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New York: Stein & Day. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Jacket has very minor edgewear. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 256 pages .

Stein and Day. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. (Chile, Pedro de Valdivia, history)

New York: Stein and Day Publishers, 1967. Book. Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st. Edition, 1st. Printing 1967 , Hardcover in the dust jacket , 256 page book . Reviewers publishers letter laid in . Condition : Very Good , DJ is very good with edge rubs andlight spliting at the folds. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

256 pages with frontispiece, appendixes, Bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover in original pictorial jacket. From the library of Fred Hall. First edition. The Conquest of Chile is a period in Chilean historiography that starts with the arrival of Pedro de Valdivia to Chile in 1541 and ends with the death of Martín García Óñez de Loyola in the Battle of Curalaba in 1598, and the destruction of the Seven Cities in 1598 1604 in the Araucanía region. This was the period of Spanish conquest of territories, founding of cities, establishment of the Captaincy General of Chile, and defeats ending its further colonial expansion southwards. The Arauco War continued, and the Spanish were never able to recover their short control in Araucanía south of the Bío Bío River. Frederic Arthur Holden Hall (1915-1972) was Edward E. Ayer Bibliographer for Iberian Books and Curator of the William B. Greenlee Collection of… Read More

Stein and Day, New York, 1967 First Edition.. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, hardcvover, near fine with Press Club label on endpaper in near fine blue and black dj in mylar. 256 pp, illustrated frontispiece of warrior on horse. As Pizarro elongs to the history of Peru, and Cortez to Mexico, Pedro de Valdivia deserves a higher rank than the world has given h im. His expedition was not for gold or plunder but of a place where men might live better lives. He went to build, renouncing personal wealrth and led a band of men through the Atacama desert in 1539. 256 deckled pages.

New York: Stein and Day, 1967 The dust jacket is a bit worn and torn around the edges and the inside flap is clipped. 256 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm).

New York: Stein and Day. 1967. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in boards. Faint spotting along front/rear gutters. .

New York: Stein and Day. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. c1967. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A handsome first edition/first printing in Very Good+ condition with spinewear and light sunning along the top edges in an alike dust-jacket with chipping, particularly around the spine, and little soiling; This book is about the British attempt to conquer Chile from the Spanish in the early 1800s. The British were led by Lord Cochrane and the Spanish by General San Martin. The battle for Chile was long and bloody, with both sides suffering many casualties. In the end, the British were able to conquer Chile, but the cost was high.; 8vo ; 256 pages .