Latin American History

Middletown (Conn.): I. Riley 1808, 1st edition in English. (Hardcover set) 271, 305, 68pp. Very good. In recent boards. 1 folding engraved map. Contemporary owner name on the half-title of vol.1. Includes An Appendix to the Civil and Political History of Chili, Consisting of a Sketch of the Araucana of Don Alonzo de Ercilla. New York, Alsop, Brannan and Alsop, 1808. Locale: Chile; South America. (History--South America, History--Chile, Sets).

Lima, Peru: American Studies Press, 1965. First Edition . Black Leather. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 10 3/8" Tall. Designed By George Michel. 221 Pp. Bound In 1/2 Leather, Gilt Title And Author On Spine. Political History Professor David A. Robinson's Copy Of The Proofs, Each Page Printed On One Side Only, With "Libraria & Imprenta 'Minerva' Prueba" Stamp At Bottom Of Each Page, Initialed On Each Page By Robinson, With A Few Hand Notes To The Printer. David A. Robinson's Bookplate On Front Pastedown. Robinson, An American Scholar In Peru, Also Wrote "Peru In Four Dimensions", 1964 And 1971.

Baltimore: The Maya Society, 1937. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Friar Diego De Landa. A very good - second edition [HAND D83], with solid, sturdy binding and cover. Original blue cloth boards with gilt stamping and Maya Society crest in gilt. The blue cloth is showing heavy spotting on the spine and front cover, and the top front corner is bumped. Pages toned, top edge darkened. Former owner's bookplate. Laid in with a staplebound pamphlet for "Publications in the Field of Archaeology, Anthropology, etc. issued by the Carnegie Institute of Washington... May 1937." Heavily illustrated, includes maps and related documents. 142 pp. Octavo, 6 x 10 inches tall. An important primary source, scarce in this edition "Modern scholars regard Landa with a mixture of frustration and admiration. At the same time he wrote his comprehensive work on Mayan culture, his orders to destroy all icons and hieroglyphics obliterated the Mayan language ..., helping to undermine and destroy the… Read More

Rudolfo Anaya. Bless Me, Ultima. TQS, Quinto Sol Publications, Inc. Berkeley, CA. Softcover. Copyright 1972, 25th Printing Thus, 1991 SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. ABOUT RUDOLFO ANAYA: Rudolfo Anaya was an American author. Noted for his 1972 novel Bless Me, Altima, Anaya was considered one of the founders of the canon of contemporary Chicano literature. We consider offers.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. vii, 566 pages with 219 illustrations in text. Dated 1884 copyright page, 1893 title page. SCARCE in any edition in current commerce. Near Fine in original brown cloth with gilt lettering and decorations, top edge gilt, from the collection of Joseph Hyde Pratt, noted North Carolina geologist, conservationist, and state and local civic leader, and later during WW I he was colonel in command of the First Battalion of the 105th Engineers, and part of the famous Thirtieth "Old Hickory" Division, the first to break the Hindenburg Line. His ownership signature and name stamp front end page. Slight wear at spine ends, light soiling at end pages. . Revised American Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Text, complete in itself, is extracted from CHURCHILL, AWNSHAM, and JOHN: A Collection of Voyages and Travels (vol IV,). Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill at the Black Swan in Paternoster-Row, London, 1704. With title-page and pages numbered 681-807.

Cover slightly soiled (spots) mostly to the rear cover. Light water stain to the top of page margins, and very occasionally to lower margin, not touching text. Text clean and clear.Nicolas del Techo (born Nicolas du Toict) was a Jesuit humanist. His name was "Hispanicised" by his fellow Jesuits to Nicolas del Techo shortly after he was ordained in the Society of Jesus at the age of 19. He arrived in the Province of Paraguay (a region that then included parts of present-day Paraguay and Uruguay) in 1649 where he sought to convert the indigenous people (the Guarani Indians) to Christianity. He wrote (in Latin) a History of the Province of Paraguay (1673, Liege). Criticised for sometimes implausible narratives, possibly due to copying previous Jesuit… Read More

19-3/4" x 27-3/4"-50.1 x 70.4 cm.
Hand coloured copperplate engraving. Some staining and short tears to blank margins, otherwise very good.
A detailed map covering central and southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador and part of Honduras. Shows towns, cities, ports, mines, topographical features and "intendacies"-a political division before Mexico adopted "states". On first glance, this map is very similar to John Thomson's map of the same area, however Pinkterton's map is more detailed and contains more up to date information (based on Humboldt's map of a year prior). A scarce map published in what is considered one of the finest English atlases of the 19th century.Kapp, Central America early maps up to 1860, 89

[2]+468 pages with tables (some folding). Octavo (8 1/4" x 6") bound in period Spanish tree calf, all edges marbled and gilt lettering to spine. Forth edition. First was published in 1810.
Sailing directions for the West Indies. Pages 325-367 concern North American navigation, updated for this edition.
Condition:
Light wear, some pale staining., corners bumped and rubbed

Reminiscencias cubanas de la guerra y de la paz primera edicion habana cuba 1941.encuadernacion en media piel,relatos ensayos y articulos sobre sucesos de las guerras independentistas cubanas del siglo XIX y diversos articulos escritos en diversas publicaciones.de diversos temas historicos,biograficos y curiosidades.su autor.Luis Rodolfo Miranda La Rúa. Comandante del Ejército Libertador cubano.1876-1952.Nació el 18 de mayo de 1876 en Guanabacoa, La Habana.En noviembre de 1896 recibió el grado de Teniente. A fines de ese año participó en los combates de Los Magüeyes y Veguitas, y a comienzos de 1897 en los de La Rato­nera, El Mote y Jiguaní. El 9 de junio de 1897, sien­do Capitán, salió hacia Estados Unidos de América, vía Jamaica, para tratarse su estado de salud. El 21 de noviembre de 1897 ya restablecido partió de Savannah, Estados Unidos de América, al frente de 21 expedicionarios a bordo del vapor Dauntless. Desembarcó por Playa del Muerto, cerca de Punta Gorda, en la costa norte… Read More

Leguizamo, John. Mambo Mouth: A Savage Comedy. 1991 ILLUSTRATED. Sorry, we can't decipher the artist name. 1 sheet of paper Double-sided. Original show letterhead stationary. Has been folded. A signed, inscribed letter to friends telling them about his June 4th reopening of the show with music by Jelly Bean Bennitez. UNIQUE EPHEMERA. About the show: In 1991, Leguizamo also wrote and performed in the Off-Broadway production Mambo Mouth, where he played seven different characters. Mambo Mouth won an Obie Award and an Outer Critics Award. He was listed as one of 12 "Promising New Actors of 1991" in "John Willis' Screen Worlds Vol. 43". We take offers.

Cronicas de la guerra de cuba reproduccion de la edicion de el figaro hecha en 1895 y 1896 en dos cuadernos publicado en la habana cuba imprenta el siglo XX 1957 con la introduccion por el dr enrique gay-calbo academico de numero y bibliotecario.la revista el figaro,publico en la habana 1895-1896 dos volumenes con la historia y evolucion de la guerra cubano hispano-norteamericana hasta el ano 1896.el libro consta de 2 volumenes encuadernados en un tomo.

historia documentada de san cristobal de la habana en el siglo XVI,2 tomos.por irene aloha wright habana cuba 1927.encuadernacion en media piel,buen estado,primera edicion en espanol.historia de la Habana.su fundacion,su historia,poblacion,tradiciones y noticias,entre los anos 1500-1600 importantisima obra sobre la historia colonial de la habana y sus alrededores.Wright, Irene Aloha (1879-1972).Periodista, archivera e historiadora estadounidense.Nacida en Colorado y afincada en México, era hija de la también historiadora e investigadora Letitia O. Wright.Se graduó en el Virginia College y en la Universidad de Stanford. En 1904 se trasladó a Cuba donde trabajó como oficial del Departamento de Estado en La Habana. Durante su estancia en Cuba llevó a cabo tareas periodísticas en diversos periódicos: escribió en el Havanna Post, fue editora del Havanna Daily Telegraph y propietaria y editora de The Cuban Magazine.Su interés por la historia del Caribe la impulsó a viajar a España donde… Read More

Paris: Auguste Durand, Libraire, 1864. First Edition First Printing . Leather Bound. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. xxiii, 502 pages. Hardcover bound in quarter brown morocco and brown and yellow speckled paper-covered boards. Five raised bands and six compartments on the spine adorned with gilt designs. Light to moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. The leather on the spine has some scuffs. A sound copy with secure hinges. Marbled endpapers and the front flyleaf has a mid-20th century owner's bookplate. Interior toned. Contains a frontis portrait. Text is in French. Guy Joseph Bonnet (1773-1843) was a Haitian historian and General of the Army of the Republic of Haiti. he was one of the signers of the Haitian Act of Independence (1804) when Haiti overthrew French rule. No auction records found. Scarce. We've been unable to find any other copy listed online, and the last copy seen in published auctions records is from 1901.

Vida y pensamiento de jose marti 2 vols primera edicion habana cuba 1942 nota preliminar por emilio roig de leuchsenring.homenaje de la ciudad de la habana en el cincuentenario de la fundacion del partido revolucionario cubano 1892-1942.obra en 2 volumenes,en muy buenas condiciones encuadernacion de la epoca.con notables trabajos de Manuel isidro mendez,enrique gay calbo,miguel jorrin,julio le riverend,emilio roig de leuchsenring,juan marinello,salvador massip,jose antonio portuondo,manuel bisbe,felix lizaso,raquel catala,eduardo le riverend brusone,gonzalo de quesada y miranda,francisco ichaso,felipe de pazos y roque,medardo vitier,salvador garcia aguero,angel i augier y fernando ortiz sobre la obra de José Julián Martí Pérez (La Habana, 28 de enero de 1853 - >Dos Ríos, 19 de mayo de 1895) fue un político, ensayista, periodista y filósofo cubano, fundador del Partido Revolucionario Cubano y organizador de la Guerra de Independencia de Cuba, durante la que murió en combate. Se le ha… Read More

Calixto garcia su campana en el 95 por el capitan del ejercito libertador anibal escalante beaton primera edicion habana cuba 1946 signed con dedicatoria del autor nueva encuadernacion,buen estado,anibal escalante fue ayudante de campo del general calixto garcia iniguez durante la guerra cubano hispano norteamericana de 1895-1898.en este libro nos relata sus memorias de aquella gesta asi como numerosos testimonios y recuerdos de primera mano.Calixto García Íñiguez.[1839-1898] Héroe de la independencia cubana. Combatiente de las tres guerras por la independencia de Cuba. Libró múltiples combates y sobresalió por su sólida formación militar, adquirida de forma autodidacta. El león holguinero (como lo nombraban) nació el 4 de agosto de 1839 en la calle de San Diego, provincia de Holguín. Participó en la >Guerra de los Diez Años, la Guerra Chiquita y la Guerra Necesaria. Es considerado uno de los principales estrategas de las guerras de independencia cubanas. Prestó especial atención a la… Read More