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A Caravela Portuguesa e a Priorida de Ténica das Navegaçoes Henriquinas. First Edition, morocco in box.

Price: $450.00

Publisher: Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade, 1934, : 1934

Seller ID: 35339

FONESCA, Quirino da. A Caravela Portuguesa e a Priorida de Ténica das Navegaçoes Henriquinas. Coimbra : Imprensa da Universidade, 1934. First Edition. Pp (6),[1]-698,(2),700. 8vo (140 x 212 mm), full red morocco, gilt decorated to boards & spine. With gilt lettering to spine, with gilt dentelles, with raised bands, with watered silk end-papers. With original card covers bound-in. In a red penble-cloth watered silk-lined box. Henrique Quirino da Fonseca, Go.A., Go.S.E., Go.C., M.P.C.G.., M.O.C.E. (b. March 20, 1863, Funchal - d. December 7, 1939, Lisbon). A splendid, illustrated (1...
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A Journalist's Life on the Left. First Edition

By: FINN, Ed.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Boulder Publications, Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, 2013 : 2013

Seller ID: 105785

ISBN-13: 9781927099315

FINN, Ed. A Journalist's Life on the Left. (Portugal Cove - St. Philip's, Newfoundland & Labrador): Boulder Publications / (Ottawa) : Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, (2013). First Edition. "Printed and bound in Canada". Pp (3),iv-viii,1-252,(4). With 6 b&w photos and a cartoon in the text. 8vo (153 x 228 mm), art-illustrated glossyy card covers, with black lettering to covers, with black & white lettering to spine. Edward 'Ed' Horace Finn Jr., C.M. (b. June 4, 1926, Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland – d. December 27, 2020, Ottawa). There is a colour photo of him on the rear cover. ...
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Adapting to a Changing Situation in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. First Edition

By: ENNIS, John Lou

Price: $22.00

Publisher: ESP Press, Portugal Cove, NF, 1999, ISBN:0968500404

Seller ID: 109389

ENNIS, John Lou. Adapting to a Changing Situation in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland . Portugal Cove, NF: ESP Press, (1999). First Printing. Pp. [i]-ix,(1),[1]-174,(6), + 16-page central section of illustrations (including 15 b&wphotos. 8vo, illustrated blue card covers with white spine. "In Adapting t o a Changing Situation, John Ennis presents the history of Placentia Bay and [the author's] own family's growth and development in the Bay. The story contains a wealth of information on the fishery, fishing methods, gear and technology and the prosperous businesses which flourished in the By. As...
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After the Locusts

By: WATTS, Enos D. OSMOND, Clarence

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Breakwater Books, Portugal Cove , 1974,

Seller ID: 12453

WATTS, Enos D. After the Locusts. Cover and sketches by Clarence Osmond. Portugal Cove : Breakwater Books, 1974. Pp (3),ii-ix,(2),12-85,(1). Illustrated. 8vo, card covers. O'Dea 5717. Small tear to rear cover, spotting to front cover, else very good. 15.00
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Album of Selected Bookbindings. First Edition in dustjacket

By: PENNEY, Clara Louisa. Hispanic Notes & Monographs, Catalogue Series. JACKSON, Margaret Elizabeth. SIEBERT, Ann Lister.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Hispanic Society of America, New York, 1967,

Seller ID: 111692

PENNEY, Clara Louisa. An Album of Selected Bookbindings. Photography by Margaret Elizabeth Jackson and Ann Lister Siebert. New York : The Hispanic So0ciety of America, 1967. First Edition. Pp (6),vii-xv,(1),1-18,(2), colour frontispiece + 60 full-page black-and-white plates. Large 8vo, maroon cloth,glt lettering to spine, gilt Hispanic Society of America crest to front bo ard. "These sixty-one plates, including a frontispiece in color, offer examples of the binder' craft in Spain through sx centuries. The craftsmen wereMoors living under Christian domination until they were exiled by Phili...
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Albuquerque : Caesar of the East : Selected texts by Afonso de Albuquerque and his son

By: ALBUQUERQUE, Alfonso de EARLE, T. F. VILLIERS, John

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Aris & Phillips, Warminster, England, 1990, ISBN:0856684880

Seller ID: 114705

ALBUQUERQUE, Alfonso de. Albuquerque : Caesar of the East : Selected texts by Afonso de Albuquerque and his son. Edited with a Translation, Introduction and Notes by T.F. Earle & John Villiers. Warminster, England : Aris & Phillips, (1990). Pp (4),[v]-xii,1-308. Illustrated. Map. 8vo, illustrated white card covers, lettered in red and black. "Of all the remarkable people who first opened up the rest of the world to the Europeans Columbus, Magellan, Vasco da Gama, Pizarro and Cortes Afonso de Albuquerque, governor of Portuguese India from 1509 to 1515, was one of the most astonishing. He wa...
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Atlantic Islands : Madeira, the Azores and the Cape Verdes in Seventeenth-Century Commerce and Navigation. First Edition in dustjacket

By: DUNCAN, T. Bentley

Price: $70.00

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1972, : 1972

Seller ID: 32445

ISBN-13: 9780226170015

DUNCAN, T. Bentley. Atlantic Islands : Madeira, the Azores and the Cape Verdes in Seventeenth-Century Commerce and Navigation. Chicago and London : The University of Chicago Press, (1972). First Edition. Pp (6),vii-xv,(1),1-291,(5). With some maps & tables in the text. 8vo (160 x 236 mm), maroon cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. With map end-papers. In the Studies in the History of Discoveries series. Thomas Bentley Duncan (b. Aug. 9, 1929, Brazil - d. February 24, 2015, Indiana) was teaching history at the University of Chicago at the time of publication. "In the seventeenth cen...
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Atlantic Peeks : An Ethnographic Guide to the Portuguese-Speaking Atlantic Islands. US in dj

By: LUDTKE, Jean E.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Christopher Publishing House, Hanover, MA, 1989, ISBN:0815804415

Seller ID: 40338

LUDTKE, Jean. Atlantic Peeks : An Ethnographic Guide to the Portuguese-Speaking Atlantic Islands. Hanover, MA : Christopher Publishing House, (1989). Pp 408. Maps. 8vo, green cloth. Vg in dj. 40.00
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Baffles of Wind and Tide:. 3rd Pbk pr

By: ROSE, Clyde, (ed.). BUTT, Grace BYRNE, Pat PORTER, Helen

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Breakwater, 1979,

Seller ID: 26708

ROSE, Clyde (ed.). Baffles of Wind and Tide : A Selection of Newfoundland Writings. (Portugal Cove : Breakwater Books, 1979). Third Paperback Printing. Pp i-xiv,1-138. 8vo, cardcovers. O'Dea 5382. Short stories, essays, drama & poems. Contributors, in alphabetical order : Grace Butt, Pat Byrne, Michael Cook, Tom Dawe, Bill Gough, Ray Guy (essays "A Newfoundland Time" and "Farley Mowat - The Fellow from Upalong"), A.C. Hunter (essay "The Old Royal Readers"), Tom Moore, Al Pittman (including his essay "Death of an Outport"), Helen Porter, Clyde Rose, Geraldine Rub...
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Baltasar and Blimunda. Advance Reading Copy

By: SARAMAGO, José PONTIERO, Giovanni, trans.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego, 1987,

Seller ID: 32519

SARAMAGO, José. Baltasar and Blimunda. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. Advance Reading Copy. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1987). Pp 303. 8vo, card covers. Vg-fine. 50.00
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Baltasar and Blimunda. uncorrected proof

By: SARAMAGO, José PONTIERO, Giovanni, trans.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego, 1987,

Seller ID: 64757

SARAMAGO, José. Baltasar and Blimunda. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.Uncorrected Proof. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1987). Pp 343. 8vo, yellow card covers. Vg-fine. 50.00
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Baptist Movement in the Continent of Europe. Second Issue: Revised and Re-written

By: RUSHBROOKE, J. H.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Kingsgate Press, London, 1923,

Seller ID: 112598

RUSHBROOKE, J. H. The Baptist Movement in the Continent of Europe. Second Issue: Revised and Re-written. London : The Kingsgate Press, 1923. Pp (6),vii-viii,(2),3-207,(1), frontispiece portrait. 8vo, green cloth, gilt lettering to front board and spine. Contents : Preface. Introduction.—The Baptist Movement in Europe : Its Far-reaching Success. Part I - Central Europe and Holland. 1. The Pioneer. 2. Germany : Progress and Consolidation. 3. Other German-speaking Lands : German Switzerland and Austria. 4. Holland : Providential Preparation: German and British Influence. 5. Poland : Germaian and ...
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Beyond the Reef. First Edition in dustjacket, Signed.

By: KENT, Alexander BOLITHO)

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Heinemann, London, 1992, ISBN:0434388351

Seller ID: 73340

KENT, Alexander. Beyond the Reef. London: Heinemann, (1992). First UK Printing. Pp. (8),1-310,(2). 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "March 1808, and war spreads in Europe as Napoleon holds Portugal and threatens his old ally, Spain. The Royal navy's blockade of enemy ports continues, and a new anti-slavery bill further stretches the hard-pressed fleet's resources, as more ships are required elsewhere to suppress that profitable trade. Estranged from his wife and child, and plagued by the fear of blindness, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho is ordered once more to the Cape of Go...
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Big Hop : The North Atlantic Air Race. Signed, paperback edition.

By: WILL, Gavin

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boulder Publications, Portugal Cove-St Philips, NF, 2008, ISBN:9780973027181

Seller ID: 103157

WILL, Gavin. The Big Hop : The North Atlantic Air Race. (Portugal Cove - St. Philip's, NF): Boulder Publications, (2008). First Printing. Pp. (4),1-151,(1). Quadruple column. Illustrated in black and white. Large oblong 8vo, illustrated blue card covers with yellow and white lettering to front cover, white lettering to spine. "On June 14, 1919, a Vickers Vimy biplane lumbered into the air from a field in St. John's, Newfoundland. More than sixteen hours and 3,000 kilometres later, the British crew of John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown brought the aircraft to a crash landing in a bog near...
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Blasty Bough, The. in dj. signed

By: ROSE, Clyde, (ed.) O'FLAHERTY, Patrick WAREHAM, Wilfred STORY, George

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Breakwater , 1976,

Seller ID: 63522

ROSE, Clyde, (ed.). The Blasty Bough. (Portugal Cove) : Breakwater Books, (1976). Pp i-x,1-219,(3). Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, bound without free-endpapers. Includes : Ray Guy's "No More Round the Mountain, We'll be Ridin' C.N.Busses"; Michael Cook's one-act play "Quiller"; Helen Porter's "Mary Ann t he Duck - Sketches of St.John's Old Southside"; Anne Hart's "Help Me, Hepplewhite"; Bernice Morgan's "Martha Gets an Outlet"; Percy Janes' "Crawfie" (a selection from House of Hate) and two poems, "Dawn" and "Toronto"; HaroldHorwood's &...
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Bristol Beaufighter : A Comprehensive Guide for the Modeller. First Edition

By: FRANKS, Richard A. Modellers Datafile Series 06

Price: $50.00

Publisher: SAM Publications, Bedford (UK), 2002, ISBN:0953346552

Seller ID: 110748

FRANKS, Richard A. The Bristol Beaufighter : A Comprehensive Guide for the Modeller. (Bedford, UK) : SAM Publications, (2002). First Editon. Pp (4),5-175,(1),+ large folding plate at rear. Illustrated. Double Column. Large 8vo, illustrated red card covers, lettered in white. Contents : The Bristol Beaufighter - a concise history. 1. Beaufort - Sire of the Beaufighter (The predecessor of the Beaufighter). 2. First of the Breed (The Mk Ic and Mk If). 3. In-line Alternative (The Merlin - (and Griffon-) powered Mk II). 4. Multi-role Beaufighter (The Mk VI series). 5. Low-level Supremo (The Mk X se...
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Calouste Gulbenkian, Collector. in dj

By: PERDIGAO, José de Azeredo GULBENKIAN, Calouste)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 1969,

Seller ID: 43901

PERDIGAO, José de Azeredo. Calouste Gulbenkian, Collector. Lisbon: CalousteGulbenkian Foundation, 1969. Pp. 237. Illustrated. 4to, pressed blue cloth with gilt decoration to front and rear boards. Head of spine and top corne rs of dj nicked, else vg. 50.00
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Canary Islands after the Conquest : The Making of a Colonial Society in theEarly Sixteenth Century. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO, Felipe. Oxford Historical Monographs.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press), Oxford, 1982, ISBN:0198218885

Seller ID: 115027

FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO, Felipe. The Canary Islands after the Conquest : The Making of a Colonial Society in the Early Sixteenth Century. Oxford : ClarendonPress, 1982. First Printing. Pp. (5),[vi]-ix,(5),[1]-244,(2). With four ma ps to text. 8vo, black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A volume in the Oxford Historical Monographs series. "This book is important for historiansof the Spanish monarchy, comparative colonial history, 'frontier societies ', commerce, race relations, and the late medieval and early modern periodsin general. The author portrays the life, work, and institutions of an ...
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Centenary of the Basilica-Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. First Edition.

By: KENNEDY, Patrick J. (ed.)] FRECKER, G.A. FORAN, E.B. ROCHE, E.P.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: St. John's, 1957,

Seller ID: 11274

KENNEDY, Patrick J., (ed.). The Centenary of the Basilica-Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, St. John's, Newfoundland 1855-1955. [St.John's] : (Robinson & Company, Ltd.), [1957]. First Edition. Pp (19), 16-275, (5), (56,ads) + folding plate opp.p.20. Double column. Illustrated. 4to, card covers. O'Dea 3258. A large book with over 250 photographs and many local advertisements. Various contributors, including, in alphabetical order: Rev. John B. Ashley's "The Right of Consecration of a Catholic Church" and "The Consecration of the Cathedral in 1855"; W.J. Browne's "Most Rev. ...
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Church Reform in Spain and Portugal

By: NOYES, H. E.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Cassell and Company Limited, 1897,

Seller ID: 55220

NOYES, H. E. Church Reform in Spain and Portugal : A Short History of the Reformed Episcopal Churches of Spain and Portugal, from 1868 to the Present Time. L: Cassell and Company Limited, 1897. Pp. 192. Illustrated. 8vo, brown cloth, gilt titles to spine. Front hinge cracked, slight wear to spine ends and corners, lightly rubbed with a few specks and one small stain to the rear board, light foxing to pp. 23-33, else vg. 50.00
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