HISTORIA DE YUCATAN [ 3 VOLS.] by DIEGO LOPEZ COGOLLUDO - 1954

Linkgua, 2010-08-31. Paperback. Used:Good.

Linkgua ediciones, 2009-01-01. Paperback. Good.

Comision De Historia, 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Leatherbound. 2 volumes. Light foxing and hinges reinforced else Very Good Plus condition.

Red Ediciones S L, 2006. Paperback. New. 524 pages. Spanish language. 8.50x5.50x1.25 inches.

Red Ediciones S L, 2010. Hardcover. New. 504 pages. Spanish language. 8.60x5.60x0.70 inches.

Akademische Druck, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Two volume set in matching green cloth, with title on spines in gold over red leather. Boards are clean and crisp. Previous owners name, stamp and notations on first free endpapers of both volumes. Texts are clean and crisp. A very nice set. Facsimile reprint.

Madrid: Juan Garcia Infanzon, 1688.. [2],760,[31]pp. Lacks engraved half title and thirteen preliminary leaves. Folio. Contemporary limp vellum with remnants of ties. Front hinge broken. Scattered foxing including on titlepage, short tear in titlepage repaired, some staining in early margins and into text. Doodling in many margins, ink stains from a careless quill user on several pages. John Carter Brown and John Carter Brown Library (see below). A good plus copy, lacking the engraved half title and thirteen preliminary leaves. In this account of the conquest and Spanish settlement of the Yucatan, Lopez de Cogolludo, a Franciscan missionary and administrator originally from Alcal de Henares, presents a sought-after account. He had access to a manuscript version of Bishop Landa's work and consulted such important printed sources as Torquemada. He also presents his personal eye-witness accounts of events during his thirty years among the Maya (1634-65). Robert Patch says in the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LATIN… Read More

Rare! Luanda: Angola. Ministério da Cultura, 1995. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. Fine. Pages and cover securely held by one clean staple. Interior pristine. Covers clean and crisp, with slight reading wear to foreedge. Many B&W photos/illustrations. 24 pages. Not from a library. Published by the Angolan National Museum of Slavery and National Institute of Cultural Patrimony on the 20th anniversary of Angola's independence.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1989. Softcover. Ferre's first novel is SIGNED by Ms. Ferré on half-title page. First American Edition, translated from the original Spanish Maldito Amor by Ferré. Recipient of the "Liberatur Prix" award for its German translation. Rosario Ferre (1938-2016) was a Puerto Rican writer, poet, and essayist who was one of the most prolific female writers to represent Puerto Rico and one of the strongest feminist voices of the 21st century. 8¼ x 5½". 197. 0345347781. Original pictorial wrappers, with a few indentations to cover. Fore edge papers untrimmed, edges toned, else Very Good.

This book is an antique but it is in poor condition. The binding is loose and peeling off the spine of this book. The cover is worn substantially on the edged, corners and all over. The previous owners name is written on the inside front board and the front end page. The inside pages are yellowed and tanned and the page is torn. "A complete story of Panama, as well as the history, purpose and promise of its world famous canal - the most gigantic engineering undertaking since the dawn of time. Approved by leading officials connected with the great enterprise. Profusely illustrated by over 600 unique and attractive photographs taken expressly for this book by our special staff." - Panama

Signed on title page by the Ms. Ferré. Finalist, National Book Awards. Rosario Ferré (1938-2016) became one of the most prolific female writers to represent Puerto Rico and one of the strongest feminist voices of the 21st century. "What a delight to discover that Ferré is as a good a storyteller in English as in her native Spanish!"—Julia Alverez. "A shattering story of love and death, privilege and servitude (this) is a brilliant evocation of Puerto Rico in the twentieth century" (dj flap).Tan paper over black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, black stamped title and decoration on front board. Near Fine (small bump to bottom spine edge) in a Near Fine dust jacket.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995. First Edition. Signed on title page by the Ms. Ferré. Finalist, National Book Awards. Rosario Ferré (1938-2016 became one of the most prolific female writers to represent Puerto Rico and one of the strongest feminist voices of the 21st century. "What a delight to discover that Ferré is as a good a storyteller in English as in her native Spanish!"-Julia Alverez. "A shattering story of love and death, privilege and servitude (this) is a brilliant evocation of Puerto Rico in the twentieth century" (dj flap). 9¼ x 6¼". Tan paper over black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, black stamped title and decoration on front board. Near Fine (small bump to bottom spine edge) in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Georgetown, Guyana: Red Thread Women's Press, 1993. Staple-bound paperback. Revised Edition. Good. Ex-Library. Text block unmarked. Binding secure. Covers clean. 74 pages. 8.5 x 11 inches.

Georgetown, Guyana: S.M.H. Aniff and Universal Bookstore, 1997. Staple-Bound Paperback. Fine. Very slight corner wear, otherwise As New. Not from a library. 40 pages. Illustrated, one color map. 8.5 x 11.5 inches.

Chicago: Adams Press, 1999. Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Slight corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 108 pages.

Uniondale, New York: Global Communications Publishing, October 2005. Trade Paperback. First Edition. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Not remainder mark. xix + 143 pages.

Rio de Janeiro: Editora Ouro Sobre Azul, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/very good-. 4to. 214, [2] pp. Bound in light brown boards, in illustrated dust jacket. Full-color illustrations throughout. Text in Portuguese. Illustrated biography of Antonio Nicolau Tolentino, a functionary of the monarchy in 19th-century Brazil. Very Good-, spine slightly cocked, fading and wear to boards, hard bumps to corners and head of spine, extremities worn and rubbed, bump to lower corner of text block, minor age-toning to margins of pages, In Very Good- dust jacket with small closed tear to middle of spine, 1/2" tear and 1/4" tear to bottom of front cover, light wear to extremities and soiling.