New Canaan, Connecticut: Milstan Enterprises, No date. Paperback. SCARCE. 8vo. White illustrated paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Minor foxing to exterior and edge of text block. Pencil check marks and writing to pages 55-56. Does not effect text. Else is clean and bright with several illustrations throughout. 112 Pages. LATAM/071618. Very Good. More

Sao Paulo: Reitoria da Universidade de Sao Paulo, 1950. Paperback. SCARCE. 2a Edicao. Ruy (or Rui) Barbosa (1849 - 1923) was a Brazilian author and politician. He was committed to defending civil liberties and contributed to the abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888. This portfolio includes a facsimile of the "Oracao aos Mocos" or "Prayer for Young Men" speech that he wrote for graduates of the class of 1920 from the Faculdade de Direito de Sao Paulo. The speech was read by Professor Reinaldo Porchat as Barbosa was ill and unable to attend the ceremony. The speech has been reproduced directly from the original typescript and shows pen corrections that Barbosa made. Also included are facsimile copies of letters, telegrams, photographs, and newspaper articles. Unbound folio sheets as issued. Housed in a white paper portfolio with red and black title to front panel. Half of a red wax seal is adhered to the rear panel of the portfolio. The edges are worn with tears to the edges and there is minor soiling to the covers. IN PORTUGUESE. Unpaginated. SAMER/011013. Very Good. More

Ilheus: Edicoes SBS Ltda: Ilheus - Bahia, 1970. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed by the author, Arthur Brandao. Uncommon book on the history and people of Ilheus, one of the oldest cities in Brazil. Most of the book consists of black & white photographs and biographies of the people of the day in Ilheus. It includes everyone from government officials, journalists, members of prominent families, to even a beauty queen or two. There is an informality to the book that lends charm. The book is inscribed to Lincoln Gordon, a former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil by Brandao, one of the authors. Bound in white paper covered boards with green metallic titles to spine and front cover. Covers and head of spine have been bent and creased without affecting the interior, which is clean and tight. Short closed tear to top of rear hinge. In Portuguese. 352 pages. SOAM/080707. Very Good Minus. More

Guild Publishing, 1990. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrated with color plates and line drawings throughout. 224 pages. South America. SAME/8052. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. More

Chicago: Argonaut, Inc., Publishers, 1965. Hardcover. Near fine in a very good+ green and white illustrated dust jacket with black title to front panel and white title to spine. Slight edge wear to top edge of dust jacket. Pristine interior. Index, 114 pages. Greece. GRE/7182. Near Fine / Very Good+. More

Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press Inc., 1974. Hardcover. Very good hardback in dark blue cloth. Sitings from all sorts of books and letters Mexico. MEX1/11140. Very Good. More

London: Methuen & Co., 1949. Hardcover. 1st edition. Illustrated from photographs by William Caskey. Very good in very good dustjacket. Minor chipping to edges of dust jacket. The travel diary of a journey in South America with photographer and friend William Caskey. Interior is clean and bright. Pictorial endpapers. 194 pages. South American Travel. SOAMER/9100. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More

New York: Charles Scribner's, 1966. Latin America and the Caribbean. 0212#17. More

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985. Hardcover. In this book "eight leading scholars in the humanities and the social sciences suvery the history, politics, economics, demography, and culture of teh Caribbean to provide an authoritative yet accessible introduction to this complex and geographically fragmented region" (jacket). Red cloth spine over tan cloth covered boards with black title to spine. Bumping to top corners. Clean and bright. In brown dust jacket with white title to spine and front cover. Minor wear to edges of jacket including a few short closed tears. 254 pages. SOAMER/122018. Very Good / Very Good. More

Lima: Biblioteca de la "Reforma Medica" 1959. Paperback. Good+ in wraps. Chipping to head of spine and soiling to foot of spine. In Spanish. SAME1/3112. Good +. More

Lanham, MD: Madison Books, 1986. Hardcover. First Edition. Inscribed by author on ffep: "for Barry - You will appreciate the Vietnam connection, I'm sure - here we go again! Want to get in it now or later? Sol 9-24-86 Washington, D.C." Sol Sanders was a long-time foreign correspondent for a variety of publications. The book is inscribed to Barry Zorthian, the noted U.S. government spokesman in Vietnam during the war, and is from his collection. Bound in red cloth with black, green and red dustjacket. Near fine condition. 222 pages. CENT/010913. Near Fine. More

1956. Paperback. Oblong 12mo. Very good in pictorial wraps. Minor toning to wraps as well as minor creasing to edges of wraps. Several fold-out maps, illustrated in color and black and white. Travel. SOAMER/3080. Very Good. More

Sao Paulo Brazil: Folha de S. Paulo, 1987. Hardcover. Folio. SCARCE. A collection of 174 selected first pages of the Portuguese language newspaper "Folha de S. Paulo" from 1925 - 1987. This newspaper, printed in Sao Paulo Brazil, has one of the largest circulations in Latin America. Black paper covered boards with paper title label pasted down to front board. Clean, bright interior. Multicolored dust jacket with black title and white publisher's name to spine panel. Minor wear to edges and minor rubbing to panels of jacket. 192 pages. CENT/092607. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. More