Search Results: Central & South America from Classic Books and Ephemera

London: Thomas Baskett and the assigns of Robert Baskett, 1753. Fine. Title continued: "and for Regulating the Election of the Governors and Directors of the said Company." [2], 279-280 p.; 33 cm. (folio). Three stab-holes, but no other evidence that this was ever bound. Edges are untrimmed. Title page reads "Anno Regni Georgii II. . . . At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Tenth Day of November, Anno Dom. 1747, in the Twenty first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second . . . And from thence continued by several Prorogations to the Eleventh Day of January, 1753, being the Sixth Session of this present Parliament." The woodcut coat of arms of George II above the imprint. Woodcut historiated initial at the beginning of the act. Relates to the joint stock company for foreign trade established in 1711 and known more commonly as the South Sea Company. Famously associated with the South Sea Bubble in 1720, the company was also very active… Read More

Moscow: Editorial Progreso, 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine. 258, [6] p.: tables; 21 cm. Light grey cloth with black stamped spine and cover titles; green stamped author's name and publisher's emblem? on front cover. No dust jacket. Translation of Latinskaia Amerika by M. Jusainov. This Spanish translation of Boyko's work on imperialism and capitalism in Latin America is very scarce. In Near Fine Condition: cover lightly soiled; pages are clean and tight.

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. xvii, 258 p.: photographs, tables; 22 cm. Includes bibliography and index.. Greenish-blue cloth, with gilt stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Scattered light pencilled marginalia. No price listed. An in-depth and invaluable look at the "militancy of Brazilian auto workers in the late 1970s," in which the author demonstrates, by focusing on the auto plants in Sao Paulo in 1974 and 1975, that "auto workers were not an elite within the working class but a proletariat held in check by employers and the state" [from the Dust Jacket]. Humphrey's conclusions are highly significant. "A case study of the largest industrial concentration in Latin America, this work shows how the unique situation of auto workers led them to articulate demands relevant for the whole working class," and provides a clear picture of the "nature of work in modern industry" [from the Dust… Read More

Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. Near Fine. [1], 250-296 p.: tables; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. "Communicated to the American Philosophical Society, 6th March 1835." Includes Errata on p. 296. Father Najera (1803-1853) was a linguist who was in exile in Philadelphia from his native Mexico in the 1830s when he presented his important study of the Otomi language. the study was first published separately in 1835, prior to its appearance in the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. In Near Fine Condition: disbound from a larger volume; clean and bright.

Paris: Librería Española de Garnier Hermanos, 1889. Hardcover. Very Good. "Nueva Edition Aumentada con un resúmen histórico, desde la rendicion de Méjico hasta el fallecimiento de Hernan Cortés, é ilustrada con notas." [4], 597 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary polished calf spine with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather labels in second and third compartments with gilt-tooled author and title "Conquista de Méjico." Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; spine is sunned; minimal foxing; occasional minor pencilled marginal notations; otherwise, clean and tight.

Paris: Ambrose Dupont et Cie, 1828. Hardcover. Very Good -. Volume 11 only (of 16 volumes): [4], 525 p.: tables; 21 cm. Contemporary calf spine with gilt-tooled spine title; marbled paper over boards. Marbled endpapers. Running title: Chronologie Historique de l'Amérique. This volume covers the history of Chile and Argentina from 1770 to 1828. In Very Good- Condition: ends of spine and corners rubbed; slight loss at lower corner of front board; foxing, heavy on some pages; otherwise pages are clean and tight.

Paris: A.J. Dénaina, 1834. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume 15 only of 16 volumes: [4], 536 p.: tables (1 folded); 21 cm. Contemporary calf spine with gilt-tooled spine title; marbled paper over boards. Marbled endpapers. Running title: Chronologie Historique de l'Amérique. The folded table is not included in pagination. This volume covers the history of Guyana from 1770 to 1834. In Very Good Condition: ends of spine and corners rubbed; faint dampstain on upper corner of pages 273-370, not impacting text; minimal foxing; otherwise pages are clean and tight.

Geneva: Éditions Famot, 1973. Hardcover. Fine. "Exemplaire Réservé par François Beauval pour ses Amis Bibliophiles." 235, [5] p., 8 leaves of plates; 18 cm. Dark blue leather spine and white leather over boards. Silver stamped spine title and decoration; oval color pastedown illustration on front cover within silver decoration. Blue, white, and silver decorated endpapers. Blue cloth bookmark. Title page printed in brown and black. In Fine Condition: clean and bright.

Paris: F. Béchet, 1818. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good +. [6], 267, [1] p.; 22 cm. Original pink paper wrappers with printed paper spine label. Untrimmed. Verso of half title page contains list of booksellers in other cities selling books printed by Imprimerie de Poulet. Verso of table of contents contains list of other works by Pradt. First edition. This volume discusses independence movements in South America, in particular developments in the second half of 1817, as well as the reactions of European powers. Pages 177-258 contain translations of documents concerning Haiti and other areas. In 1789 Pradt (1759-1837) was elected to the États Généraux; he fled to Germany after the beginning of the French Revolution. After he returned to France in 1800, Pradt supported Napoleon and became bishop of Poitiers (1805) and archbishop of Malines (1808). In Very Good+ Condition: much of paper spine label lacking; lower corner of front and back wrapper lacking; tear… Read More

Rio de Janeiro: Papelaria Uniao, 1909. Paperback. Very Good. 83 p.: tables; 15 cm. Maroon paper covers with gilt cover title and coat of arms of the First Brazilian Republic; publisher on back cover within Art Moderne decoration. Presents the arrangement of the Brazilian army following the reorganization of 1908. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: spine and edges are rubbed; loss of paper at head of spine; clean and tight.

New York: Bartlett & Welford, 1847. Paperback. Very Good. [1], 4-34 p.; 22 cm. Lacking wrapper. Disbound from a nonce volume. In an old hand at head of first page: "#11. Peace with Mexico By Hon. Albert Gallatin." Publication information supplied from Worldcat records. Former Congressman and Secretary of the Treasury Gallatin examines the annexation of Texas by the United States and the resulting war with Mexico. In Very Good Condition: lacking wrapper; light foxing in upper margin of last leaf; inscription as noted above; otherwise clean and bright.

Boston: I.R. Butts, 1846. Paperback. Good. Third Edition. 33, [1] p.; 20 cm. Stitched pamphlet; pages have not been trimmed. Former owner's name inscribed in an old hand at head of title page: Wm. Rutherford. Parker had become minister of the 28th Congregational Church, Boston, in January 1846; his congregation included Elizabeth Cady Stanton, William Lloyd Garrison, and Louisa May Alcott. He was an abolitionist and strongly opposed the Mexican-American War, which began in 1846 after the United States annexed Texas. Although Mexico opposed the annexation because it considered Texas part of Mexico, in the United States it was very divisive because it was seen as increasing the strenth of the Southern states in the struggle over slavery. The United States declared war on Mexico on May 13, 1846; Parker preached this sermon less than one month later, explaining his opposition to war in general and the war with Mexico in particular. In Good Condition: original stitching lacking and was… Read More

Stamford, Conn: Overbrook Press, 1963. Paperback. Very Good +. [6], 30, [4] p.; 22 cm. Black wrapper with white printed label on front wrapper. Red printer's emblem on title page. Issued as the 1963 Season's Greetings from Frank Altschul and Helen Altschul. Frank Altschul (1887-1981) founded the Overbrook Press, which produced more than 150 limited edition books, pamphlets, and broadsides between 1934 and 1969. This lecture on Toussaint L'Ouverture (1743-1803) and Haiti was first delivered in 1861 by American abolitionist Wendell Phillips (1811-1884). In Very Good+ Condition: upper edge and fore-edge of front wrapper chipped; clean and bright.

Cambridge, Mass: M.I.T. Press, 1965. Fine/good +. x, [2], 126 p.: 24 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title on red. Green and white dust jacket. Price clipped. Includes appendices, bibliographic note, and index. This is number 6 in the M.I.T. Monographs in Economics series. "The years between 1940 and 1960 in Chile were marked by economic stagnation. Urban migration, reflecting this economic decay, as well as demographic conditions, are the subject of this study. The work attempts to coordinate the record of Chile's economic development with an account of its concomitant internal migration" [from the dust jacket]. Small scrape of pp. 84-85, slightly affecting text; otherwise, the book is in Fine Condition. Dust jacket is in Good+ condition: price clipped, as noted; ends of spine are chipped, with small section lacking at head of spine; back section slightly soiled.