JARIPEO : TOROS A LO NICA.
Managua: Tiscapa Producciones, [2010]. First edition. DVD. Documentary on the bull riding tradition in Nicaragua. DVD. More
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POTTERY OF COSTA RICA AND NICARAGUA. VOLS. I-II.
New York: Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation, 1926. Paperback. 2 vols., xxvii; 529p., fldg. maps, photo plates, fldg. illus., index, wrps (yellowing, pages lightly yellowing and untrimmed), tall 8vo. Extensive exploration of ancient indigenous pottery and ceramics from Costa Rica and Nicaragua. With numerous period photos and illustrations of..... More
HISTORIA SIN MÁSCARA:; VIDA Y OBRA DE SEVERO MARTÍNEZ PELÁEZ
Guatemala: Centro de Estudios Urbanos y Regionales/Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, 2009. First edition. Paperback. 63p., photos, wrps. Brief study into the life and works of Guatemalan historian, Severo Martínez Peláez, (Quetzaltenando, 1925). With photos of biographical interest and the following sections: "Orígenes y trayectoria intelectual", "La historia guatemalteca y...... More
ATLAS HISTORICO DE GUATEMALA.
Guatemala: Academia e Geografia Historia de Guatemala, 2011. 1st ed. Hardcover. 402 p., maps, photos, ilus., bibl., boards, tall 4to. Geo-historical atlas of Guatemala, with various maps and statistics on demographics, urbanization, population growth/density as well as key events, battles and people. Profusely illustrated and bound in large format for..... More
EL RÍO SAN JUAN DE NICARAGUA.
León, Nicaragua: Manuel Antonio Madriz, 2011. First edition. Paperback. 236p., wrps. (covers worn, El autor brinda un aporte jurídico, histórico y político a los nicaragüenses en torno a los derechos de Nicaragua en el Río de San Juan considerando a este como una vía de comercio perpetua. A well organized..... More
SOBERANÍA ACECHADA : DENUNCIA DE LAS ACTIVIDADES DE COSTA RICA EN EL RÍO SAN JUAN DE NICARAGUA.
Managua: 2015. First edition. Paperback. 103p., maps, wrps. An analysis and critique of Costa Rica's development on the margins of Nicaragua's San Juan river. More
TRAUMA DE TÓRAX.
San José, CR: Editorial UCR, 2010. Second Printing. Paperback. 146p., photos, illus., wrps, 4to. Includes bibliographical references. More
REPOSTERÍA : TÉCNICA Y ARTE EN LA PREPARACIÓN DE ALIMENTOS.
Guatemala City: Litogres, 1986. Second edition. Paperback. 170p., wrps. "REPOSTERÍA" is a cookbook featuring recipes for baked goods, including creams, pies, cookies, fillings, pastries, and more. More
PROSTITUCION, HONOR Y CAMBIO CULTURAL EN LA PROVINCIA DE SAN JOSE DE COSTA RICO : 1880-1949.
San José: Editorial UCR, (Colección Nueva Historia), 2007. First edition. Paperback. 445p., maps, tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. Analyzes the methods of social control employed by the ruling class of Costa Rica through economic and social strategies aimed to restrict prostitution. Features chapters on the socioeconomic context of the time period..... More
LOS INCAS, O LA DESTRUCCIÓN DEL PERÚ. VOLUMEN I ONLY.
Paris: Imprimerie Stereotype de Cosson, 1822. First edition. Hardcover. 251p., illus (6 grabados)., worn leather binding. "Traducida por primera vez al castellano por don F. de Cabello, antiguo oficial-general, autor del Diario erudito de Lima, del Telegrafo de Buenos-Ayres, y de la Grammática Sinóptica; directos principal de la nueva oficina..... More
GUATEMALA. EDICIÓN ESPECIAL DEL COMITÉ NACIONAL PRO CENTENARIO DE MARTÍ .
Guatemala: Editorial de Educación Pública, 1953. First edition. Paperback. 80p., illus., facsimile, wrps. Prologue by B. Costa-Amic. More
CODICE DE MADRID = TZ'IB' RECH MADRID = CODEX TRO-CORTESIANUS.
Guatemala: Amanuense Editorial, 2007. 1st ed. Paperback. 132 p., color plates, wrps., oblong, wide, 4to. Oversized reproduction of the Madrid Codex, one of three pre-Columbian Mayan codices to survive to the present day. A bilingual transcription of the contents is followed by high quality images of the pages as they..... More
ENCARNACION.; Seleccion de los Registros de Menades y otras fuentes. Archivo Historico de la Policia Nacional
Guatemala: Ediciones del Pensativo, 2013. 1st ed. Paperback. [68] p., photos, wrps. A study of the Guatemalan Nation Police archives which holds a photographic record of "delinquent women." The author suggests links between women's bodies, women's agency, the nature of constabulatory investigations and social control. More
BELIZE : TRACKING THE PATH OF ITS HISTORY, FROM THE HEART OF THE MAYAN EMPIRE TO A RETREAT FOR BUCCANEERS, A SAFE-HAVEN FOR EX-PIRATES AND PIONEERS, A CROWN COLONY AND A MODERN NATION .
Wien Zu¨rich: LIT, 2014. First edition. Paperback. 375p., maps, wrps. The country of Belize belies its geographical location in Central America. It is a sparsely populated, English-speaking enclave perched between Spanish-speaking Mexico and Guatemala. Belize's colonization pattern was very unusual and its diplomatic status remained ambiguous for more than two..... More
CHALLENGE TO THE AMERICAS .
Millwood: Kraus, (Headline books, 26), 1940. First edition. Staplebound. 64p., illus., wrps. Illustrated by Bunji Tagawa. More
ALGUNOS COMENTARIOS SOBRE EL FUNCIONAMIENTO DE LA II REPÚBLICA EN EL DECURSO DE 3 AÑOS DE EJERCICIO (TOMADO DEL DIARIO "EL CRONISTA" DEL 27 DE ENERO DE 1961).
Tegucigalpa: [El Cronista], 1961. First edition. Paperback. 22p., photos, wrps. Comments on Honduran government/constitutional affairs. More
HISTORIA DE HONDURAS I : SOCIEDAD PRIMITIVA PRECOLOMBINA MAYA- TOLTECA.
Tegucigalpa: Editorial Andrade, 1969. First edition. Paperback. 162p., wrps. Work divided into two parts, the first part reviews the Mayan culture, its geography, population, agriculture, language, social administration, religion, plastic arts and crafts. The second part reviews the history of the Toltecs, from the Mayan-Toltec confederation and a summary of..... More
SAINT EXUPERY : SECRETOS DE AMOR Y DE GUERRA EN EL PRINCIPITO.
Guatemala: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Editorial Universitaria (Colección: Monografía), 2013. First edition. Paperback. 207p., facsimiles, bibl., wrps. Luz Méndez de la Vega (1919-2012) met the French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of The Little Prince, in 1938, at the Military Hospital in Guatemala City, where he was treated..... More
ANIMALICIDIO.
Guatemala: Proyecto Editorial Los Zopilotes, 2018. First edition. Paperback. 51p., indices, wrps. "Animalicidio" is a book of poetry that adds to the symbolic tradition of bugs and existence. But this time turning the matter around, turning not to a process of transformation, but to the permanence of the subject before..... More
IMÁGENES DEL PODER : JUAN SANTAMARÍA Y EL ASCENSO DE LA NACIÓN EN COSTA RICA (1860-1915).
San José: EUNED, (Biblioteca del Cincuenta y Seis ; 1), 2014. First edition. Paperback. 192p., illus., bibl., wrps. An investigation into the Costa Rican national hero Juan Santamaría, credited for turning the tide of battle at the Second Battle of Rivas by successfully setting fire to a hostel before becoming..... More
QUÉ PASA: YOUR GUIDE TO ANGUA AND BEYOND. EDITION NO. 137.
Guatemala: Scott Stanton, 2020. First edition. Paperback. 92p., map, photos, wrps. The travel guide contains locations to eat, travel to and hotel accomodations. More
INFORME TRIMESTRAL. ABRIL A JUNIO 1955.
San José: Ministerio de Obras Públicas, 1955. First edition. Paperback. 6p., wrps. A trimesterly compilation of statistical data relative to facets of Costa Rican administrative and technical services. Printed on coated stock. More
MEMORIA, 1987. (COVER TITLE).
Panama: Ministerio de Panificacion y Politica Economica, 1987. First edition. Paperback. iii, 70p., wrps, 4to. More
MEMORIA QUE PRESENTA EL MINISTRO DE SALUD DR. GUILLERMO ROLLA PIMENTEL AL EXCELENTISIMO SEÑOR PRESIDENTE DE LA REPUBLICA A LA HONORABLE ASAMBLEA LEGISLATURA Y A LA POBLACION PANAMEÑA.
Panamá: Ministerio de Salud, 1992. Spiral Bound. 203, (1)p., maps, photos, fldg. tables, fldg. graphics, wrps, oblong 4to. Profuse government document presented by the Panamanian Ministry of Health, to the former Panamanian President, Guillermo Endara Galimany, and the legislature. With numerous tables, maps and graphics. More
ELEMENTOS DE HISTORIA DE COSTA RICA.
San José, CR: Tipografía Nacional, 1892. Hardcover. xiii, 349, (9)p., recent cloth. With information of Nicaragua, including the Filibuster war. Griffin 903 (Cites 2 vols., 1892-1894). "Written to prepare elementary teacher for the new requirement that they teach national history, this was the first attempt to join Costa Rican National..... More