Hardcover. Ref. B46322. 13x19. 268 pág. Enc. De la edit. Tela deslucida. Manchas de óxido. Novela. 28-D spanish.
Editore: Editorial Planeta, S.A., 1962
Da: Librería Cajón Desastre, Ponferrada, Spagna
Hardcover. Ref. B46354. 14x20. 1ª Edic. 378. pág. Enc. De la edit. Con sobrec. Novela. 28-E spanish.
Paperback. s/f. 13x19. 222 pág. Premio Fialho de Almeida. Sello ant. prop. Papel tostado. Portugal spanish.
Editore: Lisbon, Parceria A.M. Pereira, 1940., 1940
Da: Richard C. Ramer Old and Rare Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
8°, original red and blue printed wrappers (very slightly soiled; small nicks at head and foot of spine). Light browning. Overall in very good condition. Illegible signature in ink on half title. 302 pp., (3 ll.). *** FIRST EDITION; seven editions had appeared by 1987. Paço d'Arcos (1908-1979) was a dramatist and literary critic as well as one of the most popular novelists in Portugal during the 1940s and 1950s. His works have been widely translated. Ansiedade (one of Paço d'Arcos's principal works) is part of the cycle Crónica da vida lisboeta, which includes Ana Paula, 1938, Ansiedade, 1940, O caminho da culpa, 1944, Tons verdes em fundo escuro, 1946, Espelho de três faces, 1950 and Corça prisioneira, 1956.*** On the author, see Luís Forjaz Trigueiros in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 359-60. Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, IV, 364-6. Taborda de Vasconcelos in Biblos III, 1342-3. Saraiva & Lopes, História da literatura portuguesa (1976) pp. 1127-8. Grande enciclopédia XIX, 913. Also Rebello, 100 anos de teatro português p. 107. NUC: IU.
Editore: Buenos Aires : Editorial Guillermo Kraft, 1955
Da: Lirolay, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
First Edition. ~ Traducción del portugués al español por Enrique García ~ El original «Espelho de Três Faces» (1950) es la 5ª novela de la serie "Crónica da Vida Lisboeta", aquí en su primera traducción al español ~ Rústica original con sobrecubierta ~ 302p+3f ~ 20x14x3cm. ~ Muy Buen estado ~ LANGUAGE: Español / Additional images available/// We accept PayPal & EU bank transfer in EUROS //.
Editore: Perceria A.M. Pereira, 1950
Da: Libros Angulo, Madrid, MADRI, Spagna
Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condizione: Bien. Perceria A.M. Pereira, 1950. Texto en portugués. 486 pp. 19 x 13. Retapado tapa dura tela con bonitos motivos florales con dorados en lomo, conservando en interior tapas blandas originales en perfecto estado. Sin subrayados. Buen estado de conservación.
Editore: Lisbon, Parceria A.M. Pereira, 1942., 1942
Da: Richard C. Ramer Old and Rare Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
8°, original illustrated wrappers (slightly chipped). Light browning, a few small stains; marginal tear in 2-1 without loss. Overall in good to very good condition. Author's warm signed and dated ("1942") five-line presentation inscription to [Ernesto] Belo Redondo on half title. 334 pp., (1 l.), errata slip tipped in. *** FIRST EDITION of this collection of six interconnected novelas set in New York, Philadelphia and Washington at the onset of World War II. The book had gone through five editions by 1968, as well as having been translated into Spanish and published in Madrid, 1944. This is one of Paço d'Arcos's principal works.The second novela - Ao longe os arranha-céus - opens (pp. 83-9) in the Philadelphia shop of the legendary antiquarian bookseller A.S.W. Rosenbach. Offered an autographed volume from Byron's library, Rosenbach's employees decline to purchase it, advising the owner to take it to England, where Byron is more appreciated and presumably the dealers can offer a higher price. Edgar Allan Poe, on the other hand, would be of more interest! Booksellers are characterized thus: "êles eram, na cidade chaguenta dum materialismo supurado, os últimos guardiães da riqueza espiritual das coisas antigas e raras que do passado vieram até nós," but must nonetheless mind the bottom line. Paço d'Arcos (1908-1979) was a dramatist, poet and literary critic as well as one of the most popular novelists in Portugal during the 1940s and 1950s. His works have been widely translated.Provenance: Ernesto Belo Redondo (1900-1957), Portuguese author and journalist. He was active in the leadership of the Union of Press Professionals until it was dissolved (1933), to be replaced by the Sindicato Nacional dos Jornalistas (1934). In 1932 Belo Redondo protested government censorship, and in 1935 he signed a petition to that effect, addressed to the president of the Assembleia Nacional by 200 journalists, artists and intellectuals. He has worked for the Diário de notícias,and for the weekly A canção de Portugal, and has written at least six books. See Grande enciclopédia, IV, 492-3*** See Luís Forjaz Trigueiros in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 359-60. Also Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, IV, 364-6. Also Taborda de Vasconcelos in Biblos III, 1342-3. Saraiva & Lopes, História da literatura portuguesa (1976) p. 1127-8. Grande enciclopédia XIX, 913. Porbase locates five copies: two each in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal and Biblioteca João Paulo II-Universidade Católica Portuguesa, and on at the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto. Jisc cites only 1951 and 1968 editions. NUC: MH.