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The Path Between the Seas
by David McCullough
Describes all the events and personalities involved in the monumental undertaking which precipitated revolution, scandal, economic crisis, and a new Central American republic Bibliography: p. 655-669.
Includes index.
Includes index.
I, Rigoberta Menchu
by Rigoberta Menchu
Rigoberta Menchú received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for her efforts to end the oppression of indigenous peoples in Guatemala.
Open Veins Of Latin America
by Eduardo Galeano
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent (in Spanish Las venas abiertas de América Latina) is an essay written by Uruguayan journalist Eduardo Galeano in 1971.
Brazilian Adventure
by Peter Fleming
Brazilian Adventure is a book by Peter Fleming about his search for the lost Colonel Percy Fawcett in the Brazilian jungle. Fawcett along with his son and another companion had disappeared while searching for the Lost City of Z in 1925. Fleming was working as literary editor for The Times when he answered a small ad asking for volunteers to join an expedition to find out what had happened to Fawcett. The story of Fleming's 1932 expedition is told in Brazilian Adventure.
Latin America Books & Ephemera
Brazil
by Andrew Marshall
Walker and Company, 1966. 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Good. With 93 illustrations and 4 maps, fine interior, one creased corner, extensively rubbed edges, two spine cracks.
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A$29.92
![Rostros y Climas (Crónica de Viajes, Hombres y Sucesos de Nuestro Tiempo). [inscribed to his bibliographer]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/064/093/1487093064.0.b.jpg)
Rostros y Climas (Crónica de Viajes, Hombres y Sucesos de Nuestro Tiempo). [inscribed to his bibliographer]
by Jorge Carrera Andrade (1903-1978)
Paris: Ediciones de la Maison de l'Amérique Latine, (1948). 240pp. First Edition, No. 145 of 500 copies on Rives paper. Printed stiff paper wrappers. Shipping label laid in in, likely in Carrera Andrade's hand. Wraps lightly toned; backstrip expertly repaired at heel with tissue; very good. Warmly inscribed by Carrera Andrade to his bibliographer, Dorothy E. Harth: "Para mi querida amiga Dorothy E. Harth cuya voz florece generosamente en mi desierto, poblado de 'hombres vacios'. Muy afectuosamente,...
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A$697.72
Lampiao nao era tao Cao como se pinta
by Rodolfo Coelho Cavalcante
Salvador, Bahia, Brasil: A casa do Trovador, 1983. Soft cover. Fair. Literatura de Cordel No.1575. [Minstrel Chapbook in verse]. 2nd edition 1983. 8 pages + illustrated covers, uncut pages, rusted single staple, creased throughout, frayed edges, and yellowed text. 11 x 15,8 cm. Text in Portuguese.
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A$16.62
Plano Anual de Trabalho 1990: 500 Anos de Descobrimento: Passagem para o Seculo XXI
by Fundacao Joaquim Nabuco
Recife: Editora Massangana, 1990. Soft cover. Fair. Heavily scuffed wraps, foxed page edges, marginalia and underlining throughout. Puncture marks in bottom margin of front wrap and first 20 pages (from stapler?). Reasonable reference copy of Gilberto Freyre's think-tank's activities, programs, budgets, research studies for fiscal year 1990. Text in Portuguese, 231 pages, tables, foldout charts.
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A$16.62
Critica e Folclore
by Mario Cabral
Aracaju, Sergipe: Livraria Regina Ltda., 1952. Soft cover. Good. Sunned spine; soiled, rubbed and creased edges; binding cracked at both hinges otherwise tight and strong; clean interior. Gatefold covers, inscribed by author on title page, text in Portuguese, 170 pages + TOC and 6 page appendix "Mario Cabral na Opiniao da Critica". Collectible.
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A$49.87
Limites entre Venezuela y Colombia
Publisher's original wraps, moderate wear to head and tail of spine, slight tanning throughout. Otherwise tight, clean copy without previous owner's name or markings. 9" - 10" tall; 164 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.
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A$131.79
Presencia del Ecuador en Venezuela
by Jorge Carrera Andrade (1903-1978)
Quito [Ecuador]: Editorial Colon, 1963. First Edition. 124pp. 7¾ x 6¼ inches. Printed stiff paper wrappers. Text in Spanish. Unprinted spine and rear cover toned; leaves tanned per paper quality, very good. Inscribed and signed by Carrera Andrade to his bibliographer: "A mi noble amiga Dorothy Harth, en tributo de aprecio." This lauded Ecuadorian author "composed brief, imagistic poems noted for a sympathetic understanding of the human condition. He also translated the works of other writers into...
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A$193.81
Revolution!: South America and the Rise of the New Left
by Nikolas Kozloff
Paperback. New. In the past few years, South America has witnessed the rise of leftist governments coming into power on the heels of dramatic social and political unrest. This new book provides an inside look into the populist wave sweeping South America - and what it means for the rest of the world.
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A$38.51
Brasil e Africa: Outro Horizonte
by Jose Honorio Rodrigues
Editora Nova Fronteira, 1982. 3rd Edition . Soft cover. Fair. One binding crack with corresponding crease in spine, soiled and scuffed wraps and page edges, small tear at tail of spine, moderate edgewear, underlining to one chapter (hard to notice at first glance) with most of the text in fine state. Text in Portuguese, 545 pages, 3a edicao (1982) revista e com novo capitulo atualizado ate 1980.
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A$49.87
Boletim Bibliografico No.27 (June 1982): Cultura Popular
Rio de Janeiro, RJ: SESC, 1982. Soft cover. Fair. Heavy edge wear, cracked and chipped spine, marginalia throughout, 96pp. Still a good reference copy.
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A$11.64
LADOC Keyhole Series, No.8: Brazil
by LADOC Bimonthly Publication of Latin America Documentation
Division for Latin America, USCC, 1974. Staplebound. Near Fine. Almost new. Minimal wear. Bimonthly Publication of Latin America Documentation ISSN 0360-3350. Staplebound, 61pp.
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A$16.62
The Rise of the Spanish American Empire
by De Madariaga, Salvador
New York: The Free Press 1968. Later Printing. Trade Paperback 408 pages, illustrated, notes, bibliography, index. Spine creased and edge wear, light rubbing to covers. Bx162
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A$23.26
Guía Comercial de la Ciudad de la Asunción, conteniendo la dirección de todas las casas comerciales, industriales y particulares, algunas leyes relativas al comercio y aduaneras, la ley de inmigración, los artículos de derechos y garantías, de la Constitución nacional, etc.
by Alejandro Trossbach; Cecilio Báez
Asunción: Fischer & Quell, Bazar y librería "á la ciudad de Berlín", 1889. Likely First edition. 8vo. 118, [2, blank]pp, printed cancel tipped-on to p69. Printed in Spanish. Publisher's printed wrappers with general soil; edge-chipping; two embossed early institutional stamps; early label and bookplate from same to verso of front wrap; good. Rare late 19th-century promotional work providing the then-current economic climes of Paraguay's capital, Asunción. As the title informs, the work serves as a...
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A$542.68
The Spanish Empire in America
by C H Haring
New York, NY USA: Oxford University press, 1947. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 6.5" x 9.5. A history of Spanish colonial activity in the Americas from 1492. A clean and sound book with some shelf wear. No dust wrapper. Available for prompt dispatch from the UK.
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A$8.38
Livre de l'Exil, precede de Message a L'Afrique
by René L.-F. Durand, editor; [Jorge Carrera Andrade (1903-1978)]
Dakar [Senegal]: Centre de Hautes Études Afro-Ibéro-Américaines de l'Université de Dakar, 1970. First Printing. "Edition Bilingue" (Bilingual Edition). 50pp. 8¼ x 5¼ inches. Printed stiff paper wrappers. Text in Spanish and French. Creases to wrappers and portions of textblock slightly bumped; good. Inscribed and signed by this important Latin American poet and diplomat, to his bibliographer, Dorothy E. Harth "en testimonio de antigua amistad." There is a checklist of Carrera Andrade's writings...
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A$193.81
I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala
by Rigoberta Menchú
Verso, 1984. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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A$9.43
![Historia Natural, Civil y Geografica de las Naciones situadas en las Riveras del Rio Orinoco. Volume II. [Historia Natural, Civil y Geográfica de las Naciones situadas en las Riveras del Rio Orinoco.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/682/171/774171682.0.b.1.jpg)
Historia Natural, Civil y Geografica de las Naciones situadas en las Riveras del Rio Orinoco. Volume II. [Historia Natural, Civil y Geográfica de las Naciones situadas en las Riveras del Rio Orinoco.]
by Joseph Gumilla
Handsomely bound in full Spanish calf with morocco labels; nicely marbled end papers. Two engraved plates; engraved headpiece.; Vol. 2; 8vo (6 x 8.25 inches); [ii],352 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .
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A$930.30
Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba...and Then Lost It to the Revolution
by English, T. J
William Morrow & Company, 2008. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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A$9.60
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
by Galeano, Eduardo
Monthly Review Press, 1997. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket. Monthly Review Press, 1997. Trade Paperback As New. Foreword by Isabel Allende. An outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx--from back of book. Galeano has organized the various factors of Latin American history according to the five centuries of exploitation. Natural resources--such as gold, coffee, and copper--are...
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A$21.02
Estero de Alondras (INSCRIBED by author)
by Eliana Godoy Godoy
Inscribed by the author in blue ink to first free page and dated 20/IV/'64 [April 20, 1964]. Tan paper wraps with text and hand painted design to front wrap. Includes an unbound note from author to the reader. 41 poems in total. Spanish language throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Shipped through USPS Priority insured mail. Losses to edges of wraps where wraps extend past contents of book, and small loss to paper wrap at top of spine (see image). 5 1/2 x 7 1/4...
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A$139.54
Drinking, Homicide, and Rebellion in Colonial Mexican Villages
by William B Taylor
242 pages including bibliography and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original wrappers. From the library of George M Foster.
This study analyzes the impact of Spanish rule on Indian peasant identity in the late colonial period by investigating three areas of social behavior. Based on the criminal trial records and related documents from the regions of central Mexico and Oaxaca, it attempts to discover how peasants conceived of their role under Spanish rule, how they behaved under various kinds... Read more about this item
This study analyzes the impact of Spanish rule on Indian peasant identity in the late colonial period by investigating three areas of social behavior. Based on the criminal trial records and related documents from the regions of central Mexico and Oaxaca, it attempts to discover how peasants conceived of their role under Spanish rule, how they behaved under various kinds... Read more about this item
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A$3.88
AFRO-AMERICAN ARTS OF THE SURINAME RAIN FOREST
by Price, Sally and Richard
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. The Maroons of Suriname, in northeastern South America, are the descendants of African slaves who escaped from coastal plantations in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and established new societies and cultures in the rain forest. With a freedom unique in Afro-America to develop their own cultural forms, and drawing on their diverse African pasts, the Maroons created a way of life in artistic...
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A$155.05
The Population of Latin America
by Nicolas Sanchez-Albornoz
University of California Press, 1974. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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A$13.92
Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon
by Tierney, Patrick
W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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A$9.29
