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THE HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF THE RENOWNED DON QUIXOTE
Written by Miguel De Cervantes; Tobias Smollett; Robin Chapman. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1828827
Published by Folio Society. 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Translated from the Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra to which is prefixed, Some Account of the Author's Life by T. Smollett, MD. Introduction by Robin Chapman. Yellow cloth boards, gilt title to spine brown illustration across boards. Brown two-tone illustrations. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is very slightly scuffed.

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THE SPANISH INQUISITION: A HISTORICAL REVISION
Written by Henry Kamen.
Stock no. 1828553
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Very good condition.

A Historical Revision. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, dramatic gilt and red decoration to front. Brown endpapers show districts of the Spanish Inquisition. Colour plates. Contents are bound UPSIDE-DOWN and back to front. Else a lovely copy contained in VG publisher's slipcase which has some surface paper loss to lower spine and is a little scuffed.

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HOMAGE TO AL-ANDALUS: THE RISE AND FALL OF ISLAMIC SPAIN
Written by Michael Barry.
Stock no. 1828088
Published by Andalus Press. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Centuries of Islamic presence in Spain and Portugal left an indelible stamp, like the wonders of the Alhambra and the Great Mosque of Cordoba. This is the story of al-Andalus, its rise to splendour and sophistication and its decline. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780956038302. Light scuffing to dustwrapper else a lovely copy.

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A JOURNAL OF A THREE MONTHS' TOUR IN PORTUGAL, SPAIN, AFRICA
Written by The Marchioness Of Londonderry.
Stock no. 1827124
1st 1843. Almost very good condition.

'The object in publishing this Volume is to contribute the Profits towards the projected erection of an Infirmary, on a small scale, at Seaham Harbour, in the County of Durham.' Pink cloth boards with gilt title to front and embossed decoration to front and rear. Plain yellow endpapers. A few b/w plates. Lengthy subscribers list (31 pages). Spine browned, boards very grubby, corners bent. Name in ink to front endpaper. Joints just starting to split. Page browning, some foxing, one page has vertical edge crease. Small damp stain to prelims at lower gutter edges. A scarce item.

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SPANISH GARDENS
Written by Marquis De Casa Valdes.
Stock no. 1826674
Published by Antique Collectors' Club. 1st 1987. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Marquesa de Casa Valdes was brought up to love nature and spent part of her childhood and youth in the beautiful regions of north-east Spain, where the pinewoods almost meet the sea. During her travels, she has been able to study the gardens of other latitudes and climsates, giving her a sound basis from which to define more clearly the art and skills involved in gardening. Large format. Green cloth boards, white titles. Colour & a few b/w photos. ISBN: 8485861035. Some light scuffing to boards. Small knock to lower edge of front board. Front joint is broken. Else binding is tight. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded at edges.

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CATALAN SONGS
Written by Ivor Waters; Mercedes Waters; Elvira Heredia.
Stock no. 1325936
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Yellow card wraps. Limited to 120 copies. Edited by Ivor Waters, the Chepstow historian. Translated by Mercedes Waters and Elvira Heredia. ISBN: 0906134110. Foxing. Staples rusty. Contents generally clean.

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CONQUERING NATURE IN SPAIN AND ITS EMPIRE 1750-1850 (STUDIES IN IMPERIALISM)
Written by Helen Cowie.
Stock no. 1825211
Published by Manchester University Press. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Between 1750 and 1850, Spain made a concerted effort to survey, catalogue and exploit the natural productions of its overseas possessions, arranging a series of scientific expeditions, and cultivating and displaying American fauna and flora in metropolitan gardens and museums. This book assesses the cultural significance of natural history in the Hispanic World, exploring the figurative and utilitarian value with which eighteenth-century spaniards invested natural objects - from globetrotting elephants to three-legged chickens - and considering how the creation, legitimisation and dissemination of scientific knowledge reflected broader questions of imperial power and national identity... Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780719084935. Text block very slightly grubby. Dustwrapper lightly faded to spine and lightly rubbed at corners, a little grubby to rear panel.

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THE QUEENS OF ARAGON: THEIR LIVES AND TIMES
Written by E.L. Miron.
Stock no. 1824398
Published by Stanley Paul & Co. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

Queens of the medieaval kingdom of Aragon. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine and gilt crest to front. Bevelled board edges. Top edge gilt, lower edge untrimmed. B/w plates. 336 pages including index, 48 pages of publisher adverts to rear. Boards marked. Coffee (?) stains to top edge of prelims (not too bad). Endpapers browned. A few foxspots to contents, a few grubby marks. Text block browned. Front hinge starting to split but binding is tight. All plates present.

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SPANISH ARMS AND ARMOUR
Written by Albert F. Calvert.
Stock no. 1823880
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the Royal Armoury of Madrid. Red cloth boards, gilt decoration and title to spine, vignette to front. Top edge guilt. Lower edge untrimmed. B/w illustrations. Boards marked, front board cloth is bubbled. Browning to text block and endpapers. Some foxing. Some pencil annotation. Still a decent working copy.

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NORTHERN SPAIN
Written by Edgar T.A. Wigram. Illustrated by Edgar T.A. Wigram.
Stock no. 2137141
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1911. Almost very good condition.

A & C Black Colour Book 20 Shilling Series. Yellow ochre cloth with attractive shell pattern. Gilt titles to front cover and spine. 75 tissue-guarded colour plates. Top edge gilt. Folding map. Black's beautiful books booklist to rear (4 sides). Reprint. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine is browned. A few marks to covers. Name in ink and stain to front endpaper. Joints are cracked. Foxing, mostly to outer page edges and page margins. Plate page margins are browned.

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THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR AT SEA
Written by Adrian English.
Stock no. 1322639
Published by Partizan Press. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 191 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781858186535. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Some slight rubbing to wrapper edges.

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THE CONQUISTADORES (MEN-AT-ARMS)
Written by Terence Wise. Illustrated by Angus McBride.
Stock no. 1821814
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

White pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos & illustrations, colour plates. ISBN: 0850453577. Light browning to covers, light rubbing to cover corners. Contents clean.

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