HISTORY / Americas from Barbara Bilson Books

New York City: Options for the Future, Inc., 1984. Near fine (slightly sunned cover edge; ownership stamp (?) of Citizen Soldier on title page) in soft cover. This is the English translation of the CIA's manual for psychological operations in guerrila warfare. 48pages, copy of typescript prepared by the Congressional Research Services, dated October 15, 1984. Pages 3 and 4… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday, 1956. Very good paperback book. 436 pages including index. The classic story of the conquest of Mexico by Cortes's small force. Diaz was a member of the expedition but understood the horrors of the defeat of the Aztec and the destruction of their civilization. Idell uses the Cabanas Edition as the basis for his translation.. Soft Cover.

Chapel Hill, N.C.: Univ of North Carolina Press , 1925. The Weil Lectures on American Citizenship. Green cloth, gold stamping. VG: one spot on top of front cover, otherwise NF. No dust jacket. 96 pages. White--and these are his own words--delivered these lectures supporting the thesis that America "has progressed in three cycles related to the growth of civilization under… Read more about this item

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1974. Fine in very good dust jacket (some edgewear, one closed tear, clean white jacket). Covers the period when the "cowboys" of the state of Rio Grande do Sul toppled the government of Brazil and hugely influenced the country's future. Bills itself as an alternative history of Brazil, emphasizing this influence from the… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942. Unread; you can be first! (Many uncut pages, but the paper is a good heavy quality and cuts easily with a sharp knife. More advice upon request!) Very good (lightly bumped covers with what appears to be some insect damage showing up as small light spots on the firm Harvard University Press dark… Read more about this item

San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985. Near fine (very slight wear) in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, light edgewear at spine, two short closed tears). Translated by Helen R. Lane. A collection of articles, revised somewhat to reflect events of the mid-1980s. 213 pages. . 1st American edition. Hard Cover.