New York: Patio Press, (1949). 253 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Signed by the author on the free end paper. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a few tears.
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...
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.
[Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1934. 29 pp. Sm. 4to. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. A very good copy.
Washington, D.C. Bureau of the American Republics, 1892. 192 pp. Illus. 23 b/w plates and a color folding map with insets. 8vo. Limp cloth. First edition. Bulletin No. 32. January, 1892. Quite useful. Originally produced in the hope of increasing commerical relations. A very good copy, wrappers rubbed, separation along...
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...
Washington [D.C.]: Gibson Bros., printers, 1886. 52 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w plate. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. Argues that the information concerniing the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico is skewed negatively while information on the Nicaragua Canal is given a positive though false spin. A very good copy, upper...
Paper wrappers. First editions unless noted. 1. Pan American Union. COSTA RICA. LATEST REPORTS FROM COSTA RICAN OFFICIAL SOURCES. FOREIGN TRADE SERIES NO. 95, 1932. FOREIGN TRADE WITH COSTA RICA FOR 1930. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1932. 6 pp. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. A very good...
San Francisco: Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, 1898. 23, [1] pp. Illus. with b/w plates and drawings. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. Consists chiefly of an address by Hugh Craig, President of the Chamber, to the trustees and members on Nov. 10, 1898./ Includes The destiny of the...
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...
[East Orange, NJ]: El Rusio Honduras Mining Co., n.d. [but 1906]. 12 pp. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. We could not locate any information on this mining company, most likely formed to profit from the gold fields on the tributaries of the Rucio River, which contained the largest and...
London: Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, 1887. 3 pp. 4to. Self wrappers. First edition. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of her Majesty. August 1887. Commercial. no. 16 (1887). (Salvador). Text in English and Spanish. Not in OCLC. A very good copy.
Washington [D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1914. 15 pp. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. Printed in the Congressional Record June 9, 1914. Not in OCLC. A very good or better copy with location stamp on the front wrapper, mail fold, contents clean.
Tacubaya, D.F. Mexico: Imp. de la Direcón de Estudios Geográficos y Climatológicos, 1922. 26 pp. Illus. with b/w photos, drawings, and maps. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. A very good+ copy.
San Salvador: Ministerio de Educacion Direccion General de Publicacions, (1965). 69, [1] pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 16mo. Paper wrappers. First edition. Near fine, small gift stamp from publsher on half-title. Francisco Gavidia (1863-1955) was a Salvadoran writer.
London: Printed for J. Almon, 1777. [4], 5-348, [11] pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, five raised bands, red morocco spine label gilt, armorial gilt device at foot, marbled end-papers. First edition. An important document concerning the American Revolution, beginning with King George III's admission that things were not going as planned...
Madrid: Por Diego Martinez Abad, impressor de libros en la Calle de Atocha, 1693. [2] leaves, 49 leaves, [12] leaves. Engraved portrait of St. Francis Xavier on title page. Folio. Contemporary vellum with manuscript titles, ties, edges red. First edition. Rodrigo de la Cruz (1637-1716) succeeded his father as governor...
[Guatemala]: n.p., 1837. [4 pp.]. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. Contains two amendments to the Livingston Codes, which established trial by jury and circuit courts in regions that had been isolated from the state. The Livingston Codes were highly unpopular among the indigenous population, and so changes were made, but the...
1881. 31 x 42 cm sheet folded. 31 x 22 cm. In line with the Spanish policy of "Congregation," the Friar Pedro de Angulo attempted to gather the Indians in the area of Vera Paz province into larger, and thus more manageable, settlements, or “reducciones,” as detailed in Captain Martin...
1880. 1 pp. Sm. 4to. Mail listing form for items being mailed to cities. Dated 6 February 1880 with signatures and note that a box was delievered and signed for. A very good copy, small tear.
Paper wrappers. First editions unless noted. 1. Pan American Union. GUATEMALA. LATEST REPORTS FROM GUATEMALAN OFFICIAL SOURCES. FOREIGN TRADE SERIES NO. 99. 1932 [WITH] NO. 123, 1934 [WITH] NO. 147, 1936 [WITH] NO. 157, 1937. [FOREIGN TRADE OF GUATEMALA FOR 1930, 1932, 1933 AND 1934, 1935]. [FOUR ISSUES]. Washington, D.C....
Guatemala: La Union, 1887. 40 pp. Sm. 8vo. Later marbled paper wrappers. First edition. An important revision of the 1879 constitution. "In 1887 the Guatemalan Constitution of 1879 was modified. Among the guaranties to citizens contained in the amended Constitution was an article providing that primary instruction should be compulsory...
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.
Londres: Impreso para la Legacion de Honduras, 1876. 40 pp. 4to. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. "...el muy Honorable Conde de Derby, Principal Secretario de Estado y de Relaciones Exteriores del Gobierno de su Magestad Britanica. Con Motivo de los Diversos Incidentes y Procedimientos del Selecto Comite Sobre Emprestitos Extrangeros...
Paper wrappers. First editions unless noted. 1. Pan American Union. HONDURAS. LATEST REPORTS FROM HONDURAN OFFICIAL SOURCES. FOREIGN TRADE SERIES NO. 96, 1932 [WITH] NO. 125, 1934 [WITH] NO. 135, 1935 [WITH] NO. 156, 1937. [FOREIGN TRADE OF HONDURAS FOR 1930, 1932, 1933 AND 1935]. [FOUR ISSUES]. Washington, D.C.: Pan...
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