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From Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes to The Commentary Of Father Monserrate, Sj, On His Journey To the Court Of Akbar Translated From the Original Latin By Js Hoyland, Ma, Hislop College, Nagpur, and Annotated By Sn Banerjee, Ma, Professor Of History, Mahindra College, Patiala, from Santa Maria to Fabled Shore,
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Portugal Books & Ephemera
London: Faber and Faber, 1951. Hardcover. 313p., illustrated with 16 pages of "beautiful collotypes" (b&w, kinda dim), second printing of the first issue. Hardbound in openweave orange cloth, titling in yellow, enclosed in its dust jacket. Pretty book in great shape; spine panel of dj has a nibbled top rim and panel is faintly faded, else book as a whole is totally sound, clean and unmarked.
Paris: Bibliotheque Nationale, 1982. Paperback. 133p., b&w facsimiles appended (as called for), presswork on coated alkaline paperstock throughout and softbound in 9.5x6 inch printed green wraps. Except for some crimping to cover and text-block, a too-tight fault created at the printer/binders, item is in as-new condition: sound, clean and unmarked. Ministere de l'education nationale, comite des travaux historiques et scientifiques - Memoires de la section de geographie no.12.
Lisbon, Portugal: Assirio & Alvim, 1976. Paperback. 97p., wraps, neatly ex library else good condition. Text in Portuguese.
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. Hardcover. x, 202p., illustrated with a few line maps and period images, hardbound in 9x6 inch white cloth boards titled in copperfoil, and enclosed in the dust jacket. An as-new copy: sound, clean, unmarked, and glossy.
Bruxelles: International Association of Democratic Lawyers, 1962. Pamphlet. 11p. pamphlet, creased from folding into quarters, 8x10.5 inches. On dissidents exiled by the right-wing Portuguese regime.
Lisboa / Coimbra: Junta de Investigacoes do Ultramar - Lisboa, 1973. Hardcover. 195p., plus addendum and corrigenda, illustrated with a few diagrammatic coastal maps and a spooky color portrait of da Gama inserted as frontispiece, hardbound in 10x7 inch green cloth boards gilt & blind, has a sprinkle of foxing and dust-soil to top edge, otherwise in excellent condition with no further indication of handling or age: quite sound, absolutely unmarked. Agrupamento de estudos de cartografia antiga 12, secco...
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[Lisbon]: [FISM], 2000. Sticker. 2.75x3.75 inches; single glossy pictorial sitcker, slight creasing, else good.
by Andrade, António Alberto Banha de
Lisbon: Agência Geral do Ultramar, 1953. Paperback. 44p., slender paperback, very good. "The traditional anti-racialism of Portugal's civilizing methods." Argues that Portuguese colonialism was inherently anti-racist. Includes facsimiles of historic documents from Portuguese colonies in Africa, India, and South America.
by Campeas, Hyman J., editor
New York: Yeshiva University, 1970. Magazine. 121p., plentifully illustrated in b&w with period images and contemporary photography (of sites and delegates), softbound in 9.5x6.5 inch journal wraps, covers faintly toned and a touch edgeworn but undamaged anywhere: perfectly sound, clean and unmarked.
Minneapolis: Self-published by the author, 2010. Pamphlet. [30p.], 8.5x5.5 inch oblong photocopied zine style wraps; profusely illustrated, back wrap slightly rubbed, minor fraying along the top edge of wraps, good.
Por... 3.ª Edição. Edições João Sá da Costa. Lisboa. 2000. De 25x17 cm. Com 223, [i] págs. Brochado. Ilustrado no texto com mapas e gráficos. Exemplar com notas a tinta na folha de guarda anterior. I-161-C-26
1ª Edição. Colecção Textos de Gestão. Texto Editora. Lisboa. 1988. De 22x15 cm. Com 167, [viii] págs. Brochado. Ilustrado com quadros, tabelas, esquemas, gráficos e fórmulas. Exemplar com sinais de manuseamento nas capas. I-168-E-32
by Thevenot, M. de [and] Dr. John Francis Gemelli Careri [diaries of]; Surendranath Sen, editor
New Delhi: National Archives of India, 1949. Hardcover. lxiv, 434p., rubricated titlepage, folded maps bound in (one with an onlaid red route line), and other maps and period images on coated inserted stock, hardbound in 10x6.45 inch spring-green cloth boards gilt. Cloth casing rather worn with handling, bumped corners, spine panel shows some soil, a sound copy without any markings.
New York: Asia Publishing House, 1963. Hardcover. xii, 155p., illustrated with a number of period images in glazed inserted stock, hardbound in 8.5x5.5 inch drab cloth boards and enclosed in the dust jacket. Book itself is sunned and foxed, with a tiny red "x" on the front pastedown; most of the foxing occurs on textblock edges. The dust jacket, which has useful comment, is edgeworn. Text is sound, clean and otherwise unmarked, a good copy.
Venice: the collection, 1957. Hardcover. vii, 105p., plus appended plates (b&w, glazed inserted stock) and index. A softback cased into leather-backed boards, now coming apart and requiring repair, the repairer to have experience applying glue and (if desired) watercolor. Problems: front & rear covers were cased along with textblock, but spine panel appears to have been destroyed. Casing is functionally intact, and the textblock spine could be re-accomodated easily (with luck and expertise) or...
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by Blunt, Wilfred [Scawen]
London: James Barrie, 1953. Hardcover. xii, 320p., scattered period illustrations in b&w, the hardbound first edition in not quite collectable condition, but a good reading copy: spine panel is dimmed from handling with the black cloth of covers flecked and worn,, lacks the dust jacket, text pages are entirely clean and unmarked, and textblock and casing together are square and sound. A useful book just as it is. In Europe, Pietro spent two years in unsanitary Roman Catholic prisons where he could hear...
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by Knivet, Anthony, diarist. Ilda Mendes dos Santos, notes & translation
Paris: Chandeigne, 2003. Paperback. [318]p., illustrated with several b&w plates in facsimile. Softbound in 8.5x6 inch matte-white laid-lined wraps printed in pale green, a lovely design choice, and enclosed in a pictorial green dust jacket. A perfect, as-new copy. Collection Magellane. Knivet shipped with a "corsaire," pirate Thomas Cavendish; one of his tribulations was to be the diver salvaging weapons from a sunken ship. For this task (two facsimile plates show different aspects of this ordeal) the...
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Paris: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian / Chandeigne, 2003. Paperback. 351p., wraps, 5.5x8.25 inches, illus., very good condition in an unclipped dj with a lightly stained front panel. Folded map laid in. Text in French. Collection Péninsules.
Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1973. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1960 first issue. x, 226p., presswork on coated alkaline paperstock throughout, illustrated with b&w reproductions of very old maps and charts, one a fold-out. Pale green cloth boards lettrered red, and enclosed in the dust jacket. Book itself is sound and sturdy, with corner-tips and rims slightly bumped, entirely clean within and unmarked. The dj is edgeworn with a clear tape repair at the head. All said, a very good copy.
London: Ruskin House / George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1959. 261p. + publisher's ads, illustrated with perhaps eight simple small line maps from earlier eras and a few old images. Hardbound first edition of this translation in brown boards silver-titled, top edge tinted brown to match, enclosed in the dust jacket. General excellent condition: top rim of casing is mildly crimped, find a small raspberry-pink stain to terminal blanks, the dj slightly edgeworn with a little toning, item is else completely sound,...
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[Bonn]: Inter Naciones, 1998. Magazine. Three issue run, 80p. each, 8.25x11 inches, texts in Portuguese and German, illustrated with b&w and color reproductions of artworks and photos, very good slick arts magazine in pictorial wraps.
by Castro, D. Joao de, mapmaker. Luis de Albuquerque, preliminary
Lisboa: Edicoes Inapa, 1988. Hardcover. 12p., color plates as called for, presswork on very heavy alkaline paperstock, 17x11.5 inch gigantic hardbound in green cloth boards gilt-titled with a large color plate laid down on the front cover. Lower corner-tips of boards bear a small wrinkled bump, a fine clean sound copy in every other respect, enclosed in card slipcase; slipcase somewhat abraded but joins are all intact and it continues to protect the item and keep it flat and square. A very good copy:...
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Porto, Portuguel: Raul de Castro, 1974. 32p., french-fold wraps, 5.5 x 7.75 inches, wraps worn, pages lightly toned, bookstore label on front blank else good condition. Text in Portuguese. On the case of 89 students arrested for holding a political meeting.
by CATANHO. (Vítor) e Imtiaz Juma
Merck, Sharp And Dhome. S.l. S.d. De 29,5x17 cm. Com 155 págs. Encadernação do editor. Ilustrado. As últimas duas páginas numeradas (154 e 155) correspondem as folhas de guarda. Apresenta texto disposto em duas colunas Obra de grande interesse histórico e cultural em que se arrolam os bens artísticos e passado histórico de vários hospitais portugueses, compondo um riquíssimo panorama que abrange os séculos XIII a XIX, e inclui descrições sumárias de vários hospitais monásticos,...
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