Search Results: SOUTH AMERICA from Ray Boas, Bookseller

London: Oxford University Press, 1967. HC. very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations. 154pp.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968. HC. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) closed tear on dj. B&W illustrations. Four centuries after Columbus, Isabella II sent a scientific expedition to that part of the New World still ruled by Spain. Seven naturalists and a photographer made up her Scientific Commission of the Pacific, 1862-1866, but their almost phenomenal accomplishments were overlooked by history in the turmoil of the Spainsih colonial wars going on in Latin America at the time. 194pp.

Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1864. HC. good, original brown cloth (hardcover) wear top/bottom spines. Very nice clean and tight set. Top and bottom of spines are worn down, and corners have wear through cloth - but book blocks and hinges tight. First published in 1847.

Boston, MA: Edward oliver, 1812. HC. good+, full calf (hardcover) lacks lower half FFEP. ... IN A SERIES OF LETTERS BY A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS AN OFFICER UNDER THAT GENERAL, TO HIS FRIEND IN THE UNITED STATES. TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED, SKETCHES OF THE LIFE OF MIRANDA, AND GEOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF CARACCAS." Howes B-442. 312pp.

Reo de Janiero: Civilizacao Brasileira S/A, 1939. PB. good, wraps (softcover) - PARTIALLY UNOPENED FROM BINDERY. B&W illustrations. Text in Portuguese. 280pp.

Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1937. HC. very good, orange cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket). B&W ill.. NO DUSTJACKET. 311pp.

Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Pr, 1968. HC. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover). Through a series of essays on various aspects of Portuguese and Brazilian culture, this book presents an enlightening picture of contemporary civilization in the two countries. 367pp.

Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 2007. HC. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations. ISBN 1585679011 Thomson elegantly intertwines his account of the rise and fall of these great cultures with the story of his family's relocation to the Urubamba valley, the old Inca heartland. 330pp.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1959. HC. very good, green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket). 51 B&W maps and diagrams. NO DUSTJACKET -- "This book has been written primarily for the use of University students and of those interested in the reasoned study of the geographical features and the resources of South America, and of the industries and general economic life of its various parts and peoples." 318pp.

New York: Creative Age Press, 1948. HC. good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket). NO DUSTJACKET. 455pp.

n.p.: DIKA, 1990. HC. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author. ISBN 0962689106 "A personal account of life in a small village in the pampas under a dictatorship." 215pp.

New York: The Book Publishers' Press, 1914. HC. very good, decorated blue cloth (hardcover) light edgewear. B&W illustrations. 482pp.