South and Central America
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Soft cover. Fine. Facsimile reprint of the original pamphlet printed in London in 1743. Stapled binding, printed on faux-parchment. Clean, tight, unmarked. (Item #12679)
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Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 1972. Soft cover. Very Good. 292 pp. Moderate general handling wear. Tight binding, no markings. Conference papers on different aspects of folklife and culture, including music and traditional medicine. (Item #13636)
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Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 1972. Soft cover. Very Good-. 292 pp. Moderate general handling wear and some rippling from either old water damage, or simply storage in a humid environment. Tight binding, no markings. (Item #13637)
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Lima, Peru. Softcover. Good. Group of five booklets, each a compilation of huayno songs (lyrics only). Approximately 250 pages in all. None dated, probably 1960s. Two with no publication information; the other three published in Lima, Peru. None located in OCLC. Some staining and/or chipping to covers, general handling wear... (Item #18944)
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Lima, Peru: Instituto Andino de Estudios en Poblacion y Desarrollo, 1981. Softcover. Very Good. 55 pp, with two foldout diagrams, bibliography. Short (1/2 inch) tears at head and foot of spine; light handling wear; contents clean and sound. Text in Spanish. A study of migration patterns within the nation of Peru. (Item #329)
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Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks, 1972. Softcover. Very good. Studies in Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology, Number Nine. 56 pp, with illustrations, bibliography, in original wrappers. Wrappers are lightly soiled and rubbed; contents clean and sound. A study of the relationships and exchange of artistic ideas between Mesoamerican and Central Andean peoples. (Item #15024)
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. 8vo - over 7 3/4 - 9 3/4" tall. 349 pp, with glossary and index, endpaper maps, frontispiece by Rockwell Kent. No dust jacket. Original blue-green cloth boards, quite faded around the edges and on the spine. Minor bump to upper... (Item #13516)
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Mount Home, C.Z. I.C.C. Press, 1912. Softcover. Very Good. 36 pp, in original wrappers. Moderate general wear to wrappers including sticker on front cover, name and remainder of nameplate on inside cover; contents clean and sound. A scarce Canal Zone imprint. Describes the route of the canal, French work on... (Item #1493)
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London: Tinsley Brothers, 1869. First Edition. Two volumes. 8vo, pp xii, 443; viii, 478, [2] (ads), each with engraved frontispiece and title page vignette. Publisher's green cloth ruled in blind on the boards. Not first issue, but also not matching Penzer's description of the second issue binding, and with no... (Item #17523)
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 322 pp, illustrated with 58 photographs and one folding map. Some very faint discoloration to front board, previous owner's name on front pastedown, occasional red pencil lines in the margins. Else clean and sound. No dust jacket. Cherrie... (Item #19523)
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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Translated by Basil Creighton. 190 pp, illustrated with b/w photos. An as-new copy in a clean dust jacket with slight edgewear. Documents two major expeditions into the jungles between Palenque and Copan on the Yucatan peninsula. (Item #13248)
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. xvi, 360 pp + illustrations + lxiv (plates) + xvii (index), with illustrations, maps. Light foxing to edges of front cover; else fine, in an attractive dust jacket with some rubbing to the... (Item #1011)
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de la Vega, Garcilaso; Livermore, Harold V. (Translator, introduction); Toynbee, Arnold J. (Foreword)
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1994. Softcover. Near fine. Trade paperback, xliv, 658 pp, with maps, index. Very light shelf wear to wrappers, name written on front inside cover; else clean and tight. Part One only. This volume "sets out to give an account of the birth, growth, and... (Item #1815)
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New York: R. Worthington, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. pp xiii, 281 + publisher's ads, with illustrations from sketches by Beerbohm. Cloth frayed at corners and spine ends, minor pen markings on 4 preliminary pages; else clean and sound. By her own account, Dixie (1857-1905) had tired of "the... (Item #14662)
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London: Robert Hale, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a good dust jacket. 191 pp + b/w illustrations from photographs. School prize bookplate on front free endpaper; else unmarked and sound, with minimal wear. Dust jacket is price clipped and has moderate edgewear with some chipping. "Who is Pamela... (Item #270)
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Favre, Henri; Contreras, Hugo Gomez; Bao, Ricardo Melgar; Montiel, Edgar; Olivares, Juan; Portillo, Felicitas Lopez
Centro Coordinador y Difusor de Estudios Latinamericanos, 1987. Softcover. Very good. 105 pp. Clean, tight, and unmarked, with light cover wear. Cover date is 1985, but printing date noted on colophon is 1987. Edition of 1000 copies. Issue dedicated to Peru. (Item #13823)
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London: George Allen & Unwin, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. 301 pp, with index and bibliography. Mild spine slant, some spotting to fore edge. Binding tight, text unmarked. Dust jacket has a stain visible on the inside only, and some light edgewear. "An... (Item #12479)
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. Hardcover. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Second English-language edition, revised. lxxi, 537 pp, xliv, with glossary of Brazilian terms, bibliography, index of names, index of subjects, foldout of architectural plans. Fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with one chip and... (Item #429)
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Fuenzalida, Fernando; Mayer, Enrique; Escobar, Garbiel; Bourricaud, Francois; Mar, Jose Matos
Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 1970. Softcover. Very good. 214 pp. Rubbing to extremities, pages tanned. Binding sound, no markings. Some pages unopened. (Item #13921)
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Gainesville, FL: College of Architecture and Fine Arts, University of Florida, 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. Catalogue of an exhibition shown and documented in conjunction with the special photographic exhibition Machu Picchu of the Inca, with photography by Roy C. Craven Jr. (36) pp, stapled wrappers. Illustrated with 28... (Item #14777)
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London, Toronto, and New York: J.M. Dent and E.P. Dutton & Co. 1920. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Good dust jacket. First edition, American issue. Volume I: xvi, 244 pp; Volume II: ix, 240 pp, with index and 22 color plates. Lightly bumped corners; else fine. Dust jackets chipped at... (Item #2575)
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New York: Knopf, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket. 278 pp, illustrated with b/w photographs. Small magic marker spot on front endpaper, else a fine copy in a clean, priced dust jacket with minimal wear. Classic, bestselling account of the first complete descent of the... (Item #13335)
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London: R.H. Porter, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. pp. xvi, 269 + [2], ads, with illustrations, folding map. Original blue cloth. Edges of boards rubbed, mild scuffing to rear board. Contemporary ownership signature on title page, otherwise unmarked and sound. "In the following chapters I propose to give a.... (Item #14486)
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Washington, DC: Press of Byron S. Adams, 1912. 6 x 9.25 inches, 72 pp, with chromolithograph frontispiece, many b/w illustrations from photographs. Near fine, with mild edgewear to wrappers. Stamp of the Bolivan Consulate in San Francisco on front endpaper. An attractive informational booklet aimed at potential investors, with description... (Item #18158)
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Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1973. Soft cover. Very Good. Trade paperback, 554 pp, with index and bibliography. One corner lightly bumped, mild cover wear. Clean, tightly bound, and unmarked. (Item #13619)