Search Results: Central and South America from Catron Grant Books

Asuncion, Paraguay: Casa Editorial Toledo 61 pp with one map in text. Text is tight and unmarked, toned. Tan paper covers are intact have rust stains by staples Pitiantuta is an isolated freshwater lake in the north-central area of the Gran Chaco territory, Pitiantuta was site of two important battles during the Chaco War of 1932–1935 between Paraguay and Bolivia.. Softcover. Good. 6" x 8".

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1957 370 pp. Text is clean, tight unmarked somewhat yellowed. Flyleaf has a 3/4" tear at the top. The book has a photographic suppliment of 38 B&W plates showing mining operations and captains of industry. Endpapers are maps of US and South American mining sites with diagram of movement to markets and smelters. Red cloth boards with gold stamping are VG, pictorial dust jacket is worn, split along front edge, has a large chip missing from top of spine. In mylar cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Poor.

Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1982 27, 289 pps. plus one b/w map spread and.7 b/w plates. Endpaper has small owne'rs stamp. Text clean, tight, bright and unmarked. White softcover with full-color illustrated spread shows minimal wear. A paperback edition of the 1934 original.. Reprint of 1853 Ed.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5.25" x 8".

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Fermata, 1941 11 pp. sheet music By noted Paprguayan composer Samuel Aguayo( 1909-1993) Contiene: Argentina Polka, Potrerito Polka, No Me Olvides Chamame Corrientino, Campamento Cerro Leon Polka, Chopi Danza Tipica. Pages are clean, unmarked, toned. Covers have edgewear.. Large Format Softcover. Good. 9.25" X 12". Sheet Music.

Espadaña Press, 1997 272 pp withB&W line drawings throughout. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are clean and bright with a little shelfwear. Size: 8.5" x 11". Large Format Soft Cover. Very Good.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co., 1977 243 pp. text is clean, tight and unmarked. DJ is clean, bright, undamaged save a very small chip.. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Paraguay: Editorial Toledo, 1959 111 pp- with B&W illustrations in text. Text is tight and unmarked. Lower page edges are moisture spotted. Yellow paper wraps are intact, soiled. Text in Spanish.. Softcover. Fair Minus. 6"x 9".

Ascuncion, Paraguay: Editorial Toledo, 1979 16 pp with one B&W illustration and a map on reverse. Text in Spanish. "Recopilacion de las publicaciones hechas en el diario 'La tribuna' de nuestra capital, de los dias 13, 14, 16, 18, 21 y 22 de agosto de 1979"--. Pamphlet. Very Good. 6.5" x 9.

Argentina: Ediciones Nizza, 1960 136 pp. Text is clean, tight and unmarked but title page is missing.Yellow paper covers are missing a large chunk from the front. Nothing of this damage efects the book's readibility.. Softcover. Poor.

Viking, 1961 Viking, 1961 280 pp with 12 pp of B&W photos. One of Peter Matthiessen's earliest travel books. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Black cloth boards are "as new." DJ is bright, intact. In mylar wrapper. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.. Second Printing.. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good.

Great Britain: Andre Deutsch, 1962 Great Britain: Andre Deutsch, 1962 This may or may not be a first edition as the edition line has been blacked out with magic marker. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Dark green cloth boards are bright and undamaged save for a spot where a price sticker has been removed. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Los Angeles: Superior Stamp & Coin Co., 1970 100 pp with B&W illustrations throughout. A history of the coinage of Mexico. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Blue paper covers are clean witha sunning along spine.. 2nd Editon. Stapled Softcover. Very Good. 6" x 9".

Ascuncion, Paraguay: Departmento Ejecutivo de la Municipalidad de la Capital., 1981 276 pp. with B&W line drawings in text. Text is tight, with pencilled underline to first 65 pp. Moisture stain along top edge. Uncommon, with no other copies on line.. Segundo Edicion. Softcover. Fair. 7.5" x 11".

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1984 viii 222 pp.with 8 b/w plates. Text is clean, tight and nmarked. Dark blue cloth=covered boards with silver stamping on spine have some minor wear along edges but is clean and otherwise undamaged. DJ with 2-color halftone photograph and white and brown printing on the front cover and a photograph of the author on the reverse is clean with some edgewear. Now in protective mylar.. Ist Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6.25" X 9.5".

Panama: Programa Delos Naciones Unidas para Desarollo Panama: Programa Delos Naciones Unidas para Desarollo Two large format softcover volumes cased. Text in Spanish. Vol.I 256 pp lavishly printed with photos, house plans and maps of Panama's Old Town. Vol. II, 18 fold-out panoramas of Panama City's waterfront. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are bright and undamaged save for bumping to the top of Vol. II's spine. Case is clean and undamaged. Weight 5 lbs. 12 oz. Hardcover Cased. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.. Hardcover Cased. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Ascuncion, Paraguay, 1985 XVIII, 498 pp with B&W illustrations and maps. Text in Spanish. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are edgeworn with a sticker translating the title to English on the front cover. A handwritten note on the first free page says "the last chapter is missing, the bibliography is missing" but the pagination is exactly the same as the copy listed on Worldcat. ................0 ... Softcover. Fair.

2001 Aan enthusiastic apology written in defense of Gral. Ramón César Bejarano, the author's uncle, heroic ex-combatant of the Chaco War, post mortem, Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covars have light shelfwear.. Edition of 1000. Softcover. Very Good. Self-published.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941 10, 235 pps. Illustrated throughout with bold b/w woodcuts by author. Endpapers have some darkening near spine. Text clean, tight, bright and unmarked. Orangle cloth-bound boards with black type on spine excellent. Wonderfully illustrated nature tale documenting a true-life scientific expedition in the late 1930s with a few history lessons thrown in for good measure. Unique.. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. Illus. by By Author. 6.25" x 9.25".

Denver, CO: Museo De Las Americas, 1995 144 pp. with b/w photographs and reprocuctions and full-color reproductions throughout. Dedicated by artist on the title page. Text is clean, tight, bright and unmarked. Black, glossy softcover with folds, White title and full-color reproduction is tight and bright with minimal wear and no structural damage.. Dedicated By Artist on Title Page. 1st Edition. Softcover with Folds. Near Fine. Illus. by Martinez, Emanuel. 8.5" X 11.25". Exhibition Catalogue.

Asuncion, Paraguay: Editorial Toledo, 1974 56 pp with B&W photo illustrations throughout.and 2 maps, one a fold-out. Text ius clean, tight and unmarked. Beige paper covers are intact but soiled.. Softcover. Good. 6" x 8".