New York: Translation Publishing Company, (1914). Hardcover first edition - A romantic adventure story set in 1848 by this Spanish novelist, war correspondent and member of Parliament, among other things. This is considered one of de Alarcon's best works. Includes both a translator's and an author's foreword. 103 pp.

New York: Summit Books, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Translated from the Spanish by Betty Ferber. A novel of late15th century Spain - a time of discovery and exploration, of the Inquisition and war - by one of Mexico's most acclaimed writers. ISBN: 0-671-644998.

Orlando, FL Harcourt (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - "After eight years in exile, Sergeant Genis Aleu returns to the city of Barcelona, Spain bearing the mark of a man who has seen many battles and has one last mission ahead of him. A soldier in the the ill-famed foreign legion, Aleu cuts a intimidating figure as he negotiates around the paranoid and suspicious citizens of Franco's Spain, while trying to fulfill his father’s dying wish." Translated from the Catalan by Cheryl Leah Morgan. Winner of the Ramon Llull prize. 359 pp. ISBN: 978-0-15-1012558.

Huntsville, TX: Texas Review Press, (2006). A collection of eleven short stories about modern Spain, beginning with a story set in the years just before the Spanish Civil War of 1936, and continuing through the twentieth century. Winner of the George Garrett Prize. 166 pp. ISBN: 1-881515958.

New York: Bloomsbury, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in the Basque town of Guernica before, during and after the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s. SIGNED on the title page. Map, pronunciation guide. 367 pp. ISBN: 978-1596915633.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1946. dj. Hardcover first edition - A charming story in an appealing small volume, illustrated in both color and black & white by Janice Holland. Set in a small village in Spain, where for 5 years, the Kings had not come on January 6th, bearing gifts for the boys and girls - now that the war is over, the kings should come again - but who can afford the horses for them to ride?

New York: Harper Collins, (2001.) dj. Hardcover - In chronological order, this is the fourth book in the Sharpe series, set in 1805 as Sharpe is returning to England on the Calliope, which is captured by a French warship the Revenant. Battle plan. Historical note. Illustrated endpapers. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0194251.

London & Emmaus, PennsylvaniaL The Rodale Press, (1955). Hardcover first edition - A story taken from a book originally published in Madrid in 1621 by this dramatist, poet and Catholic monk, and here "freely translated from the Spanish" by Ilsa Barea and illustrated by Arthur Wragg. Includes an introduction by Arturo Barea. xii, 72 pp.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (1999). A study of symbolism around bulls and bullfighting which is used to examine the broader anthropological issues of identity and nationhood. Discusses in some detail three regional feistas focused on the bull in different areas of the country - Bilbao, Sevilla and Pamplona. Illustrated. Notes, literature cited, index. xii 245 pp. ISBN: 0-816516529.

New York: St Martin's, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third book in the highly acclaimed trilogy set during the time of Elizabeth I and featurning David Becket and Simon Ames: "1587 and the Spanish are preparing to launch the Armada, their Holy Enterprise of England, to rescue the English from heresy and Elizabeth, their Witch-Queen." Includes a foreword, Dramatis Personae, and historical note. 452 pp. ISBN: 0-312312857.

New York: Henry Holt, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second memoir by this award-winning author, focused on the very beginning of her career - "In 1946, Paula Fox walked up the gangplank of a partly reconverted Liberty with the classic American hope of finding experience in Europe. She was twenty-two years old, and would spend the next year moving among the ruins of London, Warsaw, Paris, Prague, Madrid, and other cities as a stringer for a small British news service - including a stint in bombed-out Warsaw in the midst of the Communist election takeovers, and nights spent in apartments here and there with distant relatives, friends of friends, and in shabby pensions with little heat." Illustrated with photographs. 133 pp. ISBN: 0-805078061.

New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, (2019). First edition - The author's first novel, set in Spain in 1977, as military rule ends. Cristina Garcia called this A searing, beautifully written novel that captures the exhilaration and dangers of 1970s post-Franco Spain. Mosca, a bitterly jaded young woman, goes on a harrowing search for her missing brother - and the history that destroyed their lives. Violent, heartbreaking, unforgettable. . a stunning debut. 287 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. dj. Hardcover - The first book in his massive trilogy on the Spanish Civil War, the book upon which Gironella's reputation rests. Deeply Catholic and conservative, Gironella nevertheless attempted to write an even-handed account of that war, and its effect on the Basque Alvear family and on the ordinary people of Catalonia. This novel covers the years leading up to the outbreak of that war. Winner of the National Prize for Literature. Translated from the Spanish by Harriet de Onis. Glossary of persons appearing in the novel. 1010 pp.

London: Duckworth & Co., 1910. dj. Hardcover first edition - A volume of sketches, some very brief, many based on events and episodes in his travels in Europe and Latin America. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 238 pages, plus 6 pages of advertisements.

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novelist's engrossing account of making the 200-mile pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, in the heat of summer, and with her 12 year old daughter. A book both realistic in recognizing the frailities and failures of us all, and inspiring. A title in the Literary Travel Series. 150 pp. ISBN: 0-7922-37455.

1956-1966. An ephemeral but attractive production of these poems by the Spanish nobel laureate in honor of his wife, who died in 1956. Consists of a single sheet folded, laid-in to a tan cardstock folder with the title on the front cover, dates on the bottom of the front and a small drawing on the back cover. No place of publication, but possibly Puerto Rico, where Jimenez and Zenobia settled after 1948. Text is in Spanish (en espagnol)

Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book - "It's the stuff of dreams: a Scottish family giving up relative sanity and security to go and grow oranges for a living in a secluded valley in the mountains of the Mediterranean island of Majorca. But dreams, as everyone knows, have a nasty habit of not turning out quite as intended. Being greeted by a freak snowstorm is only the first of many surprises and "experiences," and it isn't long before they realize that they have been sold a bit of a lemon of an orange farm by the wily previous owners." Illustrated with drawings at the beginning of each chapter. 226 pp. ISBN: 1-585745480.

Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second memoir, a sequel to Snowball Oranges. "Spring is approaching; the neighboring rooster, General Franco, is crowing earlier and louder; and the author, a Scottish farmer who, with his family, has left his homeland to grow fruit in Mallorca, is up to greet the gorgeous island dawn. . . As Kerr and his family try to adjust their Scottish farming experience to the Mallorcan climate, they are on a steep learning curve, both cultural and agricultural. " Illustrated with drawings at the beginning of each chapter. 231 pp. ISBN: 1-585746371.

New York: Holiday House, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An adaptation of a folktale from Ruth Sawyer's Picture Tales from Spain (1936) which features a king who picks a louse from his head and turns it into a pampered pet because "it has royal blood in its veins" or, as Kimmel puts it, he took an already ridiculous tale and stretched it a bit further. SIGNED on the title page by Kimmel. Illustrated in full color by Robert Rayevsky. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-8234-12997.

New York: Columbia University Press, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of one womans life set against the social history of modern Spain, a work described as part autobiography, part fiction. This is considered her finest novel: it was the first of her novels to appear in Spain after the death of Franco, and the first to be translated into English. Translated by Helen R. Lane. In 1978 it was awarded Spain's National Prize for Literature. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-231054580.

New York: Broadway Books, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "With her beloved Tuscany as a home base, Mayes travels to Spain, Portugal, France, The British Isles, elsewhere in Italy, and to the Mediterranean world of Turkey, Greece, and North Africa, Fez" Map endpapers. 420 pp. ISBN: 0-767910052.

New York: SOHO Press, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Carlos Tejada Alonso y Leon investigation, set in Spain in 1945 (the first book in this series won the Edgar award). ISBN: 1-569474087.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book by this author to be published outside of Spain - a philosophical thriller which combines myth, history and the author's imagination. "A vampire and the rational man who pursues him are at the whirling center of this eerie, elegant novel set in the Spain of the 1830's 9 a Spain convulsed by the Carlist civil wars." Translated from the Catalan by David H. Rosenthal. Index of proper names. 186 pp. ISBN: 0-394570588.

Shaftesbury, Dorset. UK: Musical New Services Ltd. (1984) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A revised and updated edition of this comprehensive and award-winning book on Flamenco, the author's first book originally published in 1962. Includes a look at the history of the dance, a section on flamenco guitar makers, appendices on the juerga, flamenco festivals, resources for learning flamenco and more. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper and dated in 1985. At the time of publication, the author was the only non-Spaniard to be elected to the Catedra de Flamencologia of Jerez de la Frontera. Illustrated with many black and white photographs. Glossary. 217 pp. ISBN: 0-946570027.

New York: St Martin's, (1976) dj. Hardcover first edition - Suspense novel set on the border of Spain and Portugal, against the backdrop of a fiesta. Bullfighting glossary. 221 pp.

New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), 2016. First edition - The author's fifth novel, but the first to appear in English - the story of an uptight Englishman who is sent to Madrid by his father to close a failing literary magazine and the five fiery, close-knit Spanish women who must devise a plan in order to keep the jobs they love. A combination of farce, mystery, literature and love. Translated from the Spanish by Lucy Greaves. 324 pp.

New York: Viking, (2008). First edition - Suspense novel set in September 1940 - the Spanish Civil War is over and Madrid lies in ruins while the Germans continue their march through Europe.. . Into this uncertain world comes Harry Brett, a privileged young man who was recently traumatized by his experience in Dunkirk and is now a reluctant spy for the British Secret Service. . . a vivid and haunting depiction of wartime Spain, Winter in Madrid is an intimate and riveting tale that offers a remarkable sense of history unfolding and the profound impact of impossible choices." Historical note. Select bibliography. 537 pp.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1957) dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes the three novels in this trilogy - Chronicle of Dawn, Violent Griffin and The Villa Julieta - in one volume. Loosely based on Sender's own childhood, they describe the boyhood of Pepe Garcs in Aragon, "before the sad days of the Spanish Civil War." Translated from the Spanish by Willard Trask and Florence Hall Sender. 408 pp.

New York: The Viking Press, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third book, described as a novel, but far more than that. She was "scarcely eighteen years old when she and another young Spaniard pulled off a daring rescue of political prisoners from one of Franco's concentration camps in the late 1940s. Spain thus became a part of her. This book, a personally political chronicle of the years from 1974 through Franco's seemingly endless dying and the inevitable manoeuvres that have issued, is what Virginia Woolf once called, 'an amalgam of autobiography and fiction, memoir and imaginative improvisation'." 313 pp. ISBN: 0-670330531.

New York: The Viking Press, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third book, described as a novel, but far more than that. She was "scarcely eighteen years old when she and another young Spaniard pulled off a daring rescue of political prisoners from one of Franco's concentration camps in the late 1940s. Spain thus became a part of her. This book, a personally political chronicle of the years from 1974 through Franco's seemingly endless dying and the inevitable manoeuvres that have issued, is what Virginia Woolf once called, 'an amalgam of autobiography and fiction, memoir and imaginative improvisation'." 313 pp. ISBN: 0-670330531.