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Talks on Nationalism by Edward Bellamy. Chicago: The Peerage Press,1938. First Edition (stated). Hardcover. 191 pp. 5-1/2" x 7-7/8".

Very good in very good dust jacket. Interior is clean & unmarked. Toning to pp. 14-15 & 30-31 where a booklet had been laid in. Mild toning to end papers & pastedowns & around margins of pages. Pulling to gutter at pp. 112/113, with cords showing but no loose pages. Binding firm; slight lean to spine. Covers have mild wear along edges, at spine ends & at corners; light rubbing to covers. Dust jacket has mild wear along edges with a few small tears & a bit of chipping to spine ends & at corners; darkening & mild soiling to spine & along flap folds. DJ comes protected by new, archival cover.

A collection of writings which originally appeared in 1891 in the weekly newspaper, "The New Nation," which Bellamy founded & edited. These essays explore Bellamy's ideas about material well-being & "the conception of a society where poverty & lack of opportunity for the many were but memories of an earlier time."

$65

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Don Quijote en la Pampa by Pedro Manuel Eguía & Fernando Vargas Caba. Illustrations by Alberto Cattaneo. Buenos Aires: Talleres Graificos de Filpo, Distribuidores Mautone y Sosa, 1948.

A translation into Argentine "country verse" of the first part of "Don Quijote of La Mancha." A unique example of Gaucho literature, each chapter from the original corresponds to a song in gauchesque tenths. Many of the illustrations combine traditional representations of Quijote with elements of Gaucho life.

Softcover. 223 pp. 9-5/8" x 7". Pages uncut: quarto binding with most gatherings remaining uncut along top edges (4 leaves/8 pages per gathering).

Good condition. Pages age-toned but otherwise clean & unmarked. Printing on p. 70 is bleeding through onto p. 69. Mild creasing & small tears along edges of pp. 1-18. Binding fragile with cracking between pp. 112-113 & along front interior hinge. Contents remain firm. Covers worn along edges with small tears & some loss to spine ends & along edges (particularly bottom front edge); 1-1/2 inch tears to both ends of front hinge; small damp stain to top front edge of spine; mild crease along length of spine; general soiling & toning.

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$125 || SOLD