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The Panama Canal: Funnel for World Commerce

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Panama Tourist Commission: 1958

Seller ID: 035108

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: VG+

Stiff pictorial wraps. Light shelf/handling wear. 16 pp., illus. Year of publication approximate based on internal content. Deaccessioned from Harry L. Rinker canal collection.
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Sala "Miguel Covarrubias" [I.N.A.H. Guia Oficial]

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Cordoba, Mexico, Museo Nacional de Antropologia: 1958

Seller ID: 037948

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Booklet, illus. wraps. Modest shelf/handling wear with mild surface rubbing, bottom front corner crease. 48 pp., illus. Text in Spanish.
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Greater America: Heroes, Battles, Camps - Dewey Islands, Cuba, Porto [Puerto] Rico

By: N/A

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York and London, F. Tennyson Neely: 1898

Seller ID: 040491

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Original copy in original polished red cloth, lettered in black, probably rebacked in red buckram, with new endpapers. Text block may have been slightly trimmed, as title page lettering is slightly cropped along top edge, no other text affected (most leaves are photographic plates). Unpaginated, approx. 150 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs of the Spanish-American War and domestic scenes -- views of the military camps and Cuba by war correspondent/novelis Gilson Willetts, of the Dewey Islands by author Margherita Arlina Hamm. Vintage (1900) gift inscription in pencil on front blank preceding m...
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Edge of the Jungle

By: Beebe, William

Price: $7.50

Publisher: New York, Henry Holt and Co.: 1921

Seller ID: 028093

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Modest shelf wear, endpapers and text block edges a bit toned by age. Firm binding, clean interior. [vii],303 pp.
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Villa de Santa Maria Oaxaca [Parajes Serie Investigaciones]

By: Bolanos, Gerardo Castellanos

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Oaxaca, Mexico, Es Tiempo de Oaxaca/Oaxaca de Cara a la Nacion: 2007

Seller ID: 037944

ISBN: 9709993127

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Stiff pictorial wraps, French flaps. Slight surface rubbing to covers, abrasion with minor loss along lower front flap fold, otherwise essentially as issued. 133 pp., illus. Text in Spanish. Very scarce.
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Vision del Mundo Maya - 1844

By: Catherwood, Frederick; Alberto Ruiz Lhuillier (intro.); Dolores Plunket (biog.); Mario de la Torre y Rabasa (editor)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Mexico, Carton y Papel de Mexico: 1978

Seller ID: 045489

ISBN: B0014GSKOM

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Brown cloth, lettered/illus. in gold foil. Approx. 18 1/2" x 13 1/2". Published privately. Facsimile reprint of the original 1844 edition, with new intro. text followed by 25 color plates. Text in English and Spanish. Cover cloth rubbed along front binding edge (a small area rubbed through), corners and spine extremities rubbed with minor exposure. Firm binding, clean and unmarked interior.
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Lousy Puerto Rican [INSCRIBED]

By: Ciuro, Juan B.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Basking Ridge, NJ, Shafer Publishing: 2004

Seller ID: 025709

ISBN: 0974772003

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

Stiff paper wraps. As issued. Inscribed on title page by author, dated Feb. 2007. viii,207 pp.
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Maya: Treasures of an Ancient Civilization

By: Clancy, Flora S., et al.

Price: $7.50

Publisher: New York and Albuquerque, NM, H.N. Abrams/Albuquerque Museum: 1985

Seller ID: 037967

ISBN: 0810923009

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Stiff color pictorial wraps. Essentially as issued. 240 pp., well illus. in color, b&w. 2nd ptg.
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Father Kino: Priest to the Pimas

By: Clark, Ann Nolan

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York and London, Vision Books-Farrar, Straus and Co./Burns and Oates: 1963

Seller ID: 045643

ISBN: B000CBS4QY

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dark teal cloth, lettered/illus. in ivory. Lightly rubbed corners and spine extremities. Firm binding, clean interior. Color illus. dust jacket rubbed at spine extremities with minor loss at head, a few small chips, rubbed joints and folds with mild front panel rubbing, some soiling to rear panel, now in mylar.
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Bibliography of the West Indies: Excluding Jamaica

By: Cundall, Frank

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Mansfield Centre CT, Martino Fine Books: 1998

Seller ID: 044963

ISBN: 1578981166

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dark turquoise cloth, lettered in gold foil. As issued. [v],179 pp. Facsimile of original 1909 edition.
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The Great Naturalists Explore South America

By: Cutright, Paul Russell

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New York, Macmillan Company: 1940

Seller ID: 011868

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

Deaccessioned from non-circulating museum library, nominally marked/stamped, little actual wear, clear-coated spine panel (slightly age-toned) with hand-written call number on lower portion. Dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt. 1st ptg.: Jan. 1940. xii,340 pp., illus. w/ 40+ b&w plates, rear endpaper map. Only slight shelf wear, virtually as issued, downgraded due only to library markings.
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Rites of Rhythm: The Music of Cuba

By: Farr, Jory

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, ReganBooks-HarperCollins: 2003

Seller ID: 038810

ISBN: 0060090308

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Red and orange paper covered boards, lettered in gold foil. Very slight shelf wear, remainder stripe on bottom text block edge. Color illus. dust jacket shows light wear along edges. [vii],261 pp., illus.
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Secretos De Dos Ciudades Mayas [Secrets of Two Maya Cities]: Copan and Tikal

By: Fasquelle, Ricardo Agurcia, and Juan Antonio Valdes [William L. Fash (preface); David W. Beyl and Harold Schwank (photographs); Gisella Camoriano (transl.)]

Price: $19.50

Publisher: Costa Rica, Credomatic [Printed by La Nacion, S.A.]: 1994

Seller ID: 013406

ISBN: 9977994056

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

178 pp., fully illus. w/ color photographs. Light shelf wear. Dust jacket shows light edge wear. Dual-language text, in Spanish and English.
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O Brasil de Thomas Ender 1817 [Brazil as seen by Thomas Ender 1817]

By: Ferrez, Gilberto; Francisco de Assis Barbosa (pref.)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Fundacao Joao Moreira Salles: 1976

Seller ID: 046941

ISBN: B000REVVGQ

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dark olive green cloth, spine panel lettered in silver foil. A few slight surface marks to cover cloth, lacking dust jacket. 334 pp., illus. w/ color + b&w plates. Text in Portugese, with accompanying booklet providing English translation of introductory matter and all plate captions.
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Brazilian Adventure

By: Fleming, Peter

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1960

Seller ID: 040190

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Yellow cloth, lettered in black. Cloth is slightly foxed along joint gutters only, with slight binding lean, both pastedowns mildly toned, foxed top text block edge, else fine. 412 pp. Color illus. dust jacket is mildly foxed but otherwise shows only light shelf wear, now in mylar. 1st (thus) of this re-issue: Feb. 1960, with new Fwd. by author.
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List of the Vernon-Wagner Manuscripts in the Library of Congress

By: Ford, Worthington Chauncey (director, pref.)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., GPO for Library of Congress: 1904

Seller ID: 040088

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Good

Original burgundy ribbed cloth, lettered in gilt. Ex-library copy, typically marked/stamped, with perforation stamps to all 4 preliminary plates and main title page (2 interior plates not stamped). 148 pp. Covers soiled, rubbed/chipped at spine extremities, corners a bit exposed. Firm binding. Decent enough reference copy.
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Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Government

By: Hallward, Peter

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London and New York, Verso: 2007

Seller ID: 034765

ISBN: 1844671062

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stiff pictorial wraps. Very slight shelf wear, virtually as issued, with square, uncreased binding, clean interior. xxxvii,442 pp.
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Understanding Maya Inscriptions: A Hieroglyph Handbook

By: Harris, John F., and Stephen K. Stearns

Price: $19.50

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology: 1992

Seller ID: 021869

ISBN: 0924171146

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Purple stiff paper wraps, perfect-bound. ix,159 pp., illus. Slight shelf/handling wear.
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Thunder Beats the Drum!

By: Hewlett, John

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Robert M. McBride and Co.: 1944

Seller ID: 029048

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Red cloth, lettered in gilt. 340 pp., frontis map. Significantly dampstained back cover shows dye lightening but is otherwise intact (no mildewing), otherwise shows only slight dampstaining at heel of spine and light shelf wear. Firm, square bnding, clean interior (including rear endsheets) unaffected by moisture. Former owner signature on front flyleaf. Color illus. dust jacket shows various edge chips with modest loss, primarily at spine extremities, with age toning, 1/4" hole along lower front flap fold, now in archival mylar. Book presents as VG+ except for rear cover, thus downg...
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Bermuda: Our People, Our Story - Volume II Limited Edition [#560/12,000]

By: Hind, Jennifer (intro.); Beverle Lottimore, Sabrina Simmons, Keith Jensen

Price: $20.00

Publisher: The Royal Gazette [Printed by Quebecor Books]: 2003

Seller ID: 039918

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Glossy b&w pictorial paper covered boards, oblong format, lettered in gold foil. Slight binding lean original to issue. [xi],228 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. No. 560 of an edition limited to 12,000 copies, hand-numbered at bottom corner of main title.
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Bermuda: Our People, Our Story - Volume I Limited Edition [#1620/5000]

By: Hind, Jennifer (pref.); Beverle Lottimore, Sabrina Simmons, Victor Lee

Price: $50.00

Publisher: The Royal Gazette [Printed by Quebecor Books]: 0

Seller ID: 039917

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Glossy b&w pictorial paper covered boards, oblong format, lettered in gold foil. Slight binding lean original to issue. [vii],167 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. No. 1620 of an edition limited to 5,000 copies, hand-numbered at bottom corner of main title.
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Argentina [The South American Series, Vol. IV]

By: Hirst, W. A.; Martin Hume (intro.)

Price: $18.50

Publisher: New York and London, Charles Scribner's Sons/T. Fisher Unwin: 1910

Seller ID: 035732

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG-

Dark blue cloth, lettered on spine panel and with publisher's device on front cover in gilt. xxviii, 308 pp., illus. w/ 64 sepia pictorial plates, color folding map preceding index. Modest shelf wear, a few surface marks to cloth, chipped w/ 1/4" loss along most of crown of spine, abrasion at heel of spine. Toned flyleaves, mild foxing to adjacent leaves, interior showing light scattered foxing and overall age toning. Firm binding.
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The Story of the West Indies [The Story of the Empire Series]

By: Kennedy, Arnold

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Horace Marshall & Son: 1899

Seller ID: 035737

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Red linen, lettered in gilt. Spine panel darkened, front cover showing a 1/4" sunned strip along top edge, abrasion to cloth on upper spine panel affecting lettering in "The" and "Story." Endpapers and text block edges somewhat toned by age. Firm binding, clean interior. Slight loss to main title at lower binding corner. [vi],154 pp., illus. w/ maps. Undated, ca. 1890s to early 1900s.
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The Art of the Ancient Maya

By: Kidder, Alfred II, and Carlos Samayoa Chinchilla (essays); Alfred Kidder II (catalogue)

Price: $7.50

Publisher: New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Co.: 1959

Seller ID: 037965

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Ivory cloth, lettered in black, illus. in brown. Minor shelf wear, cloth somewhat soiled on both covers from use. 124 pp. includes 40 pp. text followed by b&w plates.
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Up the Mazaruni for Diamonds

By: LaVarre, William J. [La Varre, Lavarre]

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Marshall Jones Co.: 1922

Seller ID: 018697

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: VG+

Light brown cloth, lettered and with front cover illus. in dark brown. Modestly soiled cloth, a bit rubbed at corners and spine extremities. 2nd ptg.: Oct. 1922 (first issued 1919). Vintage news clipping laid in after front flyleaf, resulting in toning to a portion of flyleaf verso and adjacent blank. xiv,139 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographic plates. A very nicely preserved copy.
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Category: Central, South, Latin America & Caribbean