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John Muir's Last Journey: South to the Amazon and East to Africa: Unpublished Journals and Selected Correspondence


Muir, John, Michael P. Branch

Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 337 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Orange cover boards, brown quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Pages and edges clean. Binding tight. Green endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Like new. Michael Branch has elegantly and creatively helped imagine John Muir's "missing years" and his astonishing journey to the tropics.

Record # 31567


Price: $25.00 

Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers by: Hernandez, Anabel Transl. Bruce, Iain
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Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers by: Hernandez, Anabel Transl. Bruce, Iain

Hardcover. Brooklyn, NY, Verso, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 362 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been lightly bumped at the top and bottom of the spine, but is still in very good condition overall. Red paper cover boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Contains a bind-in halfway through with B&W photography. This book by one of Mexico's leading journalists is a definitive history of the drug cartels. It explains how Mexico became a base for the mega-cartels of Latin America, and exposes the depth of corruption in Mexico's government and business elite. Clean copy. Record # 34297
Price: $14.00 

 

Hand Book of the American Republics 2: Second Edition, Enlarged and Revised


Bureau of the American Republics

Softcover. Washington, Bureau of the American Republics, 2nd Ed., 1891, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 486 pages. two-color paper covers, sewn binding with about half the paper covering gone from spine. Still a solid copy. Illustrated with b&w drawings, color maps. This is Bulletin No. 11, dated February 1891. Chock-full of information for producers, merchants and manufacturers on tariffs, shipping rates, consular fees, postal rates, etc. to and of South American countries. Paper wrappers a little soiled, previous owner's signature on front.

Record # 404621


Price: $30.00 

 

La Vallee Sacree des Andes - Recherches Americaines 4


Fioravanti, A. Molinie

Softcover. Paris, Societe D'Ethnographie, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 239 pages, b&w illustrations, blue paper wraps. French text.

Record # 407449


Price: $25.00 

 

Race, State, and Armed Forces in Independence-Era Brazil: Bahia


Kraay, Hendrik

Hardcover. Stanford, Calif., 1st, December 27, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 362 pages. Minor wear to dust jacket corners. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 452975


Price: $35.00 

African Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean by: Klein, Herbert S.
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African Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean by: Klein, Herbert S.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 311 pages. Spine slightly sun-faded. Clean, tight copy. Record # 453119
Price: $12.00 

 

Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya


Grube, Nikolai

Hardcover. London ; New York, Thames & Hudson, 1st U.S., December 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Blue cloth cover, embossed design, gilt lettering, minor wear to edges. Dust jacket has slight wear. Inside is bright and clean with 368 illustrations, 86 in color.

Record # 455311


Price: $15.00 

Thanks To God And The Revolution Hart, Dianne Walta
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Thanks To God And The Revolution


Hart, Dianne Walta

Hardcover. Madison, Wis., University of Wisconsin Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 306 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket with two small tears to front cover and lower edge of spine. Overall, a tight clean copy.

Record # 458770


Price: $13.00 

 

Chilean Rural Society: From the Spanish Conquest to 1930


Bauer, Arnold J.

Hardcover. Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 265 pages, b&w photos. Dust jacket is worn, torn and chipped with light sunning to spine. Internally very good.

Record # 458981


Price: $23.00 

 

Discovering the Americas: The Archive of the Indies


Garcia, Pedro Gonzalez

Hardcover. US, Rizzoli International Publications, 1st US, 1997-09-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 299 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light warping to cloth covered boards. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 462838


Price: $88.00 

Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon Bondil, Nathalie
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Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon


Bondil, Nathalie

Hardcover. Milan , 5Continents, reprint, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 379 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color and b&w photographs, maps and illustrations throughout. Illustrated chapter headings. Gilt to all three edges. Gilt decoration to spine and cover. Clean tight copy.

Record # 468123


Price: $63.00 

Falling behind: explaining the development gap between Latin America and the United States Fukuyama, Francis
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Falling behind: explaining the development gap between Latin America and the United States


Fukuyama, Francis

Hardcover. Oxford ; New York, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 312 pages. Hardcover. B&w illustrations throughout. Silver gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469248


Price: $19.00 

 

Business History Review - Autumn 2003


Friedman (Eds.), Walter A. and Thomas K. McCraw

Paperback. Boston, Harvard Business School, 1st wraps, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Articles: U.S. Advertising in Latin America, Industrial Structure: the American Pottery Industry, Selling Elegant Glassware, etc. Clean, unmarked copy with only minimal wear to wrappers.

Record # 500942


Price: $12.00 

 

Breaking the Maya Code by: Coe, Michael D.

Softcover. New York, Thames and Hudson, Reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 304 pages. Illustrated with black & white drawings and photographs. Previous owners name at top right corner of front endpaper. Record # 609004
Price: $12.00 

 

Inka Empire and Its Andean Origins, The


Morris, Craig/Adriana von Hagen/John Bigelow Taylor

Hardcover. New York, Abbeville Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 251 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners inscription on half title page. Illustrated with full color photographs. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612400


Price: $44.00 

 

Conquest of Chile, The


Pocock, H.R.S.

Hardcover. New York, Stein and Day, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 256 pages. Hardcover with well worn dust jacket. Currently covered in plastic protective sleeve, dust jacket has fading, chipping and light soiling. Water damage drop on dust jacket upper left corner front. Internally good except cover boards lightly warped.

Record # 613995


Price: $13.00 

Flightpath South Pacific - The Flyers, The Airlines, and The Aircraft Driscoll, Ian H.
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Flightpath South Pacific - The Flyers, The Airlines, and The Aircraft


Driscoll, Ian H.

Hardcover. Auckland, Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd., 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 303 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket with light wear, tears to edges. Black & white photographs throughout. Clean unmarked text.

Record # 750013


Price: $25.00 

 

Black-man of Zinacantan, The


Blaffer, Sarah C..

Hardcover. Austin, University of Texas Press, First Edition, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 194 pages. Hardcover. Brick cloth boards with gilt decoration, gilt titles to spine. Dust jacket with light sunfade to edges & spine, now protected with a plastic cover. Faint erase marks of pencil to half title page. Faint foxing top edge. Features black & white drawings from Maya and Mexican codices, considered adaptations of original sources, among other illustrations. Tight binding, sharp corners, otherwise clean.

Record # 750974


Price: $15.00 

 

Kingdom of the Sun God: A History of the Andes and Their People by: Cameron, Ian

Hardcover. London, Random Century Group Ltd., 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages, b & w and color illustrations, color photos, previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, very slight wear to edges of cover, clean, tight copy. Record # 800553
Price: $12.00 

 

Zone Policeman 88: A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and its Workers


Franck, Harry A.

Hardcover. New York, Century Co., 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 314 pages, b&w plates. Green covers w/ light rubbing to corners. Top edge gilt. Hinges weak. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Else a nice, clean copy.

Record # 851337


Price: $35.00 

 

South American Fights and Fighters 1499-1868.


Brady, LL. D., Cyrus Townsend

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Page & Company, reprint, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 342 pages. Tan cloth cover, worn edges and corners, some smudges. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Inside is nice and clean. From the American Fights and Fighters Series.

Record # 853021


Price: $12.00 

 

Pueblos, Gods & Spaniards


Terrell, John Upton

Hardcover. New York, The Dial Press, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 358 pages, with list of maps. Light dust jacket edge rub, otherwise, very clean, bright and neat copy.

Record # 854564


Price: $15.00 

 

Companero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara


Castaneda, Jorge G.

Hardcover. New York, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st Edition, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 456 pages. Hardcover. Taupe boards with gilt titles to green cloth spine. Bright dust jacket in very good condition. Borzoi book edition. Tight binding, illustrations in bw, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 6670025


Price: $19.00 

Violeta [SIGNED COPY] by: Allende, Isabel
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Violeta [SIGNED COPY] by: Allende, IsabelVioleta [SIGNED COPY] by: Allende, Isabel

Violeta [SIGNED COPY] by: Allende, Isabel

Hardcover. NY, Ballantine Books, 1st thus, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 322 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, green paper covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century. Author's signature is present on a front end page. Clean copy. Record # 34441
Price: $15.00