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Misplaced Ideas
by Roberto Schwarz
Roberto Schwarz, born in Vienna in 1938, grew up in São Paulo, studying there and later in the United States and France. His books in English include Two Girls, Misplaced Ideas: Essays on Brazilian Culture and A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism, the central component of his study of Machado.
Narratives Of the Voyages Of Pedro Sarmiento De Gamboa To the Straits Of Magellan
by Clements R Markham
South American Travel Books & Ephemera
The Naturalist in La Plata
by Hudson, W. H
London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. The habits and instincts of animals in La Plata, La Pampas, Argentina. 8vo, 2pp preface, 383pp, 4 pp index, 40 pp catalogue at back dated Feb. 1892. 27 b/w illustrations including Puma, Armadillo, Wrestler frog, Pampa sheep, Dragonflies, Crested Screamer, Woodhewers, Huanaco, Viscachas, Hummingbird. Teal green cloth boards with gilt title on spine and illustration of coypu family on front. Spine sunned and rubbed on edges, one...
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![Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator [with] Supplementary Appendix to Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/404/677/1564677404.0.b.0.jpg)
Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator [with] Supplementary Appendix to Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator
by Whymper, Edward
London: John Murray, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. First edition of both volumes: Volume I (published in 1892): pp xxiv, 456, with four maps (3 folding, including one in rear pocket), 20 full-page illustrations and more than 100 additional illustrations in the text, appendices, index. Rebound in green cloth with gilt titles on spine, no illustration or decoration on boards. Upper corners bumped, some smudges to margins. Supplement (published in 1891): pp. xxii, (4), 147, with 14 plates and...
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Highway of the Sun
by Von Hagen, Victor W
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1955. Stated First edition. HC w DJ. MV VG/VG. Black boards, gilt spine titling bright, light edgewear, map-illustrated endpapers, clean, unmarked, binding sound. Unclipped DJ light wear, sun dulling to spine, in protector. B/W photo illustrations. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.
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A$30.99
In the Guiana Forest - studies of nature in relation to the struggle for life
by Rodway, James
T Fisher Unwin, 1897. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. hardback, 8vo, red cloth lettered gilt to a faded spine, light age-toning but o/w avery good well preserved and tightly bound copy, b&w plates, publisher list at rear, 242pp.
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A$33.92
Information about Bolivia
by [LATIN AMERICA] Bolivian Legation
Washington, DC: Press of Byron S. Adams, 1912. 6 x 9.25 inches, 72 pp, with chromolithograph frontispiece, many b/w illustrations from photographs. Near fine, with mild edgewear to wrappers. Stamp of the Bolivan Consulate in San Francisco on front endpaper. An attractive informational booklet aimed at potential investors, with description of the major cities of Bolivia and details of topography, demographics, climate, natural resources, mining, the financial system, laws and tariffs, and transportation....
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A$193.68
Xelahuh
by Friedrich Morton
The Adventurers Club, 1959. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Fritz Berger. English edition hardback, 1959, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket slightly darkened and spine tanned; green cloth boards clean and crisp. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; slight toning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.
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A$19.29
The Bolivian Andes, A Record of Climbing and Exploration in the Cordillera Real in the Years 1898 and 1900
by Conway, Martin
New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 402 pp, with appendix, bibliography, index, and more than 50 illustrations from photographs, in the simplest binding of unadorned grayish-brown cloth. Spine lettering faded but legible. Upper corners lightly bumped, binding sound, text clean. Short ownership inscription ("A.W.B. December 18, 1918") on front free endpaper. Neate C102: "The first major climbing expedition to the area. Conway's party made the first ascent...
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The War of Quito by Pedro de Cieza de Leon and Inca Documents
by de Cieza de Leon, Pedro; Markham, Sir Clements R. (Translator, ed)
Kraus Reprint Limited, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. xii, 212 pp, with index. Minimal wear to edges, name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1913 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series, No. XXXI. Please note: the image associated with this listing shows another volume in the same series, but it other than the title it appears identical to this one.
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A$46.48
The Bolivian Andes, A Record of Climbing and Exploration in the Cordillera Real in the Years 1898 and 1900
by Conway, Martin
New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 402 pp, with appendix, bibliography, index, and more than 50 illustrations from photographs, in pictorial cloth binding. Spine slanted, corners lightly bumped, binding sound, text clean. Neate C102: "The first major climbing expedition to the area. Conway's party made the first ascent of the south (highest) peak of Illimani (6402m) at the southern end of the range, and just failed to reach the summit of Ancohuma...
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The Highest Andes, A Record of the First Ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina, and the Exploration of the Surrounding Valleys
by Fitz Gerald, E.A. [Edward Arthur FitzGerald]
London: Methuen, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 390 pp, with index, half-tone and photogravure illustrations from photographs by the author and by Arthur E. Lightbody and Stuart Vines, folding panorama, 2 folding maps. Bound in original red cloth with gilt lettering, image of a condor on upper board. Upper corners bumped (visible on text block), spine just slightly faded, text clean, binding sound. FitzGerald (1871-1931) was a wealthy American-born mountaineer best known for organizing the...
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A$271.15
HAND BOOK OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS 1893
by Us Bureau Of American Republics
Washington: Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1893. Hardcover. Clean maroon cloth, leather spine, gilt lettering & lightly scuffed leather corners. Tight, clean & intact copy. Drawing, photo, color map & table illustrations. Pictorial frontispiece. Bulletins useful to producers, merchants & manufacturers, including; custom tariffs, official circulars, international treaties, conventions, & local regulations. South America; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall;...
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A$61.98
Idle Days In Patagonia
by W. H. Hudson
J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1923. Hardback. Good. Alfred Hartley and J. Smit. Hardback reprint, 1923, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - blue cloth boards rubbed to edge and tanned to spine, trace of label to lower front edge. Internally clean. Binding tight; no annotation or inscriptions - press cutting from The Listener (06/11/47) on W. H. Hudson loosely inserted and old lending label to rear pastedown; toning to page-ends but text and...
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A$67.74
The Naturalist In La Plata
by W.H.Hudson
Chapman and Hall, 1892. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London: Chapman and Hall, 1892. Hard cover . No dust jacket. 8vo. 388pp plus 28 b/w illustrations with 40 pages book catalogue to rear . This copy has been rebound in green cloth with tan leather title label. Cloth binding is in very good condition. Inside a beautiful clean copy.
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A$48.46
French Guiana, Liquidation of the Penal Settlement
New York: French Press and Information Service, 1945. Softcover. Good. 8.25 x 10.75 in., 16 pp, with six half-tone illustrations showing the Saint-Laurent Penitentiary, political and economic map of French Guiana on back cover. Stapled wrappers. Light staining, edgewear, abrasion to wrappers -- good. Written for an American audience, this booklet seeks to dispel French Guiana's reputation -- fueled by several "sensational films depicting tortured, starved men or melodramatic convict escapes" -- as a...
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The Naturalist in La Plata
by Hudson, W. H
London: Chapman & Hall, 1892. Natural history classic, on the fauna of this region of the author's native Argentina. First edition, Wilson A(6); first state, with ad section dated February 1892. Hardcover, full green cloth, gilt titling, illustration of coypús on front cover in brown & black. General wear, corners bumped, minor spotting, scratch/crease to upper spine; foxed more or less heavily throughout. Text otherwise clean; [viii], 388 pages + 40 page publisher's ad; index, b/w...
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Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil, With a Full Account of the Gold and Diamond Mines. Also, Canoeing Down 1500 Miles of the Great River Sao Francisco, From Sabara to the Sea
by Burton, Richard F
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes. 8vo, pp xii, 443; viii, 478, [2] (ads), each with engraved frontispiece and title page vignette, folding map in Volume II. Publisher's green cloth ruled in blind, with gilt figure on each front board. Account of Burton's journey from Rio to the rich mining area of Minas Gerais via Tres Barras, River Velhas, Penedond Paulo Afonso Falls. He canoed down the entire 3,000 kilometer length of the previously uncharted Sao...
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A$1,859.28
Handbook of the River Plate; Comprising Buenos Ayres, the Upper Provinces, Banda Oriental, and Paraguay
by Mulhall, M.G. & E.T. (Mulhall, Michael George; Mulhall, Edward T.)
Buenos Ayres: Standard Printing- Office, 1869. First edition thus; Improved and enlarged edition. Later half navy morocco over tan cloth, five raised bands with gilt rules, red spine label titled in gilt. Very good, spine edges rubbed, scattered foxing, page 165 in Section C trimmed closely at fore edge with loss of one letter in each of two lines.. xvi, 192,160, 200, 38 pp. [adv] pp. Sm. 4to. Volume I (all published). The authors published the much smaller "The River Plate Handbook, guide, directory...
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A$697.23
Memorias Antiguas Historiales del Peru
by Montesinos, Fernando; Means, Philip Ainsworth (Translator, ed); Markham, Sir Clements R. (Introduction)
Kraus Reprint Limited, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. li, 132 pp + illustrations, with frontispiece, index. Name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1920 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series, No. XLVIII. Please note: the image associated with this listing shows another volume in the same series, but it other than the title it appears identical to this one.
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A$77.47
The Naturalist in La Plata
by Hudson, W. H
London: Chapman & Hall, 1892. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Octavo. One of 1000 copies printed; second issue, with catalog dated April 1892. Bound in original green pictorial cloth. Illustrated in black and white. Black coated end papers. Small bookplate of The Pedagogue's Library. A very good+ copy, showing little or no wear; occasional very light foxing.
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A$154.94
David Frost Introduces Trinidad & Tobago
by Anthony, Michael & Andrew Carr, editors w/intro. by David Frost
London: Andre Deutsch. 1975 1st ed. 203pp. illus. red cloth tall 8vo: near Fine in a Good dj [some light browning of top & fore edges; else nrF; dj = torn @ top extremities; else G] A colorfully illustrated travel anthology featuring 18 chapters by 18 different contributors (including Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott) on every aspect of the islands, from steel bands to cricket.
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A$7.73
The Boy on the Back of the Turtle
by Quarrington, Paul
Vancouver: Greystone Books, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Signed by the author, without inscription, on the title page above the printed name. Black hardcover with copper spine titles, first edition in dustjacket. A good+ copy with wear at the spine tips minor general wear ot the board edges. A clean, straight copy in solid binding. The jacket is also good with matching wear at the ends of the spine panel and ruffling to the edge. 247 pp., bibliography at rear. Canadian author with...
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A$27.11
The Heart Of The World
by Alan Ereira
Jonathan Cape, 1990. 1st. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition hardback, 1990, with unclipped jacket. In overall near-fine used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Binding tight and appears almost unread. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; upper page-ends slightly dust-marked but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.
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A$48.36
Tress of the Tapajos : A Photographic Field Guide
by Parrotta, John A.; Francis, John K.; and Rionaldo Rolo de Almeida
Puerto Rico: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, 1995. Paperback. Good +. Oversize paperbound with text in English and Portuguese. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, "A Kheryn, uma boa colega e amiga, John Parrotta Washington October 2005." A good+ copy with wear to the cover edges and minor bending at the corners. Some scuffs to the dark black covers, most obvious on the blank rear cover. Interior is actually very...
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A$61.98
THE NATURALIST IN LA PLATA
by W.H. Hudson
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. 394 p. 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. Several illustrations. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD: light wear to covers- a bit heavier at corners, spine lightly darkened, edges of text block lightly yellowed, pages clean, binding loose but fine.
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A$23.24
South America from the Best Authorities, Russell, ca.1800
by Russell
Russell, J. : Map of South America from the best authorities. Nd but ca.1800. From "A New Geographical, Historical and Commercial Grammar and Present State of Several Kingdoms of the World". Copper engraving. Size approx. 200 x 230mm. Two neat folds. Some age colouring to edges, otherwise clean, bright and a good impression.
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A$38.76
