University of Kansas Press, 2018. Hardcover. Fine with black paper covered spine titled in white. Dark blue title to front board. Clean and bright. 283 pages. AME/050819. Fine. More
Madrid: Ediciones Alfaguara, (1984). Paperback. 8vo. Blue and white illustrated paper wrappers with blue title to front wrapper and white title to spine. Minor rubbing and toning to exterior. Previous owner's name and address written in red pen to inside of front cover and notes to half title page. Minimal underlining in pen throughout and notes written to top margin of pages 77-80. Text is bright. 164 pages. IN SPANISH. Latin America. LATAM/013112. Very Good in Wraps. More
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
Washington: Panamerican Union, 1958. Paperback. Good- in off-white paper wraps. Binding is broken at spine and signatures are disbound from eachother. otherwise a very good copy. Good candidate for rebinding. Latin America and the Caribbean. SAM1/12200. Good- in wraps. 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
Edicoes SBS Ltda: Ilheus - Bahia, 1970. Hardcover. In Portuguese. 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. Very good in white leatherette boards with gilt title to spine and front board. Foxing to boards. Clean, bright interior. 352 pages. SOAM/102308. 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
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. Hardcover. New. Fine in fine illustrated dust jacket with yellow spine panel and grey title to spine. Index, 315 pages. SOAMER/072610. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 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
Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1895. Hardcover. First Edition. With numerous illustrations, plans, and maps. An examination of how to travel to the Far East by means of the Nicaragua Canal including studies of "the problem in all its varied bearings - mechanical, commecial, and political - made on the ground and in the study, and of general observation and travel to Nicaragua" (preface). Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Minor wear to corners and edges of boards, with heavier wear to top front corner. Bookplate of A.J. Tullock to front pastedown. Tullock (? - 1904) was an engineer from Illinois who later owned the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company. Minor soiling and spots of foxing to fore-edge of textblock. Occasional spots of foxing to interior. A few of the fold out maps and illustrations have small creases to edges or corners. Pencil brackets to margins of a few pages. Browning from a laid in scrap of paper to page 303. Clean and bright overall. 443 pages. SOAMER/021919. Very Good. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1949. Hardcover. Very good in good red Dj with several surface tears and creases. Dust jacket is in a protective sleeve. 8vo. includes map endpapers and illustrations throughout. 408 pages. South American History. SOU2/3292. Very Good in Good DJ. 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
Garden City: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1963. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by the author, Ike Eisenhower's brother and former President of Johns Hopkins University, to Dr. Frank R Smith Jr. Near fine in very good plus dj. Interior very bright; index; 342 pp. Latin American Studies. LATAM/1033. Near Fine in Very Good + DJ. 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
New York: Skyhorse Publishing, (2011). Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Fine in near fine illustrated dust jacket with white title to front and spine panels. Crease along spine. Pristine interior. Index, 404 pages. Latin America. LATAM/100311. Fine in Near Fine DJ. 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
Brazil: Ministerio da Educacao e Cultura, 1965. Paperback. Number 12 of 200 copies numbered and signed by the author. An additional 800 unsigned copies were printed. Elephant folio. A collection of 50 poems by Stella Leonardos illustrated with 3 lithographs by Pedro. Portuguese author and painter Antonio Pedro (1909 - 1966) helped introduce Surrealism into Portuguese painting during the 1930s. Bound in white and green paper wrappers with green title to front cover. Minor browning to spine and edges of wrappers and a few small closed tears to edges of wrappers. The interior is clean overall with minor browning to edges of pages. Some light foxing / light soiling to margins of some pages. Small closed tear to margin of one of the prints, which does not effect the image. Includes a postcard on the letterhead of the Brazilian minister of education and culture dated 7/6/65 with a brief handwritten note in Portuguese. Unbound as issued in large folded sheets. 91 pages plus plates, notes, and index. IN PORTUGUESE. POE/010715. Very Good. More
New York: Basic Books, 2014. Hardcover. Fine in paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. In grey illustrated dust jacket with white spine panel titled in dark green. Pristine. Illustrated. 345 pages. LATAM/101216. Fine / Fine. More
New York: Charles Scribner's, 1966. Latin America and the Caribbean. 0212#17. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Signed and with a lengthy inscription by the author on the front free end page. Else is clean and bright with photographic illustrations throughout. Latin America. LATAM103191. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. 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
Leipzig: Albert Bonnier, 1912. Hardcover. 8vo. Modern Binding. Black cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. A few chips to edges of half title page, frontispiece, and to map in rear. Minor browning to edges of text block. Else is clean and bright. Includes many photographic illustrations. Index, 343 pages. South America. SOAMER/030508. Very Good +. More
Frome, England: Butler & Tanner, Selwood Press, [1914]. Hardcover. Fifth Edition. The printers certified that 11,500 copies of this book were distributed to the order of the Brazilian Government. An encyclopedic work on all aspects of Brazil, including its history, geography and topography, fauna, flora, agriculture and much more. There are numerous black & white photographs throughout the text. There are also foldout maps of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, and Sao Paulo, and 22 pages of advertisements for Brazilian businesses. Bound in red cloth with titling in black to spine. Bumping, staining, and darkened spine. Interior pages are clean. Gift inscription and American Consulate label to front pastedown. Very good condition. 5 x 7.25 inches. 604 pages including index + advertisements. SAMER/120317. 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
New York: F.S. Crofts and Company, 1943. Hardcover. Vg- in light blue cloth covered boards. 8vo. Faint water stains to front cover. Minor toning to spine and minor fading to edges of boards. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners. Interior is clean and bright. 582 pages. South American History. SOU1/1252. Very Good -. More