Broadside, begins: Al contemplar que desaparece de la Metropolitana de México la grandiosa y nunca bien ponderada perspectiva, de que por doce dias [desde el 25 de agosto al 7 de Septiembre] hemos gozado, á merced de las actuales dificiles circunstancias, se despide del señor de Santa Teresa y de Maria Santisima de Los Dolores que se venera en la Santa Casa Profesa, uno de los espectadores. by Abadiano, Luis, attrib. author - [1833?]

Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia Press, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Oblong Quarto (12 x 9 inches; 305 x 225 mm), 191, [1] pages in a slipcase.SIGNED by all three contributors on the title page: Jack Beckham Combs (photographs), Jennifer L. McCoy (foreword), and Julie E. Sweig (essay). Making 15 trips to Cuba over a period of eight years, New Mexico photographer Jack Combs photographed ordinary Cubans, both urban and rural, all across the island. Most signed copies of the book are signed only by the photographer. SCARCE SIGNED by all three contributors. A beautiful copy. CONDITION: Fine in a Fine dust jacket and housed in a Fine slipcase that shows a bit of rubbing.

[2]+468 pages with tables (some folding). Octavo (8 1/4" x 6") bound in period Spanish tree calf, all edges marbled and gilt lettering to spine. Forth edition. First was published in 1810.
Sailing directions for the West Indies. Pages 325-367 concern North American navigation, updated for this edition.
Condition:
Light wear, some pale staining., corners bumped and rubbed

New York / London: Grossman Publishers / Cape Goliard, 1968 First printing of the stated first American [bilingual] edition with Spanish/English text. Light uneven toning to endpapers and a neat name to front-free endpage, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with a short closed tear to upper back spine fold, light paper loss to corners and spine ends, moderate uneven toning to spine, and light uneven toning to covers, else fine. Scarce hard cover with only 500 copies printed.

WASHINGTON IRVING'S FIRST BOOK: His Translation of DePons' South American Travel Account on the Eve of Revolution 1806 First Edition Vols. 1 & 2 (of 3)by Francois Joseph DePons
I. Riley and Co, New York, 1806. Volumes 1 & 2 (of 3) Hardcover in the original calfskin binding with leather spine labels (titles in gilt largely faded.) "Translated by an American Gentleman," Washington Irving, and this happens to be his first book. Illustrated with a large (26-1/2" x 17-3/4") folded map in the first volume - the map has been repaired (please see photos) in the upper right hands corner. The binding is sound on these antique books - the pages are age toned but in good condition, with foxing heavier in Vol 2 (particularly at the front of the book) than 1. The boards of Vol. 2 are slightly bowed and there's a fair amount of quill pen names and notes in the front and back of that volume.
About the book:Depons traveled through northeastern South America, including Venezuela and the Guianas, and observed the… Read More

Histoire civile et commerciale des colonies anglaises dans les Indes occidentales depuis leur découverte par Christophe Colomb jusqu'à nos jour, suivie d'un tableau historique et politique de L'ile de Saint-Domingue avant et depuis la Revolution Francaise
The History, Civil and Commercial, of the English Colonies in the West Indies...from their discovery by Christopher Columbus to the present day, followed by a historical and political picture of the island of Santo Domingo before and since the French Revolution
by Bryan Edwards, and translated into French
Published by Dentu, 1801 (Year 9). An antiquarian book with an antique litho map of the West Indies folded and attached at the front. The first edition of the book (originally published in 1793) in French. Translated by François Soulés. The book is in the original hardcover binding - calfskin spine over marble paper covered boards. The titles and bands on the spine are almost entirely faded. 490 pp. The book is in VG condition, lightly foxed and… Read More

Middletown (Conn.): I. Riley 1808, 1st edition in English. (Hardcover set) 271, 305, 68pp. Very good. In recent boards. 1 folding engraved map. Contemporary owner name on the half-title of vol.1. Includes An Appendix to the Civil and Political History of Chili, Consisting of a Sketch of the Araucana of Don Alonzo de Ercilla. New York, Alsop, Brannan and Alsop, 1808. Locale: Chile; South America. (History--South America, History--Chile, Sets).

Editorial Porrua, Mexico City, 1973; First Edition, Limited; Copy #2385 of a total of 3,000 numbered copies; quarto (9 1/2" x 13 1/2"), 377 pages; illustrated. The 1973 Editorial Porrua 25th anniversary edition of Manuel Touissant’s monumental study of the history, art, and architecture of the Cathedral of Mexico, first published in 1948. Finely bound in 1/4 calf, gray linen, black morocco spine label, gilt titles and decorations, and decorative end papers. Generously illustrated with a wealth of photographs and drawings, including a number of photos by Guillermo Kahlo, father of Frida. Text in Spanish. The definitive work on the subject. Fine, clean, crisp, bright, and sharp, all gilt brilliant, in a Near Fine dust jacket, no chips, tears, or price-clipping. A handsome copy of a magnificent book.

Editorial Porrua, Mexico, 1961; Second Edition, revised and enlarged by the author; 8vo, 385 pages. A professional instruction in Nahuatl grammar and pronunciation, accompanied by twenty selections from primary source 16th century Nahuatl literary manuscripts, followed by their corresponding translations into Spanish. Also included are a number of later-century texts demonstrating dialectical variations and the evolution over time of the Nahuatl language. Painstakingly authored by Catholic priest Angel Maria Garibay K. (1892 - 1967), renowned linguist, philologist, and historian of Mesoamerican cultures, most especially of the Nahua peoples. Revised and enlarged from the 1940 edition by the author, with explanatory preface at the front. Finely bound in full tree calf with morocco spine labels, beveled boards, gilt titles, decorative end papers, and green silk marker ribbon, original wraps bound in. Forty-eight page Nahuatl-Spanish dictionary at the back. Inscribed and signed on f.f.e.p. by the… Read More

Reminiscencias cubanas de la guerra y de la paz primera edicion habana cuba 1941.encuadernacion en media piel,relatos ensayos y articulos sobre sucesos de las guerras independentistas cubanas del siglo XIX y diversos articulos escritos en diversas publicaciones.de diversos temas historicos,biograficos y curiosidades.su autor.Luis Rodolfo Miranda La Rúa. Comandante del Ejército Libertador cubano.1876-1952.Nació el 18 de mayo de 1876 en Guanabacoa, La Habana.En noviembre de 1896 recibió el grado de Teniente. A fines de ese año participó en los combates de Los Magüeyes y Veguitas, y a comienzos de 1897 en los de La Rato­nera, El Mote y Jiguaní. El 9 de junio de 1897, sien­do Capitán, salió hacia Estados Unidos de América, vía Jamaica, para tratarse su estado de salud. El 21 de noviembre de 1897 ya restablecido partió de Savannah, Estados Unidos de América, al frente de 21 expedicionarios a bordo del vapor Dauntless. Desembarcó por Playa del Muerto, cerca de Punta Gorda, en la costa norte… Read More

La habana antigua apuntes historicos tomo 1 toponimia primera edicion la habana cuba 1936 es una impresionante obra historica donde su autor nos describe magestuosamente la historia de la habana antigua sus calles,plazas,los principales habitantes de la ciudad que recorrieron sus calles,con muchos datos genealogicos.la historia de sus calles obra ilustrada con fotos y planos su autor.Pérez-Beato Blanco, Manuel. Cádiz, 5.III.1855 – La Habana (Cuba), 31.X.1943. Médico, historiador.fue el historiador de la ciudad de la habana.Médico interno, por oposición, del Hospital San Felipe y Santiago de La Habana. Ayudante, por oposición, del Departamento de Física y Química de la Escuela Profesional de la isla de Cuba (1879), institución en la que ocupó también el cargo de bibliotecario. En la Escuela de Artes y Oficios de La Habana desarrolló una larga carrera docente de medio siglo, como profesor fundador de Física y Química y de Industria Química (1882-1933), así como secretario y subdirector… Read More