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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Fundacao Biblioteca Nacional, 1993. BZ3 - A trade paperback book in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in gray wraps with minor overall shelf wear primarily in the form of some creasing on the front cover. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf with some light creasing on the front and back and some light overall rubbing. A book of days for the Brazilian literary year. Heavily illustrated with black and white photographs and reproductions throughout. Indexed, chronology, 261p.. Trade Paperback. Good/Good. 6.25"x8".

Coral Gables, Florida, USA: North-South Center Press/University of Miami, 1997. BZ3 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated green wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus there is clear plastic tape reinforcing the spine plus there are the usual library labels and stamps on the spine wrapping around onto the back, top outside paper edges, inside surface of the front cover, and title page. A collection of papers on the performance of the Brazilian economy in recent decades. The also analyze the country's prospects for economic stability and involvement in the international economy. The contributors are all renowned Brazilian economists. Contributors, indexed, 288p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 6"x9". Ex-Library.

New York, New York, USA: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970. CE3 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear plus there is tape staining on the outside board surfaces and front and back free endpapers from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there are teh usual library stamps, label, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, copyright page, and back free endpaper. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A bicentennial appraisal of the first successful decolonization movement and its continuing significance in the 1970s. Indexed, 238p. This book weighs more than 2 pounds when packaged to ship.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Santafe De Bogota, Colombia: Instituto Caro y Cuervo, 1997. CF1 - A tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated white wraps with very, very light edge wear along the top and bottom edges of the covers plus there is a crease at the top left corner of the back cover plus there is some very light overall rubbing and soiling of the covers. This is number 10 in the publisher's Filologos Colombianos. A biography of Félix Restrepo, A Colombian Jesuit priest, writer, teacher of dogma, classical scholar, and humanist who was highly influential in the establishment of the Ateneo Nacional de Altos Estudios (National Athenaeum of HIgher Learning) which lager became the Instituto Caro and Cuervo, one of the most prestigious linguistic research instutions in the Spanish language. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Bibliografía (bibliography), indice onomástico (index of names), indice de ilustraciones (index of illustrations), indice general (general index), 363p.. Spanish… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005. BW2 - Book lightly curled, label on the back, and light shelf wear otherwise very good. Includes a laid in promotional material. An epic scientific adventure on the far edge of the Amazon.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1993. BE2 - A first edition hardcover book in very good condition that has some stains on the front, lightly cocked, label on the back, some scattered stains, lightly soiled on the top of a couple of inside pages, light discoloration and shelf wear with no dust jacket. 9.5"x6.5", 280 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. BC6 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear plus there is some tape staining on the inside surfaces of the front and back boards and front and back endpapers plus there is some light fading and soiling of the tinting on the top outside paper edges plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued to the inside surfaces of the boards plus there are the usual library stamps, seal, label, and pocket on the bottom outside paper edges, title page, copyright page, and back endpaper. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some very, very light edge wear on the front top edge plus there is a library label on the spine plus the endflaps are glued to the inside surfaces of the boards plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A collection of writings on the foundations of revolutionary thought and action in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in the Western Hemisphere. The editors provide an introduction… Read More

Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1990. H3 - A first edition hardcover book in very good condition that has "USED" stamped on the bottom page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, Colorado, USA: Westview Press, 1977. BD3 - A tight, clean, sound copy in brown cloth with black lettering on the spine an the front board plus there is some light tape staining on the outside surfaces of the front and back boards and the front and back free endpapers from where the dust jacket endflaps were taped to the boards plus there are the usual library marks, stamps, and labels on the front and back free endpapers, the copyright page, and the back fixed endpaper plus the library stamp on the copyright page has been heavily marked out with black marker with some bleeding onto the title page plus there is some very soiling on the right outside paper edges. A historical, political, social, and economic background to the coup of military officers in Peru in 1968. Endnotes, for further reading, 245p.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Viking, 2008. CM6 - An advance uncorrected proof trade paperback book in near fine condition that has very light discoloration and shelf wear. The story of one man's journey down that Amazon - and into history. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).