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Book Condition: Used
Seller: Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books

United States
About Item: Lisbon, Empresa "Alma Nova", 1926.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers (slightly soiled and worn). Uncut. Light browning. In good to very good condition. Author's signed and dated seven-line presentation inscription on the second (half title) leaf recto: "Ao Martins Barata // ao seu belo talento // e sua boa amizade // off. // Luiz d'Oliveira Guimarães // [illeg.] // 1926". 104 pp., (1 l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this collection of poems. Luis de Abreu Alarcão de Oliveira Guimarães (b. Espinhal, Penela, 1901), a lawyer and journalist, also wrote many pieces for the theater. His first literary work, a book of poems entitled Bonecas que amam, appeared in 1921.Provenance: inscribed to the painter Jaime Martins Barata (1899-1970), noted for his important work in watercolors. (See Pamplona Dicionário de pintores e escultores portugueses [1988] IV, 85-86).*** On the author, see Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, IV, 97-8; Grande enciclopédia XIX, 405;… Read More
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