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The Path Between the Seas
by David McCullough
Describes all the events and personalities involved in the monumental undertaking which precipitated revolution, scandal, economic crisis, and a new Central American republic Bibliography: p. 655-669.
Includes index.
Includes index.
I, Rigoberta Menchu
by Rigoberta Menchu
Rigoberta Menchú received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for her efforts to end the oppression of indigenous peoples in Guatemala.
Brazilian Adventure
by Peter Fleming
Brazilian Adventure is a book by Peter Fleming about his search for the lost Colonel Percy Fawcett in the Brazilian jungle. Fawcett along with his son and another companion had disappeared while searching for the Lost City of Z in 1925. Fleming was working as literary editor for The Times when he answered a small ad asking for volunteers to join an expedition to find out what had happened to Fawcett. The story of Fleming's 1932 expedition is told in Brazilian Adventure.
Open Veins Of Latin America
by Eduardo Galeano
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent (in Spanish Las venas abiertas de América Latina) is an essay written by Uruguayan journalist Eduardo Galeano in 1971.
Latin America Books & Ephemera
The Path Between The Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914
by McCullough, David
New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine. 1977. Trade Paperback. 698 pages .
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€18.68
Untimely Gods and French Perfume: Ritual, Rules and Deviance in the Brazilian Candomble
by Inger Sjorslev
Copenhagen: Dansk Etnografisk Forening, Kobenhavn, 1987. Pamphlet. Fair. Staplebound reprint in separata booklet of article published in Folk Vol.29 (1987):5-22. Scuffed plain paper wraps, rusted staples; rubbed and curling edges, underlining and marginalia throughout in pencil except for 2 pages in ink.
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€8.00
New Worlds to Conquer
by Richard Halliburton
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1945. Hardcover. Good/Good. Thrilling account of the adventurer's exploration of america, following in the footsteps of the earliest european explorers to the continent. With b/w images. Foxing to page edges. Toning and marking to DJ. Wear to edges. Contents clean and binding sound. Good.
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€15.35
Compania Anonima Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela. Guia Telefonica 1963. Caracas y su Zona Metropolitana.
1963 Phone directory for Caracas. Brown cloth on green boards. A nice clean copy without previous owner's names or any other markings. ; 528 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.
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€140.44
The United States and the Caribbean Republics, 1921-1933
by Dana Gardener Munro (1892-1990)
x+394 pages with index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's beige cloth with brown lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. intervention to a policy of noninterference in the internal political affairs of the Caribbean states. How the shift from the diplomacy of the Taft and Wilson administrations to the Good Neighbor policy of Franklin Roosevelt occurred is the subject of Dana Gardner Munro s book. The author draws on official records and on his personal...
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€32.77
LADOC Keyhole Series, No.8: Brazil
by LADOC Bimonthly Publication of Latin America Documentation
Division for Latin America, USCC, 1974. Staplebound. Near Fine. Almost new. Minimal wear. Bimonthly Publication of Latin America Documentation ISSN 0360-3350. Staplebound, 61pp.
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€10.00
Plano Anual de Trabalho 1990: 500 Anos de Descobrimento: Passagem para o Seculo XXI
by Fundacao Joaquim Nabuco
Recife: Editora Massangana, 1990. Soft cover. Fair. Heavily scuffed wraps, foxed page edges, marginalia and underlining throughout. Puncture marks in bottom margin of front wrap and first 20 pages (from stapler?). Reasonable reference copy of Gilberto Freyre's think-tank's activities, programs, budgets, research studies for fiscal year 1990. Text in Portuguese, 231 pages, tables, foldout charts.
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€10.00
Identify, Identify!!!
by Thimo Pimentel (Editorial Director), Diego Costa Peuser (Associate Editor)
Black matt paper boards with text to boards and spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Limited to 1000 copies printed. Copiously illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. An unread copy. Small superficial scratch to back of dust jacket, and very light wear to boards (see image). 11 x 8 3/4 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail.
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€280.89
Inside Latin America
by John Gunther
Harper, 1941. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1941. First Edition. 498 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Rough-cut pages. Light thumb marking and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Hinges are moderately cracked causing boards to be loose. Binding otherwise remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.
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€10.44
Redeemers
by Enrique Krauze
New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Redeemers.
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€20.97
Relacion del Descubrimiento del Rio Apure Hasta su Ingreso en el Orinoco / por Fr. Jacinto de Carvajal del Orden de Predicadores fielmente copiada del manuscrito autografo que se guarda en el Archivo Municipal de Leon y por primera vez impresa a expensas de la Excma. Diputacion Provincial, con las laminas que ilustran el texto, exactamente reproducidas (...)
by Jacinto de Carvajal
Quarter-calf, marbled boards, raised bands, gilt particulars to spine, 1892 printing of 1648 manuscript, includes exact reproductions of three color plates, including one fold-out plate of the Orinoco river. 444 pages; 8" - 9" tall. All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.
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€234.08
Lost City of the Incas: The Story of Machu Picchu and Its Builders
by Hiram Bingham
The Folio Society, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good. 2007. Third Printing. 266 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Black cloth with pictorial slipcase. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are bright and clear with no visible markings. Binding throughout remains firm. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Slipcase has light edge wear with minor markings to panels.
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€17.49
The Maya
by Michael D. Coe
Thames and Hudson, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1966. No edition remarks. 252 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and photographic plates throughout. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Pages remain bright and clear. Binding remains firm. Mild thumb-marking present. Scuffing to front pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Notable tape stains to boards. Mild crushing to spine ends....
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€8.19
Colonial Brazil
by Leslie Bethell
New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Colonial Brazil.
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€47.43
Limites entre Venezuela y Colombia
Publisher's original wraps, moderate wear to head and tail of spine, slight tanning throughout. Otherwise tight, clean copy without previous owner's name or markings. 9" - 10" tall; 164 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.
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€79.59
Amethyst Uruguay: Two Centuries of Amethyst Mining
by Balzer, Reinhard; Masberg, Peter
Germany: Christian Weise Verlag, 2008. Book. Illus. by Balzer, Reinhard; Meyer, Hartmut. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 304 pages. Bibliography. Generously illustrated with colour and black and white photos. Text in English and German. Approx. 9" x 9". "Concentrates on the gemstones found in the Catalan country to the northwest of Uruguay and on the people who emigrated from the gemstone centers around Idar Oberstein at the beginning...
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€276.21
Lavradores e pequenos produtores de cana: Estudo das formas de subordinacao dos pequenos produtores agricolas ao capital
by Delma Pessanha Neves
Zahar Editores, 1981. Soft cover. Good. Cracked spine at p.200 otherwise tight binding, sunned spine, light edgewear. Good+ copy.
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€20.00
O Folheto Popular: Sua Capa e Seus Ilustradores
by Liedo Maranhao de Souza
Recife: Fundacao Joaquim Nabuco, 1981. Soft cover. Good. Serie Monogafias No.20. Mild scuffing of wraps, edgewear and curling of corners. Useful for biographical, bibliographical and identification/authentication purposes and publishing history despite the graininess of BW illustrations. 94 pages text in Portuguese. Rare.
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€30.00
Corsarios Franceses e Ingleses en la Nueva Inquisicion de la Nueva España
by Archivo General de la Nacion Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Quarter red morocco over marbled boards. Gilt particulars to spine, five raised bands. Red top edge. Original wraps bound in. Exceptional copy without previous owners' names or markings. 7.75 x 9.5 in. 510pp.
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€187.26
Boletim Bibliografico No.27 (June 1982): Cultura Popular
Rio de Janeiro, RJ: SESC, 1982. Soft cover. Fair. Heavy edge wear, cracked and chipped spine, marginalia throughout, 96pp. Still a good reference copy.
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€7.00
Companero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara
by Castaneda, Jorge
Knopf, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Alfred Knopf, 1997. Octavo. Green cloth over tan boards stamped in gold. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with very light shelf wear. 456 pages. ISBN: 0679440348. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or...
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€18.73
Revolution!: South America and the Rise of the New Left
by Nikolas Kozloff
Paperback. New. In the past few years, South America has witnessed the rise of leftist governments coming into power on the heels of dramatic social and political unrest. This new book provides an inside look into the populist wave sweeping South America - and what it means for the rest of the world.
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€23.44
Brasil e Africa: Outro Horizonte
by Jose Honorio Rodrigues
Editora Nova Fronteira, 1982. 3rd Edition . Soft cover. Fair. One binding crack with corresponding crease in spine, soiled and scuffed wraps and page edges, small tear at tail of spine, moderate edgewear, underlining to one chapter (hard to notice at first glance) with most of the text in fine state. Text in Portuguese, 545 pages, 3a edicao (1982) revista e com novo capitulo atualizado ate 1980.
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€30.00
Women in Latin American History: Their Lives & Views
by June E. Hahner, editor
UCLA Latin American Center, 1978. 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Good. Noticeable wear with bumped/creased/rubbed corners and white rub marks from scuffing throughout the front face of pictorial paper wraps. POS and single margin note on page 20 with no other markings. Good reading or study copy of scarce title. Anthology of source documents with introductory notes.
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€26.00