Search Results: South America from Black Cat Hill Books

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

Garden City, NY Doubleday: Natural History Library, 1974. Paperback First Edition Thus [1973], apparent later printing, as there is no explicit designation of first edition. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows a shadow where sticker has been removed at the middle of the front panel; the price itself has been removed at the upper front panel; very light wear to the extremities; some faint discoloration at rear panel; faint dampstain at lower corner of page block, but does not invade pages at all; mild rubbing to the wrapper covers; a couple of faint creases to the backstrip; three pages show faint creases at the upper corner; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor, unobtrusive flaws. Close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or… Read More

Newtown Square, PA Harrowood Books, 1988. Hardcover First Edition [1988]; First Printing indicated by a complete number line. First Edition [1987]; First Printing indicated by a complete number line. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ: Book shows only minute indications of use; binding shows slightest spine lean, but remains perfectly secure; text clean. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses. notations, marks, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. DJ shows light wear to extremities; mild rubbing to sheen; unclipped; mylar-protected. No longer 'As New', but remains close to it. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. (9.15 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches). xvi + 364pp, includes index and colour plates. Original blue cloth; pictorial dustwrapper. Endpaper maps. Weight: 2 pounds. Hardback with DJ.