Red Gold; The Conquest of the Brazilian Indians
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1978. Illus. 677pp. Tall 8vo, red cloth, d.w., corners of cloth bumped. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1978. More
SOUTH AMERICA
The Conquest of the Incas.
London: Macmillan, 1970. Lightly illustrated with b/w images. 641 pages. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. (London): Macmillan, (1970). A very good(+) copy with minor spotting to rear cloth; in a very good(-) dust wrapper, edgeworn with tearing at head and front panel. Inscribed by author on fly. More
The Mayas of the Classical Period
Milano: Editoriale Jaca, 1999. Illustrated in color and black and white. 256 pages, 4to, black cloth, dust wrapper. Milano: Editoriale Jaca, (1999). A very good(+) (some very light bumping to edges) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Good Neighbors; Argentina, Brazil, Chile, & Seventeen Other Countries.
8vo, cloth. Yale UP, (1944). vg. More
A History Of Latin America; From the Beginnings to the Present.
maps. 796pp. + index. 8vo, cloth, N.Y.: Knopf, 1955. A very good(-) copy. More
Imagens Religiosas do Brasil, (Religious Images of Brazil).
Text in Portuguese and in English. 315 plates, 11 in color. 97pp. of text. all folded in signatures, unbound and unopened. 4to, pr. wrs. board portfolio. San Paulo, 1956. First edition. More
Cosmography, The Fourth Book.
Part II. Containing the Chorography and History of America, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Islands of it. table. pp. 83-154. folio, old marbled papers; (some wear to marbled papers, light foxing, otherwise very good). London: [Printed for P.C.T. Passenger...], 1682. Sixth Edition. Author was an English theologian and historian. There are chapters on Canada, Virginia, Florida, California, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Panama, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay, Brazil, Venezuela, Guiana, and the West Indies. This copy lacks the map for..... More
A Soldier of the Seventy-First; The Journal of a Soldier of the Highland Light Infantry, 1806-1815
Warren: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1976. Small 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. Warren: Squadron/Signal Publications, (1976). Very good Journal of a soldier who fought mostly in the Peninsular War. More
Los Archivos Nacionales de la America Latina.
Havana: Archivo Nacional de Cuba, 1948. illustarted. 166 pages, 4to, modern cloth, original wrapers bound in; (ex-lib, partially unopened). La Habana: Archivo Nacional de Cuba, (1948). Very good. More
Latin American Architecture Since 1945
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1955. Profusely illustrated. Small, square 4to, cloth, edgeworn d.w. New York: Museum of Modern Art, (1955). First Edition. More
Nineteenth-Century South America in Photographs
New York: Dover, 1982. 205 photo Illus. 4to, pr. wrs. New York: Dover, (1982). Very good. More
America
Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius, 1609. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 14.75" x 19.75". Amsterdam: 1609 French edition. Important early map of the Americas. The stereographic projection includes sea vessels from various regions including Japan, Greenland, Florida, South America, and Europe. Two indigenous fire canoes are described with notes.The lower cartouche shows two birds looking in on a strapwork framed scene of Brazilians making alcohol, based on Theodor De Bry's work. Cauim, is an alcoholic beverage made from manioc root..... More
The Church and the Latin American Revolution.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Sheed & Ward, (1965). vg. More
The Naturalist in La Plata
London: Dent, 1912. Illus. 8vo, green cloth, scattered light foxing, cloth lightly soiled, corners bumped. London: J. M. Dent, 1912. More
Two Years in Peru, with Exploration of Its Antiquities
London: Sampson Low, 1873. Folding color map, b/w plates, one folding, text Illus. 2 volumes. 8vo, original red cloth with gilt and black decorations, corners bumped. London: Sampson Low, 1873. First Edition. Very good Author was a physician, who served as British consul to Callao in Peru starting in April 22, 1871. His consular duties centered on shipping. Hutchinson traveled to many archaeological sites in Peru, including graveyards of pre-Columbian natives of Peru. He was a founding member of the..... More
Under the Southern Cross; A Guide to the Sanitariums and other Charming Places in the West Indies and Spanish Main
Providence: Ryder & Dearth, 1891. Illus. 12mo, orignal yellow decorated cloth, front cover slightly bowed, corners bumped, small area of light soiling on front cover, some pages slightly wavy. Providence: Ryder & Dearth, 1891. Author was an American physician. More
Beyond the Mexique Bay
London: Chatto & Windus, 1934. Illustrated with 30 sepia plates. 320 pages. Thick 8vo, original patterned boards with green cloth spine (lightly edgeworn; backstrip and board edges sun-darkened; internally clean); uncut edges, top edges gilt. London: Chatto & Windus, 1934. Limited first edition -- number 48 of 210 signed copies. Very good. More
Affable Savages; an Anthropologist Among the Urubu Indians of Brazil.
Illus. 8vo, cloth. N.Y.: Viking, 1957. vg. More
Farewell to Eden.
New York: Harper, 1964. 148 illus., 48 in full color. 4to, two-toned cloth, d.w. chipped. New York: Harper & Row, (1964). Study of the Amahuaca Indians of Peru. More
The Last Of The Incas; The Rise and Fall of an American Empire.
illus. 8vo, 1/2 cloth, d.w. N.Y., 1963. More
Document Signed as President of Peru
Lima, Peru: 1884. Partially printed Document signed, as president of Peru, appointing Don Enrique Zayas Enriquez as Peruvian consul in Veracruz, Mexico. 1 page, folio, with original seal. Lima, Peru, Jan. 7, 1884. More
Latin America; Its Place in World Life.
462pp. 8vo, cloth; (inner hinge weak). Chicago: Willett, Clark, (1937). More
The Condor and the Cows; A South American Travel-Diary
New York: Random House, 1949. Frontis. and photographs by William Caskey. Tall 8vo, cloth, d.w. with tears, spine lightly soiled. New York: Random House, (1949). First Edition. More