperback / Broché. Bom / Good / Bon. In-8º (187x127). 1 Vol. de 150 pp. Valorizado com dedicatória do autor ao cineasta Jorge Brum do Canto, datada de 1940.

A smart first edition of this adventure novel from popular Victorian author H. Rider Haggard. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-two plates. Collated complete. A historical novel telling the story of the early life of the hero Umslopogaas, the unacknowledged son of the great Zulu king and general Chaka. Written by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and a small mark to the front board. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Contemporary ink inscription to the front pastedown. Very Good.

A smart first edition of this adventure novel from popular Victorian author H. Rider Haggard. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-two plates. Collated complete. A historical novel telling the story of the early life of the hero Umslopogaas, the unacknowledged son of the great Zulu king and general Chaka. Written by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and a small mark to the front board. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Contemporary ink inscription to the front pastedown. Very Good.

Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1932. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 7 7/8" Tall. 367 Pp. Original Blue Cloth, Gilt, Endpapers With Illustration By Carlos Merida.Light Wear, No Fraying, Spine Gilt Partly Rubbed Away, Hinges Cracked, Small Bookstore Symbol Stamped On Front Endpaper. With A Loose Photograph With Text In White "From The Bookroom Of Nada And Carl", With Photo Of Home Library Shelving, Wood Office Chair And Desk, Probably Circa 1932. Per Wikipedia, Carleton Beals (1893 - 1979) Was An American Journalist, Writer, Historian, And Political Activist With A Special Interest In Latin America. A Major Journalistic Coup For Him Was His Interview With The Nicaraguan Rebel Augusto Sandino In February 1928. In The 1920S He Was Part Of The Cosmopolitan Group Of Intellectuals, Artists, And Journalists In Mexico City. He Remained An Active, Prolific, And Politically Engaged Leftist Journalist And Is The Subject Of A Scholarly Biography. In 1918, He Spent A Brief Period Of Time In Jail As A World War I Draft Evader. Upon Release, He Decided To Go See The World, And With What Little Money He Had, Beals And His Wife Lillian Drove To Mexico.[11] There, He Founded The English Preparatory Institute In 1919, Taught At The American High School During 1919 To 1920, And Was On The Personal Staff Of President Carranza (1920). They Left Mexico In 1921 For Europe Where Beals Studied At The University Of Madrid, And Then The University Of Rome. Back In Mexico, He Became A Correspondent For The Nation, Separated From His Wife, And Became Romantically Involved With Photographer Tina Modotti's Sister, Mercedes. In February 1928, Oswald Garrison Villard, Editor Of The Nation, Sent Beals To Nicaragua To Write A Series Of Articles. He Became Notable As The Only Foreign Journalist Who Interviewed General Augusto Sandino During Nicaragua's 1927-33 War Against Us Military Occupation. In All, Beals Wrote Over 200 Magazine Articles For Publications Such As The New Republic And Harper's Magazine. Beals Also Wrote More Than 45 Books, Including On History, Geography, And Travel. Some Of His Books Are Written For A Juvenile Audience. His Autobiography, Glass Houses, Was Published By J.B. Lippincott Company In 1938. In 1931, Beals Was Awarded The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship For Biographies.] His Biography Subjects Included Porfirio Díaz, Huey P. Long, Roberto De La Selva, Stephen F. Austin, John Eliot, Carrie Nation [His Father Was Her Step-Son], And Leon Trotsky. During His Career, Beals Witnessed Mexican Revolutions, Lectured On Shakespeare, And Was Held Incommunicado By A Mexican General.[10] His Travels Took Him To French Morocco, Tunisia, Algiers, Greece, Turkey, The Soviet Union, Germany, And The Caribbean. He Was A Ford Hall Forum Speaker In 1936, And A Member Of The American Committee For The Defense Of Leon Trotsky In 1937. The Following Year, Time Magazine Called Beals, "The Best Informed And The Most Awkward Living Writer On Latin America." During The 1960S, He Supported The Fair Play For Cuba Committee. Beals Was A Hero To The Young People Of Cuba.