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2014003831Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press 2014. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 8vo. 14 198 pp. Bound in black boards in illustrated dust jacket. Includes bibliography and index. Fine bright clean copy in Near Fine dust jacket with light scuffing and wear. <br/><br/> University of Alabama Press hardcover
1333846894.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1993mon0003313345University of Georgia Press 8/1/1993 12:00:01 AM. hardcover. Very Good. 1.8386 9.7008 6.5000. University of Georgia Press hardcover
1993mon0003339263University of Georgia Press 8/1/1993 12:00:01 AM. hardcover. Good. 1.8386 9.7008 6.5000. University of Georgia Press hardcover
082031448X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1979007759New York: Abrams 1979. 264pp/illus. with many full page colour photographs by Kjell B.Sandved showing the wonders of the rain forest and the sunless dwarfed variant the cloud forest.animalls trees birds insects. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Abrams Hardcover
1975003693Westlake Village CA: F & J Publishing Corp. 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good . 4to. 170 pp. Bound in full brown textured cloth stamped in gilt on cover and spine in black dust jacket cover illustration title printed in white on cover and spine. Full-color and black and white illustrations throughout. Includes bibliography. Inscribed by artist's wife María Sodí de Ramos Martínez on front free endpaper: "With affection to Dr. Cooperman/María S. de Ramos Martínez." An announcement for "Treasure Trove"- an exhibit of the artist's own works from his private collection- held at the Dalzell Hatfield Galleries in Los Angeles from October 14- November 8 1975 and an invitation to a preview showing on October 23 1975 attended by Sodí de Ramos Martínez and author George Small laid in. Biography of the Mexican painter muralist and educator who founded the first Escuela de Pintura al Aire Libre in México in 1913. After her husband's death María continued to foster his legacy by mastering serigraphy and making prints of his work. Fine bright copy in Very Good dust jacket with rubbing to spine and extremities 1/2" tear to top edge of rear cover. <br/><br/> F & J Publishing Corp. hardcover
1948E0024<p>156 pages with foldout map. Small octavo 7 3/4" x 6" issued in wrappers. From the library of Professor George M Foster Limited to 100 copies of which this is number 89.<br /><br />The original edition of this one of the most important relations of personal experience and observation among the savage tribes of the Arizona-Cali- fornia border is so scarce no copy has ever appeared in an auction room until 1922 when the University of California offered it for auction; so rare in fact is this work in the original that even Bancroft failed to locate a copy and was obliged to use the French reprint of 1842. Zuniga was attempting to found a colony on the Colorado and Gila with a view of uniting California and New Mexico. His narrative relates to these projects and to an account of the harassments desolation and miseries brought about by the constant incursions and depredations of the barbarous Apaches and other savage tribes of the border.<br /><br />George McClelland Foster Jr born in Sioux Falls South Dakota on October 9 1913 died on May 18 2006 at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California Berkeley where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979 when he became professor emeritus. His contributions to anthropological theory and practice still challenge us; in more than 300 publications his writings encompass a wide diversity of topics including acculturation long-term fieldwork peasant economies pottery making public health social structure symbolic systems technological change theories of illness and wellness humoral medicine in Latin America and worldview. The quantity quality and long-term value of his scholarly work led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1976. Virtually all of his major publications have been reprinted and/or translated. Provenance from the executor of Foster's library laid in. <br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Foster's stamp to front wrapper edge wear else a very good copy.</p> Vargas Rea paperback
1332564208.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1927A0559117 pages with errata at back. pictures through out. Duodecimo7" x 4 1/2". First edition.<br /><br /> For six years following the Yaqui disaster at Buatachive Colonel later General and Governor of Sonora Lorenzo Torres made efforts to establish a peaceful administration of the Yaqui country. Surveys were made and land was assigned to the few Yaqui families who would accept it under the conditions of Mexican management. A mopping up of resistant Yaquis was carried on. At the end of two years a body count of 356 including both men and women killed in encounters with Mexican soldiers was recorded and about 4000 Yaquis were taken prisoner and assigned land Troncoso 1905: 203-228. Fewer than half of the latter seem to have stayed in the Yaqui country. Guerrilla warfare increasingly developed which was carried on by small Yaqui forces maintaining themselves around the waterholes in the Bacatete Mountains. The name of Juan Maldonado called Tetabiate by Yaquis became prominent as the ablest of the guerrilla leaders. During 1896 Mexican forces protecting Mexicans who were being encouraged to settle in the Yaqui country made contract with Juan Maldonado Hernandez 1902: 150-161; Troncoso 1905: 229-234. Colonel Peinado working through a Yaqui interpreter named Juan Buitemea carried on negotiations. Peinado arranged for the formal signing of a peace treaty at the railroad station of Ortiz west of the Bacatete Mountains. On May 15.1897 Governor Ramon Corral General Luis Torres and other state officials came to Ortiz by special train. A platform had been erected and white flags with the single word "Peace" had been prepared for distribution to the Yaquis. Juan Maldonado with 390 Yaquis consisting of 74 families arrived from the mountains and he with his lieutenant Loreto Villa took up positions on the platform with the Mexican officials. The peace flags were given out to the Yaquis and Maldonado and Villa signed a treaty of peace. Tetabiate was then given the title of Captain General of the Yaqui and took up headquarters at Torim with the Mexican troops. In 1899 less than two years later there were indications of unrest among Yaquis in Bacum. Unnamed Yaquis there refused to deal with Loreto Villa Maldonado's second in command and sent him back to General Lorenzo Torres with a demand that Mexican troops and all other Mexicans leave the eight Yaqui towns and the whole lower Yaqui River valley. General Torres reported that there were indications of a well-planned rebellion and that 3000 Yaquis were under arms. He organized an expedition to the eastern towns but found that Juan Maldonado would not join him to put down the threatened rebellion. Instead he joined the rebels and led them into the Bacatete Mountains. It is not recorded how many joined his command Troncoso 1905: 23839. The Mexican occupation forces immediately began a campaign to hunt down the guerrilla fighters who steadily increased in number after the defection of Tetabiate. General Lorenzo Torres led several expeditions. On January 18 1900 three columns of his soldiers encountered a party of Yaquis in the heart of the Bacatete Mountains Hernandez 1902: 172-75; Troncoso: 284-87. The Yaquis mostly on foot were pursued into a box canyon in a rugged portion of the mountains. After a battle lasting all day the Yaquis ceased fighting. The soldiers had killed 397 men women and some children; "many" had committed suicide by jumping over cliffs; and 1000 women and children were taken prisoner. In the encounter General Torres reported that he had lost 30 soldiers and officers killed. Among the Yaqui dead was a man Torres reported as being "Opodepe" reputed to be the Yaqui supreme chief and the "soul of the rebellion." It was estimated nevertheless that there were still 900 Yaqui guerrillas in the mountains. Numerous expeditions were carried out against the guerrillas during the following months. By the end of 1900 General Torres estimated that there were only 300 Yaquis left alive in the mountains. The following year in a small engagement at a place called Bacatete troops mopping up under the command of Loreto Villa former lieutenant of Tetabiate and now a Major in the Mexican army killed Tetabiate who was accompanied by only a few other Yaquis.<br /><br /><b> Condition:</b>Front wrapper chipped with tears and lacking heal corner soiled loose from spine a good copy. Sociedad de Edition y Liberia Franco Americana paperback
980365375X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1996x-1563246449M E Sharpe Inc 1996. Paperback. New. 360 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. M E Sharpe Inc paperback
1996x-1563246430M E Sharpe Inc 1996. Hardcover. New. 341 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.25 inches. M E Sharpe Inc hardcover
171055541Hauniae København H.C. Paulli 1710. 4to. Pragtfuldt samtidigt helpergamentsbind med overdådig rygforgyldning og forgyldt skindtitel. Permer indfarvet i marmormønster. Rødt snit. Kobberstukket frontispiece. 16548 pp. Index. Frisk velbevaret. <br/><br/><em>First latin edition of King Christian V's famous "Danish Law" of 1683. </em> unknown
171048537Hauniae København H.C. Paulli 1710. 4to. Contemp. full calf. Blindtooled lettering to spine. Raised bands. Spine a little rubbed.Engraved frontispiece. 16548 pp. Index. A few scattered brownspots. The copy has belonged to the former Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Holger Christian Reedtz 1800-1857. <br/><br/><em>First latin edition of King Christian V's famous "Danish Law" of 1683. </em> hardcover
171050853Hauniae København H.C. Paulli 1710. 4to. Contemp. full vellum. handwritten title on spine. Engraved frontispiece. 16548 pp. Index. Internally clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First latin edition of King Christian V's famous "Danish Law" of 1683. </em> hardcover
171050858Hauniae København H.C. Paulli 1710. 4to. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Title stamped in blind. Engraved frontispiece. 16548 pp. Index. Internally clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First latin edition of King Christian V's famous "Danish Law" of 1683. </em> hardcover
1390074471.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1949CA0075130 pages. Octavo 8" x 7 3/4" issued in wrappers. Edited by Luis Vargas Rea. From the library of professor George M Foster. Biblioteca Aportaci Histica Ultimo Ejemplar de Esta Coleccion. First edition limited to 100 copies of which this is number 61.<br /><br />Ixtlahuac is a word of Nahuatl origin; the name means "flat place". It was founded by Toltecs approximately A.D. 610; it is hard to be certain of the exact date of founding because none of the groups who inhabited the region — Tecuexes Tepehuanes Coanes Cazcanos and Zacatecos — had a written language in this period. This Relacion is document 99 of the papers of Tronsco and the manuscript is located in Mexican Museum Library.<br /><br />George McClelland Foster Jr born in Sioux Falls South Dakota on October 9 1913 died on May 18 2006 at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California Berkeley where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979 when he became professor emeritus. His contributions to anthropological theory and practice still challenge us; in more than 300 publications his writings encompass a wide diversity of topics including acculturation long-term fieldwork peasant economies pottery making public health social structure symbolic systems technological change theories of illness and wellness humoral medicine in Latin America and worldview. The quantity quality and long-term value of his scholarly work led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1976. Virtually all of his major publications have been reprinted and/or translated. Provenance from the executor of Foster's library laid in.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Foster's stamp to front wrapper. Edge wear with chips and tears wrappers and pages age toned else about very good. Biblioteca Aportacion Historica paperback
2000biblio123831 pages with frontispiece color plates figures tables illustrations appendices bibliography and indexes. Small folio 12" x9 1/2" bound in original brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Edited by Moises Franco Mendoza with contributions by J Benedict Brown the "biography of Jeronimo de Alcala"; Heron Perez Martinez "literary art of the Relacion; Jean Marie G Le Clezio "the universality of the Relacion"; Edward Seler "the ancient inhabitants of Michoacan"; Hans Roskamp "the native aspects of the Relacion and the 44 plates of the Relacion; Isabel Teran Elizondo "symbolic and mystic elements"; Claudia Espejel Carbajal " archaeological and geographic guide to the Relacion; and Pedro Marquez Joaquin "significance of certain wording in the Ralacion. Limited to 2000 copies. First edition.<br /><br />Commonly called the codex is Relation of Michoacan reconstructs the early history of Michoacán as it provides first-hand testimony about the development and history of the Tarascan people from their arrival to the territory from Michoacan in the twelfth century until the Spanish conquest. The manuscript whose name Relation covers ceremonies and rites and population and governance of Indians of the province of Michoacan which is preserved in the Royal Library of the Augustinian Monastery of El Escorial in Spain and consists of 153 sheets of 20 x 15cm. accompanied by 44 sheets illustrating passages of the story. Originally in addition to Alcalas prologue the manuscript was composed of three parts of which one is lost and only the second and third are extant. It was written on paper from Italy manufactured flax fiber. The inc used was at lest three type presumably prepared by the Franciscan themselves in Mexico following European and indigenous traditions Pigment colors of the illustrations are from Michoacan. In its original form the text of the "relationship" contained history feasts of the gods the story of the beginning of the kingdom from the arrival of the Chichimecas the first political alliances followed by Tariacuri's history as a founding father and the political and religious organization. The third part contains the arrival of the Spanish the conquest by the Spanish and the arrest and death of Tanganxoan II the last of the Tarascan leader. The 44 leaves distributed throughout the text illustrate by hand passages of the story and in others it is a complement to it. All the illustrations are colored in the Michoacan ratio except that found in folio 108b. The figures were drawn by pen and the shaded and painted with a brush using red blue green yellow brown purple and black dyes derived from vegetable mineral and animal. It was long speculated about the authorship of the List of Michoacan. Some attributed it to Fray Martin de Jesus others Sahagun and some to Maturino Gilberti and even those who awarded it to Broth Paul Beaumont. However thanks to the investigation made by Dr J Warren Benedict over thirty years it was determined that the author was Jeronimo de Alcala a Franciscan friar living in the monastery Tzintzuntzan in the first half of the sixteen century. The manuscript probably was written between 1539 and 1540 and delivered to the Viceroy of New Spain Antonio de Mendoza as illustrated in the first sheet of the codex. For many years this valuable manuscript was ignored by those who dealt with ancient history and the conquest Michoacan. However some elements indicate that at least the Franciscan chronicler Fray Alonso de Rea Isidro Felix Espinosa and Paul Beaumont had access to the testimony and drafts the shaped the relationship especially in referring to the funeral ceremonies concerning death and burial of cazonci chief ruler of the Tarascans.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Condition: A fine copy in like jacket. Due to the size and weight addition postage may be required. El Colegio de Michoacan hardcover
139049635X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
6827553Harvard University Press pp. 544 Index. Hardback. New. Harvard University Press hardcover
199728H003<p>Reading crease on spine and some light shelf wear to edges of cover. Casa Alianza is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to the rehabilitation and defense of street children in Guatemala Honduras and Mexico. It is a branch of Covenant House an advocate for children's rights. Casa Alianza monitors and cares for around 4000 street children most of whom have been orphaned by civil war abused or abandoned by families too poor to care for them. This book details the work of their Legal Aid Office for street children in Tegucigalpa Honduras and in Guatemalan City Guatemala. Each case included has a case # citation of source Victims name and age Persons accused; date of incident Description of Incident and photo of victims. 112 pages. 8.25" 6.5" X 0.5"</p> Casa Alianza / Covenant House paperback
2000x-0842027688Scholarly Resources Inc 2000. Paperback. New. 301 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. Scholarly Resources Inc paperback
a711341965 U. S. Department of State. Hardcover. 4to. 640pp. heavy blue buckram. Depository Library stamps on fore-edges and on a few interior pages label at heel of spine. o/w Near Fine. . hardcover
