Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1986. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First thus. A fine copy.
LXXXIV, 354 pp. "The text is the autobiography of George Ballentine, a Soctsman, who emigrates to America expecting to use his skill as a weaver. Unable to find work in New York City, he enlists in.....
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991. Large Hardcover.
A near fine copy in a near fine jacket.
xv, 287 pp. "Argues that scenes found on late classic sculpture represent cave rituals performed by the Mayan elite and discusses the Mayan world view and the role caves played in it."
![Item #2309731 Reconquest of Mexico: An Amiable Journey in Pursuit of Cortes [Cortez]. Matthew J....](/pictures/thumb/2309731.jpg?v=1644908098)
New York: Vanguard Press, 1974. Hard Cover.
Jacket spine faded, jacket clipped, front jacket flap creased. Ink price on front free endpaper.
252 pp. "Not being a Spanish explorer by birth or profession, he [Matthew J. Bruccoli] read what he could of Cortes in Mexico and, shod in a pair.....
New York: Macmillan, 1944. Rivera, De. Reprint. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Boards lightly soiled.
vii, 338 pp. CONTENTS: Foreword; Mountain Village; Early Americans; Maize Civilization; The Six-Hundred; The Decline of Mexican Civilization I; The Decline of Mexican Civilization II; Machineless Men: Their Food and Drink; Machineless Men: Their Shelter, Clothing.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. General wear, pages lightly toned.
xii, 444, 3, [1] pp. Maps and engravings throughout. CONTENTS: En Route; From Buenos Ayres to Mendoza; Across the Andes; Agricultural Chili; Urban and Commercial Chili; The Nitrate Desert of Tarapaca; Impressions of.....
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Minor smudge on rear jacket panel otherwise an excellent copy.
xiii, 398 pp. "In August 1521 the city of Tenochtitlan, the magnificent center of the Aztec tribute empire, fell to Spaniards, led by Hernando Cortes, and a shifting coalition of.....
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket lightly toned.
xviii, 533 pp. "Uses archaeological records and documentary sources to chronicle the history of the Mesoamerican culture from the fall of Teotihuacan to the rise and collapse of Tula."
![Item #2315799 La Planteria en el Peru: Dos Mil Anos de Arte e Historia [SPANISH TEXT]. Jose...](/pictures/thumb/2315799.jpg?v=1644908238)
Lima, Peru: Bancosur, 1996. Large Hardcover.
Jacket edges rubbed, two half-inch tears to rear jacket panel. Endpapers lightly rubbed.
357 pp. Spanish text. "Nacio en Barranco, Lima en 1932, Estudio en la Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, donde se graduo de Bachiller en Humanidades (1953) y Doctor en Historia y......
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Library, 1979. 6th Printing. Trade Paperback.
Sixth printing. Ink name on front flyleaf.
xviii, 362 pp. In order to analyze Brazil's recent accumulation of capital in the light of its continued dependence, Peter Evans focuses on the relationships among multinational corporations, local private entrepreneurs, and.....
New York/Chicago/London: F. Tennyson Neely Publisher, 1898. Small Hard Cover.
Binder's copy. Text block loose from binding, board edges rubbed, bottom edge stained.
Unpaginated. Includes black-and-white photographs of heroes, battles, camps, Dewey Islands, Cuba, Porto Rico. These view of Cuba and the Military Camps are from the famous collection secured.....
Salem, Virginia: Trust Publisher, 2008. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback.
Second printing. Signed by author on half-title page with inscription, "Karen: Thank you for your support--God bless." A fine copy.
xii, 215 pp. The Lambi's Call is a love story between the author and the people of this rural part of.....
New York: Thames & Hudson, 1991. Fash, Barbara W. Large Hardcover.
A near fine copy in a near fine jacket.
192 pp. Drawings by Barbara W. Fash. Includes 120 illustrations, 11 in color. "Traces the history of the city of Copan, and describes how new discoveries are shedding light on.....
New York: Thames & Hudson, 1993. Fash, Barbara W. Reprint. Soft Cover.
Reprint. Front cover creased, page ridges and a few pages foxed, light stain along edge.
192 pp. Drawings by Barbara W. Fash. Includes 120 illustrations, 11 in color. "Traces the history of the city of Copan, and describes.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1917. Franck, Harry A. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Reissue. Lacks jacket. Spine base stained, small tear on cloth spine, rear hinge starting.
xv, 612 pp. Light brown cloth, green titles. Black-and-white photographs by author. An account of a journey in South America by Harry Franck, often.....
Boston and New York / Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin and Company / The Riverside Press, 1922. Limited Edition. Hard Cover.
Limited large paper edition, #68 of 200 copies printed on Umbria hand-made paper, released simultaneously with the first trade edition. Hand-numbered on limitation page. Endpapers lightly foxed.
x, 203, [3] pp.....
New York: Dover, 1977. Reissue. Trade Paperback.
1977 reissue of 1940 original. Spine and front wrapper creased, sticker remains on rear wrapper.
xiii, 606 pp. Color fold-out linguistic map follows text. "Thirty-four chapters by the nation's leading scientists cover such topics as American Indian physical anthropology, Maya physical anthropology, soil.....
New York: Macmillan, 1937. Owens, Charles. Reprint. Hard Cover.
One inch by one inch chip to front jacket panel, small chips to jacket, jacket clipped. Ink stamp on page 276 and rear free endpaper recto.
x, 276 pp. Orange cloth boards. "From the pagan rituals and the echoes of drums.....
New York: Lorenz Books, 2001. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Jacket edges very lightly bumped.
256 pp. "From the earliest times, people have told stories of gods and goddesses, of mythical creatures and fabulous places in an effort to explain the mysteries of everyday life."
New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1990. Trade Paperback.
An exceptional copy.
An examination of Mayan culture from the 7th century through the present day.
New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Title on spine lightly rubbed, minor general wear.
xv, 312 pp. Illustration of man with canon on front cover. Illustrated with black-and-white plates. The Auxiliary Cruiser YANKEE, manned mainly by men of the New York Naval Militia.....
Wilmington: Scholarly Resources Inc., 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition.
xxvii, [1], 331, [7] pp. 8vo. "Defending la Patria, or homeland, is the historical mission claimed by Latin American armed forces. For la Patria is a comprehensive narrative history of the military's political role in Latin America in national.....
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974. 6th Printing. Large Softcover.
Sixth printing. Sticker on rear wrapper.
vii, 248 pp. "The volume begins with a brief history of archaeological research and a description of the environmental setting. Succeeding chapters trace cultural development, beginning with the arrival of the first hunter-gatherers, continuing.....
![Item #2332231 The Bullfight [Bull Fight]. Norman Mailer](/pictures/thumb/2332231.jpg?v=1678916989)
New York: CBS Legacy Collection Book / Macmillan, 1967. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Chips and tears to jacket edges, jacket soiled.
Unpaginated. Black-and-white photographs of bullfights.
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1902. Soft Cover.
Front wrapper detached but included, some loss to wrapper of spine.
From the report of the United States National Museum for 1900, pages 189-304, with twenty plates. CONTENTS: List of Illustrations; List of Authorities; Introduction; South American Harpoons: Fuegian, West Coast, Brazilian.....
Cambridge, Massachusetts/London, England: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1997. Hard Cover.
Bottom edge of front board bumped. Near Fine.
xv, 728 pp. "October 1962: the United States and the Soviet Union stood eyeball to eyeball, each brandishing enough nuclear weapons to obliterate civilization in the Northern Hemisphere. It was.....