New York: For sale by Brentano Bros. (1886). ii, 68 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w folding map. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. Further arguments against the Ship-Railway plan of E. L. Corthell and in favor of the Nicaragua canal. Daniel Ammen (1819-1898), "naval officer, author, and inventor... served as secretary..... More
Panamá: Impreso en los Talleres Gráficos de "El Tiempo" 1922. 203, [4] pp. Sm. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. Quite uncommon. A good copy, lacking the front wrapper, spine mostly absent, chips and soiling on title, folds to corner, leaves browned. More
[Washington D.C]: [Hamilton, Printer], 1853. 106 pp. Sm. 4to. Later paper wrappers. First edition. Senate executive document / 32nd Congress, 2nd session. Senate; no. 27. A good copy, edge worn, moderate soiling, scattered foxing, oneleaf with a closed tear. More
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1868. 3, xvi, 156 pp. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Hakluyt Society, First series: No. 40. The letter is dated 1526. The Spanish text was first printed in the “Documentos Ineditos,” 1864, IV. 8--167, and this is the first English translation. The supplementary material consists..... More
Washington, D.C. Buell & Blanchard, Printers, 1858. 15 pp., [1]. 8vo. Removed. First edition. Doolittle defends Hiram Paulding (1797-1878) who was relieved of command by James Buchanan for arresting William Walker as he tried once again to regain military control of Nicaragua. Walker had led an expedition to unite the..... More
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Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944. 8 pp. Illus. with 6 drawings and 3 maps. 8vo. Paper wrappers. Later printing. Near fine. More
Comayagua: [Imprenta de José M. Sánchez], 1851. pp. 147- 154, + folding chart. 8vo. Self wrappers. First edition. Includes the full Decree regulating upcoming elections in June, a section on the return of José Trinidad Cabañas, minister of war, who suffered a major defeat leading the combined Honduran and Salvadoran..... More
Washington, D.C. [U.S. Government Printing Office], 1913. 11 pp. 8vo. Self wrappers. First edition. Not in OCLC. Location stamp on front wrapper, else a very good+ copy. More
Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1925-1943. Part I: title page, plates list, 25 plates; Part II: note, plates list, 25 plates; Part III: preface, plates list, 16 plates. 66 illustrations. Folio. Paper portfolio in later card portfolio with ties. First edition. Comprised of specimens of pottery from Guatemala, Honduras, British Honduras..... More
[University Park]: Penn. State Univ. Press, (1979). viii, 740 pp. Illus. with b/w photos, diagrams and drawings. 4to. Cloth. First edition. Monograph Series on Kaminaljuyu. A very good+ copy with minor shelfwear. More
Washington [D.C.]: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1947 (1935). vii, 205 pp. Illus. with 48 b/w plates, photos, drawings, and maps. 8vo. Modern red cloth with gilt titles, original wrappers bound in. Second edition. Carnegie Institution of Washington. Supplementary publication no. 16. Guide to the Mayan archaeological site in south-east Guatemala..... More
New York: Evening Post Job Print, (1888). 15 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. "From the New York Evening Post, March 24, 1888." Front wrapper chipped, with a few numerical markings and one label, rear wrapper detached; contents clean, about very good. Morrison: List...Interoceanic Canal and Railway routes p...... More
Tegucigalpa, Honduras: Banco Central de Honduras, 1963. 103 pp. + 4 maps. Illus. with 13 b/w plates, 4 folding maps, and 30 photos. Sm. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. Tina de Bendaña, trans. First published a year earlier in Spanish. An essential guide. A very good+ copy with minor wear..... More
Mount Hope [CZ]: Panama Canal Press, 1923. 12 pp. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. A note states: "This information is provided for a handy reference and style guide for machine operators, proof readers, and reviewers employed at the Panama Canal Press." Includes ship names, dimensions, tonage, etc. Scarce. OCLC..... More
Mexico: Impreso por Valdes y Redondas, 1847. xxiii, 302 pp., [2] leaves + 4 illustrations. Illus. with 1 b/w portrait & 3 colored engravings. 8vo. Later quarter black morocco over stamped brown boards, four raised bands, title and four remaining compartments decorated in gilt, blue marbled endpapers. First edition. Cover..... More
Washington [D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1914. 45 pp. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. Location stamp on front wrapper, else a very good+ copy. More
Panama: Republica, 1946. 79 pp. Illus. with a photo and 4 maps, one of which is folding. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. Banco de Urbanizacion y Rehabilitacion Publicacion No. 6. Inscribed by the author. An important proposal for the construction of a port for the City of Panama. A very..... More
London: Trübner & Co., 1870. viii, 278 pp. Illus. with 1 partly colored folding map. Sm. 8vo. Reddish brown pebbled cloth, beveled edges. First separate edition. Reprinted, with some revision, from the chapters on Honduras in the author’s “States of Central America” 1858. A very good copy, lower spine neatly..... More
Guatemala: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, 1982. 27 pp. Sm. 4to. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. José Milla y Vidaurre (1822-1882) was one of the leading Guatemalan writers in the 19th century. Near fine with "Cortesia de Biblioteca Cesar Brañas" stamp on title. More
Guatemala: Tipografia Nacional, 1944. 638 pp. Illus. with b/w reproductions and photos. 4to. Buckram with gilt title and rules on spine, original wrappers bound in. First edition. An aggregation of catalogues from four expositions held at the Fine Arts Museum: Dos siglos de imprenta en Guatemala, 1660-1860 (1939); Dos siglos..... More
New York: Writers and Readers Publ. Cooperative, (1986). 63 pp. Illus. with b/w and color photos and drawings. Obl. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. Foreword by Edward Asner: afterword by Dr. Robert Coles. Inscribed by the editor on the title page. A near fine copy. More