Search Results: South America from Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio

New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1953. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, Later Printing.. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1953. First Edition, later printing. Near Fine/Very Good+. Later printing, association copy, inscribed and SIGNED by the author, in original unclipped dust jacket. Very clean rose paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper: "To my fellow explorer Allan R. Holmberg with high esteem and sincere best wishes for continued success on your Peruvian humanitarian project. - Lewis Cotlow (Christmas 1957)." Laid in is a four page review of the book with photographs by the San Francisco Chronicle, The Saturday Review, and the New York Herald Tribune. Book is illustrated with black and white photographs by the author, maps. 245 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is not price… Read More

San Francisco: Mercury House, 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. San Francisco: Mercury House, 1994. First Edition. Fine/Fine. AS NEW first edition. Very clean yellow-orange boards with brown cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 169 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The authors chart the history and wonder of the Amazon region and report their own extraordinary experience of it. Their work is a fervent plea to end the genocide of Amazonian people that continues today. 8vo. South America..

New York: Harper & Row, 1980. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Harper & Row, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. Blue cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages are clean, slight dust speckling to page edges. Clean green endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 364 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. South America..

New York: Random House, 1954. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Random House, 1954. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. Stated First Printing. Very clean black boards with sword illustration blind stamped on cover. Gold lettering on clean brown cloth spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square. Clean map-illustrated endpapers. Pages topstained black. Pages are very clean, crisp and bright; no writing or marks. Very small book shop sticker at bottom edge of rear fixed endpaper. 336 pgs. Bright dustjacket is not price clipped, very minimal edgewear (a few very small, shallow closed edge tears). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8 Vo. Historical Fiction..

New York: Knopf, 1987. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Knopf, 1987. Stated First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Stated First Edition in clean unclipped jacket. Very clean brown boards with silver lettering on cover, black cloth spine with silver lettering. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight & crisp. No names or bookplates inside. 134 pgs. Clean, bright dustjacket has not been price clipped, has no chipping or tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover..

New York: Viking Press, 1961. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Viking Press, 1961. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good . "First Published in 1961 by the Viking Press, Inc." on copyright page. Clean black cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on spine. Very slight bump to one corner tip; no fraying or wear to cloth. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean bright endpapers illustrated with maps. Small ink-stamped name of previous owner at top edge of back side of front free endpaper, no other writing or marks in book. 280 pgs. with index. Illustrated with black & white plates. Dustjacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, has previous owner name in margin of front inside flap; shallow chipping at top spine edge (Max. 1/4"), wear to surface of fold edges. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A glimpse of the one of the world's last wild terrains within the mysterious… Read More

Tucson, Arizona, USA: University of Arizona Press, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. Tucson, Arizona, USA: University of Arizona Press, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/fine. First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by author. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper: "To Susan and Tolouse for all the years we know each other. - Edmundo 7/26/89" with additional note laid in: "Susan, give me a call when you get this package - Love, Edmundo." 228 pgs. with index. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. "This combination of scholarship and hard-hitting journalism stand out among writings on the coca and cocaine problem,… Read More

Washington DC: National Geographic Directions, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. Washington DC: National Geographic Directions, 2004. First Edition . Fine/Near Fine. Clean first edition in unchipped dust jacket. Clean pale orange paper-covered boards with black cloth spine, bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean pale yellow endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 283 pages + "About the Author". Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. "Rarely has a desert been so filled with life as the one Ariel Dorfman depicts in this remarkable trek through Chile's Norte Grande.with the eloquence that has won him enormous acclaim as a poet, novelist, and playwright, Dorfman interweaves personal reminiscence and family tradition with a larger chronicle of a colorful, isolated world that has all but disappeared." (from… Read More

New York: Dodd Mead, 1945. Book. Illus. by Victor J. Dowling, Illustrator. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Dodd Mead, 1945. First Edition. Fine/Very Good+. Victor J. Dowling, Illustrator. Very clean green cloth boards with gold crown on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers (decorated with maps). No names, writing or marks. 308 pgs. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has a few short closed edge tears, very tiny chip at top of spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. This book, written for high school age readers and up, is a well researched dramatic biography of Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil..

Book Club Associates, 1974. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. Book Club Associates, 1974. Stated First American Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Clean dark blue cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages are clean. Previous owner name neatly penned at top edge of front free endpaper. 346 pgs. Illustrated with drawings, maps, photographs in black & white and full color. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The search by explorers and adventurers for legendary untold riches in the mountains of Columbia. First published by Saxon House in England, this is the First American Edition published by Book Club Associates in 1974. 8vo. Exploration..

New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. Very clean yellow/orange cloth boards with green cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages are clean and bright, with remainder mark on bottom and top page edges. No names, writing or bookplates. 280 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear or tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8 vo. South America..

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Doran, 1935. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Early Printing.. Green cloth boards with blind-stamped decoration, gold title bands on spine. Some fading to spine. No fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean; tasteful custom bookplate on front pastedown; no other marks. 268 pages..

New York: Duell Sloan and Pearce, 1955. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Stated First Edition in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine, small blind-stamped decoration on cover. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean map-illustrated endpapers. Tiny previous owner name at top edge of front free endpaper. Pages are clean and bright. Illustrated with 32 photographs and four maps. 320 pages with index. Dust jacket is clean, has piece missing at base of rear panel (approx. 2" x 3" triangle), general edge wear, not price clipped; still attractive in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The rediscovery of the centuries-old road system which extended throughoutthe fabulous Inca Empire for over 10,000 miles..

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. Fine First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Turquoise paper-covered boards with black cloth spine, silver lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 239 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Explore the mysterious world of the rainforest with author Alex Shoumatoff as he describes his ascent of the Nhamunda River, a little-known tributary of the Amazon that is as long as the Hudson River. The fabled Amazon women (whose legends the author re-examines) are said to have lived here. The second part of the book describes the author's two month journey in Zaire, a place that is an anarchic collection of tribes rather than a… Read More

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Key Porter Books Limited, 1990. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine first edition, first printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean black paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Small bump to lower board edge. No fraying or tears, no fading. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. 250 pages. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A revealing story of the people who live in the Amazon River Valley: the rubber tappers, river people, small landholders and natives. Augusta Dwyer not only spoke to them; she lived among them, sharing their meals and their way of life. In addition, she was one of the few journalists to become close friends with Chico Mendes, who did more than any other individual to alert the world to the rape of the rain forest. Brutally murdered in 1988, he has become synonymous with the plight of the… Read More

New York: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine first edition in clean unworn original dust jacket. With more than 250 illustrations, all in full color, and nine maps. Clean brown cloth covered boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. All pages and edges are clean with gorgeous illustrated endpapers (aerial color photograph of the twisting Amazon). No names, writing or marks. 236 pages. Size of book approx. 9-1/2" x 12". Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Renowned oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, his son Jean-Michel, and a Cousteau Society team of divers, scientists, photographers, and support personnel completed an unprecendented 18-month-long investigation of the great waterway--navigating upstream some 2,300 miles and tracing the river from its mouth in the Atlantic to is source 18,000 feet high in the Andes… Read More

Austin, Texas: Boomerang New Media, 2006. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition.. Austin, Texas: Boomerang New Media, 2006. First U.S. Edition. Near Fine/fine. First printing in clean unchipped dust jacket. Clean brown boards with gold lettering on spine. Very slight pushing to spine ends, nice sharp corners. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. All pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Two page map. 241 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Scribner / Simon & Schuster, 2019. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Scribner / Simon & Schuster, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean, unfaded black board with black cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. Tiny closed tear at top spine corner edge, otherwise fine. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with maps, photographs. 438 pages + "About the Author". Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, one tiny closed edge tear, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Basic Books, Inc., 2004. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Basic Books, Inc., 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing, with full number line on copyright page. Very clean gray boards with clean red-orange spine, silver lettering on spine. Hint of slightest surface wear to spine base, faint remainder mark on bottom page edges. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean and bright; clean green endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 352 pgs. with index. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. A true sweeping tale of adventure, discovery and exploration is one woman's extraordinary journey, inspired by her love for a man she had not seen in 20 years. In 1769, Isabel Grameson, an upper-class Peruvian woman who had lived all her life close to home, set out across the Andes and down the length of the Amazon in order to rejoin her husband in French Guiana. 8vo. Adventure..

New York: Viking Press / Junior Literary Guild, 1945. Book. Illus. by C. B. Falls, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Clean hardcover book in original illustrated dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with red sailing ship on cover, red lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Beautiful color-illustrated endpapers (jungle scene). Tasteful previous owner bookplate on half-title page. No other marks. Illustrated with maps, woodcuts. 262 pages with Index. Illustrated jacket is unchipped, very slight edgewear; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. All about South America - it's culture, its agriculture, its Aztecs, Incas and Mayan Indians; the story of the Spanish explorers..