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MIELCHE, Hakon. The Amazon. London: William Hodge, 1949. First edition in English. Cloth, 304pp. Fine in a near fine attractive pictorial d/w. An account of the authors travels up the Amazon.
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MILLER, Robert Ryal. For Science and National Glory. The Spanish Scientific Expedition to America, 1862-1866. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1968). First edition. Cloth, 194pp. A nice copy in a very good d/w.
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MINTA, Stephen. Aguirre The Re-creation of a Sixteenth Century Journey Across South America. New York: Henry Holt, (1994). First U.S. edition. Cloth, 244pp. Fine in d/w. An discussion of the journey in 1560 of Lope de Aguirre; who was a member of the largest expedition ever mounted in Spanish Peru. Its goal was the mythical El Dorado, and before it would end, it would cross a continent.
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MORLEY, Sylvanus Griswold.
The Ancient Maya.
Stanford: Stanford University Press, (1947). Reprint.
Tall 8vo., orig. cloth, 520pp. Near fine in d/w with chips to the spine ends.
"The Ancient Maya is the story of America's most brilliant native civilization in pre-Columbian times, that of the Maya peoples of North Central America and Southern Mexico...."
The Ancient Maya.
Stanford: Stanford University Press, (1947). Reprint.
Tall 8vo., orig. cloth, 520pp. Near fine in d/w with chips to the spine ends.
"The Ancient Maya is the story of America's most brilliant native civilization in pre-Columbian times, that of the Maya peoples of North Central America and Southern Mexico...."
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MOSER, Brian and Donald Taylor. The Cocaine Eaters. (London): Longmans, (1965). First edition. Cloth, 204pp. Fine in a very good d/w. Record of the travels of two young Englishmen still in their twenties, among the South American Indians of Colombia....
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MURPHY, Yolanda and Robert F. Women of the Forest. New York: Columbia University Press, (1974). Cloth, 234pp. Very good in a very good d/w. An account of the women of the Mundurucu tribe.
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NAIPAUL, V.S. The Loss of El Dorado. A History. London: Readers Union, 1970. First of this edition. Cloth, 334pp. Fine in a nice d/w.
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NEWBERRY, Diego. Pampa Grass The Argentine Story As Told By An American Pioneer To His Son. (Buenos Aires: Editorial Euarania, 1953). First edition. Cloth, 244pp. Name o/w a nice copy in d/w.
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PARKER, Franklin.
Travels in Central America 1821-1840.
Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1970. First edition.
Cloth, 340pp. Fine in d/w.
This book analyzes and demonstrates the character of ten travel books written by North Americans and Europeans on their travels in Central America during the first two decades of Central American independence, 1821-40.
Travels in Central America 1821-1840.
Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1970. First edition.
Cloth, 340pp. Fine in d/w.
This book analyzes and demonstrates the character of ten travel books written by North Americans and Europeans on their travels in Central America during the first two decades of Central American independence, 1821-40.
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PECK, Annie.
South American Tour. A Descriptive Guide.
New York: George H. Doran, (1924). New and Revised edition.
Cloth, xiii, 379pp. "FILE COPY" rubber stamped on title a few times, signature on title o/w a fine copy.
Annie Peck was an American mountaineer, an early feminist, a professor of archaeology at Purdue, a founder of the American Alpine Club and a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society. She was the first person to climb Huascaran, and the author of "A Search for the Apex of America." The above guidebook covers all of South America except for the northeast.
South American Tour. A Descriptive Guide.
New York: George H. Doran, (1924). New and Revised edition.
Cloth, xiii, 379pp. "FILE COPY" rubber stamped on title a few times, signature on title o/w a fine copy.
Annie Peck was an American mountaineer, an early feminist, a professor of archaeology at Purdue, a founder of the American Alpine Club and a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society. She was the first person to climb Huascaran, and the author of "A Search for the Apex of America." The above guidebook covers all of South America except for the northeast.
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PRESCOTT, William H. History of the Conquest of Peru With A Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas......New and Revised Edition with the Author's Late Corrections and Additions Edited by John Foster Kirk. London: George Allen, 1913. New and Revised edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, xxiv, 510pp. Cheap paper browned o/w a very good copy.
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PRESCOTT, William H. History of The Conquest of Peru, With A Preliminary View of The Civilisation of the Incas. London: Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1864. New edition, revised. 8vo., cont. half calf, raised bands, leather labels, (xx), 464pp. Some scattered foxing, some rubbing a very good copy.
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PUTNAM, George Palmer. The Southland of North America. Rambles and Observations in Central America during the Year 1912. New York: Putnam's, 1914. Second impression. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, xiv, 425pp. A near fine copy. Travels through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and Antigua.
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RUHL, Arthur.
The Other Americans. The Cities, The Countries, And Especially the People of South America.
New York: Scribner's, 1908. First edition.
Tall 8vo., orig. mustard cloth decorated green, black and gilt, xii, 321pp. Inner front hinge starting o/w fine.
Includes chpaters on Caracas and the Venezuelans; the Royal Mail and Panama; Lima and the Peruvians; Bolivia; Rio and Brazil; Santiago; the highest railroad in the world; etc.
The Other Americans. The Cities, The Countries, And Especially the People of South America.
New York: Scribner's, 1908. First edition.
Tall 8vo., orig. mustard cloth decorated green, black and gilt, xii, 321pp. Inner front hinge starting o/w fine.
Includes chpaters on Caracas and the Venezuelans; the Royal Mail and Panama; Lima and the Peruvians; Bolivia; Rio and Brazil; Santiago; the highest railroad in the world; etc.
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SAVAGE-LANDOR, Henry.
Across Unknown South America.
Boston: Little Brown, 1913. In two volumes. First U.S. edition.
Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, (xxiv), 377; xvi, 439pp. Ex-library with blind stamp on titles, library bookplate on pastedowns, pocket at rear, very faint library markings on the spines, but still a very good copy.
The authors travels through South America from Rio north through central Brazil to the Amazon, then west to the Andes of Peru and Ecuador, south to Chile and east through Argentina to Uruguay.
Across Unknown South America.
Boston: Little Brown, 1913. In two volumes. First U.S. edition.
Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, (xxiv), 377; xvi, 439pp. Ex-library with blind stamp on titles, library bookplate on pastedowns, pocket at rear, very faint library markings on the spines, but still a very good copy.
The authors travels through South America from Rio north through central Brazil to the Amazon, then west to the Andes of Peru and Ecuador, south to Chile and east through Argentina to Uruguay.
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SHANKLAND, Peter. Byron of the Wager. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, (1975). First U.S. edition. Cloth, 288pp. Fine in d/w with light wear to the foot of the spine.
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SOUHAMI, Diana. Selkirk's Island. (London): Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (2001). First edition. Fine in d/w. An account of the 1703 expedition by Selkirk with William Dampier to South America.
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STEPHENS, John Lloyd.
Incidents of Travel In Central America, Chiapas, And Yucatan. By the Late......With numerous Engravings. Revised From the Lastest American Edition, With Additions by Frederick Catherwood.
London: Arthur Hall, Virtue &Co., 1854.
Tall 8vo., full contemporary half calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather spine label, xvi, 548pp. Inscription, inner hinge cracked, spine faded but certainly a very good copy.
Incidents of Travel In Central America, Chiapas, And Yucatan. By the Late......With numerous Engravings. Revised From the Lastest American Edition, With Additions by Frederick Catherwood.
London: Arthur Hall, Virtue &Co., 1854.
Tall 8vo., full contemporary half calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather spine label, xvi, 548pp. Inscription, inner hinge cracked, spine faded but certainly a very good copy.
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TAYLOR, William. Our South American Cousins. New York: Nelson and Phillips, 1878. 8vo., orig. rust cloth, 318pp. Mark on pastedown from removal of bookplate, lacking the front free e/paper o/w very good.
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THORLICHEN, Gustavo. La Republica Argentina. Prologo de Jorge Luis Broges. Buenos Aires: Sudamerican, nd. Cloth with a pictorial paper panel on upper cover, (rebound?) 104pp. Fine.
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