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xvi + 304 pages, maps, bibliography. eng
Madrid, Imprenta de Juan Cayetano García e Imprenta de Tomás Minuesa, 1891 ["Colección de Libros Raros y Curiosos que tratan de América"]. Dos volúmenes en 4to. menor; XIV-222 pp., 1 h. + 218 pp., 1 h. Cubiertas originales.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and a full-page map in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO PAULINE HAMBLIN WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
Second edition, much enlarged with "the addition of a new sett of cutts", 2 vols., 12mo (165 x 100 mm), [2], 336; 275, [21]pp., imprint date omitted in vol. I, 2 folding engraved frontispieces showing the costumes of the various countries, that to volume one with tear to fold and slightly cropped at lower margin, 10 engraved plates, woodcut head and tail pieces, a nice set in contemporary sprinkled calf, spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt, volume number in gilt to third compartments. Volume two concerns the Americas, including Peru, Mexico, Chile, Jamaica, Cuba, Virginia, Carolina, New-England and others, in addition to England, Scotland and Ireland. Provenance: Contemporary ink ownership signature of E. Vaughan 1741 to endpapers and at head of title page. Sabin 25670.
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Man Who Turned Thief - Part I - remarkable narrative of an honest man turned criminal who conducted the most mysterious one-man robberies in American history; With a Camera in Portugal - nice photo-illustrated article; Mr. Todbury's Trawler Trip - a confirmed landlubber, advised by his doctor, goes on a sea-voyage on a little trawler; A Record Laugh - A story from Kimberley, South Africa involving an unsophisticated Kaffir, a "live" wire, and a laugh that could be heard from miles away!; Mistaken Identity - H.A. Garrett went to Chile to make a living but narrowly escaped being hanged instead; Through the East by Air - Part I - Richard Carline and his brother Sydney were commissioned to paint scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia for the National War Museum after WWI, and did so for ten months - with much adventure - article with photos; The Golden Cheeses - an expedition hopes to recover 2 million pounds of German gold from a ship torpedoed in the war; The Little Captain - some joyous fragments from the chequered life-history of one of the most irresponsible dare-devils imaginable - a young Mexican; Trailing the Gun-runners - Part III - continuation of the adventures of U.S. authorities attempting to block the flow of arms to revolutionaries in Dominica; Big-Game Shooting in Northern India - exciting stories about pursuing tigers and leopards; The Sea-Devil - two men are lucky to escape with their lives after a prolonged battle with a shark; and more. 85 pages plus 8 pages of vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A high-quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Pages 482-576 + 30 pages of ads. Features: The "Brides" Special - when Swiss girls were regularly shipped to southern Chile to marry ranchers; Winter-Sport Mountaineering - how to avoid its dangers - article with photos; The Wreck of the 'County of Anglesea' - fight for the life of a capsized ship; Wanderings in Northern Persia - II - article with first-ever published photos of Kelat-i-Nadiri, the Gibraltar of Persia, and many other photos; A Fiery Ordeal - surviving a 1904 volcano on Mount Kloet on the island of Java; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth, part VII; From Job to Job Around the World, Part II - fantastic travelogue of two young Americans in Japan and Korea with wonderful photos; The Saving Shadow - Rev. Wm. F. Rigge of the Creighton University Observatory uses shadows to help acquit a man facing serious charges; A Motor-Boat in Mexico - the villagers had never seen anything like it;; The Marchwood Ghost Mystery - A Highland Regiment soldier committed suicide in 1885 and his ghost was supposed to haunt the sentry's beat;;"The Heathen Chinee" - principally concerned with the Chinaman's attitude towards railways - also tells some quaint stories about the 'spirits of wind and water' which rule his actions during and after his life - article with great photos, especially all the Chinese aboard a Shanghai-Nanking Railway engine they had fled only a week before; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Near fine (no dj, red cloth with black/white lettering and decoration,a very crisp clean bright tight copy with no marks or inscriptions) octavo 321pp. Latin American Studies series.
208 pages. Bibliography and glossary. Sumptuously and profusely illustrated with colour photos and reproductions of archival maps and illustrations. Text in English. "Documents the tremendous impact the arrival of New World gold and silver had upon Europe and the world economy. Describes the routes followed by the galleons on their return to Spain, loaded with precious metals, and the techniques used for their extraction. Discusses how mining towns were established, and famous fairs held in Portobelo and Jalapa. From this we learn how several mints were founded." - from Prologue. Clean, bright, tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A suberb copy of this beautifully-presented work. Gift quality. Book
Features: Mis-Applied Science, by Dr. Albert E. Burke - America is losing tomorrow's battles by insisting that scientists concentrate on producing better mousetraps; The Hot War in Vietnam - Can the U.S. win it?; Master of the Jab - Ho Chi Minh is waging the kind of war he knows best; Sunday's Gladiators - as the armed (pro football) combatants struggle before the crowds, there are reminders of ancient Rome; The Charmed Life of Gangster Tony Accardo - arrested 23 times but never convicted; That Bowl of Fire Called Chili - a peppery dish invented by the pioneers of the old Southwest is still savored by their descendants; My Awful Wedded Husband, by Mrs. Kirk Douglas; Inside the Frozen Mountain - colour photos from deep inside Wyoming's Fossil Mountain; Let'em Eat... Turkey - the crisis that erupted when the Veep missed Thanksgiving dinner in Korea, by Walter M. Turner; Boy's Home on the Range - at Boy's Ranch in the rugged cow country of Texas' Panhandle, Cal Farley uses work, love and discipline to turn bad boys into good ones. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Colour Corvair ad inside front cover. *Awesome* colour cadillac ad on page 9. Book
Boston, Twayne Publishers, 1983. 4to.; 6 hs., 174 pp. Ejemplar con envío autógrafo del autor. Encuadernación original en tela.
Octavo in light orange DJ; x, 274 p, b&w maps ; 22 cm. Chile; History; Politics. || Salvador Allende, President of Chile, died during the Chilean coup of 1973 by the Chilean Army Commander-in-Chief Augusto Pinochet. Although he reportedly committed suicide shortly after giving a radio speech to the Chilean people, there has been great controversy regarding the circumstances of his death. Allende supporters have always dismissed the military junta's version events because they believe he was assassinated. Several investigations have been undertaken into the circumstances surrounding Allende's death.
382p. Hardcover Very good condition good
382p. Hardcover Very good condition good Autographed by the author
In Colour: Abu Simbel; and the doomed monuments of Nubia. Also includes: The Worst Air Disaster in the History of British Civil Aviation; Prince Philip's Tour of Peru and Chile; West Country hit by Giant Waves; The Uniqueness of Light (part 6 in a series on the theory of relativity); Tunisian Gas Station; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor dint to front and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with dint to front lower edge and label removal effect to front dust flap. 158pp. In this study, based on the BBC TV Natural History Unit production, the author describes in vivid detail the landscape and ecology, the flora and the fauna of the entire Andes mountain chain through South America. Very well illustrated.
Minneapolis, Institute for the Study of Ideologies and Literature, 1987. 4to.; 249 pp. Ejemplar con envío autógrafo de la autora. Cubiertas originales.
Reli?. 92 pages. Jaquette. 30x23cm.
in-16 (11x18), 269 pp., broche, couverture illustree Bel exemplaire. [PM-LP4]
24x17. 205p. Ilstr. Cubierta S. Baldessari. Primera Edición.
23x13. 221p. Trad. A. Dorfman. Col. Biblioteca breve.
Valparaiso, Imprenta La Patria, 1887, 30 x 21,5 cm., holandesa piel, XXIV + 139 págs. + 1 hoja. (Contiene las tarifas de aduanas vigentes en el puerto de Valparaiso, con las siguientes secciones: Mercaderías en general. Sederías. Ferretería y mercería. Drogas y productos químicos. En el Wordlcat solo registra el ejemplar existente en la British Library).
Large octavo in dark blue photo-illus paper wraps; 172 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-172). In Spanish. Scarce. // Aymara Indians -- Government relations. Aymara Indians -- Biography. Aymara (Indiens) -- Biographies. Aymara (Indiens) -- Relations avec l'…tat. Nina Qhispi, Eduardo Leandro, 1887-1936? Taraku (Bolivia) -- History. Taraku (Bolivie) -- Histoire.
Buenos Aires, Editorial Losada, 1946. 4to. menor; 163 pp. Cubiertas originales.
Santiago de Chile, "La Nación", 1922, 27 x 19 cm., rústica editorial, 332 págs. con fotografías y retratos intercalados + 1 hoja + 1 mapa plegado.
