New York, Hawthorn Books, [1966], First edition. . original two-part cloth with vignette, spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped, tear, chipped at upper edge), fine and clean in very good jacket. . 4to [26 x 18 cm]; 224 pp, frontis and numerous illustrations from the drawings of Bill Negron, endpaper maps showing author's routes, index. . The author, an art critic, lecturer and recognized authority on Latin America, as well as writer of several books, travelled with Negron, through Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama including Darien, and provides an entertaining description of his encounters. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

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Bookseller: Horizon Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: J13238
Title: The Road to Panama
Author: RODMAN, Selden;
Format/Binding: Original two-part cloth with vignette, spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped, tear, chipped at upper edge), fine and clea
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York, Hawthorn Books, [1966], First edition.
Size: 4to [26 x 18 cm]; 224 pp, fronti
Bookseller catalogs: Travel - Central America & West Indies;

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