Search Results: Latin America from Walnut Valley Books/Books by White

San Francisco, CA: Cameron and Company, 2004 Cameron and Company, San Francisco, CA. 2004. Hardcover. Stated First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Very Good; edge bumps, small closed tears, and creases along top edge of rear panel. Rust colored cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 158 pp 4to oblong. This book is a collection of aerial photographs taken from unusual angles and heights, with broad perspectives and close-ups, that give a unique vision of Mexico City. This book attempts to show the true nature and history of the city. Full of beautiful views and new insights about North America's oldest metropolis. A clean very presentable copy. Due to weight/size, no international shipping.

Bartlesville, OK: Living Sacrifice Book Study, 2001 Living Sacrifice Book Company, Bartlesville, OK. 2001. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. No DJ. Pictorial wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 432 pp. An extraordinary account of the cruelty that we should know enough to expect from dictatorships but that in the case of Fidel Castro has been successfully concealed from outside observers. The author was arrested for opposition to communism and imprisoned for 22 years. The story of how one man's deep Christian faith enabled him to sustain the most evil treatment and never abandon hope. A clean pristine copy.

San Juan, Puerto Rico : Instituto De Cultura Puertorriquena (Institute of Puerto Rican Culture), 1966 Instituto De Cultura Puertorriquena (Institute of Puerto Rican Culture), San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1966. First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; several dog-eared pages; light sunfading to spine and top of front board; light soiling to boards. No DJ. Brown cloth boards and spine with silver lettering and decorations on the spine. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 324 pp 8vo. El libro "Areyto Mayor" recoge un conjunto de articulos explicativos del desarrollo dramatico de Puerto Rico a partir del 1938 y especialmente a traves de ocho Festivales de teatro Puertorriqueno celebrados desde 1958 al 1965.Da testimonio de: Caracter eminente socio-nacional del teatro Puertorriqueno El Afan de Reforma escenica Crecimiento de la Clase Teatral Evaluacion de la dramatrugia Puertorriquena Aumento del interes… Read More

Phoenix, AZ: Golden West Cookbooks , 2010 Golden West Cookbooks, Phoenix, AZ. 2010. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Plastic comb binding. Updated Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New, with slight shelfwear. No DJ. Printed card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is sound with not broken teeth; text is secure in binding with no torn openings. 146 pp 8vo. This book contains more than 350 authentic Arizona recipes for Indian food, Mexican food, Western food, Arizona products, Backpacking-Camping, and Patio-Barbecue. A clean very presentable copy.

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1997 University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 1997. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated 3rd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 80 pp 8vo. The myths of the ancient Aztec and Maya derive from a shared Mesoamerican cultural tradition which is still alive in the lore of contemporary Mexico and Central America. Knowledge of the mythology comes from 16th century colonial documents, hieroglyphic writing, and the interpretation of codices. The author recounts a wealth of major stories from the origins of life to the defeat of the gods of death. A clean pristine copy.

Bastrop, TX: Sandborn Tours, 1989 Sandborn Tours, Bastrop, TX. 1989. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a rubber stamp on the title page of the Sandborn Tours new address and a name in ink on the front wrap. Book Condition: Very Good; rubbing to wraps; light edge and tip wear. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 89 pp 8vo. Known as Copper Canyon in English, the Barranca del Cobre is a labyrinthine system of chasms stretching from horizon to horizon. Its environ is the home of one of the most reclusive Native American tribes in North America, the Tarahumara. This is the definitive book about the Copper Canyon. The author has given a complete description and history of the Sierra Tarahumara and its people. The railroad log is a concise description of what the traveler will see along the Chihuahua al Pacifico. A clean very presentable copy.

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2001 University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 2001. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New; with light shelfwear to board bottom edges. No DJ. Rust colored cloth boards and spine with black lettering on the spine. 307 pp 8vo. In 1930, anthropologists Robert Zingg and Wendell Bennett spent nine months among the Tarahumara of Chihuahua, Mexico, one of the least acculturated indigenous societies in North America. Their fieldwork resulted in a book, The Tarahumara: An Indian Tribe of Northern Mexico (1935), a classic ethnography still familiar to anthropologists. In addition to this formal work, Zingg also penned a personal, unvarnished travelogue of his sojourn among the Tarahumara. Unpublished in his lifetime, Behind the Mexican Mountains is now available in print for the first time. This colorful account provides a compelling description of the landscape, people, traditions, language, and archaeology of the… Read More

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2001 University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 2001. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New in publisher's vinyl wrapping. No DJ. Rust colored cloth boards and spine with black lettering on the spine. 307 pp 8vo. In 1930, anthropologists Robert Zingg and Wendell Bennett spent nine months among the Tarahumara of Chihuahua, Mexico, one of the least acculturated indigenous societies in North America. Their fieldwork resulted in a book, The Tarahumara: An Indian Tribe of Northern Mexico (1935), a classic ethnography still familiar to anthropologists. In addition to this formal work, Zingg also penned a personal, unvarnished travelogue of his sojourn among the Tarahumara. Unpublished in his lifetime, Behind the Mexican Mountains is now available in print for the first time. This colorful account provides a compelling description of the landscape, people, traditions, language, and archaeology of the Tarahumara region.… Read More

New York, NY: Abrams, 2007 Abrams, New York. 2007. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New. No DJ as issued. Rough brown craft paper boards and spine with black lettering on the spine and front board; peek-a-boo pictures on front and rear boards. Non-paginated 8vo. In this project, 600 disposable cameras were handed out to two groups on opposite sides of the U.S.- Mexico border- undocumented migrants crossing the desert and American Minutemen volunteers trying to stop them. Their photographs were gathered and the best were used to make this migration/anti-migration story. A clean pristine copy.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1949 Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA. 1949. Hardcover. 9th Reprinting in 1949. Signed by author on the half title verso. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light sunning of spine; light bottom edge shelfwear. No DJ. Scarlet colored cloth boards and spine with silver title in black shadowbox; black lettering on spine; matador cape and sword on front board. Matador endpapers. clean interior; hinges sound. 270 pp 8vo. This book is the story of Luis Bello, "The Swordsman of Guerreras", the greatest matador in Mexico, who is at the top of his profession, with everything that comes with it, money, a mistress, family and friends, bravado, the crowds are infatuated with him. But one day fear changes everything, he suddenly feels a fear that previously he had not felt in the invincibility that comes with healthy-macho-youth. A clean very presentable copy.

Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1967 The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH. 1967. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: VG+; chipping and bumps to top edge; bumping at tail cover; slight wear to tip covers. Yellow cloth boards and spine with bright red lettering on spine and matador and bull in red on front board. 276pp 8vo. A book addressed to the public acquainted with the art of toreo. Covering the fiesta brava, matador training and technique, traditions of the corrida, and an informed analysis and critique on the origins and myths of toreo. Eighty line drawings supplement the text. a clean and very presentable copy in Brodart mylar.

Philadelphia, PA: Chilton Company, 1962 Chilton Company, Philadelphia, PA. 1962. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine; slight browning to pastedowns. DJ: Fine; slight rubbing. Black boards and spine with bright gold lettering on spine. 169 pp. Little has been written about how Latins think or feel about the US. A understanding of latin America can be found in this book. It is a balanced statement that examines the good and bad that we have done neither whitewashing our errors nor ignoring our signal successes. This book reveals the deep human misunderstandings between the US and our Latin American neighbors. A clean pristine book in Brodart mylar.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968 University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 1968. Hardcover. First Edition. Volume 55 of the American Exploration and Travel Series. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. DJ: Fine. Yellow boards and spine with black lettering, red bands, and Spanish seal. 194 pp. Four centuries after Columbus, Isabella II, sent a scientific expedition to that part of the New World still ruled by Spain. Seven naturalists and a photographer made up the Scientific Commission of the Pacific 1862-66. Their mission was to collect specimens of plants and animals for iberian museums and universities sending back 82000 items of American natural history. This is the first account of the expedition to be printed in English. A clean pristine copy.

Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press, 2012 Sunstone Press, Santa Fe, NM. 2012. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 372 pp 8vo. El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro was a 1600 mile braid of trails that led from Mexico City, in the center of New Spain, to the provincial capital of New Mexico on the edge of the empire's northern frontier. The Royal Road served as a lifeline for the colonial system from its founding in 1598 until the last days of Spanish rule in the 1810s. More than 400 miles of the original trail lie within the US today from San Elizario TX to Santa Fe which is the National Historic Trail. This book guides the reader along the trail, with histories and overviews of places in NM, West TX, and Ciudad Juarez. A clean pristine copy.

Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press, 2013 Sunstone Press, Santa Fe, NM. 2012. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 372 pp 8vo. El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro was a 1600 mile braid of trails that led from Mexico City, in the center of New Spain, to the provincial capital of New Mexico on the edge of the empire's northern frontier. The Royal Road served as a lifeline for the colonial system from its founding in 1598 until the last days of Spanish rule in the 1810s. More than 400 miles of the original trail lie within the US today from San Elizario TX to Santa Fe which is the National Historic Trail. This book guides the reader along the trail, with histories and overviews of places in NM, West TX, and Ciudad Juarez. A clean pristine copy.

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2004 University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 2004. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 376 pp 8vo. This book tells the fascinating story of the diffusion of plants, gardens, agriculture, and cuisine from late medieval Spain to the colonial frontier of Hispanic America. In lively prose, the author tells stories of settlers, missionaries, and natives who blended their growing and eating practices into regional plantways and cuisines that live on today in every corner of America. A clean pristine copy.

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2003 University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM. 2003. Hardcover. First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG+; slight bumping of tips on front board at top and bottom; bumping of spine covering at head and heel from shelving. DJ: Near Fine; slight bumping to edges at top and bottom. Green boards and spine with bright gold lettering on spine sn fish on front board. 392 pp. the author's memoir is an eye-opening celebration of working-class Mexico, seen from the inside, a brilliant examination of what Mexico means to an American and what America means to the extended family of Mexicans who surround and protect him. This is narrative anthropology at its best. A clean and very presentable copy.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986 University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 1986. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Edition, First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; light bumping to head; small scuff on spine. Blue cloth boards with gold leatherette overlay on the spine with dark blue lettering on the spine. 342 pp 8vo. This book has become the standard guide for serious travelers to the great Maya sites of Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. This expanded and updated edition offers an introduction to the culture and history of the Maya, taking into account the most recent discoveries and theories about their origins, rise to greatness, and fall. He then takes the reader on a tour through their magnificent cities and ceremonial centers. Each site is presented in the light of current excavations and restorations and illuminated by stunning photographs and detailed site maps. Important centers that have recently become accessible by modern transportation… Read More

Greenwood, IN: One Mission Society , 2014 One Mission Society, Greenwood, IN. 2014. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Edition not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Signed by the author on the title page. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight edge bumps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 223 pp 8vo. Missionary life is not what most people expect. The author shares that it is so much more than just preaching. Making daily contacts, organizing camps, running Christian schools, and living among the people is vital. It is letting the local people see you living your life, overcoming obstacles, and laughing. She experienced hardship and provision, joy and heartbreaking sadness, insurmountable obstacles, and immense success in spreading the salvation message to the lost- especially in the rural areas of Columbia. Her missionary work is the legacy of changed lives. A clean very presentable copy.

Minneapolis, MN: MVP Books, 2011 MVP Books, Minneapolis, MN. 2011. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. DJ: As New; NOT Price Clipped ($25.00). Black cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 272 pp 8vo. This book is the story of Juan Marichal, the high kicking pitcher from the Dominican Republic who played 16 years in the major leagues for 16 years, mostly for the San Francisco Giants. In this book the author covers his childhood in the Dominican Republic, his recruiting and coming to the USA in the SF farm team system, to his years as a dominant pitcher in the National League. He talks of baseball then, how it has changed, and the dominance of Latin players in today's game. A clean very presentable copy.