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in-8° oblungo, pp. 100 con 18 ill. di cui 15 n.t. Bross. edit. ill. dalla fotoaerea dell'area peatonal central del area central de Tegucigalpa.
Paris, Pierre Roger et Cie., Éditeurs, s.a. (1911). 4to.; 2 hs., 259 pp., 1 h., con 25 láminas fotográficas, obra del propio autor, fuera de texto y un mapa, aparte, de Centroamérica. Cubiertas originales de A. M. Gillet.
Barcelona, Herederos de Juan Gili Editores, 1914. 4to.menor; XLIV-282 pp., 1 h. Cubiertas originales.
Tegucigalpa, Talleres Tipográficos "Aristón", 1949. 4to.; 175-XXII pp. Ejemplar con envío autógrafo del autor. Cubiertas originales con un dibujo de López Rodezno.
Barcelona, Edit. Siroco, 1985. Ilustraciones en b/n fuera texto de Jorge Durall. 173p. 8ºmayor. Rústica editorial ilustrada. Muy buen ejemplar. Dedicatoria del cónsul de Guatemala en Barcelona.
Limited Edition of 3,000 copies. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slight creasing to upper front edge and slight bumping tp rear edge. ca 220pp. A lavish study of the history of the Mayan people and culture and of their modern day descendants. Very well illustrated. Covering Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. All text in English. Very scarce.
Giulo einaudi éditore, 1957 - In6 8 - Cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée (légères déchirures à la jaquette) - 117 figures ou photographies Nb HT - 304 pages - bon exemplaire
Features include: Collecting Brassavola digbyana in Honduras; Air-Conditioning for Cymbidiums; Orchid Growing in Malaya; Two Giant Pleurothallids from Costa Rica; Sterilizing Orchid Seeds for Planting; Collectors' Item: Epidendrum purum Lindley; Gibberellates: Stimulant for Cattleya Seedlings in Flasks; Dipping Phalaenopsis for the Control of Mealybugs; Orchids of Economic Use (Pt III); Notes on a Water-Soaked Leaf Condition in Cymbidiums; Growing Orchids in the Home; and A Name for an Interesting Epidendrum. Light wear. Writing in ink on front cover and pages 341 and 343. A sound copy. Book
351 pages. A collection of stories, events, and experiences that provide a sense of what life is like for those who confront environmental crises of our time. Topics discussed: Local responses to economic development (cases from Indonesia and china); Conservation and conflict (cases from Africa); Gold mining in the Amazon and Wisconsin; Food, conflict, and justice (cases from the US and Honduras; and more. First half of book is high-lighted in yellow. Second half has blue pen underlining. Moderate wear. Glossy illustrated covers. Solid working copy. Book
français 0 Paris, Bibl. Nationale, 1907. Fort IN-4°, br. 744p. CATALOGUE METHODIQUE DES LIVRES IMPRIMES CONCERNANT L'HISTOIRE DE L'AMERIQUE. T. III, Etats Unis, localités et colonies, Amérique Espagnole, Mexique, Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombie, Nlle Grenade, Equateur, Vénézuélan Pérou, Bolivie, Chili. CATALOGUE ETATS UNIS, LOCALITÉS ET COLONIES, AMÉRIQUE ESPAGNOLE, MEXIQUE, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, SALVADOR, NICARAGUA, COSTA RICA, COLOMBIE, NLLE GRENADE, EQUATEUR, VÉNÉZUÉLAN PÉROU, BOLIVIE, CHILI. BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Fondazione della Banca di Stato di detta Repubblica, che favorirebbe possentemente lo stabilimento delle colonie italiane a sistema cooperativo con Quel ricchissimo e vasto paese.<BR> 16°, pp.231 (5), t. tela recente, conserva la br. edit. con una picc. restauro al marg. sup. e una macchia di grasso che penetra anche nelle prime 2 cc., restauro al marg. sup. bianco del front. e della c. successiva. (Honduras: scoperta, confini, aspetto generale, topografia; Fiumi, laghi, lagune; Porti e ancoraggi; Isole; Divisione politica: dipartimenti di Comayagua, Gracias, Choluteca; Tegucicalpa, Olanco, Yoro, S.Barbara; Aspetto naturale; Miniere e minerali; Legnami preziosi, produzione vegetale, animali, pesci, rettili, insetti; Esistenza di aborigeni; Hicaque, Payas, Sambos, Caribbi; Organizzazione politica, costituzione, religione, educazione, industria, importazione, circolazione moneta, prospetto futuro; Prospetto di concessione della Banca Nazionale o Banca di Stato; Associazione cooperativa per lo stabilimento della Colonie Italiane; Quadro rappresentante impiego di capitali della Soc. cooperativa di Colonizzazione Ital.; Legge e concessioni favorevoli all'immigrazione in Honduras.
Features: Carl Hoffman - Archival Notes; Encounters with the Killer Whale - studies of Orcinus orca behavior in the wild; Mosquito Shore (Honduras) Settlement Expedition - haunted by 18th-century colonist; Sending Fungi into Deep Space - aids study of space effect on living cells; Anyemaqen Shan Trek - birds and snow leopard survey; Six Weeks Down Under; First People of the Pacific Northwest - Fraser Canyon's earliest settlers placed at 9.000 years B.P.; China's New Frontier - oil discovered in Karamay, northwest China; Excerts from the Explorer's Journal of January-April 1932. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: The Black River area of the Mosquito Coast, Honduras - Rio Tinto Expedition; The Footsteps of Liu - variety of amphibians and reptiles; Yellowstone - Nature's Laboratory; The Panama Choco Expedition - Flag 172; The Transglobe Expedition completes objectives and receives the Explorers Medal; A visit to South China. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: A Boy in the Bush - a young boy kills wild scrub bulls for bounty in Australia's outback; In the Dark - An Australian is tasked with catching gold thieves in a mine in Southern India; The town that was reborn - Williamsburg, Virginia; The Seaquake - adventure on a voyage from British Honduras to Yucatan; Hunting down the Black Jack Gang (conclusiont) - the worst band of desperadoes to ever trouble the south-western States of America; Frontier Gateway - Peshawar (great photo of a 'walking teashop); The Forgotten Islands - The Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia - several photos; Arctic Derelict - a strange sea-story from the Canadian Arctic; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Outside Dimensions 14.5" x 10.5" Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
X [ads], 247-300 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos. Features: The Tree of Dreams - A Christmas Legend of Notre-Dame de Lorette; The Rockies vs. The Alps - nicely photo-illustrated article; British Honduras (now Belize); The Cornish Riviera; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Some soiling to back cover. Two archival tape repairs to fore-edge of page 277. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative issue. Book
Outside dimensions 10.75" x 14.5". Unmarked with light wear and soiling. An attractive vintage copy. Book
8vo., Second Impression, with numerous plates, full-page facsimile and endpaper maps; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, ribbon marker, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Among other adventures, Mitchell-Hedges details the discovery in 1924 of the Crystal Skill at Lubaantun (then British Honduras; now Belize). Published in the same month as the first edition. SCARCE.
In-4°, VI-XVI, (1), 18-397,legatura in cartonato, grande mappa ripiegata fuori testo, 4 carte ripiegate, 11 tavole. Squier fu nominato incaricato speciale per gli affari in tutti gli stati centroamericani nel 1849 e negoziò trattati con il Nicaragua, l'Honduras e San Salvador. Nel 1853 fece una seconda visita in America Centrale per esaminare una linea per una ferrovia interoceanica progettata e per studiare ulteriormente l'archeologia del paese. In-4 °, VI-XVI, (1), 18-397, large map folded out of text, 4 folded cards, 11 tables cardboard binding. Squier was appointed special chargè d’ affaires in all Central American states in 1849 and negotiated treaties with Nicaragua, Honduras and San Salvador. In 1853 he made a second visit to Central America to examine a line for a planned interoceanic railway and to further study the archeology of the country.
