Conquest Mexico, Signed (26 results)

Softcover, 284 pages; very good condition; light rubbing to covers; inscribed to Stanton Catlin, dated 1987 and signed by Judith Sandoval on title page; no other internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. H3 - A paperback book SIGNED and inscribed by author to previous owner on the title page in very good condition that has some bumped corners, a few lighty water soiled patches, light discoloration and shelf wear. How books, films, and cartoons have rewritten popular notions of the Spanish Conquest. 10"x7", 228 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Printing. A history of New Mexico from 1846 when it was annexed by the United States during the Mexican War until 1861 and the outbreak of the American Civil War. It is also a socio-economic study in which the author probes the relations between the Anglo-Americans and the Mexican-Americans during the period and shows how the undergirdings were laid for the dessension that exists between Anglos and Chicanos in the Southwest today. Inscribed on the front end paper by the author. 195 pages including index. Dust jacket has light wear including a couple of small, mended tears. Great copy. Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Second Printing. Cover is dented on bottom edge and scuffed. Pgs. are clean & tight. Edges are slightly stained. Inscribed to Carl. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and Inscribed By Author.

First edition. SIGNED by the translator Beatrice Berler. 375 pages. Illustrated. Fine condition in a fine dust jacket. (AA4).

Hard Cover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. 344pp. Maroon cloth hardback, rubbing along edges, bottom corner tips worn, signed by author on inside front cover, index, bibliography, footnotes, b&w photos, Religious Aspects of the Conquest of Mexico, Signed by Author.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 713 + 14 pp, brown decorative cloth, 1878, Association Copy Signed + Inscribed by the writer P.Lavelle, this ed. edited by John Foster Kirk. Some mild foxing to few exterior pages, corners and spine ends bumped & rubbed. Else good in slightly scratched cover. By P. Lavelle.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine+. 1st Edition/1st Printing (complete number line). SIGNED (inscribed) by author in year of publication (former President of Mexico). Also SIGNED by translator Beatrice Berler. previous owner's signature on front end page. large heavy 375 page book. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by C. Harvey Gardiner on the title page. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Hardback. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: G++ DW. Reprint Thus. Burgundy cloth lettered in gold on spine (no decoration). Grey "History" DW has black and white "rosette" signed ER on front cover. Rear cover states "OVER 980 VOLUMES". Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Entire DW is noticeably browned over spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Hardback. Tall 8vo. 1979. Near Fine. Owner's impress on title page otherwise Fine. No dust jacket. Gilt pictorial and lettered front cover and spine. Limited Facsimile Edition of 2,000 numbered copies SIGNED by illustrator, Sammy Pascarella, and calligrapher, Sid Warne. This is copy #55. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine; inconspicuous rubbing near upper and lower margins of covers and spine; light stain to fore edge of pages, but only as seen with the book closed; else Fine. In a Near Fine dust jacket; spine faded; rubbed on back at lower margin of spine; in an archival clear plastic sleeve. First Edition. Inscription to title page: "For Susan, In appreciation, Sue - 29 September 2010". From its location, the signer is presumed to be the principle editor, Susan Schroeder. ISBN 9780804769488. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Qu.-4°. Mit 30 blattgroßen Illustrationen. 36 Bll. OKart mit OUmschlag (fleckig, kleine Läsuren). Vortitel mit eigenh. Widmung des Wiener Malers und Grafikers Moldovan (1918-1977): "Allen Freunden des Hauses Jugend & Volk / Moldovan".- Innen leichte Gebrauchsspuren.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Inscribed by Charles R Morehead of El Paso Texas, contributor of narrative on pages 600-622. Inscribed to Hon DuVal West, a district judge for the Western District of Texas. Pages clean and without tears. Boards clean. Slight shelf wear and fraying to edges and corners. Very good condition other than both end board creases cracked on inside, binding is still holding pages tight. Age related browning to pages. Map between pages 648-649 is torn at pastedown and has creases. Around 70 illustrations; 670 pages Two fold-out maps. Inscribed by Author(s).

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. SIGNED and inscribed to Prof. Frank Haskell with multiple additional author letters and postcards loosely inserted. Including a commented signed typescript for his essay on Cortes. Physical description: xx, 812 pages : [16] pages of plates; 24 cm. Subjects: Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico approximately 1480-1520; Cortés, Hernán 1485-1547; Mexico: History: Conquest; Mexico History Conquest, 1519-1540; Mexique Histoire 1519-1540 (Conquête); Mexico; Spain History Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516; Spain History Philip II, 1556-1598. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. SIGNED and inscribed to Prof. Frank Haskell with multiple additional author letters and postcards loosely inserted. Including a commented signed typescript for his essay on Cortes. Physical description: xx, 812 pages : [16] pages of plates; 24 cm. Subjects: Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico approximately 1480-1520; Cortés, Hernán 1485-1547; Mexico: History: Conquest; Mexico History Conquest, 1519-1540; Mexique Histoire 1519-1540 (Conquête); Mexico; Spain History Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516; Spain History Philip II, 1556-1598. 1 Kg.

Max Slevogt (illustrator). Die Eroberung Mexikos (The Conquest of Mexico) - Ferdinand Cortes, Binding, Illustrations, and original pencil sketch by Max Slevogt, Bruno Cassirer, Berlin 1918 Copy "A" of a limited edition of 250 copies, with original signed pencil sketch and presentation inscription from Slevogt on front free endpaper, also signed by Slevogt on limitation page, with binding design and 112 pen lithographs by Slevogt, Printed by W. Drugulin in Leipzig. Bearing a loose ticket stating "Publishers' Bookbindings Ellen K. Morris, Edward S. Levin", indicating the book came from their immense collection though the book is not featured in their 2000 Grolier Exhibition Catalog. Linen boards, gilt stamped title to spine, The front board illustration is a color photogravure after a watercolor by Slevogt, top edge gilt, deckle edges, 4to, pp. [viii], 221, [3]; Very Good+, boards slightly splayed open, minor wear to edges and corners, slight toning to deckle edge [Rümann 17a].

Ca. 75 S. mit 30 Bildtafeln. Halbleinen-Broschur, SU, 24x31 cm. Schönes Exemplar fast ohne Gebrauchsspuren, Einband etwas stockfleckig, Widmung des Autors. - 30 Textseiten (dreisprachig: dt./engl./span.). mg [Von Schweizer Bankkonten keine Banküberweisung, nur Kreditkartenzahlung über Abebooks/ZVAB] Sprache: Deutsch. - Gewicht in Gramm: 600. - Kunst: Graphik, Plastik, Foto, Film. - Stichworte: Österreichische Kunst, Kunstgeschichte, Kunstwissenschaft, Kultur, Graphik, Mittelamerika, Indianer, Spanier, Cortez. -.

Full Leather. Condition: Very Good. Covarrubias, Miguel (illustrator). Limited. 263pp. Colophon states, Copy Number 1069, Signed by the Printer, Editor, and Illustrator. Full leather in the half tree acid etched pattern with gilt spine titles on red leather labels. Previous owner's book plate on front endpaper, color illustrations throughout. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. MC. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Thirty-second edition. Octavo, xiv, 586 pages. In Good condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth, gilt illustration on front panel; wear to spine caps and corners, light shelf wear. Text block has small vendor label on front flyleaf, last page uncut. Inscribed in ink by the author on front endpaper. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. 1397706. FP New Rockville Stock.

2 volumes. Illustrated by Eric Pape' decorated title pages in red, black and gold. The frontispiece in Vol. I is signed in pencil below the platemark by Eric Pape. Large 8vo, publisher's embossed and gilt sueded leather; t.e.g. Preserved in a custom quarter morocco clamshell box. First edition. A very few spots of foxing, mainly to the frontispiece, tissue guard and title page in Vl. I. Three inch split to one joint and a few tiny chips to the fragile leather which is generally very attractive. Additional postage applicable for this heavy, two-volume set.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First edition in English. [xviii], 163, (1), 252, 152pp. 6 copper-engraved plates, 1 portrait plate of Cortes, and 2 maps. Modern full dark brown morocco signed binding intricately tooled in blind on the spine and boards, leather lettering label, gilt, silk headbands worked in three colors: red, white and green. Double-marbled endpapers. The portrait of Cortes, sometimes seen as a frontispiece, is here facing Book I, page 25. The upper right corner of the title page has been clipped, not affecting any text, but affecting the double border rules and has been restored in manuscript. The Cortes portrait is lightly foxed. The panorama has a closed marginal tear along the bottom just touching the image. Otherwise this is a clean, bright text with stunning illustrations. Important resource by the Chronicler of the Indies on the conquest of Mexico by Spain, covering the three year period between the appointment of Cortes and the fall of the city of Mexico. Palau 318693. Sabin 86467. ESTC T135491. .

First edition of Union General Lew Wallace's first novel. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher's embossed morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, rebacked, top edge gilt, patterned endpapers, elaborately illustrated with both in-text and full page engravings within gilt frames and with lettered tissue-guards by Eric Pape, decorated initials. One of 250 numbered copies inscribed and dated by the author on the limitation page, "Very respectfully Lew Wallace, Nov. 7, 1898" and signed by the illustrator beneath the frontispiece of volume I. This is number 11. In very good condition. Wallace began writing The Fair God in 1843, but it was not published until 1873.The popular historical novel, with Cortez's conquest of Mexico as its central theme, was based on William H. Prescott's History of the Conquest of Mexico and sold several thousand copies in its first year. Its sales continued to rise after Wallace's reputation as an author was established with the publication of subsequent novels including Ben-Hur, his second and best-known novel.

Written during Prescott's 1850 visit to England, where he was greatly feted and lionized. Both items in good condition, lightly aged and worn. Both folded for postage. Both to 'Dear Lady Theresa' and signed 'Wm. H. Prescott'. See the Oxford DNB entry for the recipient Lady (Maria) Theresa Lewis (1803-1865), whose family home was the Grove, Watford, but who lived in Kent House in Knightsbridge with her second husband Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bart, her first husband having been the novelist Thomas Henry Lister (1800-1842). ONE 'Trentham / Sep. 2d.' 1p, 12mo. Begins by explaining that he will be 'in London on my way to Ampthill on Thursday the 5th'. He asks her to allow him to avail himself of her kind invitation 'to pass the night at Grove Mill House - & come down on the afternoon of Thursday?' He asks her to 'drop a line' to him at 'Mivart's - Upper Brook St - it will find me'. TWO: 'London, / Sept 4th'. 2pp, 12mo. He has just returned to London, and will be 'most happy to come down to you to morrow - Thursday - by the train which reaches Watford at 3.45. I avail myself of your permission to pass four & twenty hours with when [sic] I shall be reluctantly compelled by my engagements to leave you at half past two on Friday'. He ends by sending his regards to 'Mr Lewis'.

1 vols. 8vo. First edition, BAL printing 2 (sheets bulk 1-5/16 inches). 1 vols. 8vo. Endpaper inscribed: "As a reminder of a very pleasant evening, I write my name on this leaf. / Lew. Wallace. / Boston, Mass. / Dec. 21, 1886". BAL 20795 Full green morocco, gilt emblems on boards, gilt dentelles, moiré silk doublures, a.e.g.; binding by Macdonald & Sons Upper board and first signature loose, slight mold damage at hinges, else About Fine First edition, BAL printing 2 (sheets bulk 1-5/16 inches).

New York, Harry N.Abrams, Inc., 1968. First edition. Large 4to. Text and notes by Hasson Von Winning, Selection Plates by Alfred Stendahl . SIGNED by the author and numbered from an edition of 1800 copies. Published for distribution only to members of the Harry N. Abrams Limited Editions Society. This may be part of a deluxe edition. 595 illustrated plates, of which 175 have been tipped in, with 5 maps and with a total of 388 pp. + Bibliography. Full green leather binding with gilt title and image on spine and front cover. Raised dentals on spine. Gold marbled endpapers. Green cloth and marbled slipcase. Book binding has some slight rubbing on bottom of leather binding, otherwise fine.