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Paperback. Condition: New. Martín Fierro: An Epic of the Argentine (1923) is an epic poem and accompanying scholarship by José Hernández and Henry A. Holmes. Originally published in two parts, the poem has been praised as a defining work of Argentine literature for its depiction of national identity in relation to the gaucho culture, which was used to consolidate the historical and political image of the country against European influence. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Hernández was a writer who grew up in a ranching family, who knew firsthand the prowess of a people who helped Argentina free itself from Spanish control.Martín Fierro is a masterpiece of Spanish-language literature that continues to define and inform Argentine culture today. In this text, scholar Henry A. Holmes translates parts of the poem while contextualizing it alongside works of Hernández's predecessors. In addition, Holmes provides invaluable information on the poet's life, discusses the significance of the gaucho in Argentine literature, and investigates the portrayal of the indigenous peoples of Argentina in the poem. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of José Hernández and Henry A. Holmes' Martín Fierro: An Epic of the Argentine is a classic of Argentine literature reimagined for modern readers.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. Martín Fierro: An Epic of the Argentine (1923) is an epic poem and accompanying scholarship by José Hernández and Henry A. Holmes. Originally published in two parts, the poem has been praised as a defining work of Argentine literature for its depiction of national identity in relation to the gaucho culture, which was used to consolidate the historical and political image of the country against European influence. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Hernández was a writer who grew up in a ranching family, who knew firsthand the prowess of a people who helped Argentina free itself from Spanish control.Martín Fierro is a masterpiece of Spanish-language literature that continues to define and inform Argentine culture today. In this text, scholar Henry A. Holmes translates parts of the poem while contextualizing it alongside works of Hernández's predecessors. In addition, Holmes provides invaluable information on the poet's life, discusses the significance of the gaucho in Argentine literature, and investigates the portrayal of the indigenous peoples of Argentina in the poem. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of José Hernández and Henry A. Holmes' Martín Fierro: An Epic of the Argentine is a classic of Argentine literature reimagined for modern readers.…

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Condition: New. Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Martin Fierro: An Epic of the ArgentineMartin Fierro is a masterpiece of Spanish-language literature that continues to define and inform Argentine culture today. In this text, scholar Henry A. Holmes translates parts of the poem while contextualizing it alongside works of Hernandezs predecessors. In addition, Holmes provides invaluable information on the poets life, discusses the significance of the gaucho in Argentine literature, and investigates the portrayal of the indigenous peoples of Argentina in the poem. This edition of Jose Hernandez and Henry A. Holmes Martin Fierro: An Epic of the Argentine is a classic of Argentine literature reimagined for modern readers.Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardback. Condition: New. Martín Fierro: An Epic of the Argentine (1923) is an epic poem and accompanying scholarship by José Hernández and Henry A. Holmes. Originally published in two parts, the poem has been praised as a defining work of Argentine literature for its depiction of national identity in relation to the gaucho culture, which was used to consolidate the historical and political image of the country against European influence. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Hernández was a writer who grew up in a ranching family, who knew firsthand the prowess of a people who helped Argentina free itself from Spanish control.Martín Fierro is a masterpiece of Spanish-language literature that continues to define and inform Argentine culture today. In this text, scholar Henry A. Holmes translates parts of the poem while contextualizing it alongside works of Hernández's predecessors. In addition, Holmes provides invaluable information on the poet's life, discusses the significance of the gaucho in Argentine literature, and investigates the portrayal of the indigenous peoples of Argentina in the poem. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of José Hernández and Henry A. Holmes' Martín Fierro: An Epic of the Argentine is a classic of Argentine literature reimagined for modern readers.…

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Hardback. Condition: New. Martín Fierro: An Epic of the Argentine (1923) is an epic poem and accompanying scholarship by José Hernández and Henry A. Holmes. Originally published in two parts, the poem has been praised as a defining work of Argentine literature for its depiction of national identity in relation to the gaucho culture, which was used to consolidate the historical and political image of the country against European influence. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Hernández was a writer who grew up in a ranching family, who knew firsthand the prowess of a people who helped Argentina free itself from Spanish control.Martín Fierro is a masterpiece of Spanish-language literature that continues to define and inform Argentine culture today. In this text, scholar Henry A. Holmes translates parts of the poem while contextualizing it alongside works of Hernández's predecessors. In addition, Holmes provides invaluable information on the poet's life, discusses the significance of the gaucho in Argentine literature, and investigates the portrayal of the indigenous peoples of Argentina in the poem. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of José Hernández and Henry A. Holmes' Martín Fierro: An Epic of the Argentine is a classic of Argentine literature reimagined for modern readers.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Martn Fierro: An Epic of the ArgentineMartn Fierro is a masterpiece of Spanish-language literature that continues to define and inform Argentine culture today. In this text, scholar Henry A. Holmes translates parts of the poem while contextualizing it alongside works of Hernndez's predecessors. In addition, Holmes provides invaluable information on the poet's life, discusses the significance of the gaucho in Argentine literature, and investigates the portrayal of the indigenous peoples of Argentina in the poem. This edition of Jose Hernndez and Henry A. Holmes' Martn Fierro: An Epic of the Argentine is a classic of Argentine literature reimagined for modern readers.Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 128 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.28 inches. In Stock.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A very good copy of this 56-page pamplet. The text is of course wholly unmarked, pristine, and the cover bright and fresh in appearance. A lovely copy.

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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 128 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.38 inches. In Stock.

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Softcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have light shelf wear. Contents: Parkes, Wild strawberries from Reichenau: ruminations on authority and difference in eleventh-century "Gregorian" chant. Bianchi, Scholars, friends, plagiarists: the musician as author in the seventeenth century. Frey, Boris Godunov and the terrorist. Holmes, Expert listening beyond the limits of hearing: music and deafness. Kramer, et al., Colloquy: discrete/continuous: music and media theory after Kittler. 9.25" tall; 282 pages.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good-. Vol. XXXI, No. 1. Bedsheet-sized pulp. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by William Timmins for "Clash by Night" (novelette) by Lawrence O'Donnell [Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore]. Includes "The Weapon Makers" (pt. 2 of 3; Isher series) by A. E. van Vogt; "Shadow of Life" (novelette) by Clifford D. Simak; "Shock" by Lewis Padgett [C. L. Moore & Henry Kuttner]; "Q.U.R." by H. H. Holmes [Anthony Boucher]. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page:Mutually Exclusive"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "In Times to Come"; "Brass Tacks". Illustrations by Fax, M. Islip, Kramer and Orban. Bent from poor stacking, or perhaps wet, although there is no staining; tanning; rear copver glued on at hinge with hinge l;osses; edge tears and losses; losses as spine ends. Book. …

Wraps. Condition: Good. Vol. XXXI, No. 1. Bedsheet-sized pulp. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by William Timmins for "Clash by Night" (novelette) by Lawrence O'Donnell [Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore]. Includes "The Weapon Makers" (pt. 2 of 3; Isher series) by A. E. van Vogt; "Shadow of Life" (novelette) by Clifford D. Simak; "Shock" by Lewis Padgett [C. L. Moore & Henry Kuttner]; "Q.U.R." by H. H. Holmes [Anthony Boucher]. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page:Mutually Exclusive"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "In Times to Come"; "Brass Tacks". Illustrations by Fax, M. Islip, Kramer and Orban. Tape over spine and on cover; small lower front foredge corner loss; stains on rear; creases, chips, nicks and tears; tanning; spine strip is a copy. Book.…

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Softcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Some content is in the Spanish language, some in English. Sound binding. Clean, tanned text pages, with several marginal marks on one page of advertising at end of volume. Wraps have handling wear, edge wear, tanning around edge and at spine. Crease at top front corner, outer edge of front of wraps. McMahon, The Fantasia of Spain by Bertram Hartman. Menéndez, La Obra de las Misiones Pedagógicas españolas. Ríoseco, Poemas Inéditos. Holmes, The Creationism of Vicente Huidobro. Crow, España - País del Ensueño; Vista por los Románticos ingleses. Schulz, Impresiones de Viaje. Dolce, Spain in Retrospect. Book reviews by Ernest Primoff, Barbara Matulka, Victoria Genovese, Annette Gerber, Harry Kramer, John Okenka. Matulka, Spanish Club Activities in New York Instiutions. frontispiece; 9.5" tall; 64 pages. Illustrated by Bertram Hartmann (illustrator).…

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Offered is the March 24, 1892 (Vol. VIII No. 12) issue of "Twentieth Century: A Weekly Radical Magazine" edited by Hugh O. Pentecost and published by the Twentieth Century Publishing Company out of New York City. A magazine measuring 9" by 12-1/4" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. With eight pages of vintage advertisements, contents of this issue include: Editorials by Hugh O. Pentecost - "House Bill No. 245" ("It appears that the Hon. Joseph M. Engard, representative of the second assembly district of New Jersey, introduced to the legislature of that State House Bill No. 425, entitled 'An act for the punishment of any person carrying a red flag in any demonstration or procession on any public street or highway in the state'"), "Dawning Intelligence Among English Miners," and "The Censorship of Mail Matter"; "Is Charity Wicked?" by G. C. [Gaspar Christopher] Clemens [active with the Kansas Populist Party and later Socialist] ("Within a stone's-throw of where I write is an orphans' home, supported by charity, where poor, innocent victims of social wrong find a home they could not otherwise have. If charity be stopped, every such institution must close"); "Beautiful Religion" by A. S. Hudson ("Religion means exactly what it is, and what its root implies. It means the trade-mark of mental slavery"); "World's Fair Exhibits" by American anarchist Lizzie M. Holmes; short "A Practical Test" by Albert Chavannes; "Two Sample Presbyterians" (on Charles Henry Parkhurst and Jay Gould - "A lecture delivered at Berkeley Lyceum, Sunday evening, February 28, by Henry Frank, lecturer for the Society of Human Progress"); Fiction "Felix: A Study in 'Karma'" by Hudor Genone [William James Roe]; Correspondence (including letters from Evacustes A. Phipson [Edward Arthur Phipson] and William H. Galvani); Our Weekly News-Letter. A complete issue; former owner's name to upper right corner of front cover; covers light to moderately soiled, particularly along edge areas; short narrow chip to upper right corner of front cover; interior pages age-toned.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Owner inscription in ink, underlinings, much Spanish translation.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. Vol. XXXI, No. 1. Bedsheet-sized pulp. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by William Timmins for "Clash by Night" (novelette) by Lawrence O'Donnell [Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore]. Includes "The Weapon Makers" (pt. 2 of 3; Isher series) by A. E. van Vogt; "Shadow of Life" (novelette) by Clifford D. Simak; "Shock" by Lewis Padgett [C. L. Moore & Henry Kuttner]; "Q.U.R." by H. H. Holmes [Anthony Boucher]. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page:Mutually Exclusive"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "In Times to Come"; "Brass Tacks". Illustrations by Fax, M. Islip, Kramer and Orban. Spine is tape ghosted with losses to spine and hinges - lacks about 2" from heel and a little over 1" at head; front cover lower foredge corner loss; tanning; creasing. Book. …