History, Middle and South American

Ecuador: Abya-Yala, 1995 177 pages. Pale green pictorial soft covers with dark green lettering show mild edgewear, crease along spine. With Spanish language contributions by: Fernando Tinajero; Gloria M. Garzon; Magdalena Gallegos De Donoso; Juan Castro y Valezquez; Ximena Carcelen; Ivan Cruz Cevallos; Evelia Peralta; Ruben Moreira; Alfonso Ortiz Crespo; Pablo Lee Tsui; Jose L. Guerra U.; Alfredo Ochoa; Juana Martinez Borrero; Diego Jaramillo P.; Marcelo Naranjo; Trinidad Perez; Lenin Ona; Carlos Rojas Reyes; Cecilia Suarez Moreno; and. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Princeton Univ Press, 1988 167 pages including index. White soft covers with black lettering show mild edgewear, remnant of sticker at bottom front, bookstore stamps on free endpaper, underlining and highlighting. "The reader of this book will gain a fresh understanding of new democracies and democratic movements throughout the world and their attempts to understand and control the military...the author uses a variety of new archival material and interviews, with comparative data from Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Spain.". Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Promexa, 1999 157 pages plus index; written in Spanish, with prolog by Elena Poniatowska. Pale gray pictorial soft covers with brown lettering show small crease to back corner. A study of the lives of Mexican street children, with photographs.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Lawrence, MA: Quarterman Publications, 1981 474 pages, illustrated throughout, with Bibliography, Catalogs and Contributors page prior to content. Pale slate blue cloth covered boards with black lettering show no wear inside or out. White pictorial dust jacket with black lettering shows large diagonal tear across front; repaired and inside mylar. Organized by ruler authorizing coinage, from earliest in 1535 and going through the Revolutionary period to 1915; exhaustively illustrated in black and white.. Cloth. Fine/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955 354 pages including Bibliography. Deep red cloth impressed with design with gold lettering on spine shows no obvious wear; mild foxing near inside spine. Orange and blue pictorial dust jacket with black lettering shows edgewear with small tears. Told from the point of view of Francisco de Isasaga, a fearless, loyal, not over-modest crossbowman, this is the story of a group led by Francisco de Orellana, the leader of a small group separated from Gonzalo Pizarro's main (and unsuccessful) attempt to cross the continent of South America in 1541.. First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Penguin Books, 1968 279 pages plus several more pages of maps. Green pictoral cover with black spine and white lettering shows mild edgewear; back cover's bottom corner lightly creased. No writings or markings; spine uncreased; all pages unmarked. J. M. Cohen's translation of the best contemporary history of the Spanish conquistadors' invasion of the Incan territory in Peru, and of the subsequent civil wars, during the sixteenth century.. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Penguin Putnam, 1999 364 pages. Purple pictoral front cover and white spine with black lettering showsalmost no signs of wear; final 20 or so pages water-waved, with all readable and no stains; carries publication advertising sticker across middle front cover, and Uncorrected Proof for Limited Distribution is printed as part of cover. The true story of a westerner, raised on an American Indian reservation, who met and married a Mayan woman in Guatemala and became a highly respected village chief and shaman...only to become caught up in the political strife and social intrigue in which the village he lives was caught in during the brutal civil war between Guatemala's ruling government and rebel guerillas.. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC). more information

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Mexico: Carballo Villasenor Emmanuel carlos, 1999 348 pages. Green and orange pictorial soft covers with white spine and black lettering show rubbing, crease along spine, mild edgewear. A rare novel about a young Irish immigrant to the US in the middle 19th century who defects from the US army to the Irish unit the San Patricios in Mexico, on the eve of the US invasion of Mexico in 1848.. Stated First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good +/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Century Company , 1926 293 pages including index. Dark green cloth covered boards decorated with red block and gold Mayan design shows mild corner wear, rubbing to title; illustration on page 216 detached, laid in. A description of the archaeological researches of Edward Herbert Thompson, American Consulo to Yucatan, in Chichen Itza: "Being a narrative of the discoveries and excavations of Edward Herbert Thompson in the ancient city of Chi-Chen Itza with some discourse on the culture and development of the Mayan civilization as revealed by their art and architecture, here set down and illustrated from photographs". . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Boston: Mexican Central Railway Company , 1893 294 pages, with photographs throughout. White pictorial covers with no spine lettering show nicks, tears, and small missing segments on front cover; sticker on spine with title cannot be removed; page gathers show at spine bottom end; interior untouched and fine. A very unusual railway travel guide from the end of the nineteenth century shows pictures and provides a history of the interesting sights of Mexico at the time.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Norwalk, CN: Easton Press, 1989 341 pages including index. Burgundy leather decorated with bright gold and with gold lettering shows no flaws inside or out; gilt page edges, silk placeholder ribbon, silk moire endpapers. "Collector's Notes" laid in. A beautiful explanation of Heyerdahl's attempts to prove that Egypt and South America were settled by a common people is illustrated by maps and photographs and illustrations.. Collector's Edition. Leather. As New/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Unwin Hyman, 1987 212 pages including index. Red cloth covered boards with bright gold lettering show no obvious wear inside or out. Exhaustive case studies not only specific to the Falklands but of China and other areas within the 20th century provide exhaustive background from which to evaluate the Falklands crisis and help provide a possible model for future crisis management.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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