ISBN10: 8486141273, ISBN13: 9788486141271, [publisher: Madrid, Federación de Gremios de Editores de España, 1996.] Softcover First Edition 8°, original printed wrappers. In very good condition. Eight-line signed author's ink presentation inscription to Luís [Forjaz] Trigueiros on p. [3]. Ink corrections apparently in the author's hand on inside flap of front cover. 530 pp., (1 l., 1 blank l.), color frontispiece, illustrations in text. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Published on the occasion of the 25th Congress of the International Publishers Association.[Manuel] Fernando [Ayres] Guedes [da Silva] (1929-2016), author and publisher, was in 1958 one of the founders of Editorial Verbo, for many years one of the leading Portuguese publishing houses. Poet of the group Tavala redonda, he directed the review Tempo presente from 1959 to 1961. He led and directed the Grémio Nacional de Editores e Livreiros from 1968 and 1972, leading its successor, the Associação Portuguesa de Editores e Livreiros between 1982 and 1986. He was active in the Academia Nacional de Belas-Artes, Academia Portuguesa da História and Associação Portuguesa de Historiadores da Arte, and was President of the Círculo Eça de Queiroz. Guedes has devoted significant attention to the plastic arts, and to the history of literature, the book and reading in Portugal.Provenance: Luís [Augusto de Sampaio] Forjaz [de Ricaldes] Trigueiros (Lisbon, 1915-Lisbon, 2000) was a Portuguese essayist, c ...