Buy Diary of a witness of the African War

Quality:Regular sewn binding.
Medium thick paper of regular quality.
Good quality hard covers.
Condition: Good.
Description of contents:
- The book, written in Spanish, is conceived as a work and consultation tool, both for professionals or students of construction, as well as for anyone else interested in the subject of architecture and construction. The content is very well structured and of great interest.
- The author, Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza, a Spanish writer who belonged to the realist movement in which he stood out as one of the architects of the end of romantic prose. Many researchers consider that many of his books are inspired by romanticism and that Alarcón fought all his life against totalising realism.
- The book is profusely illustrated with engravings and drawings of plans, all interspersed in the text.
- With views of battles, of cities and landscapes, types, costumes and monuments, with the portrait of the author and the main characters, copied from photographs and sketches executed in the theatre of war itself.
Parts of the Contents:
- Single volume. Spanish copy, with the complete text.
- Waterproof paper covered dust jacket. Legal page. Title page. Engraving by the author. Foreword. Contents of 40 sections. Epilogue. Table of contents. Water-marked endpapers.
- Numerous engravings interspersed in the text.
Book Description:
- Sewn binding of regular execution, with guillotined cuts, from the Second Half of the 19th Century.
- Text and engravings in single-colour printing in black, very good ink, well centred and with good margins.
- Book printed on tan paper, of medium thickness and regular quality.
- Hard covers in dark green and brown half leather.
- Dark green leather spine, with five ribs and gilt title stamping.
- Front and back covers smooth, without stamping. No dust jacket.
- Stamped on front cover: Plants of Buildings. Percy L. Marks. Gustavo Gili.
- The spine is stamped in gilt "Alarcón. War in Africa".
- Flyleaves with brown and red water paper. Retains the two entire flyleaves.