Latin American / South American from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Sao Paulo: Fundacao Bienal de Sao Paulo; Associacao Brasil 500 Anos Artes Visuais, 2000. 199 pages, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Text in Portuguese and English. Catalogue of the exhibition held at Parque Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, April 23 to September 7, 2000. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: A… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2012. xii, 465 pages, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. Traditionally, Americans learned in school that the ancestors of the people who inhabited… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan Company, 1966. Cloth, 96 pages, frontispiece, 14 plates, map; 21 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Random House, 2001. xii, 225 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Faint dust spotting/top edge. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "Patagonia is a strange and terrifying place, a vast tract of land shared by Argentina and Chile where the violent weather spawned over the southern Pacific… Read more about this item

London: Reaktion Books, 2022. Cloth, 207 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "In their heyday the Inca ruled over the largest land empire in the Americas, reaching the pinnacle of South American civilization. Known as the 'Romans of the Americas', these… Read more about this item

Montevideo: Ministerio de Educacion y Cultura, 2009. 150 pages, colour illustrations; 24 cm. Text in Spanish, English and Italian. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held in Venice, at the Uruguayan Pavilion, for the 53rd Venice Biennale, June 7 to November 22, 2009. MUY BIEN+. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.… Read more about this item

Chicago: Nathan Cummings, 1954. 48 pages, illustrations, maps; 28 cm. Firm binding, unmarked. Moderate shelfwear to wraps, with age toning, light soiling. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Sotheby's, 1999. 74 pages, colour illustrations (2 folded); 27 cm. Sale code 7383 "FIRE". Auction held Tuesday, November 23, 1999. Firm binding, clean inside copy. 21 lots. Artists Biographies (pages.53-55).. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Buenos Aires: Malba, Coleccion Costantini; Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, 2004. 230 pages, colour illustrations, portraits; 27 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Wraps age toned. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Eugene, OR: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, 2009. 96 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. Issued in connection with the exhibition Amazonia, held January 17 to May 2, 2010, at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon; and June 11 to August 31, 2010, at Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, Virginia. Firm binding, clean inside copy.… Read more about this item

Brooklyn, NY: Ugly Duckling Presse, 2012. 341 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. "The first overview of the work of this seminal multi-disciplinary artist, Spit temple collects texts and transcriptions of Cecilia Vicuna's uncategorizable improvised performances, which combine singing, movement, chants, and stories. Also included are a critical introduction by Rosa Alcala, a poetic memoir by Vicun~a addressing her… Read more about this item

New York: Henry Holt and Company; Metropolitan Books, 2000. 358 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Illustrated with engravings by Jose Guadalupe Posada. Tight, clean copy. Stated First American Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "From the winner of the first Lannan Prize for Cultural Freedom, a bitingly funny, kaleidoscopic vision of… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Natural History Museum Alliance of Los Angeles County, 1981. 96 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title, held at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, July 4 to September 6, 1981. Introduction by Luis Duque Gomez; plate captions by Warwick M. Bray; color photography by Harold and Erica Van… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1993. 128 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts from April 2 to August 1, 1993. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "The catalog to accompany an exhibition… Read more about this item

Bogota, D.C., Colombia: Villegas Editores, 1998. Cloth, 391 pages, colour illustrations; 32 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Four leaves dogeared. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Interior designer Juan Montoya considers himself a tailor of living spaces, and this lavish book features… Read more about this item

New York: Dutton; Penguin Random House, 2011. 333 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to boards, age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. "What happens when an adventure travel expert--who's never actually done anything adventurous--tries to re-create the original expedition to Machu Picchu? July 24,… Read more about this item

Santa Fe, NM: SITE Santa Fe, 2016. Pictorial boards, 163 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits; 25 cm. Text in English; introductory essay in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. Catalogue published to accompany an exhibition held at SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 16, 2016 to January 8, 2017. Tight, clean copy. "'Much Wider Than a Line' is the… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1983. Cloth, [17] pages, [53] leaves of plates, chiefly illustrations (chiefly colour); 41 cm. English Edition. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Elephant Folio.

New York: American Museum of Natural History; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1979. [70] pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 41 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, November, 1979. Featuring photographs by Lee Boltin; Preface by Thomas Nicholson. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. OVERSIZE! No… Read more about this item

New York: Eneas Capalbo, 2008. 1 volume, pages, chiefly illustrations; 21 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the artist/front cover, with a personalized inscription. Portrait drawings by the Argentine artist, active in New York.. SIGNED. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.