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1. Almanaque tierra y libertad para 1932. Barcelona: Biblioteca Tierra y Libertad, [1933].
196p., scattered graphics, both drawings and photos, in the CNT style, bound in later red boards,
front hinge starting, inside of front board has two small stains. (#172843)
$150.00
2. Almanaque tierra y libertad para 1933. Barcelona: Biblioteca Tierra y Libertad, [1933].
190p., scattered graphics, both drawings and photos, in the CNT style, bound in later red boards,
red dye from boards has bled through to first several pages; very mild damp crinkling, not musty.
(#172831)
$150.00
3. Brigadas Internacionales; Octubre 1936 - Octubre 1938. [Barcelona]: n. pub., 1938. 8p.,
photo of La Pasionaria inside the cover and her facsimile signature inside back, dust- and
handling-soiled ivory cardstock wraps fastened with a silken, once-red & yellow cord (cord faded
and frayed but holding as intended), wraps somewhat streaky from attempts to erase dust. The
adhered remains of an envelope sealing flap is adhered to cover, impacting nine letters of printed
titling. Text in French, Spanish and English. The PCE's farewell to the Brigades. (#51357)
$200.00
4. El cas de Catalunya; apel-lació a les Nacions Unides Conferència Sobre Organització
Internacional, San Francisco, California Abril 1945; The case of Catalonia: appeal to the United
Nations at the International Organization Conference. New York: Catalan National Council,
1986. 30p., 6.5x9.5 inches, wraps, introduction by Heribert Barrera, appendices, text in Catalan
and English. An appeal to the UN to consider the State of Catalonia a Special Case presented at a
conference in SF in 1945 (#81601)
$25.00
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7. Gaceta de la Republica; diario oficial, año CCLXXII, tomo III, num. 192 - num. 212 (11
July 1938 - 31 July 1938). Barcelona: Ministerio de la Gobernacion, 1938. [356]p., 8x11 inches,
bound in buckram, rear board and endpaper from rebinding dampstained, with some foxing
carrying over to the last few pages of text. (#81134)
$275.00
8. Guerra y revolucion en España 1936-1939; tomos I, II y III. Moscow: Editorial Progreso,
1966-71. Three volumes, complete set; 8.5x5.5 inch plain printed wraps titled in red, 323p.,
296p., and 277p. + numerous good rotogravure illustrations, foldout maps with monochrome
onlay. Each volume was issued in red and black sur-wrapper: two of these were adhered to spine
panel and one was unattached and now is in fragments (fragments laid in). A bit of edgewear,
good copies. (#60146)
$125.00
'Esta obra ha side elaborada por una comisión presidida por Dolores Ibárrui' - half-title page.
9. El Sortidor. No. 0 (Dec. 4, 1977). Barcelona: Ateneu Llibertari "Poble Sec", 1977. Four
pages, 9x13.25 inches, fold crease; text in Catalan. (#190061)
$30.00
Preliminary issue of an anarchist Catalonian publication from the post-Franco thaw. Lists events
to be hosted by the group. Unknown whether later issues were published. OCLC lists two
holdings in Spain as of August 2014
10. La vanguardia; 26 Septiembre 1937. Barcelona: La Vanguardia, 1937. 4p. illus. tabloid,
profusely illus. with black/white photos covering various aspects of the war , 13x19.5 inches,
folded horizontally. This issue contains photos of the Sino-Japanese war and of a demonstration
in Mexico. (#136832)
$45.00
11. El Viejo Topo. Una propuesta para la reconciliación popular. Revista mensual de
política y cultura [poster]. [Barcelona]: El Viejo Topo, 1977. 13x18.5 inch poster, rather
edgeworn with closed tears, chip at top margin. Depicts Marx, Trotsky, Mao, Lenin and Bakunin
arm-in-arm at the forefront of a mass of marchers. (#188857)
$45.00
Poster promoting the leftist journal, which in Spain's post-Franco period sought to mend
relations between advocates of Trotskyism, Maoism and Anarchism. The title is the Spanish
equivalent of The Old Mole, a name shared by some English-language publications, which comes
from a Marx quote: "We recognize our old friend, our old mole, who knows so well how to work
underground, suddenly to appear: the revolution."
12. Alcofar Nassaes, Jose Luis. Las fuerzas navales en la Guerra Civil Española. Barcelona:
Dopesa, 1971. 163p. + charts and 267 vignette ship photographs (plus some seaplanes), first
edition, very good in glossy trade-size wraps. (#115307)
$45.00
13. Artís-Gener, Avel-lí. 556 brigada mixta. Mexico City: Collecció Catalònia, 1945. 231p.,
stiff wraps, bottom of spine mildly worn, otherwise very good, text in Catalan. (#172825) $75.00
Novel of the Spanish Civil War.
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16. Carner-Ribalta, J. Contribució a un biografia de Gaspar Portolà. Barcelona: Rafael
Dalmau, 1966. 62p., 5x6.5 inches, text in Catalan, first edition slim trade paperback in pictorial
wraps. Paperback. (#100556)
$15.00
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19. CNT-AIT. Contra las manifestaciones antiterroristas [poster]. Barcelona: CNT-AIT,
1978. 22.5x16.5 inch poster, 14 paragraphs of text to right, "Wanted" poster and scenes of
demonstrations and a police beating to left; neatly creased from having been folded into quarters,
otherwise very good. (#189028)
$50.00
"Que la dictadura franquista organizara manifestaciones masivas para reafirmar el régimen y el
orden establecido, era lógico. Que la derecha postfranquista organice manifestaciones contra el
terrorismo, no nos sorprende. Pero que las manifestaciones las convoquen ahora los partidos y
centrales sindicales que se llaman de clase, resulta sospechoso..."
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22. Comité Català de Solidaritat Internacionalista. L' altra cara d'Europa: més de 100.000
presoners politics [The dark side of Europe: more than 100,000 political prisoners], I part.
Barcelona: Colleció L'Havana, 1989. 104p., very good in wraps, text in Catalan. A second part
was later published. (#150721)
$25.00
Publisher's explanatory letter in English laid in.
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24. Cuito i Canals, Ferran, et al. Quaderns d'estudis polítics, econòmics i socials [first seven
issues]. Perpinyà: Grup d'Estudis Polítics, 1945. First seven monthly issues of the journal,
published by Catalonian anti-fascists in exile. 8.5x10.5 inches, paper evenly toned but otherwise
very good; length between 36 and 40 pages per issue. (#174547)
$145.00
25. Falange Española Tradicionalista de las J.O.N.-S. Estado nacional sindicalista; puntos
iniciales. Barcelona: the Falange, 1937. 1p. broadside, 15x21 inch folio sheet of pinkish,
reasonably substantial newsprint neatly folded to 10.5x7.5 inches, surface is mildly dust-soiled
and slightly edgeworn with short tears at the folds, two dark ink splotches obscure parts of two
paragraphs. Verso adhesions show this item was once posted. (#65103)
$200.00
The broadside, containing the party's 26-point program, does not contain a 27th point found in
the clandestine Barcelona version: "Pactaremos muy poco. Solo en el empuje final por la
conquista del Estado, gestionará el mando las colaboraciones necesarias, siempre que esté
aseguardo nuesto predomino"
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27. Gaule, Jacques de. La guerra de España; 1936 - 1939; I, II, III. Barcelona: Circulo de
Amigos de la Historia, 1970. 3 volume subscribers' edition, elaborately titled in blind and gilt
with onlay flags in colors, complete set in matching black and red fabrics over boards, 299p.,
306p. and 310p., each volume liberally illus. with black/white photos, a few words and phrases
underlined in pen. (#60360)
$65.00
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29. González Garcés, Miguel. Poesia Gallega de posguerra (1939-1975); antología bilingüe
con un estudio de Benito Varela Jácome; I, II [pair, complete set]. La Coruna: Ediciones del
Castro, 1976. ISBN: 8485134141. Two volumes with facing Catalan and Spanish versions, wraps
in set binding,. vol. I: 365p., vol. II: 375p., mild edgewear, spine panels slightly faded, good
copies. (#8270)
$35.00
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31. Jurado Morales, Jose, ilustraciones de Juan Commelerán. Remansada armonia; poemas.
Barcelona: Ediciónes Rondas, 1982. 67p., 6x9 inches, illustrated with pen and ink drawings, text
in Spanish, very good in original wraps except for two underscored lines in green ink on p.21 and
a holograph emendation on p.31. This copy is personally inscribed in Spanish and signed by the
poet, inscription datelined year of publication. Andalucian poet born in Linares, wrote The Man
of the C.N.T. Several poems dedicated to and praising Hispano-American poets from Mexico and
Venezuela et al. (#114958)
$75.00
32. Lozano González, Jesús. La Segunda Republica; imagenes, cronologia y documentos.
Barcelona: Ediciones Acerbo, 1973. 504p., profusely illus. with photos, 9x12 inches, slight hinge
weakening and minor edgewear. Bertram D. Wolfe's copy, signed twice by him. (#48288) $75.00
33. Luchas Obreras. Lucha contra los despidos... Lucha contra los topes... Lucha contra la
represión... [poster]. Barcelona: Luchas Obreras / CCOO, [1974]. 12.5x17.5 inch cartoon poster,
tape shadows at four corners with traces of sticky adhesive remaining, creased from having been
folded into quarters. Date of 1974 penciled at top edge. (#189032)
$45.00
Luchas Obreras was the publication of the Comisiones Obreras de Catalunya.
34. Martín Echeverría, Leonardo. Nuestra patria. Barcelona: Subsecretaría de Propaganda,
1938. 96p., profusely illus. with photos, wraps with yap edges. Physical and demographic
descriptions of Spain's regions. (#70697)
$75.00
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36. Miravitlles, Jaume, Josep Termes and Carlos Fontserè, comps. Carteles de la República y
de la Guerra Civil;; introducción: carteles de Guerra en España, por Jaume Miravitlles;
selección y comentarios, por Josep Termes; apéndice: El Sindicato de Dibujantes Profesionales,
por Carlos Fontserè. Barcelona: Centre d'Estudis d'Història Contemporània/Editorial la Gaya
Ciencia, 1978. 381p., profusely illus. with color and black/white posters of the Civil War, 10x12
inches. (#66771)
$350.00
The Barcelona-born Miravitlles served as the general secretary of the Antifascist Militias
Committee.
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38. Noja Ruiz, Higinio. La Armonía o la escuela en el campo: Alginet, 1923. Barcelona: Virus
editorial, 1996. ISBN: 8488455305. 123 p., softcover, slightly shelfworn wraps, small tear at top
of hinge on back cover. The story of an anarchist-oriented alternative school in Alginet, Spain,
based on the memoirs of Ruiz, its founder. Text in Spanish. (#119023)
$45.00
39. Ocaña, Floreal. El proceso del capitalismo. Tom Mooney, otra víctima de la barbarie
americana. Barcelona: Ediciones de "La Revista Blanca", [1935]. 32p., illustrated wraps lightly
soiled, paper slightly browned, a few small internal illustrations. El Mundo al día, 4. (#112807)
$75.00
40. Ocaña, Floreal. El proceso del capitalismo. Tom Mooney, otra víctima de la barbarie
americana. Barcelona: Ediciones de "La Revista Blanca", [1935]. 32p., illustrated wraps, very
good. El Mundo al día, 4.. (#184319)
$125.00
Defense of imprisoned American socialist Tom Mooney, published in Republican Spain.
41. Padilla, Heberto. La mala memoria. Barcelona: Plaza & Janes Editores, 1989. ISBN:
8401351669. 263p., text in Spanish, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps,
personal inscription to a fellow author, signed by the author. Paperback. (#174982)
$75.00
Padilla, for whom The Padilla Affair is named, was a Cuban poet who initially supported the
Castro revolution but began to criticize the regime openly in the 1960s. He was imprisoned and
later released due to support from the Writers Union and was exiled to the US in 1980
42. Partit Socialista d'Alliberament Nacional dels Paisos Catalans. Declaració política de
principis. [Barcelona] : PSAN, 1976. 23p., staplebound booklet in red wraps with Catalonian flag
and hammer and sickle on title page; laid in are two flag stickers and a larger sticker on the
parliamentary elections. (#189522)
$35.00
43. Reventós, Joan and Jacint Reventos. Dos infants i la guerra; records de 1936-1939.
Barcelona: Club Editor, 1974. ISBN: 8473290844. 224p., rubricated title page, cover photos of
the two children, slightly edgeworn wraps with subtitle, "Records de 1936 -1939". In Catalan.
(#148533)
$20.00
44. Rodriguez Barrera, Joaquín. Mobbe un negro de Fernando Póo viaje, vida y costumbres.
Barcelona: Vila, Aleu & Domingo, 1931. 189p., 5.25x7.75 inches, illustrated with b&w plates,
text in Spanish, unopened pages, external foxing otherwise very good. Pictorial wraps are printed
orange, brown and black on buff, design credited to one "Demetri F." The book relates to both the
village in Sierra Leone and the island now called Bioko off the coast of Guinea which at the time
of the book was a Spanish colony. Manual del Agricultor en Fernando Póo IV. (#110258) $50.00
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46. Serra i Moret, Manuel. Crida a la joventut Catalana. Tolouse: Moviment Socialista de
Catalunya, 1957. 15p., wraps. (#74036)
$45.00
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49. Solidarité Catalane. Bulletin d'information de Solidarité Catalane [nos. 1, 2, 3]. Paris: the
bulletin, 1945. First three issues of the antifascist Catalonian support publication published in
exile; dates are 25 April, 25 May, and 25 June; 8 pages each, folded for mailing, removal of
stamp on last page of no. 3 resulting in some minor text loss at edge. Text in french. (#174267)
$95.00
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51. Tor, Ramon. Novenari líric; un cóntic nou, l'hereu riera. Barcelona: the author, 1938. 56p.,
one of 350 numbered copies initialed by the poet, front., wraps with the fold-on printed rubricated
cover somewhat dust- and handling-soiled and faintly foxed. (#31898)
$75.00
52. Turell, M Teresa. Elements per a la recerca sociolingüística a Catalunya: el
comportament lingüístic a l'àmbit laboral. Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1984. 233p., very good in
wraps; text in Catalan. Llibres a l'abast, 188. (#189521)
$12.00
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55. Viadiu, José. Figuras de la Revolución Española: Salvador Seguí, Noy del Sucre.
Toulouse: Universo, 1950. 47p., very good in wraps, pages evenly toned. Cahiers mensuels de
culture, no. 34. (#172724)
$45.00
On the Catalan anarcho-syndicalist assassinated in 1923, nicknamed "Noy del Sucre" (Sugar
boy) for his habit of eating sugar cubes.
56. Weber, Francis J. Francis Mora; last of the Catalans. Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1967.
xiii, 62p., frontis-portrait, rubricated title page, foreword, notes, illustrations, very good first
edition limited to 250 copies in turquoise cloth, gilt and unclipped dj. (#107283)
$35.00
The Catalan priest came to California in the 1850s, becoming the archbishop of the MontereyLos Angeles diocese.
57. Xuriguera, Ramon. La repressió contra els obrers a Catalunya. Barcelona: N. pub., 1937.
29p., wraps. Class struggle, syndicalist perspective. Antecentents i documents 1. (#81522) $95.00
58. Xuriguera, Ramon. La répression contre les ouvriers en Catalogne, 1. Paris: l'Association
Hispanofile de France, 1937. 31p., very good in wraps with cover photo of a fallen worker. Class
struggle, syndicalist perspective. (#50147)
$95.00