[NY]: [Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua], [1899]. With 2 plans of the Canal (Eastern and Western Divisions), 1 map of Nicaraugua, and three plates -- Entrance to Highlands; Upper Castillo; and Leon Cathedral. In original wrappers which are fragile and... More about 1889 EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE PARIS: CANAL DE NICARAGUA
Cordoba: Academia Nacional De Ciencias, 1928. Hard Cover. Illustrated w Plates and Folding Charts; Previous owner's stamp affixed to bottom of short title page and to bottom of a couple of text pages. No pencil or ink markings in text... More about Actas De La Academia Nacional De Ciencias De La Republica Argentina Tomo X
Valencia: Joseph de Orga, 1804. Full Leather. First Edition. A clean copy. Bound in tree calf with morocco label and decorative rules stamped in gilt on the spine. Some wear to edges of the spine and corners of the boards... More about ESCUELA DE ARQUITECTURA CIVIL. | EN QUE SE CONTIENEN LOS ORDENES DE ARQUITECTURA, LA DISTRIBUCION...
La Plata: Tallers de Publicaciones del Museo, 1894. Folio. Disbound. 18” x 14”; portfolio with 62 pages of text and 18 fine engraved plates; presumed complete; the very delicate paper portfolio is quite rough--covers are detached and edges chipping; library... More about ANALES DEL MUSEO DE LA PLATA, MATERIALES PARA LA HISTORIA FISICA Y MORAL DEL CONTINENTE...
La Plata: Tallers de Publicaciones del Museo, 1895. Folio. Disbound. 18” x 14”; portfolio with 8 pages of text in Spanish and 2 fine engraved plates--one folding; collates complete against the list of plates; the very delicate paper portfolio is... More about ANALES DEL MUSEO DE LA PLATA, MATERIALES PARA LA HISTORIA FISICA Y MORAL DEL CONTINENTE...
La Plata: Tallers de Publicaciones del Museo, 1896. Folio. Disbound. 18” x 14”; portfolio with 19 pages of text in English and Spanish and 2 fine engraved plates; collates complete against the list of plates; the very delicate paper portfolio... More about ANALES DEL MUSEO DE LA PLATA, MATERIALES PARA LA HISTORIA FISICA Y MORAL DEL CONTINENTE...
London: Henry Colburn, 1828. Full Leather. First Edition. A first edition. By Henry George Ward, who was a British chargé d'affaires to Mexico in 1825-27. The first volume focuses on the contemporary politics, history, and economics of Mexico, while Volume... More about MEXICO IN 1827. HIS MAJESTY’S CHARGE D’AFFAIRES IN THAT COUNTRY DURING THE YEARS 1825, 1826,...
New York: The Orion Press, 1960. Hard Cover. A clean copy of the First American Edition with no marks of any kind. The dustjacket has some shelfwear and a closed tear with creasing at the bottom of the front panel... More about PRE-INCA ART AND CULTURE
Fundacion Sebastian, 2006. A clean copy with no marks of any kind. Many photographs, with Spanish and English text. More about ANDRES HENESTROSA. CIEN ANOS. ONE HUNDRED YEARS
Paris: Librairie Ch. Delagrave. Hard Cover. Illustrated; Sold as a 2 volume set. Professionally rebacked. Volume I and Volume II each have a fold-out map. Previous owner's name at top of title page of volume I. No pencil or ink... More about LE MEXIQUE AU DEBUT DU XXe SIECLE (2 Volume Set) Vol; Vol II
Lima: Libreria Internacional Del Peru S. A. Octavo. Hard Cover. Handsome green half leather set, with light to moderate rubbing to edges of boards. No markings in texts; illustrated throughout. Six (6) volume set. More about TRADICIONES PERUANAS (6 VOLUME SET
Richmond, VA: Printed by Whittet & Shepperson, [1972]. Hard Cover. Robert Pettigrew’s The Story of Fort Liberty and the Dauphin Plantation, on the north west corner of Haiti, near the border with the Dominican Republic. With two folding maps and..... More about THE STORY OF FORT LIBERTY AND THE DAUPHIN PLANTATION
London: Richard Bentley, 1844. Full Leather. Second Edition. Second Edition of William H. Prescott’s History of the Conquest of Mexico, complete in three volumes. Three portrait frontispieces, one at the start of each volume; two folding maps of Mexico; one..... More about HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO, WITH A PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE ANCIENT MEXICAN CIVILIZATION,...
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. 12mo. Hard Cover. An 8-volume set awarded as prize books at Petersburg’s University School, founded by William Gordon McCabe, Captain in the Richmond Howitzers, with inscription in his hand. McCabe served as a private in..... More about THE WORKS OF WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT (8 Volumes; Set) (FERDINAND AND ISABELLA, 3 VOLS; CONQUEST OF...