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The Path Between the Seas
by David McCullough
Describes all the events and personalities involved in the monumental undertaking which precipitated revolution, scandal, economic crisis, and a new Central American republic Bibliography: p. 655-669.
Includes index.
Includes index.
Open Veins Of Latin America
by Eduardo Galeano
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent (in Spanish Las venas abiertas de América Latina) is an essay written by Uruguayan journalist Eduardo Galeano in 1971.
I, Rigoberta Menchu
by Rigoberta Menchu
Rigoberta Menchú received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for her efforts to end the oppression of indigenous peoples in Guatemala.
Colonial Latin America
by Mark a ; Johnson, Lyman L Burkholder
Burkholder and Johnson's interpretive survey of colonial Latin America up to the 1850s is both historiographically up-to-date and accessible to students in the first half of the undergraduate Latin American history survey, which is given by virtually all major American colleges. The text incorporates new research in social and economic theory while maintaining the essential narrative on central political events and the development of political and religious institutions necessary for undergraduate...
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Guerrilla Warfare
by Che Guevara
This book tells you about a Legend of history. The story of an Argentinian becoming the finance minister of Cuba.
Bacardi and The Long Fight For Cuba
by Tom Gjelten
In this widely hailed book, NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten fuses the story of the Bacardi family and their famous rum business with Cuba's tumultuous experience over the last 150 years to produce a deeply entertaining historical narrative. The company Facundo Bacardi launched in Cuba in 1862 brought worldwide fame to the island, and in the decades that followed his Bacardi descendants participated in every aspect of Cuban life. With his intimate account of their struggles and adventures across five...
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Latin America Books & Ephemera
Guerrilla Warfare
by GUEVARA, Che
New York: Vintage Books, 1968. Softcover. Very Good. First Vintage Books edition. Translated from the Spanish by J.P. Morray. Prefatory note by I.F. Stone. Mass market paperback. 133pp. Lightly age-toned with ink marginalia on a couple of pages, wrappers a bit worn, else very good. A Vintage Book, V-430.
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£24.28
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal: 1870-1914
by McCULLOUGH, David
History Book Club, 2002. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£5.33
Reseña Histórica de la Misión de Chile-Paraguay de la Compañia de Jesús desde su origen en 1836 hasta el centenario de la restauración de la compañia en 1914
by Hernández, Pablo [José]
Barcelona: Editorial Ibérica, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A very good copy with some minor wear at spine ends and joints, boards sunned and spotted at edge, map with 3" tape repair.. 319, 15 pp. Illus. with 1 color folding map and b/w photos. 8vo. Cover title: Chile--Paraguay. La Compañia de Jesús en las repúblicas del sur de América, 1836-1914. Jesuits in Chile, Paraguay, & Argentina. Palau 1136098.
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£80.95
LA ESCULTURA DE PALENQUE
by Beatriz de la Fuente
Mexico: Imprenta Universitaria, 1965. Hardcover. Fair. 223p. Ex-library hardcover book with dustjacket. Markings include label on jacket and number painted on spine; pocket on endpaper; stamp on title page and page edges. Otherwise a clean tight book in very good condition. A study of ancient Mayan sculpture in Palenque, Mexico. Includes fold-out map. Text in Spanish. Instituto de Investigaciones Esteticas Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Estudios y Fuentes del Arte en Mexico XX.
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£20.24
Bibliografia Española de Lenguas Indigenas de America por el Conde de la Viñaza
by Viñaza, Cipriano Muñoz y Manzano, conde de la. Sáenz de Santa Maria, Carmelo
Madrid: Ediciones Atlas, 1977. Edición facsímil. Paper wrappers. A very good copy with foxing on the wrappers and fore edge.. lxiv, xxv, [1], 427 pp. Sm. 4to. Originally published in 1892 by Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, Madrid. Indispensable. Jones 516.
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£32.38
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La muerte de los objetos [The Death of Objects]
by Pérez, Leymen
Matanzas, Cuba: Ediciones Vigía, 2015. [12] pages. 8-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches. Edition of 200 copies. Colección del San Juan (?). A single poem, which won the Premio América Bobia 2014. Illustrated by Johann E. Trujillo with collages. The binding incorporates cardboard at the spine, pieces of wood, and paper collage. Pérez is noted Matanzas poet. OCLC: BLSTP CGU CLU CUT DEIAI EEM EYM FQG FXG HLS HUL IQU LRU NOC NUI NYP. A fine copy.
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£145.71
Short-title Catalogue of Spanish-American Books printed before 1601 now in the British Museum
by Thomas, Henry
London: British Museum, 1944. First edition. Paper wrappers. A near fine copy, wrappers slightly soiled.. 19 pp. 8vo. Palau 331741.
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£20.24
The Law of the Saints. A Pokomam Pueblo and its Community Culture
by Reina, Ruben E
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1966. First printing. Cloth. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket but for a tear to the upper edge.. xx, 338 pp. Illus. with 18 b/w photos, 1 folding chart, and 1 map. 8vo. Signed by the author.
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£20.24
Acta de la elección hecha por el departamento de Santiago para Disputados i Electores de Senadores al Congreso Nacional de 1846
by [Chile]. Barra, Miguel de la and Vial, Antonio J
Santiago: Imprenta del Progreso, 1846. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. A very good bright copy, wrappers trimmed, tiny blind stamp at corner.. 16 pp. 8vo. An official list verifying the names and vote totals from the parishes of the Municipality of Santiago. Signed in print and ink by both Miguel de la Barra, President, and Antonio J. Vial, acting secretary. José Miguel de la Barra Lopez (1799-1851), Dean of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Chile, and author of Compendio de la...
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£283.32
Black Man in Red Cuba
by Clytus, John with Jane Rieker
Coral Gables, FL: University Of Miami Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed by the author on the fly leaf, plus a laid-in ALS. 1970, First Edition. Hardcover. Clean and unmarked contents. DJ lightly rubbed and edgeworn. An interesting copy -- the author notes in the written letter that he has rejected his 'English identity' and chosen a Kiswahili name. The author's name on the jacket is covered in tape and all other instances of his first name on the jacket and title...
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£55.05
Desafio - Revista de Extensao da Universidade Federal do Ceara Vol.1 (Out 1988) No.2
by Pro-Reitoria de Extensao da Universidade Federal do Ceara
Fortaleza, Ceara, Brasil: Universidade Federal do Ceara, 1988. Staplebound. Good. Text in Portuguese. Oversized 7.75 x 11.5, illustrated, 43pp. Edgewear with rub marks, several thumb dents along the spine, bent corners, creased covers, fine interior.
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£8.67
![The Spanish Conquest in America, and its Relation to the History of Slavery and to the Government of the Colonies. [Four Volumes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/761/616/255616761.0.b.jpg)
The Spanish Conquest in America, and its Relation to the History of Slavery and to the Government of the Colonies. [Four Volumes]
by Helps, Arthur
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1868. First American edition. Cloth. Overall a very good set: two volumes with chips at spine ends, soiling on endpapers, one free front endpaper and first blank torn part way at hinge, owner's bookplate on front pastedowns; text and maps clean, bindings tight.. 490 pp.; 470 pp.; 532 pp.; 456 pp. Illus. with b/w maps including 1 folding. Sm. 8vo. Based upon the author's "The conquerors of the new world and their bonds men," London, 1848-52. "The whole of this noble work is...
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![Crimenes cometidos en las prisiones de Francia. Obra ilustrada con grabados de los mejores artistas [Two volumes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/535/941/1392941535.0.b.jpg)
Crimenes cometidos en las prisiones de Francia. Obra ilustrada con grabados de los mejores artistas [Two volumes]
by [Dumas, Alexandre (père)]
Mexico: Imprenta de I. Cumplido, 1874. Hardcover. Good. A rather curious book. Published a few years after the emperor Maximilian I, who hade been installed by the French, was deposed and executed, I originally thought this was bit of anti-French propaganda. The catalog of the Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico (edited by José Vigil, 1890) attributes the book to the French journalist Clément Bertie-Marriott. However, it turns out to be a reprint of an 1855 book from the same publishers, issued under the...
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£121.42
ALBUM DE ORO JUDEO-ARGENTINO
by Knapheys, Moises; Wolf Bresler
Buenos Aires; [K?napheys?], 1973. Hardcover. (FT) Hardcover. 345 Pages. 33 cm. First edition. In Yiddish and some Spanish. Celebrating one hundred years of Jewish life in Argentina, profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. Subjects: Jews - Argentina - Biography. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. Red cloth over boards, with silver debossed title, marbled endboards. Edge of back cover barely bumped, in near flawless condition. Very Good +. (LATAM1-9).
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£80.95
A Tentative bibliography of the Belles-Lettres of Ecuador
by Rivera, Guillermo
Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1934. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy.. 76 pp. 8vo. Jones 2004a.
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£40.48
Museo Mitre Catálogo de la Biblioteca
by Museo Mitre. Ministerio de Justicia é Instrucción Pública
Buenos Aires: Imprenta de M. Biedma é Hijo, 1907. First edition. Quarter morocco over marbled boards. Top half of front joint split, spine and boards scuffed, front hinge nearly detached, rear hinge split, occasional foxing, contents very good.. 704 pp. Sm. 4to. Palau 170726. Jones 622.
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£80.95
La Nación tiene cara de mujer? Mujeres y nacion en el imaginario letrado del Uruguay del siglo XIX - signed
by De Torres, Maria Inex
Montivideo: Arca, 1995. First Printing. Wraps. Very good. 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear to covers, inscribed by author. 140 pp. The author asks, in a post-modern manner, what are the real "faces" of Uruguay? A study of the country's cultural and political identity and self-perception. In Spanish.
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£20.24
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La Oposicion a la Dictadura Gomecista. Liberales y Nacionalistas. [Three Volumes]
by Velásquez, Ramón J
Caracas: Congreso de la República, 1983. First edition. Tan paper wrappers. A near fine set, minor shelfwear.. 8vo. El Pensamiento Politico Venezolano Del Siglo XX Documentos para su Estudio Tomo II, Volumes I, II, & III. Essays and political tracts.
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£97.14
Entangled Edens: Visions of the Amazon
by Slater, Candace
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A portrait of rich environmental and cultural heritage of the Amazon, told through oral histories, stories, and published accounts. The author is a Brazil expert at UC Berkeley and did extensive field work in South America. 332 pages. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. This copy is inscribed by the author and her husband, Paul Zingg to...
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£72.86
COMPENDIO DE HISTORIA DE AMERICA: Vols. I-II
by Diego Barros Arana
Santiago: Ferrocarril, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Vol I: 410p. Vol II: 526p. Complete set of four parts bound in two volumes. Leather spines covered in clear tape with cloth boards. The tape has repaired the cracked hinges of the books. Tear in head of Volume 2's spine; small hole in front endpaper of Volume 1. Ex-library: number on spines; pocket on endpapers; stamp on title page and page edges. Light pencil markings. Good reading copy of the first edition. Text in Spanish.
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£80.95
The Serente
by Nimuendajú, Curt
Los Angeles: Southwest Museum, 1967. Reprint. Paper wrappers. A near fine copy.. ix, 106 pp. Illus. with 3 b/w plates, 4 in-text figures, and 1 folding map. Sm. 4to. Publications of the Frederick Webb Hodge Anniversary Publication Fund, Volume IV. Robert H. Lowie, trans. Originally published in 1942.
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£20.24
Fuentes bibliograficas del epitome de Pinelo
by Lohmann Villena, Guillermo
Washington, D.C.: Pan American Union, 1955. Offprint. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy.. [153-162] pp. Illus. with 5 b/w reproductions. Sm. 4to. Reprinted from the Inter-American Review of Bibliography, Vol. V, No. 3, July/September 1955.
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£8.10
Mexico on Stone. Lithography in Mexico, 1826-1900
by Mathes, W. Michael
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1984. First edition. Quarter cloth over illustrated paper covered boards. A fine copy with a bookplate on front pastedown in original plain rubbed paper dust jacket.. x, 68 pp. Illus. with 8 color and 24 b/w and duotone plates, 3 of which are folding. 4to. Publication No. 178. One of 550 copies. Provenance: From the library of Kenneth E. Hill, with his bookplate.
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£121.42
Amer. Sep. Partie de la Vieille Californie. No. 47
by Vandermaelen, Philippe
[Bruxelles]: [Ph. Vandermaelen], 1827. First edition. A very good sharp copy.. 1 sheet. Hand-colored lithographic map. 47 x 57 cm. Shows the ranges of eight Indian tribes. Covers parts of Utah, Colorado and northern Arizona and New Mexico. Includes text: Note sur le Mexique. At a time when American map publishers were virtually ignoring the western United States, Vandermaelen's large scale work, -which includes sections of Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, and Nevada, then still considered part of Mexico, along...
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£465.46
An Introduction to Hispanic American History
by Jones, Tom B
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A very good clean exlib copy with some of the usual markings, sunned spine.. xii, 577 pp. Illus. with 8 b/w photos and 5 maps, 2 of which are folding. 8vo. Presented to the Pan American Society library by Dr. Eduardo Asuola, the Consul General of Costa Rica, in April 1948, with the embassy stamp.
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£8.10
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