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1906WRCAM50036Madrid 1906. Two volumes.xxx3885; xii4284pp. Original paper printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly soiled. Volume one with repair tape on spine small tear on front wrapper. Later ownership stamp on front flyleaves. Text block cracked in volume one. Small section loose but attached on volume two. Good. Later edition of the famous narrative of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca first published in 1542. Cabeza de Vaca gives an account of his expedition to Florida in 1527 his capture by and escape from Indians on the Mississippi coast and his later overland journey across Texas before finally making his way back to Spanish controlled lands in Mexico. The original work was the first on Texas and the first American travel account. A foundation work on Texas and the Southwest. The second part describes his career as governor of La Plata in South America. unknown books
1921FGO713-29Boston:: Directors of the Old South Work 1921. Pamphlet. Very Good. Series: Old South Leaflets No. 39. Pamphlet. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. 16 pp. Old South Meeting House vignette on page 1 bibliographic notes at end; text clean unmarked. Self-wraps stapled; binding square and tight minor shelf-wear and soiling. Very Good. This piece consists of excerpts from chapters 30-36 of Cabeza de Vaca's La Relación first published in Madrid 1542 in an 1851 translation by Thomas Buckingham Smith 1810-1871. La Relación tells of Cabeza de Vaca's adventures during eight years of travel with the Narvaez expedition in the Southwest of the current United States in the 16th century. This is Cabeza de Vaca's account of the first European's penetration into New Mexico. Directors of the Old South Work, unknown books
2012SKU0614232W. W. Norton & Company 2012-10-25. paperback. New. 5x0x8. New Textbook Ships with Tracking W. W. Norton & Company paperback
2012Q-0393918157W. W. Norton & Company 2012-10-25. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! W. W. Norton & Company paperback
2013140818Allentown Pa: R. R. Donnelley & Songs Company 2013. Hardcover. fine. lii 188pp. Sextodecimo bound in green boards with gold gilt rules decoration and lettering to front and spine. Patterned endpapers illustrations gilt to top of text block. Illustrated fine. fine Cabeza de Vaca was one of the four survivors of the disastrous Narvaez venture through Florida. 2013 R. R. Donnelley & Songs Company hardcover
1547130156.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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
2010TA230923012Z45Dodo Press 2010-03-18. paperback. Like New. 6x0x9. Paperback--no flaws Dodo Press paperback
2011Q-0486431800Dover Publications 2011-11-02. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Dover Publications paperback
140997913X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1972587712Barre Massachusetts: The Imprint Society 1972. Hardcover. Fine. Imprint Society reprint. Translated by Fanny Bandelier. Introduction by John Francis Bannon. Illustrations by Michael McCurdy. Fine in a rubbed and lightly soiled very good dust jacket with a couple of small chips along the edges with one side printed upside down. From an edition of 1950 copies this copy unnumbered Signed by the illustrator. The Imprint Society hardcover
0803215282.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2011051081Albuquerque N.M.: University of New Mexico Press 2011. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 240pp.incl.index; HB blk.w/silver; fine condition w/cleantight pgs. DJ lt.brwn.w/white-pic.cover; fine. "This book is one of the great first-person accounts of the Spanish conquest of the Americas in the sixteenth century." illus.section. signed by Morrow. <br/> <br/> University of New Mexico Press hardcover
WELLER9780803264168New. New book. unknown books
1929222681San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press 1929. Number 46 of 300 copies. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo illuminated in gold. 1 vols. 4to. Tan boards. Spine slightly toned else Fine in slipcase. Bookplate of Jean Hersholt signed and Alistair Cooke. Number 46 of 300 copies. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo illuminated in gold. 1 vols. 4to. The Grabhorn Press unknown books
1871820911871. CABECA DE VACA Alvar Nunez. SMITH Buckingham trans. Relation of Alvar Nunez Cabeca de Vaca. New York: J. Munsell 1871. Limited ed. 4to. x 2 11-300 pp. frontis. port. In modern calf-backed cloth boards. Binding is fresh. Previous owner name obscured on the title page. Contents with dampstaining including a pronounced tideline to bottom margin of the pages throughout occasionally touching text else very good. Sabin 84383. Field 229. Limited edition of only 100 copies. "With the possible exception of Benavides' `Memorial' the `Relation' of Cabeca de Vaca is probably the most important of the early works on the western country" - Eberstadt 104-036. Smith died while this edition was in the press and Field praises it as "a fitting monument to the earnest scholar and gentleman who first made the valuable Relations of Cabeca available to those who could not read it in the original." Scarce in this edition. unknown
192972808San Francisco: Grabhorn Press 1929. One of 300 numbered copies. Quarto. 8 122 2 pp. with hand-colored decorations by Valenti Angelo. Publisher's buff boards with spine lettering. Custom slipcase by William Wheeler. Aside from a bit of sunning to spine a very fresh and clean copy in a like binding.Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer of the New World and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narvaez expedition. During eight years of traveling across the US Southwest he became a trader and faith healer to various Native American tribes before reconnecting with Spanish colonial forces in Mexico in 1536. After returning to Spain in 1537 he wrote an account first published in 1542 as La Relacion. Cabeza de Vaca has been considered notable as a proto-anthropologist for his detailed accounts of the many tribes of American Indians that he encountered. Grabhorn Press hardcover
192540380Stuttgart : Strecker & Schrder 1925. 220x150mm. Verlegereinband mit Umschlag. In gutem Zustand. 450 Strecker & Schrder unknown
1980R300270029Actes Sud. 1980. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 206 pages. Une carte en noir et blanc hors texte. Plats contrepliés en un rabat.. . . . Classification Dewey : 860-Littératures espagnole et portugaise
19801204851980 Editions Fayard, Collection "La Bibliothèque des Voyageurs" - 1980 - In-8, broché, couverture à rabats illustrée - 378 p.
198085061Editions Actes Sud , Espace-Temps Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1980 Book condition, Etat : Bon broché, sous couverture imprimée à rabats éditeur crème In-8 étroit 1 vol. - 213 pages
40380Stuttgart, Strecker & Schröder 1925, 220x150mm, 141Seiten, Verlegereinband mit Umschlag. In gutem Zustand.
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
1905016130London.: The Relegious Tract Society 1905. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition First Printing. pp. 228. Publisher's advertisements: at end of text. In original publisher's green cloth. Gilt lettering to spine lettering and decoration to front board. Book starts at title page else complete Internally clean pages tight binding. A rare publication. The Relegious Tract Society Hardcover
20074071-103120<p>Contents appear as New Unopened Unread & Unblemished in like wraps.</p><p><strong>Inscribed & signed by author. "Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015. Merry Christmas XXX.From Your Friend …. Ozzie ….Enjoy the reading XOXO</strong>. </p><p>Indian revolts in the province of Chimborazo Ecuador destroyed the family and goods of the rancher Juan Domingo Orosco as revenge for the maltreatment and abuse of the savages. After this unfortunate event Orosco converted and became a missionary priest who worked among the oriental tribes. He was always accompanied by his son Carlos who became very fond of a young Indian beauty named Cumandá. She saved the young white man's life in several situations. Finally she agreed to become the wife of the chief of the Jibaros Yahuarmaqui so the Jivaros would spare her beloved Carlos's life. At the end of this masterpiece we find out that Cumandá is the daughter of Juan Domingo Orosco and that she didn't die when his ranch was destroyed thanks to the protection of Pona wife of the chief of the Paloras. As it turns out Cumandá was raised in the jungle by one of the Indian tribes. Cumandá dies sacrificed according to the customs of the tribe; Father Orosco reconciles with his enemy Tongana and helps him to die as a Christian and the loss of his daughter ends the life of purity Father Orosco had vowed to uphold.</p><p><strong>Insurance & handling is included free. Extra Charges/Fees apply on Shipments Outside The U.S. and Expedited Shipments. Oversize and/or heavy books may require additional fees. Will advise </strong> 10.23.20 #4071-103120 Updated10.15.21 <strong>Updated 8.16.25 </strong></p> Noe Vaca Self Published paperback
