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1929627179San Francisco: Grabhorn Press 1929. 6 blank 10 122 2 pp. 33 x 23 cm. Sand colored paper covered boards with mustard colored titling to spine in a rust colored cloth covered slipcase; one of 300 copies with decorations drawn and hand colored by Valenti Angelo this is copy number 70. Some rubbing to corners of slipcase with some bumping to side panel near head of opening. Some mild toning to spine with light rubbing to spine ends. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding sound. Due to the size of this book additoinal shipping may be required for international orders. . Limited Numbered. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Valenti Angelo. Grabhorn Press Hardcover
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Pages 821-872.. Features: Pleasant colour Guinness ad inside front cover shows gourmet food - and a crying cow; Nice one-page ad for the Daimler Regency Mk II; Half-page Burbery's fashion ad; Swiss Watchmaker's ad features woodcut illustration of Everest climbers with oxygen tanks; Excellent one-page photo of solemn scene at the Cenotaph; The Queen Mother's visit to Washington; One-page photo portrait of Dr. Albert Schweitzer; Two-page photo montage of personalities of the week include Lord Colgrain, Field Marshal Von Kleist, General E.F. Morton, Freda Holland, Colonel Nasser, the Spartak Football Team from Moscow, and the Dalai Lama with Mr. Nehru in Peking; One-page photo fo the Queen conversing with performers at the Palladium; Lovely one-page colour photo portrait of H.R.H. The Princess Anne; Centerfold colour reproduction of painting of QE II playing piano at Sandringham; Lovely one-page colour photo portrait of the Queen Mother; Photos of the Queen Mother in New York; One-page photo of Monsieur Henri Matisse, who passed away November 3rd; Three large photos of reconstruction of the Comet which crashed near Elba; Brother of the Shah of Persia is killed in a plane crash; The first all-British motor scooter - the Albatross; Crowd of 200,000 in Trieste on November 4 for Armed Forces Day; Dior fashion show at Blenheim Palace; Japanese dancers in London; Wonderful Santa-themed colour ad inside back cover for Crawford Tartan Shortbread; Excellent colour ad on back cover for United States Lines; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
156 pages. Features: Nice Christmas-theme 1-page color ad for General Electric's 'Daylight Television'; Half-page color Christmas ad for REO deluxe Trimalwan mowers; 2-page color-photo ad for Elgin watches features 'best dressed' Mrs. Mandel of Chicago and James (Jimmy) Stewart, starring in 'Broken Arrow'; Color ad for Knapp Monarch appliances features Claudette Colbert; Nice 1-page color Christmas ad for Eversharp Pens; 2-page color Christmas ad for Bulova watches; Nice 1-page color ad for General brand winter tires; Detroit Cracks Down on Relief Chiselers - article with photos on how Detroiters took a look at their relief rolls and uncovered some facts that shocked the state and will shock you too - 30% of Detroit reliefers were chiselers; Spies are Shot at Dawn - fiction; The Great Bamboozler - James Moran and his crazy publicity stunts; Amateur Angel (fiction); Murrow Sticks to the News - article on Edward R. Murrow with photo; My Three Years in Moscow - Part 5 - God Won't Stay Underground in Russia, where Christians and Jews cling to their beliefs - article with photos; America's Toughest School - Webb Institute of Naval Architecture - article with color photos; Tales of the Sea Otter - it is now coming back from near extinction; The Christmas Racket (fiction); How Murderers Beat the Law - double-length photo-illustrated article on Harvard's Department of Legal Medicine; The Uncertain Heiress (fiction); The Town of Santa Claus, Indiana - article with great color photos; He works at 459 Below - Dr. William Francis Giauque, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry - article with photos; Vengeance Valley (fiction); Futuristic color Oldsmobile ad; Nice color Borden's ad featuring Elsie the Cow; The Innocent Buccaneer (fiction); Gorgeous 1-page Christmas color ad for Old Gold cigarettes with photo of couple under mistletoe; Color 1-page ad for the new 1950 Mercury cars; Nice 1-page color ad for Wilson's food products; Great 1-page color ad for American Airlines shows snowbound Christmas family looking up at an airliner in flight; Color Christmas ad for Fatima cigarettes; Fantastic 2-page color ad for Pontiac cars; Color 1-page ad for the Sunbeam Shavemaster; Great 1-page color photo Caterpillar ad shows Christmas trees being harvested by Halvorson Trees, Inc. near International Falls, MN; 1-page ad for RCA Victor products; 1-page ad for Philco products; 1-page color ad for John Hancock insurance features North Pole explorer Robert (Bob) Peary; Demuth pipe ad; Nice 2-page black and white Buick ad; 2-page color ad for Prince Gardner wallets; Nice 2-color 1-page Christmas ad for Motorola TVs and radios; 1-page Webster cigar ad; 1-page Dumont TV Christmas ad; Nice 1-page color ad for Willys-Overland Jeeps; Color-photo ad for Florida orange juice; 1-page color ad for Greyhound bus trips to the sunny south; Nice 1-page color photo ad for Ford trucks features Christmas tree grower Roy Halvorson of Duluth, MN plus his wife, Edythe and daughter, June, as well as his Ford dealer P.N. Hegvold; Nice 1-page color ad for Kaywoodie pipes; Nice 2-color 1-page Christmas ad for New York Central Railway; Nice 1-page color ad for Nescafe coffee; Crosley TV ad; Manhattan clothing color ad features unusual tie designs; Nice 1-page color Toastmaster Christmas toaster ad; Color Esterbrook pen ad; Color Gruen watch ad; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Samsonite Luggage shows pleasant travel scenes; Nostalgic 1-page color ad for Bell & Howell home movie cameras; Color ad for Rolfs wallets; Color ad for Waterman's pens; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Capehart televisions; Jones Dairy Farm Sausage ad; Statler Hotels ad features Santa cartoon by Tony Barlow; Color ad for Shulton (Old Spice) products inside back cover; Color Christmas ad for Kodak cameras on back cover. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 993-1036. Features: cover photo of Dr. Wilhelm Furtwangler, conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, forced into retirement by Nazi influences; Photo of the League of Nations meeting in Geneva to discuss an international military force to police the Saar; Page of illustrations of the "Emperor" of conductors, Toscanini; Page of photos describe the plight of Hungarian refugees expelled from Yugoslavia; One page photo shows the "Orion" being launched at Barrow electronically by the Duke of Gloucester in Brisbane, 12,000 miles away; Fascinating photo-illustrated article by disillusioned young Oxford Socialist John Brown, author of "I Was a Tramp", describes his trip to Soviet Russia; Two large photos commemorate the first regular airmail from England to Australia via Imperial Airways; Photo illustrated article on blind fish in the Caverns of Brazil - first photos of live specimens; Two pages of illustrations of the Mayo composite aircraft, under construction for Imperial Airways, which launches heavily loaded mail planes upon its back; Page of photos and text present prehistoric pottery found in Persia - "entirely unexpected" types from Syalck; Two pages of fabulous photos illustrate how a Japanese hotel combines domestic tradition with incongruous borrowings from the West; Majestic colour one-page ad for Dunlop boasts of their 90th anniversary; Amazing photo of Canadian "Monster" - sea cow, basking shark, or "cadborosaurus" - recently discovered on the shores of Henry Island, British Columbia; Centrefold photos of the Duke of Gloucester at functions in Australia; Photo of Sir Wilfred Grenfell giving medical attention in Newfoundland and Labrador; Photos of the Prince of Wales in distressed Durham; Photos of attempts to save Charles O'Leary who died after three days trapped in an Irish well; Photos of the Soviet funeral for murdered Sergei Kiroff; Photo of new airplane for the Viceroy of India, the "Star of India"; Photo of famous archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans sitting for his portrait bust by David Evans; Photo of the Salvation Army welcoming its new general, Miss Evangeline Booth; Photos of personalities of the week include General Temperley, G. G. Knox, M. Titulescu; Anthony Eden, M. Laval; Baron Aloisi, Ruchdi Bey, Julian Wylie, Sir Horace Lamb, King Prajadhipok, Sir James O'Grady, Sir Edwin Lutyens, C. H. Bressey, Col. Lindbergh's second son, little John, being taken to school by his mother, the late Lord Riddell, C. T. P. Ulm, George Littlejohn, J. L. Skilling, and the late Viscount Buckmaster; Nice colour one page Dewar's ad features Santa hefting cases of whisky; Colour photos of Christmas eve celebrations in Hungary; Article and photos of 6 million year old insect fossils; Page of photos of the filming of "Lorna Doone";One-page South Africa tourism ad One-page Schweppes ad; and more. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
160 pages. Features: Lovely color-photo ad for General Electric televisions; Great 1-page color-photo ad for the Kaiser Traveler car; *Gorgeous* full-page color 7up (Seven Up) ad features huge illustration of bottle; Nice 1-page color ad for White Trucks features the new super power 3000; Very cute 1-page color ad for Monarch peas features classroom scene; *Magnificent* two-page color ad for movie 'She Wore a Yellow Ribbon' with large illustration of John Wayne in cavalry gear; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Whitman's Chocolates; What's Happening to Germany's Jews? - photo-illustrated article reports on how Germany's Jews are trying to pick up the threads of normal everyday life; Malice Aforethought (fiction); I'll Gyp You Every Time - double-length photo-illustrated article in which a carnival sharpie explains how he clips the chumps on midway games of 'skill'; Where are we now on Polio? - photo-illustrated article on what we know, and don't know, about the most dreaded of youthful afflictions; Perfect Secretary (fiction); Nobody but the People Liked it - it's been 162 years since the American Constitution was written; Pigskin Preview; Color-photo illustrated article on Rockefeller Center; It's Never Too Late for Romance (fiction); Digging the Japanese Out of the Philippines - part 6 of 'Our Bloody Jungle Road to Tokyo' - photo-illustrated article; Bright Inferno (fiction); Feature color-photo illustrated article on the Isle o' Pines Resort operated by the Hadley family of Minnesota; Wanted for Murder (fiction); Glorious 1-page color Cadillac ad features green 2-door convertible and Harry Winston jewels; Renegade Canyon (fiction); Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Old Gold cigarettes features smiling lady; 1-page color ad for Plymouth cars; 1-page color Borden's ad features Elsie the Cow; Nice 1-page color ad for Packard cars features a green Golden Anniversary Packard Eight, 135 HP Club Sedan; Two-page Philco television ad; Nice color half-page color ad for Fatima cigarettes; 1-page 2-color Ford ad promotes their $100k car-safety contest; 1-page color-photo ad for Caterpillar illustrates a primitive form of landfilling next to a golf course; Beautiful color-photo 2-page ad for the new 1950 Studebaker features a red car with night city skyline in background; Nice 1-page color ad for International Trucks; 1-page photo ad for the Eaton 2-speed axle features Mr. Kevah Konner of Kevah Konner, Inc., bus operators of Pine Brook, NJ; Attractive color-illustrated 1-page ad for American Airlines features young lady and older man at airport; Nice 1-page color ad for Rice Krispies; Handsome 1-page color ad for Stetson hats features actor Dana Andrews wearing the Flagship in Cadet Blue with passenger aircraft in background; Nice 1-page Dodge Truck color ad features scene at boxing tournament; Nice 1-page color ad for Ritz Crackers; Beautiful one-page color-illustrated ad for Libbey-Owens-Ford Plate Glass shows picture window of character home being replaced; Nice 1-page color-illustrated ad for Kaywoodie pipes shows Colorado River scene in the Grand Canyon; Investors Diversified Services Inc. ad features photos of their successful salesmen Lewis Hunsaker of Utah, Arnold T. Baland of Minnesota, W.H. Walton of Georgia and Herbert G. Elsinger of New York; Nice color-photo 1-page ad for Allis-Chalmers shows corn cob harvesting scene; Nice Statler Hotel ad features cartoon by Tony Barlow; Color ad for Jeep trucks inside back cover; Wheaties 'Breakfast of Champions' ad on back cover features the Philadelphia A's Eddie Joost and members of his family. Several middle pages free from staples but present. Small clipping from page 108 affects Rice Krispies ad. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this interesting issue. Magazine
47 pages. Features: Why girls run away from home - thousands of Canadian girls 'break out' yearly; Major Hockey looks west - Coley Hall spends $250,000 for a new team based in San Francisco's Cow Palace; Nancy Sinatra and Tommy Sands; Yarmouth's 200th Birthday; New hospital design places patient's rooms in ring around service unit - Montreal's new Santa Cabrini Hospital; Christopher Plummer plays Henry II and Richard III in London; The Stained Glass windows of Christ Church, Blackfriars, England; Montreal parapalegic Mike Harling races his sports sedan; Resurrection of a warship - the Swedish warship Vasa which sank near Stockholm in 1628; For Canadians visiting England, there are 3 kinds of luck - good, bad and British; Blackbird attacks people - photos and text; Daffodils; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
47 pages. Features: Why girls run away from home - thousands of Canadian girls 'break out' yearly; Major Hockey looks west - Coley Hall spends $250,000 for a new team based in San Francisco's Cow Palace; Nancy Sinatra and Tommy Sands; Yarmouth's 200th Birthday; New hospital design places patient's rooms in ring around service unit - Montreal's new Santa Cabrini Hospital; Christopher Plummer plays Henry II and Richard III in London; The Stained Glass windows of Christ Church, Blackfriars, England; Montreal parapalegic Mike Harling races his sports sedan; Resurrection of a warship - the Swedish warship Vasa which sank near Stockholm in 1628; For Canadians visiting England, there are 3 kinds of luck - good, bad and British; Blackbird attacks people - photos and text; Daffodils; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
140 pages. Features: Nice one-page color ad for Kraft Cocoa Mix; 1-page color ad for Emery 'Magic Candle Bars'; Nice 1-page color ad for Pan American Airlines featuring Rio; The Truth About the Klan (KKK) Today - article with three photos including Dr. Lycurgus Spinks and Sam Roper; Stop That Shoplifter - article on shoplifters - mostly women - who steal $75 million per year; My Unsuspecting Bride (fiction); Kids Will Swallow Anything - the bronchoscope is used to safe children who swallow many strange objects - photo-illustrated article; It's a Man's World After All (fiction); Massive Foul-up - Our Planes, Tires, Tractors and Clothing - meant for the Nationalists - end up with China's Communist forces - article with photo; Mr. Technicolor - article on Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus with six color photos; The Hairbreadth Escapes of the USS Barb - article and photos of this US submarine which attacked Jap factories, made cities black out - and even blew a railroad train sky-high; The Du Ponts - part 3 of a photo-illustrated article on this family of industrial wizards; The Failure (fiction); Photo-illustrated feature article on Concord, New Hampshire; The Woman Who Wouldn't Run (fiction); Jack of Swords (fiction); Very attractive 1-page color ad for Campbell's soup; 1-page color ad for Ford cars; Homicide House (fiction); 1-page color Birds Eye Lima Beans ad featuring Carrie; 2-page black and white ad for Silver Star shaving blades features photos of Gene Cavallero, Wallis Rigby, Dr. A.W. Lindberg, Armand Denis, H. George Petrie, Rockwell Gardiner and Captain Arthur W. Pierce; Gorgeous colour 1-page Cadillac ad; Webster Cigar ad featuring large illustration of H.D. Hover, owner of Ciro's of Hollywood; Crosley television ad; Beautiful 1-page color ad for Studebaker trucks; 1-page 2-color ad for Frigidaire electric ranges; Borden's cheese ad features Elsie the Cow; 1-page color photo ad for Simmons hide-a-beds; 1-page color-photo ad for International Trucks mentions James Melton and the 'Harvest of Stars' radio show; 1-page color ad for Johnson & Johnson surgical dressings features reproduction of painting by Gladys Rockmore Davis showing boy tending to a girl's leg; Upjohn ad features reproduction of painting of young boy by Lawrence Beall Smith; 1/2 page color ad for Pixie cameras; 1-page Dumont tv ad; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features photo of Aqua-skiing stars Martha Mitchell and Margie Fletcher plus a photo of ace bowler Joe Wilman. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
298 pages. Numerous excellent black and white photographic plates, including frontis image of author in milkmaid garb. Line diagrams. "In this book it has been my earnest desire and aim to present the dairy industry in a simple, practical manner, in the hope of benefitting those desirous of improving and succeeding in their chosen occupation." - from page vi. The fifty-two chapters cover such topics as: farm, stable, cow, heifer, rations, silos, crops, water, milk, cream, butter, cheese, and many more. Author was Demonstrator and Lecturer in Dairying at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Canada. Both hinges open. Above-average wear to exterior which features a charming (albeit well-worn) milkmaid illustration upon front board. Blank 'Notes' pages at end of book contain several pages of handwritten breeding records from the 1930s. No other markings. Despite its heavy wear, this work presents a wonderful overview of dairying in the early 20th century and cannot help but bring a smile to the face of anyone involved in the modern dairy industry. Book
R100014112CHAVANAIS. Non daté. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 10 buvards de 21 x 13,5 cm, présentés dans une enveloppe timbrée, non utilisés.. . . . Classification : 700-Gravures XIXeme Couleur
R100014113CHAVANAIS. Non daté. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 10 buvards de 21 x 13,5 cm, présentés dans une enveloppe timbrée, non utilisés.. . . . Classification : 700-Gravures XIXeme Couleur
R100014114CHAVANAIS. Non daté. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 10 buvards de 21 x 13,5 cm, présentés dans une enveloppe timbrée, non utilisés.. . . . Classification : 700-Gravures XIXeme Couleur
R100014115CHAVANAIS. Non daté. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 10 buvards de 21 x 13,5 cm, présentés dans une enveloppe timbrée, non utilisés.. . . . Classification : 700-Gravures XIXeme Couleur
R100014117CHAVANAIS. Non daté. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 10 buvards de 21 x 13,5 cm, présentés dans une enveloppe timbrée, non utilisés.. . . . Classification : 700-Gravures XIXeme Couleur
R100014116CHAVANAIS. Non daté. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 10 buvards de 21 x 13,5 cm, présentés dans une enveloppe timbrée, non utilisés.. . . . Classification : 700-Gravures XIXeme Couleur
86 pages. Fiction: Two for a Nickel; The Marrying Kind; Free Choice; Home from the Sea; Slug it Slay!; Summer Silence. Articles: Austria's in the Middle; Mechanization and the CIO are making over America's South; Frank Otaris - at age 67 he is still a star of the flying trapeze; Fashion for expectant mothers; Compared to Earthquakes, Nuclear Bombs are Puny; A new repellent for summer bugs; Travel hints for those who would go places in the post-war rush. Ads include: GE Radios; International Harvester crawlers; Mercury cars; Firestone tires - with Indianapolis theme; Borden's - with Elsie the Cow; Lucky Strike cigarettes; Packard cars; Lee Tires; Douglas DC-4 aircraft; "The Kid From Brooklyn" color movie ad; Pennsylvania Railroad; Lord Calvert Whiskey - featuring color photo portrait of Valentino Sarra; Studebaker trucks; Carling's Ale; Whizzer Motor Co. (they made a small engine which was fastened to bicycles); Movie ad for "Notorious!" starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman; King Blended Whiskey; Nice back cover ad for Chesterfield cigarettes features cigarette girl. Coverfold mostly open. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
98 pages. Fiction: See you in the movies; The black devil; Papa played the cello; Bright message; A drive through the country; The outraged heart (part 3 of 4). Articles: Trieste - Battleground for Peace - article with photos; Message to Americans; One Hungry World; I Am a Spastic; Call Them Mister; Brass Hats and Blue Pencils - the Stars & Stripes Army newspaper; Benedict Bogeaus' Movies; A Million Miles of Fishing - a vast tuna industry awaits development in the Pacific Islands; Nice color ad for GE radios; Great color ad for International diesel tractor pulling a scraper; Sweet color one-page ad for the Mercury (Woody) Station Wagon; Great color Coke ad shows magician at work; Union Pacific ad featuresYellowstone National Park; Nice color Chrysler ad; Wonderful photo ad for Columbia sun Glasses; Nice GMC truck ad features G.I. Joe in barber shop; Nice one-page Borden's ad featuring Elsie the Cow; Nice Lucky Strike cigarette ad on back cover features tobacco farmer; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
90 pages. Fiction: The Fugitives; He Loves Me; Take Care When You Say Hello; The Long Denial (part 3 of 4); When the Lilacs Bloomed; Mr. Digney Has a Dream. Articles: The Deadliest War - Germ Warfare; Judy Holliday - star of 'Born Yesterday'; Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon criticizes abuse of power in Congress; How to Run a Prize Fight - the Louis-Conn brawl; Scranton Buys its Own Jobs; Lessons in cooking fish on the beach in the Nassau, Bahamas manner; George Vogel is staff Organist at the Freeport Bank of Freeport, Long Island; Miracle Bark of the California Redwood; and more. Ads include: Color GE Radio ad featuring Frank Sinatra; Great color photo ad for International trucks featuresWillers Truck Service of Sioux Falls, SD, plus the Herman Oil Transport Company of Fremont, NB; Lucky Strike cigarette ad; Borden's ad featuring Elsie the Cow; Martin Aircraft; Nice color-photo ad for Oldsmobile and its new Hydra-matic transmission; Bendix Aviation; Hickok belts; Little Lulu is featured prominently in a Keenex ad; Santa Fe Railroad; Union Pacific Railroad; Douglas DC-4 aircraft; Piper aircraft; Mercury cars; Acushnet golf balls; Very attractive ad for Jantzen swim suits and sun clothes; Blatz Beer - sailing scene; Chesterfield cigarette ad on back cover features bride. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
199516732<p>new pb filed with Arthur Cravan</p> Atlas Press paperback
4920Dix volumes in 8 cartonnés souples de 24 pages chacun,couvertures et illustrations en couleurs de l'auteur.Chavannes éditeur 1956.collection complète en très bon état
8454"[Paris]; K Editeur, 1949. In 8 broché couverture illustrée rempliée, avec une lettre en fac-simile. Complet du bandeau«Préfaces d’André Breton»."
64 pages. Features: Navajo Tribal Fair at Window Rock, Arizona; E.B. Quigley - Painter of Horses; Bronc Breaking; Vet's Corner; Down the Straightaway; Quarter Racing at Centennial; Arab Blood in Today's Ponies; Jubilee Days in Laramie; Cow Cuttin'; That Record Pushing Sister - Little Sister W; Picked Up in the Rodeo Arena; The Stallion as a Stock Horse; It Could Happen to You; Western Paul Revere - Joe Rankin; Tips from Tyler. Nice color ad for Tem-Tex Arizona - Western shirts. Full-page Stetson ad on page 1. Blue Bell jeans ad on page 3. Circle Bar - A Ranch Quarter Horse dispersal sale ad inside back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
192945963San Francisco: Grabhorn Press. 1929. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. Travel and Exploration Native American Most Recent Listing; viii 122 2 pages; Number 47 of a limited edition of only 300 copies. With hand-colored decorations by Valenti Angelo. Publisher's cream coloured boards with gilt spine lettering in slipcase. Some rubbing at spine otherwise near fine in very good slipcase with some minor rubbing. Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer of the New World and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narvaez expedition. La Relacion de Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca "The Story of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca" is the account of his experiences with the Narvaez expedition and after being wrecked on Galveston Island in November 1528. Cabeza de Vaca and his last three men struggled to survive. They wandered along the Texas coast as prisoners of the Han and Capoque American Indians for two years while Cabeza de Vaca observed the people picking up their ways of life and customs. They traveled through the American Southwest and ultimately reached Mexico City nearly eight years after being wrecked on the island. In 1537 Cabeza de Vaca returned to Spain where he wrote his narratives of the Narvaez expedition. These narratives were collected and published in 1542 in Spain. The narrative of Cabeza de Vaca is the "first European book devoted completely to North America. " His detailed account describes the lives of numerous tribes of American Indians of the time. Cabeza de Vaca showed compassion and respect for native peoples which together with the great detail he recorded distinguishes his narrative from others of the period. Cabeza de Vaca reported on the customs and ways of American Indian life aware of his status as an early European explorer. He spent eight years with various peoples including the Capoque Han Avavare and Arbadao. He describes details of the culture of the Malhado people the Capoque and Han American Indians such as their treatment of offspring their wedding rites and their main sources of food. Cabeza de Vaca and his three fellow survivors at times served as slaves to the American Indians to survive. Through his observations Cabeza de Vaca provides insights into 16th-century American Indian life near the present-day Mexico-Texas border. For many peoples the accounts of Cabeza de Vaca and Hernando de Soto are the only written records of their existence. By the time of the next European contact many had vanished possibly from diseases carried by Cabeza de Vaca and his companions. One of Cabeza de Vaca's greatest accomplishments in his journey was bringing peace throughout the land. As the travellers passed from one tribe to the next warring tribes would immediately make peace and become friendly so that the natives could receive the party and give them gifts. Cabeza noted in his personal account of the journey that in this way "We left the whole country in peace. " Cabeza de Vaca saw these events as part of his purpose in America writing that he believed that "God was guiding us to where we could serve Him. " Cabeza de Vaca's greatest challenge as an ambassador came when he attempted to bring peace between the conquering Spanish army and the natives. As Cabeza approached the area of Spanish settlement he and his companions grieved to see the destruction of the native villages and enslavement of the native peoples. The fertile land lay uncultivated and the natives were nearly starving hiding in the forest for fear of the Spanish army. Cabeza de Vaca then encountered Diego de Alcaraz commander of a slaving expedition of about 20 horsemen and attempted to negotiate peace between them and the natives. However as soon as they departed Alcaraz went back on his word and plundered Cabeza de Vaca's entourage of natives that he had sent back home. Not long afterward Cabeza de Vaca encountered the chief alcalde Spanish captain of the province Melchor Diaz. Diaz ordered Cabeza de Vaca . Grabhorn Press hardcover
