Search Results: South America from SmarterRat Books

Arias-Ocampo Editores. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good ; Good Jacket. Arias-Ocampo Editores. No date listed, circa 1970. Oversize hardcover has pictorial paper-covered boards with black spine lettering. Color photographs. Text in Spanish, English, and German. Binding tight. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. In a few places, the paper covering of the boards has become unglued so that a small bubble has formed. Back cover has some small stains. Front free endpaper has residue from a single piece of tape that once attached a gift card. Pages clean and unmarked. 112 pages. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and small tears. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Penguin Books, 1986. Softcover. Good. Good. 1986 Penguin Books. Third edition, copyright 1984. Series: The Pelican History of Art. Softcover. Black and white photographs and illustrations. 572 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine has one crease. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear; top corner rubbed. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Cleveland Museum of Art, 1946. Softcover. Good. Good. 1946 Cleveland Museum of Art. Softcover. NOT ex-library. Color and black & white photographs. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Spine surface chipped. Name in pencil inside front cover. Stray pencil markings in bottom margin of frontispiece. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. 58 pages. "A pictorial record of a special exhibition held in the Museum from November 8, 1945 though January 6, 1946". Preface and introduction by William Milliken. Printed by the Artcraft Printing Company.

United States Government Printing Office, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1983 United States Government Printing Office - Department of the Army. Fourth Edition. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has textured white cloth-covered boards with black and red spine and cover lettering. Front cover has black illustration of the Guanabara Bay Statue of Christ. Map endpapers. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Small pale stain on front cover. Pages clean and unmarked. 410 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Area Handbook Series. American University, Foreign Area Studies.

Harper & Brothers, 1888. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1888 Harper & Brothers. First Edition. Date on title page matches copyright date. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has olive cloth-covered boards with silver spine and cover lettering. Covers may once have been a lighter color. Front cover has stamped multi-color crests in center. Many black and white illustrations. Fold-out color frontispiece map of South America is undamaged. Binding strong and undamaged, but getting a little loose with age and use. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers worn and soiled. The spine is darkened and has a half inch puncture near the tail. Soft dent at the fore edge of the front cover. Imprinted bookplate on front endpaper. What appears to be a name written in pencil on the rear endpaper. Front free endpaper creased. Endpapers lightly foxed. Page edges lightly foxed. Some pages have handling smudges. Pages very lightly and uniformly tanned but still… Read More

Municipalidad de Rio Gallegos, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Near Fine ; Very Good Jacket. 1985 Municipalidad de Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina. No edition stated. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover is bound in full maroon leather with gold spine lettering. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Maps. Text in Spanish. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Small light dent on back edge of spine. Due to variations in paper quality, some groups of pages have tanned a little at edges, compared to others. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. 513 pages. Printed in Argentina. Glossy light blue dust jacket with photo-illustrated front panel has very light edge and surface wear. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. This item will be shipped with signature confirmation required.

Princeton University Press, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 2004 Princeton University Press. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has light blue paper-covered boards with black cloth-covered spine and silver spine lettering. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition with only a bump to the tail of the spine. Black & white photos by Simon Lamb and illustrations by Gary Hincks. Pages clean and unmarked. 335 pages. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with some light wrinkling at the corners and spine ends. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Ginn and Company, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1960 Ginn and Company. Third printing. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has olive cloth-covered boards with red and black spine and cover lettering black cover illustration of a man in a uniform. Text in Spanish, with English introduction, and vocabulary provided for study. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Corners sharp. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. 205 pages. Selected and edited by Xavier A. Fernandez and Reginald F. Brown. Illustrations by Eric von Schmidt. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

University of Texas Press, 1991. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1991 University of Texas Press, Austin. Texas Pan American Series. Translated and edited by Roland Hamilton. Foreword by John Howeland Rowe. 279 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Top back corner has a small crease. Pages very lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked.

Thames and Hudson, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1992 Thames and Hudson. First US Edition. Oversize hardcover, 7.25 x 10.25 inches, has orange textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering and cover decorations. Black and white frontispiece and plates; 225 lack and white illustrations in total. 272 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Covers have very light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Printed and bound in Germany. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Loizeaux Brothers, Publishers, 1942. Softcover. Good. Good. 1942 Loizeaux Brothers Publishers. First Edition, June 1942, stated. NOT ex-library. Softcover. Light blue covers with red lettering. Binding tight. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Spine creased. Spine sunned to brown. Spine lettering faded. Corners and spine ends worn and rounded. Covers faded at edges. Corners mildly curled. Light diagonal crease on back cover. Last page is dog-eared. Two pages have very small tears at the fore edge. Pages clean and unmarked. 135 pages.

Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. Grosset & Dunlap. Copyright 1917 by the Century Co. Later printing. Hardcover has tan cloth-covered boards with green spine and cover lettering; front cover has small green illustration of a pack mule. Illustrated series endpapers . Black and white frontispiece. Black and white plates of photographs by the author; only has 16 of the photographs from the original edition, which had over 170. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Moisture stain on bottom corner of front cover. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Small moisture stain on bottom corner of last half of pages; stain is only on outer edges of pages. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. 612 pages. No dust jacket. Series: Vagabond Books Century of Travel. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.