History: South America And Carib from The Owl at the Bridge

Lisboa, Typgraphia de A. J. F. Lopes, Traversa Da Victoria, 1858 [1859]. A popular weekly newspaper; in Portuguese. Similar in style and format to the London Illustrated News. Heavily illustrated with full-page woodcut depictions of many cities in Portugal, Brazil, all Europe, particularly the second volume. Hard Cover. Published in three volumes beginning in 1856 (cf. DLC). 40 cm.;… Read more about this item

N.Y., Farrar, Straus, 1949. Hard Cover. 278 p.; 21 cm. Waugh first went to Martinique in 1927. He returned to visit many of the islands during the next two decades. Stock#33673. Vg/ no dj.

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1983.. First Edition. Hard Cover. xx, 490 p., index, 24.5 cm. Series: Pitt Latin American series. "[He] does a skillful job of interweaving the developments in Spain, Cuba, and the United States. This technique is especially valuable for demonstrating the relationship between U.S. foreign policy decisions and internal Cuban developments." Bibliography: p.… Read more about this item

Hardcover. xi, 231, [2] pages, 22 black-&-white headpieces, 13 color plates with printed guardsheets; 27 cm. First published 1904. Title-page printed in black, brown, & blue. Foreword by John Galsworthy dated September 1915. Set in Georgetown in 1887; the story of Abel Guevez de Argensola, who had spent time in the interior of Guyana among the natives and who now… Read more about this item

Santiago de Chile, MCMLXVI [1966]. Soft Cover. [Chronicle and abundant & true relation of the Kingdoms of Chile] hecha por [written by] Geronimo De Bibar natural de [native of] Burgos M D L VIII. Transcripcion paleográfica del [paleographic transcription by] Prof. Irving A. Leonard según el manuscrito original [from the original manuscript], propiedad de [property of] The Newberry… Read more about this item

New York, Crown Publishers [1968]. Translation of El Gaucho (Buenos Aires, Muchnik, 1968). "The rider, the man who sees the land from the height of a saddle and dominates his horse, has inspired in all ages an instinctive awe, most obviously symbolized in the equestrian statue. Rome had already applied the adjective cavalieri to a military and social order;… Read more about this item

University Press of Florida, 1992.. Hard Cover. 172 p. Author argues that from early independence, Bolivia financed government operations with schemes of borrowing foreign monies. He sees application to practices of the 1980's. Stock #25,577. Vg/no dj. South America finances

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1954. Hard Cover. xv, 272 p., maps; 20 cm. Particularly insightful on the nature of the Perón regime and the subtle differences between its authoritarianism and fascism. Stock#NEU264. Very Good; no dust jacket.

Published by Banco de Venezuela. NY, Colonial Press, 1951. "This book has been prepared in order to make known in the English-speaking countries the rôle played by Bolívar in the war of independence of the Spanish colonies, his ideas on the union and solidarity of the peoples of America, and the form of government which he considered best suited… Read more about this item

OFFPRINT, pages 61-90; 25.5 cm. From The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, vol. 37 no. 1 (June 1950). The British used soldiers from the colonies to fight the Spanish, where a sense of European / America developed. Vg /offprint. Stock#47402/h.

Vol. XXV includes O Monte das Tabocas; Os arredores do Recife; Una formidavel mentira historica; Natividade Saldanha; A Restauração de Pernambuco do dominio hollandez; A população de Pernambuco; De Muirá-Uby a Pombal; Monumento do Forte Real do Bom Jesus; Desfolhando Saudades; Literatura e theatro, em Pernambuco; Dr. Sergio Loreto; Viagem ao Brasil por Henry Koster, Paris, 1818. Segundo Volume; Guerra… Read more about this item

Larose, Paris / Lisboa, Rodrigues, 1894. Soft Cover. vi, [3]-144 p., portrait front.; 27 cm. Title continues: I. Le Capitaine de Frégate Auguste de Castilho, Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, Commandant supérieur des forces navales portugaises dans l'Amérique du Sud. II. Le Conseil de Guerre. Acte d'accusation. Réponse au nom du commandant de Castilho. III. Documents mentionnés dans le… Read more about this item

D. Van Nostrand [c1951]. 'Second Edition'. Hard Cover. Includes The Boat (Fitting Out; Planning the Cruise); Sailing Routes and Instructions; The Berry Islands; Grand Bahama Island; Nassau, New Providence Island and Adjacent Cays; Eleuthera; Andros; The Exuma Cays; Galliot Cut to Great Exuma; Cat Island (& 20 other locations); Crooked Island (& 5+ other locations); The Pilot's Pleasures (Shooting… Read more about this item

Ministério das Relações Exteriores [Rio de Janeiro, Imprensa Nacional, 15 June 1946].. Soft Cover. xv, 734 p., index; 25 cm.; unopened; printed paper covers; pages darkened; VG. In Portuguese. 'Desta edição foram tirados três mil exemplares em papel Bufon de 2a.' Printed without red on title-page and cover or the raised seal of Brazil on the… Read more about this item

Medellín, Tip. Bedout, 1925. First Edition. Soft Cover. 300 p., illus., fold. map, ports.; 24 cm. Cover title: La Ciudad 1675-1925. Introducción signed by Antonio J. Cano & Carlos E. Gomez. Historical sections by Agapito Betancur. Stock#45980. Vg but paper poor, toned / soft cover.

Washington, GPO, 1932; reprint Martino 2000. Hard Cover.Title continues: "including the abolition and emancipation movements". 8vo, viii, 275 pages. Besterman 1140. Eleven years in the making, this bibliography of over 4000 printed works on the Caribbean islands remains a standard work for the region. Subjects include Description & travel, Historical writings, Colonial policy, Literature, Religion, Medical works, Legal… Read more about this item

Cali, Columbia, Carvajal/ Providence, R.I., John Carter Brown Library, 1992 . First Edition. Hard Cover. xv, 75 p. illus., facsims, 35 cm. Text in English and Spanish. Edited by Helen Nader. Reproduces the manuscript of Columbus's claims, prepared when he returned from his fourth voyage in 1504, to extensive power and wealth. Stock #29,064x. Vg/ no dj, as issued

Cali, Colombia: Carvajal / Providence, R.I. : John Carter Brown Library, 1992. Title continues: "Critical Edition of the John Carter Brown Library's Spanish Codex I / by Helen Nader." Published in honor of the quincentenary year. Text with facsimiles. Printed by the Stinehour Press. Distributed by Carvajal as a Christmas book. Text in Spanish and English. Spanish ms. title:… Read more about this item

Ottawa Hispanic Studies 25. Dovehouse Editions, Ottawa, 2000. Soft Cover. 318 p., portrait front.; 21.5 cm. Editado por José M. Ruano de la Haza. A collection of 19 key studies on Argentina's intellectual evolution, on Juana Manuela Gorriti, Martín del Barco Centenera, Manuel Gávez, Jorge Luis Borges, Ernesto Sábato, Federico Peltzer, and Eduardo Pavlovsky. This is a substantial and… Read more about this item

Buenos Aires, Dirección de Ferro Carriles Nacionales, 1892. Color topographical printed map in four parts of eighteen sections each, backed with linen. Scale: 1: 1,000,000. The map encompasses approximately 41° South latitude to approx. 20° S. latitude, and approx. 53° West longitude to a little beyond 73° W. latitude. This includes Chile along its entire western border,… Read more about this item