Search Results: South America, Central America, Caribbean, Mexico from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Sao Paulo, [Brazil]: Bei Comunicacao, (2001). First edition. Square 4to, 187, [1] pp., profusely illustrated in color & black & white. Publisher's white paper over boards lettered in blind on the upper cover in pictorial dust jacket & die-cut plastic slipcase. Text in Portuguese.
A fine copy in like dust jacket & lightly soiled slipcase.
Martinez Flores' work is described as "rooted in Mexican tradition, acculturated by international modernism and implanted in Brazilian territory."

[Ausonia, Peru]: Daphne Zileri, printed by Ausonia S. A., no date [2000]. First edtion, this copy inscribed, signed & dated in ink by Daphne Dougall de Zileri at the title page. Tall square octavo (9.75" x 9.5"), 121 pages, profusely illustrated in black & white from photographs. Original gray cloth lettered in silver at the spine & upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket & white light card box with "Duos" printed on the front panel. Text in Spanish.
A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Box lightly soiled, with moderate edge wear, otherwise very good.
The noted photographer's second & last book, preceded in 1996 by "Soliloquios." Ms. Zileri, who was the first female photographer for Caretas magazine, passed away in 2011.
As characterized by Mario Vargas Llosa, Ms. Zileri's photos "... express different cultures. However, there is in them an extraordinary unity. They seem to have been taken in a single place, among people from a single community. It seems that all the landscapes are a single landscape. In… Read More

[Caracas, Venezuela]: Ernesto Armitano, (1974). First edition thus. This copy with a tipped in printed presentation leaf from Mobil de Venezuela to Fred Eaton who was president of Sears, Roebuck of Venezuela. 4to, 323 & [42] pages, illustrated. Publisher's red cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Text in Spanish.
Faintly musty, otherwise very good in like dust jacket lightly soiled, with slight edgewear. Originally published in 1969, this edition is considerably expanded. Tito Salas, who died in 1974, was a Venezuelan painter and significant contributor to the development of Venezuelan modern art.

 San Jose, Costa Rica: Imprenta Lehmann (Sauter & Co.), 1917. San Jose, Costa Rica: Imprenta Lehmann (Sauter & Co), 1917 First edition Octavo (925 x 625), vii & 65 pages Publisher's pale ping printed paper wraps Text in Spanish "Printed in Costa Rica" rubber-stamped on the title pageWraps moderately browned & soiled, light edge wear, brief foxing, otherwise very good The author was a member of the Theosophical Society of Costa Rica Includes chapters on time, space, & matter

Buenos Aires: Casa Pardo, (1968) First edition, this copy with presentation in ink to Arthur E Khoui (?) by Jorge L Quiroga, Oscar Roldan, & others at a blank page adjacent to the half-title. Large quarto, unpaginated [256 pp], illustrated throughout mostly from photographs (some in color). This copy bound in cowhide edged in polished black calf simulating lacing, with a embossed thin copper label on the upper cover. Text in Spanish & English
Covers slightly splayed, internally toned, small booksellers' label at front pastedown, gift inscription, otherwise a near fine example of an unusual binding.
Originally issued in cloth & dust jacket, this copy rebound, perhaps in conjunction with presentation on or about on or about 5/13/81 to Arthur E Khoui (?), "our teacher & good friend," by 12 who sign mostly illegibly. Legible signatures include Dr Jorge L. Quiroga & Oscar Roldan
As noted in the prologue, "This book presents fifty characteristic ranches in the Argentine Republic which have been selected… Read More

Havana, Cuba: J.T. Wilford (editor & publisher), (1926). First edition thus. Octavo (7.75" x 5.75"), viii pages of advertisements, 123 pages of text, & xiv pages of additional advertisements. Publisher's pictorial stapled paper wraps, cover art by Warner.
Covers moderately soiled & foxed, small light stain in the margin of the last several leaves, otherwise Very Good or better.
Author John T. Wilford was also the editor & publisher of the Havana Post newspaper. He criticized Cuban president Gerardo Machado & was deported in January, 1931.
"SEEING HAVANA INTELLIGENTLY is published only with the view of enabling visitors to see Havana intelligently, and the advertising pages are incidental, and only such firms as the publisher can recommend are permitted space in these pages ..."
 ~Excerpted from the foreword.

Arequipa, Peru: Cuzzi y Cia, (1996). First edtion, this copy inscribed, signed & dated in ink by Daphne Dougall de Zileri at the title page. Tall square octavo (9.75" x 9.75"), 103 & [2] pages, profusely illustrated in black & white from photographs. Original mauve cloth embossed in blind at the spine & upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket & plain white corrugated plastic box. Text in Spanish.
A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Box lightly soiled, otherwise very good or better.
The noted photographer's first book, followed four years later by "Duos." Ms. Zileri, who was the first female photographer for Caretas magazine, passed away in 2011.
As characterized by Mario Vargas Llosa, Ms. Zileri's photos "... express different cultures. However, there is in them an extraordinary unity. They seem to have been taken in a single place, among people from a single community. It seems that all the landscapes are a single landscape. In reality, the common denominator that brings closer these worlds and these… Read More

New York: Hunt & Eaton; Cincinnati: Cranston & Stowe, 1886. First edition. 12mo, 288 pp, frontispiece & one plate. Brick cloth lettered in gilt & decorated in black.Binding rubbed, moderate wear at spline extremities & corners, front hinge started, effaced bookplate at front pastedown, otherwise good or so. "Mexico, under the new light which is dawning upon her social and civil fabrics, may yet have a future, let us all hope, as brilliant as her past has been thrilling" ~Excerpted from the Introduction