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Avila Camacho

Plaja Serrano, Arturo · 1942

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Buenos Aires, Editorial Americalee, 1942. First edition. Paper covered boards. 179 pp. Sm. 8vo. Biography of Manuel Ávila Camacho (1897-1955) who served as the President of Mexico from 1940 to 1946. Ramos, Bibliografia de la revolucion mexicana III: 4823. Backstrip worn, front...

El Crecimiento Económico, Condición de la Estabilidad Monetaria En la Argentina 1900-1968

Lascano, Marcelo Ramón · 1970

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Buenos Aires, Eudeba Editorial Universitaria de Buenos Aires, 1970. Second edition. Paper wrappers. 151 pp. 12mo. A very good copy.

Compendio de la Historia General de América [Two Volumes]

Navarro y Lamarca, Carlos · 1913

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Buenos Aires, Angel Estrada y Comp. 1913. First edition. Limp cloth. xxxii, 529 pp.; xi, 885 pp. Illus. with color and b/w drawings, maps, and photos. Sm. 8vo. D. Eduardo de Hinojosa, prólogo. Palau 188459. Spain & Spanish America I: 481. Very good copies, boards rubbed, top o...

Por la Cooperacion Economica Y la Paz Mundial. Declaración Del Excelentísimo Señor Presidente de la Nación Argentina, General Juan Perón, Pronunciada El 6 de Julio de 1947

Perón, Juan · 1947

$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,937)

Buenos Aires, [Subsecretaría de Informaciones de la Presidencia de la Nación], 1947. First edition. Cloth. 15 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w photo. 12mo. The first printing of this declaration by Peron made on July 6, 1947 (it was included later the same year as one of three pieces in ...

Por la Cooperacion Economica Y la Paz Mundial

[Argentina]. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto · 1947

$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,937)

Buenos Aires, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto, 1947. First edition. Cloth. 40 pp. Illus. with 1 photo of Peron. 12mo. I. Declaración del Excmo. Señor Presidente de la Nación Argentina, General Juan Perón. II. Nota la los Gobiernos de América y a la Santa Sede, de S...

The Peron Era

Alexander, Robert J. · 1951

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, Columbia Univ. Press, 1951. First edition. Cloth, gilt title on spine. x, 239 pp. 8vo. "A detailed analysis of the early years of the Peron regime based primarily on extensive personal interviews with those involved in the events described," Griffin p. 566. Griffin 6...

Three Argentine Thinkers

Lipp, Solomon · 1969

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Philosophical Library, 1969. First edition. Cloth. xi, 177 pp. 8vo. Warmly inscribed by the author to the book dealer and Latin American scholar Maury Bromsen. Covers José Ingenieros (1877-1925), Alejandro Korn (1860-1936), and Francisco Romero (1891-1962). A near fi...

Argentines of to-Day. [Two Volumes]

Parker, William Belmont · 1967

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

New York, Kraus Reprint Co. 1967. Reprint. Cloth. xvi, 554 pp.; xii, [555]-1067 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. Originally printed by the Hispanic Society of America in 1920. A fine set.

The Spanish Conquest in America, and Its Relation to the History of Slavery and to the Government of the Colonies. [Four Volumes]

Helps, Arthur · 1868

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1868. First American edition. Cloth. 490 pp.; 470 pp.; 532 pp.; 456 pp. Illus. with b/w maps including 1 folding. Sm. 8vo. Based upon the author's "The conquerors of the new world and their bonds men," London, 1848-52. "The whole of this noble work...

Buenos Ayres, and the Provinces of the Rio de la Plata: Their Present State, Trade, and Debt; with Some Account from Original Documents of the Progress of Geographical Discovery in Those Parts of South America During the Last Sixty Years

Parish, Woodbine · 1839

$500.00 (€453.65 | £378.46 | ¥79,844)

London, John Murray, 1839. First edition. Cloth. xxviii, 415 pp. + [adv]. 16 pp. Illus. with 5 plates ( 2 hand-colored, 1 folding). 8vo. Lacking the large folding map. An objective and scholarly account. "Parish established his residence in Buenos Aires in 1824 and became the ...

Lenguas Americanas. Estudio Bibliográfico-Lingüístico de Las Obras Del P. Luis de Valdivia Sobre El Araucano Y El Allentiak, Con Un Vocabulario Razonado Del Allentiak

Mitre, Bartolomé. Lafone Quevedo, Samuel A. · 1894

$475.00 (€430.96 | £359.54 | ¥75,851)

La Plata, Talleres de Publicaciones del Museo, 1894. First edition. Cloth. 153 pp. 16mo. One of two hundred copies. Contents: I. Sobre el araucano; II. Sobre el allentiak; III. Vocabulario razonado de las raices del allentiak [por B. Mitre, con la colaboración de sr. Lafone Qu...

Efemeridografía Argireparquiótica ó Sea de la Provincias Argentinas

Zinny, Antonio · 1868

$450.00 (€408.28 | £340.61 | ¥71,859)

Buenos Aires, Imprenta y Libreria de Mayo, 1868. First edition. Quarter morocco over marbled boards. 300, xix, [1], ii pp. 8vo. From Revista de Buenos Aires v.16-17 (Jones). A fundamental guide to the periodicals published in the provinces prior to 1852. Contains the title, da...

On Its Own Ground. Celebrating the Permanent Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art

Anderson, Maxwell Lincoln. Whitney Museum of American Art · 2000

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 2000. First edition. Stiff paper wrappers. 45 pp.+ foldouts. Illus. with b/w photos & 11 gatefolds. Sm. 4to. Anderson, Maxwell L. intro. Published on the occasion of the opening of the Leonard & Evelyn Lauder Galleries to honor the don...

Collection of 47 Catalogues from Charles W. Traylen Antiquarian Bookseller

Traylen, Charles W., Antiquarian Bookseller · 1994

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Charles W. Traylen, 1994. First edition. Paper wrappers. 8vo. Includes catalogue nos: 28, 39, 42, 44-46, 49, 52-57, 60-62, 64, 67-69, 71, 73, 75, 76, 78-85, 87, 89-93, 96, 97, 99, 101, 110, 111, and 114. Six catalogues in large format with illustrations. Much on English books,...

The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow Being Anecdotes of the Camp, Court, Clubs, and Society 1810-1860. [Two Volumes]

Gronow, [R.H.]; Grego, Joseph · 1889

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,930)

London, John C. Nimmo, 1889. First edition. Cloth. xxviii, 351 pp.; xii, 343 pp. Illus. with 25 color plates and 25 b/w plates. Sm. 4to. No. 667 of 875 copies, with duplicate plates, one on plate paper, proofs before letters, and the other on Whatman paper, with title, and col...

Stories of the Spanish Conquests in America. Designed for the Use of Children. [Volumes I & II of Three]

[Sedgwick, Charles, Mrs., Catharine Maria; Robertson, William] · 1830

$400.00 (€362.92 | £302.77 | ¥63,875)

Boston, Leonard C. Bowles, 1830. First edition. Original quarter calf over yellow paper covered boards. 237 pp.; 222 pp. Illus. with 2 engravings by Alonzo Hartwell. 16mo. "The following stories, claiming to be little else than an abridgment of Robertson, are the first of a se...

Diplomatic Correspondence. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President. [Volume III Only]

[U.S. Government] · 1866

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

[Washington, D.C.], [U.S. Government Printing Office], 1866. First edition. Three quarter morocco over marbled boards, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, gilt title. xliii, 850 pp. 8vo. Pages 356-850 relate to Mexico. Palau 211790. Sabin 58468. Front joint torn at head else...

Rough Notes Taken During Some Rapid Journeys Across the Pampas and Among the Andes

Head, F. B. [Francis Bond] · 1827

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Boston, Wells and Lilly, 1827. First American edition. Three quarter morocco over marbled boards. 264 pp. 12mo. "This work obtained for its author the soubriquet of “Galloping Head,” from the manner in which he scoured across the Pampas. It contains descriptions of the life of...

Memoirs of Lieut. -General Scott, LL. D. Written by Himself

Scott, Winfield · 1864

$500.00 (€453.65 | £378.46 | ¥79,844)

New York, Sheldon & Co. 1864. Large paper edition. Cloth. frontis, xxii, 653 pp. Illus. with portraits. Sm. 4to. One of a special edition of two hundred and fifty copies issued in one volume and printed on large paper in royal octavo size. "Scott had been the associate of ever...

The First Japanese Embassy. Japan - U.S. Centennial 1860-1960

Japan · 1960

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York, Information Office, Consulate General of Japan, 1960. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. Unpaged [24 pp]. Illus. with b/w photos and reproductions. Obl. 8vo. A very good copy.