Los Petroleros by Buendía, Manuel - 1985

Valladolid, Por Diego Fernandez de Cordova, 1597.. FIRST EDITION. Folio (28.5 x 19.5 cm.), contemporary limp vellum (recased; relatively recent endleaves), title vertically in manuscript on spine. Large woodcut of royal arms of Spain on title page. Woodcut initials. Ruled borders. Occasional light foxing and minor stains. A few small marginal wormholes on first 2 and last few leaves. Overall in good condition. Old ownership signature, scored, on title page; another signature (?) scored on blank verso of title page. Notes on final blank page. A few early marginal notations. (12), 84 ll., signed ¶4, a8, A-K8, L4. Folio 61 misnumbered as 50, f. 80 misnumbered as 78. *** FIRST EDITION; others appeared at Toledo, 1617 and Madrid, 1625. (The 1517 edition is a ghost, no doubt deriving from a typo: see Ticknor Catalogue.) The Spanish discoveries in the New World are discussed on ff. 61 [misnumbered 50]-72: "De la grandeza y potencia del reyno de España en si, y sus partes, y en lo que comprender su… Read More

Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown. Good with no dust jacket; Boards have minor wear, owner bookplates (Fanny . Hazard Bond) on front pastedowns, foxing, musty.. 1851. Eighth Edition. Hardcover. Xxxiv, 488 pp, 509 pp, 531 pp. All three volumes uniformly bound in three-quarter dark brown pebbled leather with marbled sides and matching endpapers. Four raised bands on each spine with titles stamped in gilt. Top edges gilt. Each volume contains a frontispiece engraving (Hernando Cortes, Montezuma) with tissue guard. Map of Mexico in Volume One. The 1843 first edition of this title was Number 51in the Grolier Club's 1946 exhibition and publication, One Hundred Influential American Books Printed Before 1900. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Mexico: Grafia Editores Jalisco, 2001. If one eats, let everyone eat 8vo size trade paperback with interior flaps like dust jacket; 215 pages with some color photographs. Booklet of errata is tucked into book. From flap: "Nuestras actividades se ubican en Chiapas, estado sureno de Mexico, con infuencia en tres zonas: altos, norte y sur; actualmente nos relcionamos con 240 comunidades en 17 municipios. La mayoria de la poblacion es de culture maya. Chaipas posee recursos econmicos fundamentales: petroleo, rios, reserva, biotica, produccion foresta, agricultura de exportacion y ganaderia. Los intereses sobre estos recursos generan una situacion de marginacion y dependencia para los pueblos. La poblacion vive un proceso de transformacion el surgimiento de la conciencia de los pueblos indigenas frente a la situacion actual. Para los pueblos hay un reto construir alternativas propias con la participacion de todas y todos." "Our activities are located in Chiapas, southern state… Read More

1834, Mexico City, Imprenta de la testamentaria de Valdes, a cargo de Jose Maria Gallegos[8]+17+43+[1]+[errata] pages with woodblock on page 43. Small octavo (7 1/4" x 14") bound in quarter leather with four raised spine bands and lettering in gilt to spine and cover. (Viñaza 433; Palau 219254) First edition.The Otomí are an indigenous American tribe residing in the central plateau region of Mexico, most heavily concentrated in the states of Hidalgo, Mexico, Puebla, Veracruz, and Michoacan, and who speak one of four dialects of the Otomí language. In this catechism, Francisco Pérez first gives a detailed explanation in Spanish of the different sounds of the Otomí language and how to pronounce them. However, the language has been noted for the difficulty in reproducing it using Roman letters, and for this reason according to Nicolas Leon, "their few printed texts provoked the censure of the Fourth Mexican Council and serious controversies between the professors of that language of that era." Texts… Read More

[Havana, Cuba: Cuban Tourist Commission, ca. 1940]. 8vo. [12 pp (unpaginated).], folds out leporello accordion-style format, printed in red, blue & black, photo illustrations & map on recto, large map of Cuba’s Central Highway on verso (slight shelfwear), NF. First edition of this scarce travel brochure touting the advantages of U.S. tourists to bring their own cars and travel over the Carretera Central which ran the entire length of the Island from Pinar del Rio to Santiago de Cuba, over 700 miles. The highway construction launched in may, 1927, and when finished proved very popular as a means to see the island. Tourists could bring their own cars from Tampa, Miami, or Key West on a ferryboat, and travel through Cuba. No copies in Worldcat.

London: Effingham Wilson, 1825. Finest copy available of this scarce title. This edition is bound in full leather, with marbled endpapers, decorative stamping on the cover, gilt stamping on the edges of the boards, raised bands on the spine and gilt lettering on a leather spine label. Text is clean and crisp; light wear to spine at bottom. Some mild rubbing and chipping to leather along edges. Frontispiece is a map of the Minas Geraes region of Brazil. 182 pages, including references; approx. 6"x8".. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frontispiece.

[Santiago de Chile], n.pr., dated 1 June 1814.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Oblong folio (19.9 x 28.5 cm.), unbound. Caption title. Two columns. Light browning. In very good condition. Broadside. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION: an overview of Chilean finances near the end of the Patria Vieja, while the patriots based in Santiago were struggling against royalists supported by Peruvian troops. Among the income listed are goods (or profits?) belonging to residents of Lima, which were presumably confiscated, and money returned from Rancagua for buying material for the army. Among the expenses are salaries for soldiers and other costs of waging war, as well as payments to disabled veterans and to widows of soldiers. The funds are noted as being partly in charge of "nuestro Teniente de Valparaiso."The account is signed in print by Hipolito de Villegas and Rafael Correa de Sa.*** Briseño I, 140. Not in Medina Santiago de Chile. Not located in CCPBE. Not located in Rebiun. Not located in Jisc. Not located in… Read More

Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown. Good with no dust jacket; Boards have minor wear, owner bookplates (Fanny . Hazard Bond) on front pastedowns, foxing, musty.. 1851. Eighth Edition. Hardcover. Xxxiv, 488 pp, 509 pp, 531 pp. All three volumes uniformly bound in three-quarter dark brown pebbled leather with marbled sides and matching endpapers. Four raised bands on each spine with titles stamped in gilt. Top edges gilt. Each volume contains a frontispiece engraving (Hernando Cortes, Montezuma) with tissue guard. Map of Mexico in Volume One. The 1843 first edition of this title was Number 51in the Grolier Club's 1946 exhibition and publication, One Hundred Influential American Books Printed Before 1900. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

8 volumes and atlas. viii+437+3 pages with two frontispieces and index; x+316 pages with frontispiece and index; xii+440 pages with frontispiece and index; viii+308 pages with frontispiece and index; xi+296 with frontispiece, folding map and index; viii+287 pages with frontispiece and index; viii+326 pages with frontispiece and index. With Etat civil, politique et commercant du Bengale; ou histoire des conquetes & de l'administration de la Compagnie Angloise dans ce pays. Pour servir de suite a l'histoire philosophique & politique by William Bolts (1740?-1808) 2 volumes in 1. xxxii+166 pages with frontispiece; 170 pages with frontispiece and index. Atlas 50 engraved maps by Rigobert Bonne, 49 of which double-page and 1 folding, numbered 1-49, and 17 bis, 23 letterpress tables, some of which folding. Period mottled calf, flat spines in six (text) and seven (atlas) compartments, red and brown lettering pieces in the second and fourth, others with repeat decoration in gilt. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4")… Read More

Carnegie Institution, Washington; 1937-1938. Hardcover First Edition 6 volumes, pp xxviii, 465; Vol. II, (xii), 607; Vol.III, (x), 493; Vol. IV, xii, 496; Vol. V, in 2 parts, containing black and white photographic plates, engraved plates (many folding), and folding maps showing ground plans, terrain, cross sections, etc. Folio, green cloth. Excellent condition and as such a rare find ; In Volume 5 part II, three of the plates (214, 215, 216) were neatly cut out, probably for an exhibit, but are re-inserted but loose. No damage of the images. V. IIIs back board has been bumped, as shown. Previous owners name in V. I, as shown. Some underlining on illustration list. Morley's study the Mayan monuments and heiroglyphic inscriptions, the result of nearly forty years of expeditions and research. This is a classic work in remarkable condition and a must for any serious student of Mesoamerica.