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History Of the Conquest Of Peru With a Preliminary View Of the Civilization Of the Incas
by William H Prescott
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History Of the Conquest Of Peru, With a Preliminary View Of the Civilisation Of the Incas
by Prescott, William H
History of The Conquest of Peru
by Prescott, William
J M Dent, 1924. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Without dust jacket, Everyman's Library edition reprint. A good reading copy, dulled gilt decoration and titles to spine, rear board is partially water bleached, text unaffected, spine a little shakey but binding secure. Reduced postal charges apply. A classic History of Peru, first published in 1847 which covers the time of the Inca's to the 16th Century
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£3.00
Green Light for Adventure
by Ljone, Oddm
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1957. Octavo Size [approx 14x22cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Map. 252 pages. The life of a man who earned his living any way that came along. His adventures took him to South America and this book is a genuine, unaffected stpry of South America and of the people of the rivers and the jungles. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£9.40
HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU, WITH A PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE CIVILIZATION OF THE INCAS
by Prescott, William H
New York, 1847.. Two volumes. xl,527; xix,547pp., plus map and facsimile. Portrait in each volume. Half titles. Original publisher's cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, spines gilt. Minute wear at extremities. Scattered foxing. A very good copy. First edition of this "classic narrative history, a landmark when it first appeared in 1847, and a source of profit and pleasure to this day" (Griffin). BAL refers to copies such as this one, with no printer's imprint present on the copyright page of the first...
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£406.45
Land or Death: Hugo Blanco and the peasant struggle in Peru
by Young Socialist Alliance
New York: Young Socialist Alliance, 1967. Pamphlet. 22 p., stapled wraps, minor handling wear, else very good condition. A call for the release of Blanco, then imprisoned by the Peruvian government.
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£9.75
Golden wall and mirador : from England to Peru
by Sitwell, Sacheverell (1897-1988)
London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 286 p. ; illus. ; 25 cm. Notes; Index present. Subjects; Peru Description and travel 1951. Latin America Description and travel (1951-). Cuba Description and travel. Peru. Genre; Illustrated.
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£34.14
La Alpaca; Enfermedades Infecciosas y parasitarias. Contrato U.N.M. de S.M.-Zona Agraria XII (Puno) del Ministerio de Agricultura
by Moro, Manuel y Carlos Guerrero
Lima: Centro de Investigacion Instituto Veterinario de Investigaciones Tropicales y de Altura (IVITA), 1971. Pamphlet. 64p., glazed alkaline paperstock throughout, thoroughly illustrated with b&w photos, diagrams, charts and sketches of animals large and very very small. Softbound, a stapled pamphlet in 9.5x7 inch photographic wraps, somewhat edgeworn and crimped externally with an inked letter on cover, a sound copy perfectly clean and unmarked within.
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£16.26
History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror Hernando Cortes AND History of Peru; with a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas
by PRESOTT, William H
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1875. hardcover. near fine. 5 volumes, 8vo, 3/4 brown morocco, ornately gilt spines, marbled boards and endpapers. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1875. A very nice clean set.<br/> <br/>
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£772.26
History Of The Conquest Of Peru (2 Volumes)
by Prescott, William
New York: Plate Renting Co.. Good. N.D.. Hardcover. Prescott explores the history of Spain's Latin and South American conquests in these two volumes. There is an Index in volume 2. This is a 2 volume set in the original maroon cloth covers; the top edges are gilt. TItle page states: "Library Edition," (there are no library markings in these books). The spine has lettering faded and the lettering is no longer visible, and the spines dull; there is rippling to portion of cloth on...
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£20.28
History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Preliminary View of The Civilization of the Incas. [Complete in 2 Vols]
by William H. Prescott
Richard Bentley, 1847. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Richard Bentley 1947. For both volumes: Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. Fine illustrations. Bottom of Vol 1 is chipped on the spine.
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£120.00
D. Jose Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, Caballero del Habito de Santiago, Teniente General de los Reales Exercitos...Por Quanto con Carta Acordada del Supremo Consejo de Indias Se Me Ha Remitido el Real Despacho Siguiente... [caption title and first line of text]
by [Peru]
Lima: April 24, 1811. About very good.. Broadside, approximately 17 x 15.75 inches. Printed on two joined sheets. Some worming, affecting a few words of text; larger losses reinforced with tissue on blank verso. Light toning and scattered, small patches of staining. Contemporary manuscript rubric at foot. A scare, late Spanish colonial broadside, regarding appointments and alterations to administrative councils that had authority over Peru, particularly the Supreme Council of the Indies. The text of...
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£386.13
History of the Conquest of Peru with a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas [with] Biographical and Critical Miscellanies
by Prescott, William H.; edited by John Foster Kirk
London: George Routledge and Sons. Fair with no dust jacket. 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards rubbed. Some staining and marks to boards. Moderate foxing. Hinges weak. Binding a little loose. Split to gutter between preliminary leaves vi and vii. ; A single volume of Prescott's works. "New and Revised Edition". Spine title: "Prescott's Works edited by John Foster Kirk Conquest of Peru and Miscellanies". This volume has the complete History of the Conquest of Peru,...
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£35.77
Passage Through El Dorado. Traveling the World's Last Great Wilderness
by Kandell, Jonathan
New York: William Morrow. 1984. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white maps. 312 pages. Travelling an ever-southeastward course, the author discovers the hinterland of South America. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£10.45
History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas
by Prescott, William H
Harper and Brothers, New York, 1847. Good (hinges loose, sunned covers and spine, lightly foxed throughout) . First Edition 9 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches, blindstamped cloth, Two Volumes. Owner's signature in ink.
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£203.22
People of the High Plateau.
by Carl Berman
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...
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£9.72
Mastercraftsmen of Ancient Peru
by Sawyer, Alan R
New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1968. Softcover. Stiff printed card cover. Glossy paper. Pp [15], 16-101 [10]. Illustrated throughout, many in color. Maps. Catalogue of an exhibition organized by and presented at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, June, 1968. Reading crease else fine. ; Thin 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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£16.26£11.38
Travels in South America from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean
by Marcoy, Paul, pseud
London: Blackie & Son, 1875. Hardcover. Good. 2 vols. frontises, illustrations, 10 maps (on 9 sheets), xii, 524, viii, 496p. Original decorated red cloth. 31 cm. Covers scuffed; frayed along extremities; stain on upper left corner of back cover on Vol. 2; and cloth almost entirely split along front joint of Vol. 1. Contents sound and clean with only minor foxing. An account of Marcoy's travel across Peru and Brazil to the mouth of the Amazon. This was a translation by Elihu Rich of Marcoy's "Voyage a...
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£113.81
Sanchez Cerro and Peruvian Politics, 1930-1933
by Loveday, Barry William
Glasgow: University of Glasgow, Institute of Latin-American Studies, 1973. 20p., 8x10 inches, mimeographed in stapled pink wraps, Occasional papers, no. 6.
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£9.75
Medicina Popular Peruana. [3 volumes. 1922]
by Valdizon, Hermilio and Angel Maldonado
Lima: Imprenta Torres Aguirre, 1922. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fair. 3 vols. (complete). xxxi, [2], [6]-475, iii, 529, c, 487, xxxviii(p.). plus [1]p. errata. Later quarterbindings (paper-covered boards backed in black leather). 24 cm. Title-page chipped and stained in Tomo I (as are, to a lesser extent, the next several pages in that volume). Light to moderate foxing and browning. Lacks both folding maps. No jackets. Spanish text. Tomos I and II subtitled: "Contribucion al Folk-lore Medico del Peru;" Tomo...
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£162.58
Peruvian Pre-Columbian art: November 25, 1976 - January 9, 1977; organized by the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Miami: Lowe Art Museum/Soutjheast Banking Corp, 1976. 71p., 8.75x10 inches, information, preface, introduction, glossary, lenders, bibliography, illustrated with map, b&w and color plates, very good exhibition catlog in original stapled pictorial wraps.
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£9.75
Golden Wall and Mirador: Travels and Observations in Peru
by SITWELL, Sacheverell
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1961. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in an about fine price-clipped dustwrapper with very modest edgewear.
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£24.39
Land or Death: Hugo Blanco and the peasant struggle in Peru
by Young Socialist Alliance
New York: Young Socialist Alliance, 1967. 22 p., stapled wraps, previous owner's inscription on verso of front wrap else very good condition. A call for the release of Blanco, then imprisoned by the Peruvian government.
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£9.75
Zacarino
by Guzmán Espejo, Oscar
San Francisco: the author, n. d.. Paperback. 130p., first edition, wraps, gift inscription on title page else very good condition. Picaresque novel of social transformation by a Peruvian American author living in San Francisco. Text in Spanish.
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£16.26
Plan del curso de los Rios Huallaga y Ucayali y de la Pampa del Sacramento
by Sobreviela, P. Fr. Manuel
Baltimore: Hoen & Co, 1853. Third. unbound. Map. Lithograph. Image size 15.25 x 11 inches. Sheet size 16 x 11.75 inches. Label verso from 'Peter Hertzog Theological Hall Library', a division of Rutgers University Library with manuscript notations 'The family of de De Van Frank'.<br/><br/> Course plan for the Huallaga and Ucayali rivers and the Pampa del Sacramento, in Peru based on the travels of Father Manuel Sobreviela. A Key at lower left indicates towns populated by...
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£406.45
HISTORIA CRONOLOGICA DEL PERU 1700- 1799
by Villavicencio, Lazaro Costa
Lima-peru: Printed for Villavicencio, Lazaro Costa. Good with no dust jacket. N.D.. Paperback. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages; Green original wraps, faded. Contents toned. Circa 1960. .
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£19.88