Search Results: Peru from Black Cat Hill Books

New York, NY Penguin Group: Penguin Books , 1991. Paperback First Edition thus [1991]; First Printing indicated. First Edition thus [1991]; First Printing indicated. Very Good+ to Near Fine in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use; just a hint of rubbing to the panels; a very mild bump about three-quarters up the front edge of the backstrip; the binding shows the very slightest spine lean, but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, very nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing unobtrusive cosmetic imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches). 149 pages. Translated by Helen Lane.… Read More

New York, NY Paragon House, 1990. Paperback First Ed thus, so stated. First Ed thus, so stated. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of rubbing; else flawless. Binding square and secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 559pp.Trade Paperback. In 1970 a giant earthquake struck Huascaran, in Peru, killing 75,000 people in the villages below. In 1970, a huge earthquake in the Peruvian Andes dislodged a mass of ice and rubble that careened down the mountainside, scouring out the contents of the valley below. The greatest recorded natural disaster of the Western hemisphere, it claimed 75,000 lives. At the scene the following year, anthropologist Bode studied the effects of the disaster--how the victims survived; how they coped or didn't cope with loss of family and homes; the rifts in the Church; and the breakdown of social classes in the aftermath. Her follow-up ten years later documents the… Read More

Charlottesville, VA Howell Press, 1988. Hardcover First Edition [1988], so stated. First Edition [1988], so stated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Book shows former bookseller's rubber-stamped logo at the front free endpaper; binding shows slight lean, but remains perfectly secure; else flawless; text clean. DJ shows only mild rubbing and faint soiling; price intact. Close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. Oblong 4to. 114pp. Illustrated with Paintings by the Author. Preface by Frederick J. Dockstadter. Hardback with DJ. This author spent a lifetime traveling in the high Andes of Peru and Bolivia and in the Himalayas, looking for these ancient tribes' ways of life. He was an incredible painter, and I was attracted to the book by seeing the original paintings shown by his son at a fund raising in Fayetteville, Arkansas for the rebuilding of a monastery in Bhutan. Carl Berman began these treks due to his career in textiles, so his paintings… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A. Pantheon Books, 2001. Hardcover First Ed USA; First Printing indicated. First Ed USA; First Printing indicated. Near Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows only minute indications of use; Book shows "Entry No. 00041 Kiriyama Prize" stamped at lower front free endpaper; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows price unclipped; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 262pp. Translated by Alfred MacAdam. Hardback with DJ. Winner of the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world.

Lima, Peru Cultura Andina, 1978. Paperback Later Edition. Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of moderate use; faint creasing near lower rear corner and a short, closed tear at that point, which has been carefully tape-repaired; former owner's name at title page; light wear to extremities; rubbing to wrapper covers. A clean, sturdy, presentable copy. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. Fold-Out Map at Rear. Later Edition. Paperback: Staple-bound Wraps.