San José, Instituto Geográfico de Costa Rica: Ministerio de Obras Públicas, 1964. Paperback. 116p., fldg. map, maps, tables, bibl., wrps. This 1963 volume includes the following topics: "La Cartografía Centroamericana" and "Notas sobre la actividad actual del volcán Irazú" More
Rio de Janeiro: Jose Olympio, (Coleção Rio 4 Séculos, vols. 1-2), 1965. 3rd ed., rev. & updated. Paperback. 2 vols., octavo, wraps, 1103 p., b/w illus., maps (1 folded col.), ports, notes, bibl., index. Chronological history of Rio de Janeiran (Carioca) history and culture, from the 16th through 20th centuries..... More
Oaxaca, Ayuntamiento de Oaxaca de Juárez, 1997. Paperback. 141p., color plates, photos, illus., plan, bibl., wrps, 4to. With photos and illustrations of architectural, monumental and urbanistic interest. More
Cambridge/New York, Cambridge University Press, (Cambridge studies in Latin American and Iberian literature, 6), 1992. Hardcover. xiii, 208p., tables, index, boards, dj. "Through a detailed study of the manuscripts of Bello's unfinished poem América, Antonio Cussen reconstructs Bello's version of the Revolution and seeks to understand its political and cultural..... More
Bogotá: Biblioteca Popular de Cultura Colombiana (Viajes, Vol. III), 1942. Hardcover. 12 mo, boards, 317p. Translation from the French. Author visited Colombia in 1897-1898 and published his work Souvenirs de la Nouvelle Grenade "el mas bello y romantico libro que se haya escrito sobre nuestra patria" More
New York: Presbytarian Church in the U.S.A., 1916. Hardcover. vii; 247p., fldg. map, photos, illus., grey cloth boards (light edge wear, pages yellowing). Features a section on Emperor, Dom Pedro II, the second and last Emperor of Brazil, (1825-1891). With period photos of patrimonial and historical interest throughout. More
Ediciones de la Embajada de Venezuela en Colombia, 1951. Paperback. Octavo, 32pp., Ensayo distinguido con el Primer Premio en concurso sobre Derecho Internacional, abierto por el Gobierno de Venezuela en 1951, siendo el autor estudiante parte de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Do Jose Cortes de Madriaga, osado tribuno, prócer..... More
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. ix, 269p., bibl., index, boards, dj. Includes the following chapters: "Pre-Conquest and Colonial Antecedents", "Revolutionary Liberlaism, Utilitarianism, and Traditionalism", "Revolutionary and Traditional Twentieth Century Thought" and "Neo-Christian Thought" More
Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, (Instituto de Investigaciones Historicas, Documental 28), 2010. 1st ed. Paperback. Octavo, wraps, 99p., notes. Content includes: "Las instrucciones reales al primer gobierno de don Luis de Velasco II, Biografia del virrey de la Nueva Espana, don Francisco Fernandez de la Cueva Enriquez, segundo duque..... More
Lima: Ediciones Nuevo Mundo, 1962. Paperback. 143, (3)p., wrps (edge wear, pages yellowing). Work by acclaimed Peruvian Colonial Era writer and historian, El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, (1539-1616). More
Lima, Editorial San Marcos, 2002. Paperback. 114p., bibl., wrps. Peruvian literary history in the Italic, baroque, and neoclassical modes. More
México, [El Autor], ?], [200. Paperback. 144p., photos, illus., facsimiles, bibl., wrps, 4to. A gruesomely detailed historical examination of torture and Capital Punishment methods utilized throughout human history and civilization. Printed on coated stock. More
México: UNAM, 1986. First edition, presumed. Paperback. 8vo, wrps, 285 p., notes, bibl. glossary, index. An anthology of traditional Mexican romance and oral verses, with notes on each poem and references to different editions. Poems include: "El marinero, Don gato, La dama y el pastor, La virgen y el ciego"..... More
Guatemala: Tipografía Nacional, 1948. Paperback. 211p., wrps. Essays on Guatemalan colonial history. More
Puebla: Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, 2012. 1st ed. Paperback. 86 p., wrps. Historical speculative fiction which deals with the narrative of the Spanish conquest of Latin America based on the codex. More
Valladolid, España, Librería Santarén, 1940. Hardcover. 299, (1)p., boards, (pages slightly yellowing and foxing, cloth). An anthology of short stories and poems by acclaimed Spanish literary figures, spanning from the 18th until 20th centuries. Compiled by acclaimed critic, essayist, poet and professor Guillermo Díaz-Plaja, (1909-1984). More
México: UNAM: Instituto de Invstigaciones Históricas, (Serie Amoxtli, No. 1), 1980. Second edition. Hardcover. xi; 164, (2)p., map, fldg. illus., bibl., cloth boards, tall 4to (pages lightly yellowing, hinges starting). Study and analysis of the Xolotl Codex; "a pictorial codex recounting the history of the Valley of Mexico, and Texcoco..... More
Harrisburg, Stackpole Sons, 1945. Hardcover. 812p., maps, photos, illus., tables, graphics, bibl., index (wear to extremities and darkened backstrip). Griffin 590 (cites 1967 ed.). "It is unusual for the extent of the coverage of economic and social themes, indicating considerable original research." Later editions are reduced in content. More
México: Ediciones Era/INAH, 2004. First edition. Paperback. 802p., bibl., index, wrps. New biography of major 19th-century religious and political figure, Servando Teresa de Mier (1763-1827). detailed and thoroughly annotated. Includes an elaborate chronology. More
St. Thomas, Caribbean Universities Press/Bowker Publishing Company, 1974. Hardcover. 321p., maps, photos, illus., facsimiles, index, boards, dj. Annotated history with a thematic emphasis. Addresses some of the following topics: "Colonial Government under Company Rule", "Slave Protest and Emancipation" "Constitutional Reforms under the Crown" and "The American Dilemma". This is the..... More
Caracas/Madrid: Fundación John Boulton, 1967. Paperback. xvi; 547p., index, wrps (lightly yellowing, pages untrimmed), 4to. A reference work compiling information on publications in the Archives of the Indies, in Sevile, Spain. Works examine the history of Venezuela, spanning from 1523 until 1828. More
Rio de Janeiro: Ministério da Guerra, 1957. Paperback. 2 vols., octavo, wraps, 641 p., plate facisms., notes. (Wraps aged, chipped, light penciling to margins, mild foxing.). Biography of Hipólito José da Costa (1774-1823) and his London-based Brazilian newspaper Correio Braziliense. More
Santiago de Chile: Ediciones Paulinas, 1959. Paperback. 413, (14)p., bibl., indices, wrps (wrps slightly chipped). A historical panorama of Chilean literature, spanning throughout The Colonial Era. More
Rio de Janeiro: J.R. de Oliveira & Cia. 1936. Paperback. Octavo, pictoral insert on front cover, illus., plates, photos, bibl., 353pp. Introduction by Hugh Gibson and translated from the Portuguese by Dorothea H. Momsen. More
Caracas: Academia Nacional de la Historia, 2012. 2nd ed. Paperback. 2 vols., 411 p., 487 p., tables, wrps. Historical analysis of immigration to Venezuela from Spain over the course of 300 years. The first volume includes lengthy discussion of the various trends paired with statistical data. The second contains a...... More
