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Queen Isabella, In a Document Referencing Her Deceased Son and Only Male Heir to the Spanish Throne (""may he rest in holy glory"") Works to Build the Great Hospital of the Alhambra of Granada

Queen Isabella, In a Document Referencing Her Deceased Son and Only Male Heir to the Spanish Throne (""may he rest in holy glory"") Works to Build the Great Hospital of the Alhambra of Granada by Ferdinand & Isabella

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Title
Queen Isabella, In a Document Referencing Her Deceased Son and Only Male Heir to the Spanish Throne (""may he rest in holy glory"") Works to Build the Great Hospital of the Alhambra of Granada
Author
Ferdinand & Isabella
Seller
The Raab Collection (United States)
Description
17/09/1500. Isabella was distraught over the loss of the only heir the two produced, a fact which had huge implications for the Iberian Peninsula; We have never before seen such a referenceWhen Isabella’s half-brother Henry died in 1474, she asserted her claim to the throne of Castille, which was contested by thirteen-year-old Joanna, who was connected to Portuguese royalty. Juana sought the aid of her husband (who was also her uncle), Afonso V of Portugal, to claim the throne. This dispute between rival claimants led to the War of 1475–79. Isabella called on the aid of Aragon, with her husband, the heir apparent, and his father, Juan II of Aragon providing it. Juan II died in 1479, and Ferdinand succeeded to the throne in January 1479. In September 1479, Portugal and the Catholic Monarchs of Aragon and Castile resolved major issues between them through the Treaty of Alcáçovas, including the issue of Isabella’s rights to the crown of Castile. Through close cooperation, the royal couple were successful in securing political power in the Iberian peninsula.The death of Prince John of Asturias in 1497—only nine months after his marriage to Margaret of Austria—was a profound dynastic shock to the House of Trastámara and to the broader politics of Spain. As the sole surviving son of Ferdinand and Isabella, John had embodied the hope of a unified Castile-Aragon succession and a stable line to carry forward the new imperial ambitions made possible by the Atlantic discoveries. His sudden death at age nineteen threw the succession into uncertainty, redirected the family’s diplomatic strategy, and heightened Castile’s dependence on Habsburg alliance networks; Margaret’s brother, the future Emperor Charles V, would ultimately inherit the composite monarchy through John’s elder sister Joanna. In this sense, John’s passing proved crucial for Spain’s future: it opened the path by which a Habsburg, not a Trastámara, became king of Spain, linking Iberian interests to Central European dynastic politics and shaping the geopolitical structure of the sixteenth century.Chroniclers are unanimous that Isabella took John’s death with profound and very visible grief, and several note that it affected her health and outlook for the remainder of the decade. Contemporary reports describe her as withdrawing from public life, fasting, and dressing in deep mourning, and even foreign observers remarked on the queen’s desolation.Juana de la Torre was the wife of Pedro de la Torre. She was the “ama” (wetnurse / servant / housekeeper) of Prince John. She was close to the family and was a correspondent of Christopher Columbus, who tried to reach the Queen's ear through her. She was also the sister of Antonio, who accompanied Columbus on his second voyage.The Royal Hospital of the Alhambra (Hospital Real de la Alhambra) was founded by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1501, during their long post-conquest stay in Granada. It was one of several institutions the Catholic Monarchs created in the city after 1492, alongside the Royal Chapel and the Chancery, as part of a broader program to “Christianize” and administratively integrate Granada into the Castilian crown.The hospital’s founding charter framed it as both a work of charity and a royal assertion of care for the conquered population. It was intended to serve soldiers, poor residents, and travelers, and it leveraged existing Nasrid palace structures in the Alhambra precinct rather than erecting an entirely new building. In practice it became part of the emerging network of Hospitales Reales—the best known being the large Hospital Real of Granada begun in 1504—through which Isabella in particular articulated her late reign’s blend of piety, welfare, and monarchic statecraft.Document signed by Isabella ""Yo la Reyna” [“I the Queen”), Juana del Torre and Gaspar de Gricio, Granada, September 17, 1500, mentioning her son and working to build the new hospital. ""Sancho de Paredes, my chamberlain I order you that, from the 387,500 maravedís that you received in the city of Seville by my command from treasurer Morales, you are to give and immediately pay to Doña Juana de la Torre, the servant of Prince Don Juan (may he rest in holy glory), 1,780 maravedís as assistance toward the payment for a female slave for the Hospital of the Alhambra of Granada. Send them to her and pay her at once, and take her receipt acknowledging that she has received them; with which, and with this my warrant, I order that the said 1,780 maravedís be accepted from you and entered into account, and that the scribes of my chamber deduct and discharge them from the ledger in which they are charged to you. Given in Granada on the 17th day of the month of September of the year 1500.""""By command of the Queen,_ Gaspar de Gricio”Juana has signed her receipt: ""I, Doña Juana de la Torre, servant of the Prince Our Lord (may he rest in holy glory), acknowledge that I received from you, señor Sancho de Paredes, chamberlain of the Queen our lady, 1,780 maravedís, which were for assistance toward the payment for a female slave for the Hospital of the Alhambra of Granada. And because it is true that I received the said 1,780 maravedís, I signed it with my name. Done in Granada on the 17th day of September of the year 1500. [Signed:] Juana""It is remarkable to see this combination of signatures on such an important document, but even more so, to see Isabella reference here her deceased son and only male heir. After 1500 there were no male heirs, and the combined inheritance passed through Juana, daughter of the Catholic Monarchs, and her husband Philip the Handsome, a Habsburg prince, which is precisely what opened the door for the Habsburgs (Charles and then Philip II) to rule Spain and link Iberian power to the Austrian/Imperial world.
To Far Western Alaska for Big Game

To Far Western Alaska for Big Game by Hubback, Theodore R.

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To Far Western Alaska for Big Game
Author
Hubback, Theodore R.
Seller
Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
London: Rowland Ward, Limited, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 8vo. xiv, 232pp. plus publisher's ads. Green textured cloth blocked on the spine and upper board in gilt. Illustrated with photographs and two maps, as well as a large folding map in the rear. A fine, bright copy with only a trace of foxing on the upper edge of the textblock and the title and dedication pages. The scarce dustwrapper has a tiny nick at the base of the spine else it is in fine condition as well. .
A Dish of Apples (Signed limited edition)

A Dish of Apples (Signed limited edition) by Rackham, Arthur (illustrator); Eden Phillpotts

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Title
A Dish of Apples (Signed limited edition)
Author
Rackham, Arthur (illustrator); Eden Phillpotts
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Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
London & New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1921. First thus. Near Fine. Edition deluxe, number 398 of 500 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. A Near Fine copy. Small quarto (10 x 7 5/8 in; 254 x 193 mm). 75, (3) pp. Illustrated with three full-page mounted illustrations in color with tissue guards and twenty-three drawings in black and white. Pictorial end papers and engraved bookplate on front paste-down. Publisher's cream cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, very slight soiling to the cloth. In a very early, possibly original (?) acetate dust jacket. With a previous owner's bookplate on the front paste-down. Housed in blue cloth clamshell case. Eden Phillpotts' A Dish of Apples is a poetry collection celebrating the seasonal and pastoral, with a particular emphasis on the fruits of harvesttime. Phillpotts (1861-1960) was an English novelist, poetry, and dramatist known for his Dartmoor cycle and the novel Widecombe Fair. Fred Gettings sees the painting-like illustrations in this book as evidence of Rackham's maturing style, although readers will still delight in his mischievous elves and fairies amongst bucolic scenery. Phillpotts wrote of Rackham's illustrations: "I am immensely pleased at the charm & originality of your most attractive drawings. The humor of them especially drew me" (Hudson). Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) is perhaps the most acclaimed and influential illustrator of the Golden Age of Illustration. A prolific artist even from his youth, Rackham got his start as an illustrator working for the Westminster Budget Newspaper (1892). Over the next few years, he took on more and more commissions for children's books, hitting his career high in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Rackham turned his imaginative pen to every classic-from Shakespeare to Dickens to Poe. Latimore and Haskell, p. 54. Riall, p. 144. Gettings, p. 179. Hudson, p. 170. Near Fine.
Alice's Restaurant (Three original photographs from the 1969 film)

Alice's Restaurant (Three original photographs from the 1969 film) by Arlo Guthrie, Michael McLanahan, Patricia Quinn, James Broderick, Pete Seeger (starring); Arthur Penn (director, screenwriter); Venable Herndon (screenwriter)

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Alice's Restaurant (Three original photographs from the 1969 film)
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Arlo Guthrie, Michael McLanahan, Patricia Quinn, James Broderick, Pete Seeger (starring); Arthur Penn (director, screenwriter); Venable Herndon (screenwriter)
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1969. Collection of five vintage borderless reference photographs taken on the set of the 1969 film. Included are: (1) a shot of Arlo Guthrie on a motorcycle next to Michael McLanahan, (2) a shot of director Arthur Penn, producer Hillard Elkins and another crew member on motorcycles, (3) a shot of McLanahan, Penn, and actress Patricia Quinn working on a scene, (4) Guthrie with Quinn, and (5) Guthrie with a donkey and members of the cast. Based on Arlo Guthrie's 1967 folk protest song, a narrative loosely based on Guthrie's own experiences being jailed for littering and later using the record of his arrest to escape the Vietnam draft. Set and shot on location in New York and Massachusetts. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof by Stein, Joseph; Bock, Jerry; Harnick, Sheldon

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Fiddler on the Roof
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Stein, Joseph; Bock, Jerry; Harnick, Sheldon
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Inscribed by Harnick on the title page. Very Good in a Good jacket, clipped, soiled, bumps and a closed tear at the edges. Black cloth, faded at the top edge, with red ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The full text and lyrics of the beloved musical based on Sholom Aleichem's stories, illustrated with photographs from the original production.
STORIES REVIVED. In Three Volumes

STORIES REVIVED. In Three Volumes by James, Henry

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STORIES REVIVED. In Three Volumes
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James, Henry
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Sumner & Stillman (United States)
Description
1885. London: Macmillan and Co., 1885. 2 pp undated Vol III ads. Original dark blue-green cloth. First Edition, which consisted of only 500 copies. These three volumes consist of fourteen tales here "revived," that James had written some years earlier -- most from the 1870s, with some from the 1860s. Eight of them had been collected in America, either in A PASSIONATE PILGRIM (1875) or in THE AUTHOR OF BELTRAFFIO (1885, three months earlier). The other six appear here in book form for the first time: "A Day of Days," "A Landscape Painter," "Rose-Agathe," "Poor Richard," "Master Eustace" and "A Most Extraordinary Case." As James points out in his Vol I "Notice," "... these earlier stories have been in every case minutely revised and corrected -- many passages being wholly rewritten." This set is in E&L's binding variant "a" (no priority) -- with the "V" no larger than the "OL" on the spines, and with dark brown coated endpapers. Condition is only very good: there is some wear along the volumes' joints (as usual -- the spines are wider on the shelf than the text blocks); there is minor cracking of the original dark brown endpapers; and one can see faint evidence that lending library labels once adorned the front covers -- true of most copies. (One can also see that two bookplates once adorned the front endpapers.) Not as nice a set as we would like to be offering, but so priced: this is what life in the lending libraries did to books. Supino 27.1.0; Edel & Laurence A27a; Blanck 10573; Sadleir 1290.
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Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, 1866 by Godey, Louis A. and Sarah J. Hale [Editors].

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Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, 1866
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Godey, Louis A. and Sarah J. Hale [Editors].
Seller
Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey, 1866 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. A complete bound volume of all twelve issues for 1866 of this famous fashion magazine. Thick octavo (8¾x5¾ inches). Pp. 564 +iv, 546. Table of contents. Profusely illustrated with drawings, music scores, poetry, gossip, patterns, fashions, etc., including 12 double-page hand-colored fashion plates. Rebound in half black leatherette, blue cloth boards. First double-page fashion plate and adjacent leaves seriously damaged at lower edge, as well as damage to fore-edge of last three leaves, else a fine copy. A complete bound volume of all twelve issues for 1866 of this famous fashion magazine. Everything the fashionable lady could want including designs, music, poetry, drawings, gossip, sewing patterns, etc. along with twelve lovely double-page hand-colored fashion plates covering the latest in lady's dress fashions..
Déjeuner dinatoire du 14 Février 1916

Déjeuner dinatoire du 14 Février 1916 by [Menu – Imperial Court of Austria]; The Prime Minister of Austria Hungary, Count Carl Sturgkh

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Déjeuner dinatoire du 14 Février 1916
Author
[Menu – Imperial Court of Austria]; The Prime Minister of Austria Hungary, Count Carl Sturgkh
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Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
[Vienna, Austria], 1916. Broadsheet menu, (16.5 x 12 cm.), pasted onto a card backing. The menu bears the blind-stamped armorial crest of Austria-Hungary. At the time of this dinner, the arch-conservative Prime Minister Carl Graf Sturgkh, was ruling alone, having dissolved both the provincial assembly, and the Austrian Rechstrat. Eight months after this meal, Sturgkh was assassinated. The meal is simple but elegant: Oglio en tasse, turbot a l'amirale, selle de veau Godard, Chaudfroid a la Diane, Artichauts a l'istrienne, Pain Médine, patisserie de fromage, sorbet, and dessert. The wines are exceptional, as would be expected: Xéres Oloroso, Niersteiner 1904 Auslesse Ruthe, Chat. Lafitte 1878 Acker, Moet-Chandon Imperial, and Chat d'Yquem 1974 Acker. All followed by a Cognac Marquis or "Allasch"(a fine kummel). Also included is a clipping from the Wiener Bilder, with a photograph of Sturgkh, pasted onto a sheet of card. The menu has been folded, is worn at the folds, and is somewhat soiled; one corner is chipped. Good. Signed by Strugkh in the lower right-hand corner.
AN APOLOGY FOR THE BIBLE, IN A SERIES OF LETTERS, ADDRESSED TO THOMAS PAINE, AUTHOR OF A BOOK ENTITLED, THE AGE OF REASON, PART THE SECOND..

AN APOLOGY FOR THE BIBLE, IN A SERIES OF LETTERS, ADDRESSED TO THOMAS PAINE, AUTHOR OF A BOOK ENTITLED, THE AGE OF REASON, PART THE SECOND.. by Watson, R.

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AN APOLOGY FOR THE BIBLE, IN A SERIES OF LETTERS, ADDRESSED TO THOMAS PAINE, AUTHOR OF A BOOK ENTITLED, THE AGE OF REASON, PART THE SECOND..
Author
Watson, R.
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description
New York: Swords, 1796. 178, [1- publ. advt.], [1 blank] pp, with the half title as issued. Disbound. Good+ The Lord Bishop of Landaff goes after Paine, whom he praises for his "energy of language, and acuteness of investigation;" but whose blasphemy he deplores. This is one of about fifteen 1796 printings. Evans 31569.
BRAZZAVILLE BEACH (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION)

BRAZZAVILLE BEACH (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION) by William Boyd

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BRAZZAVILLE BEACH (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION)
Author
William Boyd
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Fine binding
Description
London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Signed. This is #95 of 150 copies of a the Limited First Edition, Signed by William Boyd and specially bound. Fine, in the publisher’s glassine wrapper which has only modest wear. Fine binding.
Post-Biblical Jewish Studies

Post-Biblical Jewish Studies by Geza Vermes

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Post-Biblical Jewish Studies
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Geza Vermes
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9789004041608
Condition
Very Good
Description
Leiden, Netherlands: E.J Brill, 1975. Very Good. Leiden, Netherlands: E.J Brill, 1975. First Edition. Octavo. 246pp. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Ex-library. A touch of rubbing to edges; ghosts of labels to spine and rear. Binding sound. Institutional bookplate to front pastedown; remnants of library pocket and bit of adhesive to rear endpaper; stamp to copyright page, else unmarked; Very Good. Volume 8 of the publisher's Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity series.
Icehenge

Icehenge by Kim Stanley Robinson

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Icehenge
Author
Kim Stanley Robinson
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780356124025
Condition
Near Fine
Description
First UK Edition/First Printing; A Near Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with only moderate foxing to the page edges, else as new and unread. SIGNED by the author to the title page. A clean, bright, and tight copy from one of the SciFi Masters! Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
Civil War Railroads & Models
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Civil War Railroads & Models by Alexander, Edwin P.

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Civil War Railroads & Models
Author
Alexander, Edwin P.
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James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
ISBN
9780517530733
Description
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, [1977]. 1st. Hardcover. Illustrated with 280 black-and-white photographs and drawings. Bound in quarter black cloth and red paper boards with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. Spine of dust jacket sunned, otherwise book is fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket.
Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend [SIGNED]
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Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend [SIGNED] by Bach, Steven

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Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend [SIGNED]
Author
Bach, Steven
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
ISBN
9780688071196
Condition
g+ to vg
Description
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1992. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Quarto (9 1/2 x 6 1/2"). XIV, 626pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over half red cloth and cream paper covered boards, with gold lettering to spine. Photographic frontispiece portrait of Marlene Dietrich. Title page signed by the author. "From the stages of Berlin to anti-Nazi efforts and silver-screen stardom, Steven Bach reveals the fascinating woman behind the myth surrounding Marlene Dietrich in a biography that will stand as the ultimate authority on a singular star. Based on six years of research and hundreds of interviews - including conversations with Dietrich - this is the life story of one of the century’s greatest movie actresses and performers, an icon who embodied glamour and sophistication for audiences around the globe." (From the Publishers). Some foxing to top paper edge. Minor shelf wear and soiling to binding. Dust-jacket and binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition.
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The Tijuana Bible. Book 1 by Dowers, Michael

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The Tijuana Bible. Book 1
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Dowers, Michael
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ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Seattle: Starhead Comix, 1991. First Edition. Very good. Single issue, No. 1; 9 1/2 x 7; pp. [30]; pictorial wraps; profusely illustrated; one leaf with a small, archival repair to lower corner, else minor wear to edges of wraps; very faint age-toning to margins; in very good or better condition. Considered predecessors to the underground comix genre, deemed illegal, and sold in secret, the so called Tijuana bibles (allegedly so called, because it was believed they were printed and smuggled into the US from Tijuana, Mexico) were pornographic comic books produced between the 1920s and the 1960s, with their reaching a peak in popularity during the Great Depression and slowly losing momentum from the end of WWII onward. Gathering some of the best of the original ones, editor and publisher Michel Dowers reissued them in a new format, starting in 1991 with the current one.
[Advertising brochure]: Seagift: Turtle Oil Preparations

[Advertising brochure]: Seagift: Turtle Oil Preparations

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Title
[Advertising brochure]: Seagift: Turtle Oil Preparations
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
London: Turtle Oil Preparations, 1930. Softcover. Near Fine. Tri-fold pamphlet forming six panels. Cover art by Carl Wilson. 32mo. Measuring 4 1/4" x 4 3/4". Top corners creased, near fine. A brochure for a beauty product utilizing the oils of turtles. In the 1930s turtle oil became a popular ingredient for skin creams.

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