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Caracas: La Casa de Bello, 1984. frontis, 235 pp. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Coleccion Zona Torrida, No. 3. A near fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket. More
Caracas: La Casa de Bello, 1984. frontis, 235 pp. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Coleccion Zona Torrida, No. 3. A near fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket. More
Mendoza: [Universidad Nacional de Cuyo], 1943. [30], [210] pp. 4to. Cloth. Reprint. A facsimile reproduction of this important (and rare) liberal and anti-clerical weekly published in Mendoza, Sept. 23, 1824-Dec. 25, 1825 (except Sept. 12 to Oct. 8, 1825, inclusive when publication was suspended) and edited by J. G. Godoy..... More
Montevideo: Imp. El Siglo Ilustrado, 1928. 20 pp. 16mo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. Inscribed by the author. Justino Jiménez de Arechaga (1850-1904) was Vice President of Uruguayan and a professor of Constitutional law. A very good copy with light foxing on title, first few and last leaves mostly to..... More
Guayaquil: Universidad de Guayaquil, (1986). 57 pp. Illus. with 2 b/w drawings. Sm. 8vo. Red silk, gilt title, wrappers bound in. First edition. Malaria in the colonial Guayaquil. Booksellers stamp on title page else a fine copy. More
Buenos Aires: Talleres Gráficos de la Penitenciaría Nacional, 1905. xxx, 177 pp. Illus. with 35 b/w photos, drawings, plans (many folding). Sm. 8vo. Quarter calf over marbled boards, morocco lettering pieces. First edition. Biblioteca técnica del Ministerio de instrucción pública: vol. I. A complete discussion of the University, its architecture..... More
Santiago: Imprenta i Libreria de la Independencia, 1867. 563 p. 8vo. Quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands ruled in gilt. First edition. OCLC shows one copy DIBAM BN Chile. A very good copy, boards and spine lightly scuffed, minor edgewear, scattered foxing mostly to endpapers, leaves browning but clean..... More
Santiago: Imprenta del Siglo, 1845. 61 pp. 12mo. Removed. First edition. OCLC locates copies at the British Lib. and the BN Chile. Lacking the wrappers, else a very good clean copy. More
Montevideo: Imprenta Elzeviriana, 1889. xviii, 314 pp. 12mo. Cloth. First edition. An important work on Rioplatense Spanish, a dialect spoken in the River Plate region between Argentina and Uruguay. Provenance: Bookplate of Hereberto Gibson on half-title, ie. Sir Herbert Gibson (1863-1934), a leading member of the British Community in Argentina..... More
Caracas: Presidencia de la Republica de Venezuela, 1972. xvi, 355 pp. Illus. with 15 reproductions. Sm. 4to. Cloth. First edition. Andrés Bello y López (1781-1865), Venezuelan humanist, "is generally considered to be the most complete intellectual of 19th-century Latin America." Contains essays and pieces by and mostly about Bello. Deep..... More
Caracas: n.p., 1982. 15 pp. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. OCLC shows only two copies in the U.S., both on microfilm. A very good copy. More
[Paris]: [Deroy]. [1796]. [1] pp. Hand-tinted engraving on paper. Composition size: 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. (20.96 x 14.61 cm). Sheet size: 10 3/8 x 8 1/4 in. (26.35 x 20.96 cm). Grasset de Saint-Sauveur published his 432 plate, five volume work, "Encyclopédie des voyages," (Paris: Deroy) in 1796..... More
Santiago de Chile: Fondo Historico y Bibliografico J.T. Medina, 1953. 204 pp. Sm. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. Luis Silva Lezaeta, comentarios. Wrappers soiled else a near fine unopened (uncut) copy. More
Santiago: Imp. de la Gratitud Nacional, 1910. 128 pp. 16mo. Illustrated paper wrappers. Secunda edicion. Work about the women of the war for independence. Uncommon. Wrappers damp marked, spine worn, contents very good. Palau 108983 (1st ed). More
Caracas: Cooperativa de Artes Graficas, 1941. 689, xiii pp. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. A very good exlib copy, gilt accession numbers on spine, faint institutional stamp on rear pastedown from the NYHSoc., no other marks. Palau 109168. More
Madrid: Ediciones Cultura Hispánica, 1956. xxxix, 462 pp. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. A very good copy, wrappers soiled. More
Buenos Aires: Librerîa de Félix Lajouane, 1896. 638 pp. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Historia, ciencias, letras. A good copy, lacking the wrappers, old tape repair to spine, large corner chips to first few leaves, large marginal chip to last leaf, contents clean, some leaves browning. More
Buenos Aires: Administración De La Biblioteca, 1897. 483 pp. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Historia, ciencias, letras. A good copy, partially unopened (uncut), lacking the boards, edgewear to first few leaves, long tear on first blank, contents clean, some leaves browning. More
Buenos Aires: Administración De La Biblioteca, 1897. 487 pp. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. A good copy, lacking the boards, most of spine perished, old repair to front endpaper along spine, edgewear to first few leaves, some signatures loose, contents clean. More
Buenos Aires: Librerîa de Félix Lajouane, 1897. 495 pp. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Historia, ciencias, letras. A good copy, lacking the wrappers, most of spine perished, old repair to front endpaper along spine, first and last signatures loose, edgewear to first few leaves, contents clean. More
Buenos Aires: Administración De La Biblioteca, 1898. 288 pp. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Historia, ciencias, letras. A good+ copy, lacking the wrappers, spine chipped, first few leaves with tears, last blank detached, contents clean. More
Santiago de Chile: Imp. Universitaria, 1909. 351 pp. Illus. with 47 b/w reproductions and photos, mainly portraits. 12mo. (18 cm.). Quarter morocco over marbled boards. First edition. A very good copy, rubbed, title leaf torn at hinge, leaves browning. More
Boston: World Peace Foundation, 1941. Frontis, 77 pp. Sm. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. America Looks Ahead. A Pamphlet Series. No. 5. November 1941. S. Shepard Jones, ed. Inscribed by the author to the book dealer and Latin American scholar Maury Bromsen. A very good copy with pencil marginalia, inscription on..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1929. vi, 243 pp. Sm. 8vo. Cloth. Second printing. Inscribed by the author on title page to book dealer and Latin American scholar Maury Bromsen. A very good copy, sunned spine. More
Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1827. 264 pp. 12mo. Three quarter morocco over marbled boards. First American edition. "This work obtained for its author the soubriquet of “Galloping Head,” from the manner in which he scoured across the Pampas. It contains descriptions of the life of the savage Guachos, and the..... More
London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1806. xii, 287, [1] pp. [i.e. 253; pages 105-253 misnumbered 141-287. Illus. with 1 folding map. 16mo. Later half calf over marbled boards, red morocco lettering piece, spine decorated in gilt. First English Language edition. With one page of advertisements. Originally published as "Tagebuch einer..... More