Instrucciones Generales al Cuerpo Diplomatico Chileno.
Santiago de Chile: Imp. Chile, 1935. 138 pp. 12mo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. One copy only at BN Chile. Wrappers soiled else very good. More
Santiago de Chile: Imp. Chile, 1935. 138 pp. 12mo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. One copy only at BN Chile. Wrappers soiled else very good. More
Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Nacional, 1889. ccxiv, 344 pp. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. A partially unopened (uncut) copy, lacking the rear wrapper, front wrapper detached, several signatures separated, tear to margin of last two leaves. still a good solid copy. More
Santiago de Chile: Imprenta de la Republica de Jacinto Nuñez, 1873. 314 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. Minutes of meetings of the Drafting Committee of the Chilean Penal Code. OCLC locates six copies: Lib. of Congress, Tulane Law, Columbia Law, BN Chile, BN France, Univ. Concepcion. Front wrapper..... More
Durham: Carolina Academic Press, (1995). xviii, 242 pp. Illus. with 130 b/w photos, drawings, and maps. 4to. Cloth. First edition. Contains: Metropolitan Mesoamericans; Maya metaphysics; Idols and altars: The stelae and thrones of Copan; Tomb and tower: The art and architecture of Palenque; Pinnacles of Power: The temples and hierarchies..... More
New York: Lumen Books, 1995. xv, [1] pp., 305 pp., [3] lvs. Illus. with 1 b/w facsimile. Sm. 4to. Illustrated paper wrappers. Revised edition. A fine copy. More
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1864. xvi, lvii, 438 pp. Illus. with 1 folding b/w map. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Hakluyt Society, First series: No. 33. From the 1554 Antwerp edition. Translation of: Parte primera de la chronica del Peru (1553). See Field 314. Cieza de Leon (1518-1554), was..... More
Montevideo: Imprenta de Dornaleche y Reyes, 1898. 77 pp. 12mo. Disbound. First edition. Evaristo Ciganda (1868-1910) was a Uruguayan lawyer, teacher, journalist, and legislator highly concerned with the his country's educational needs. Considered too moderate and legalistic by the forces of Juan Lindolfo Cuestas, who took over in 1897 as..... More
Serena: Imprenta de El Coquimbo, 1890. 76 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. Aníbal Herquínigo was a member of the Chamber of Deputies. One copy at the BN Chile with the author's name incorrect. Tear at heel of spine, wrappers soiled, inscription and rubber mailing stamp on front wrapper..... More
Buenos Ayres: Imprenta de Niños Expòsitos, 1813. 4 pp. 4to. Unbound. First edition. Signed and dated: “El Ciudadano. Buenos-Ayres marzo 29 de 1813.” Though Zinny and others attributed this to the newspaper editor Funes, Furlong makes a reasonable case that someone else penned this cry of victory over Goyeneche near..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1911. xii, 434 pp. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. A very good copy, minor soiling on front board. Palau 55517. Spain & Spanish America I, 160. More
Austin: Univ. Texas Press, (1979). xxii, 279 pp. Illus. with 3 b/w maps. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Roland Hamilton, trans. and ed.; John Howland Rowe, foreword. Faint foxing to top edge else a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. More
n.p. n.d., n.d.[1860]. 50 pp. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First English Language edition. A mostly positive assessment of economic, political, and educational changes taking place in the Republic of Chile. Translated from the French article in the "Revue des deux mondes." Lacking the wrappers, spine nicely enhanced, a very good copy..... More
New York: Franklin Watts, (1994). 160 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Author's copy. Marked Cockcroft's copy on free endpaper else a fine copy in a very good dust jacket. More
London: Treuttel and Würtz, Treuttel Jun. and Richter, 1824. iv, 199 pp. Sm. 4to. Library cloth with brown cloth spine. First edition. A comprehensive look at Colombia in its thirteenth year after independence. Quite uncommon. Only one at auction in the last half century, according to ABPC, this copy, at..... More
Bog. [Bogotá]: Imp. de P. Cubides, [1827]. [2], 539, [1], lxxxvii, [1] pp. Sm. 8vo. Contemporary calf, raised bands, gilt florets on spine, paper label in manuscript. First edition. The second collection of laws, (after the 1823-1824 edition), there being no session in 1822. Provenance: signed by Agustín Guerrero on..... More
Madrid: La Real Academia de la Historia, 1892. x, 680, [1] pp. 4to. Imitation alligator cloth, gilt title and rules on spine. First edition. By E. Saavedra, Juan de la Rada y Delgado, M. Menendez y Pelayo, A.M. Fabié, and C. Fernandez Duro. A bibliography of Christopher Columbus released on..... More
New York: A.S. Barnes, 1850. 408 pp. Illus. with 4 color plates, 1 b/w map, + in-text drawings. Sm. 8vo. Cloth stamped in blind, with gilt titles and decoration. First edition. Mixed issued. Has map (2nd issue) with printed endpapers (1st issue). Provenance: From the library of Kenneth E. Hill..... More
Habana: Imprenta Y Libreria "El Iris," Obispo 20 y 22, 1867. Frontis, x, 298 pp., [1],xiv, + 3 folded facsimiles. Illus. with b/w frontispiece portrait. 8vo. Quarter morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and bands. Reprinted from G.B. Spotorno's edition of the Codice, Genoa, 1823; the introduction and notes, and..... More
Paris: Arthus Bertrand, [1864]. xvi, 544 pp. Illus. with 1 folding lithographed map (hand-colored in outline). 8vo. Quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, six compartments, decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, sewn-in silk bookmark. First edition. "Combier [a French merchant] set out to write an account of the voyages he..... More
Washington, D.C. Gibson Bros. 1894. 221, 220 pp. 8vo. Three quarter morocco over marbled boards, four raised bands, gilt title in compartments. First edition. Fallo Nr. 1-28. A very good copy, spine with minor scuffing, small tape repair to one corner, front pastedown worn, repaired hole on free front endpaper..... More
Montevideo: Centro Proteccion Chauffeurs, 1929. 64 pp. Illus. with 3 b/w photos, one tipped in. 12mo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. Three nice photographs of the interior of the library. Includes introduction, regulations, holdings. Not in Palau. Not in OCLC. Spine torn, wrappers stained, otherwise contents very good. More
[Brazil]: 1878. Broadside. 20 3/4x29 inches. The Companhia Nacional de Navegação a Vapor replaced the Companhia Brasileira de Navegação a Vapor as the government sponsored line along the southern route in 1872. Montevidio was the furthest stop of this important Brazilian shipping company from which it also provided river service..... More
Santiago: Impr. La Unión, 1930. 4 pp. 4to. Self wrappers. First edition. Financial report for the year ending 31 of December 1929 for this large Chilean Insurance company including its balance sheet. Original mail folds and split stamp, else very good. More
Mexico: Impr. en la Calle Cerrada de Sta. Teresa, No 8, 1873. 54 pp. + 1 folding chart. 8vo. Disbound, removed from a larger volume, all edges red. First edition. The Lancasteriana educational system of mutual teaching, founded by Joseph Lancaster, became a popular educational method in Mexico in the..... More
Buenos Aires: Talleres Gráficos Rodriguez Giles, 1927. 43, [2] pp. Sm. 4to. Stiff paper wrappers. First separate edition. No. 122 of 200 copies. All published. Also published in Boletin de la Junta Historia y numismatica americana (1925, v.2 pp. 207-247). 119 items described. OCLC shows only five copies. A very..... More