El camino del sol: historia de un reino desaparecido
by Jorge Carrera Andrade
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Quito: Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, 1959. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. First edition (24 de febrero 1959), rustica. Wraps edgeworn; wear along spine. Previous owner's name on half-title page. Several pages show pencil underlining (both graphite and blue); personal note inscribed in Quito in 1961 to the Hispanist Tony Brand on page 73. Pages lightly toned. 372, [4] pp. 21 x 15 cm. Jorge Carrera Andrade (1902-1978) was an Ecuadorian poet, historian, author, and diplomat. He is considered to be one of the most important Latin American poets of the twentieth century. Introduccion. Libro I: El fabuloso reino de Quito (Primera Parte: La Esmerelda, emblema de los Reyes Caras; Segunda Parte: Guerra de los Incas contra los "Hombres de las Nubes"; Tercera Parte: Del Dios del Trueno al Soldado del Arcabuz). Libro II: La Tierra Siempre Verde (Primera Parte: Sobre las Ruinas del Reino de Quito; Segunda Parte: El Gran Cortejo de la Colonia; Tercera Parte: Quito en el Siglo de las Luces).
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- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011669
- Title
- El camino del sol: historia de un reino desaparecido
- Author
- Jorge Carrera Andrade
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana
- Place of Publication
- Quito
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- historia, Ecuador, Reino de Quito, Quito, Incas,
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