Latin America
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The Path Between the Seas
by David McCullough
Describes all the events and personalities involved in the monumental undertaking which precipitated revolution, scandal, economic crisis, and a new Central American republic Bibliography: p. 655-669.
Includes index.
Includes index.
I, Rigoberta Menchu
by Rigoberta Menchu
Rigoberta Menchú received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for her efforts to end the oppression of indigenous peoples in Guatemala.
Open Veins Of Latin America
by Eduardo Galeano
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent (in Spanish Las venas abiertas de América Latina) is an essay written by Uruguayan journalist Eduardo Galeano in 1971.
Brazilian Adventure
by Peter Fleming
Brazilian Adventure is a book by Peter Fleming about his search for the lost Colonel Percy Fawcett in the Brazilian jungle. Fawcett along with his son and another companion had disappeared while searching for the Lost City of Z in 1925. Fleming was working as literary editor for The Times when he answered a small ad asking for volunteers to join an expedition to find out what had happened to Fawcett. The story of Fleming's 1932 expedition is told in Brazilian Adventure.
Latin America Books & Ephemera
Venezuela: The Real Story
by Victor, Maria Paez (editor)
Louis Riel Bolivarian Circle, 2005. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 64 pages printed on newsprint, folded and stapled. 10.6 x 8 inches when folded. Contains 19 articles by different writers, including Noam Chomsky, which had been previously printed re Chavez and the Venezuelan political situation. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in photographically illustrated wrappers (paperback). Some tanning to covers.
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SGD 27.57
A Proposito de la CIA
by Sine
Hombre Nuevo, 1974. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 34 cartoons printed on recto only. Limited to 5000 copies. First edition (first printing). Very good in blue illustrated wrappers (paperback). Covers with mild wear and scuffing.
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SGD 51.70
El cuerpo de los suenos
by Canfield, Martha L
Centro Cultural de Espana - Lustra Editores, 2008. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 79 pages. Poems by a native of Uruguay who lives and teaches (at the time of publication) in Italy. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
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SGD 25.85
Guerrilla Warfare: A Method by Che Guevara
by Che Guevara
Last Word Press. New. Ernesto ?Che? Guevara is one of the most iconic figures of the 20th Century. Whether regarded as a brutal murderer or a gifted tactician, it is hard to doubt the impact he has had on those on both sides of history. Che Guevara's Guerrilla Warfare explores the necessary actions and requirements to maintain and operate a guerrilla army in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.
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SGD 11.02
Romaria de Caninde : 800 anos do nascimento de Sao Francisco
by Carmen Regina de Vargas, Leila Gontijo Soares, Giuseppe Jacoangeli, et al
FUNARTE / Consulado Geral da Italia no Rio de Janeiro, 1982. Soft cover. Good. Serie Romarias Brasileiras. Illustrated. 8x8. Wraps heavily scuffed, rubbed through on spine, heavy rub marks on edges. Interior is fine. 62 pages, text in bilingual edition of Italian and Portuguese. Undated circa 1982.
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SGD 29.54
A Southwestern Utopia
by Robertson, Thomas A
Ward Ritchie Press, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 261 pages. An account of growing up in a American utopian colony in Mexico. Near fine hardcover in a near fine price clipped just jacket. Slight cock to spine, else fine. First edition (first printing). Inscribed by the author.
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SGD 68.94
Lost City of the Incas : the story of Machu Picchu and its Builders
by Bingham, Hiram
Folio Society, 2005. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback, second printing, octavo, black cloth lettered silver to spine, dust jacket not called for in this edition, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text. House din a pictorial dust jacket which has some small faint splash marks, illustrated, maps, xxiv + 266pp.
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SGD 22.34
The Maya
by Coe, Michael D.; Houston, Stephen
U.S.A.: Thames and Hudson Inc. (10th edition), 2022 « The definitive history of the Maya, fully updated with the latest archaeological studies and featuring 214 full-color and b.& w. photographs and drawings. The Maya has long been established as the best, most readable introduction to the ancient Maya by experts Michael D. Coe and Stephen Houston. In this new edition, this classic has been updated by distilling the latest scholarship for the general reader and student. This edition...
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SGD 46.94
Central America: At Home and Abroad
by Teter, Holbrook
By No Means Press, 1991. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 126 pages. The author recounts his experience traveling between 1987 and 1990 in Central America and visiting detention camps in Texas. Blurbs by M.F. K. Fisher, Howard Zinn, Kay Boyle, Noam Chomsky, Robert Creeley, and others.. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in whitewrappers (paperback).
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SGD 17.23
Latino Video - Video Latino: A video festival of Hispanic culture in the Americas / Video de las culturas Hispanicas de las Americas (poster)
by Chicarican Enterprises (poster art). Fondo del Sol Visual Arts Media Center
Fondo del Sol Visual Arts Media Center, 1978. First Edition. Poster. Poster, 17 X 11 inches, printed in shades of black on white stock. Fondo del Sol Visual Arts Center / El Museo Latino / Multicultural de Washington is a non-profit bilingual, community-based art center founded in 1973. First edition (first printing). A very good copy. Previously rolled.
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SGD 43.08
Direct to the Poor: Grassroots Development in Latin America
by Annis, Sheldon and Peter Hakim, editors
Lynne Rienner Pub, 1988. Soft cover. Fine.
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SGD 29.54
Una mujer canta en medio del caos: Poesia, 1975-1990
by Valcarcel, Rosina
Coleccion Amarilis, 1991. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 97 pages. Poems by a noted Peruvian writer. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Nicely inscribed by the author, who has added her address to the colophon page. A bit musty.
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SGD 51.70
The Raw and the Cooked: Introduction to a Science of Mythology, Volume I
by Claude Levi-Strauss
HarperCollins, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/Good. Well worn library discard with stamps, tape, pocket. DJ has spine sticker, and chipping at head, but due to protector the DJ has crisp edges and clean surface. The boards are worn through on the edges and corners, soiled page edges, binding is beginning to roll. Interior is clean except for library markings and pouch in front endpapers and dedication page.
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SGD 44.31
El sitio
by Ignacio Solares
Alfaguara, 1998. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 290 pages. A novel, set in Mexico City. Text in Spanish. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Inscribed by the author on the first blank.
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SGD 43.08
O Que e Propaganda Ideologica. Colecao Primeiros Passos numero 77
by Nelson Jahr Garcia
Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil: Editora Brasiliense S.A., 1982. Soft cover. Good. Text in Brazilian Portuguese. BW illustrations. Bibl. Bio. Publisher ads. For those of us who lived through the "abertura" in the early 1980s we know how this unassuming series had an immense impact on society at the time. The publisher (for graphics) and author (for content) would make revisions between printings. This would include variations in size: measuring from 11,1 x 15,2 to 11,7 x 15,8 cm. Pocket book in the...
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SGD 14.77
Quadrivium
by Menendez, Gerardo
Oak Editorial, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 128 pages. 4-3/4 by 6-3/4 inches. Poems, very nicely illustrated by Vania Velasquez and Alejandra p. de f. The title refers to a medieval university curriculum involving the mathematical arts: arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. One of 150 copies. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
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SGD 43.08
Circular, que dirige el Senor Gobernador de la Sagrada Mitra á los Parrocos, Eclesiasticos y Fieles Cristianos del Arzobispado de Mexico, sobre Ereccion de Cementerios fuera de las Poblaciones.
by Isidoro Sainz de Alfaro y Beaumont; Pedro Ocón
Indigenous burial rites prohibited
Isidoro Sainz de Alfaro y Beaumont; Pedro Ocón.
Circular, que dirige el Senor Gobernador de la Sagrada Mitra á los Parrocos, Eclesiasticos y Fieles Cristianos del Arzobispado de Mexico, sobre Ereccion de Cementerios fuera de las Poblaciones.
México City, Oficina de Doña María Fernández de Jaúregui, 1809.
8°. [2], 36 pp.
Contemporary marbled paper wrappers.
First and only edition of an explanation of the rules and regulations for burying the dead in the... Read more about this item
Isidoro Sainz de Alfaro y Beaumont; Pedro Ocón.
Circular, que dirige el Senor Gobernador de la Sagrada Mitra á los Parrocos, Eclesiasticos y Fieles Cristianos del Arzobispado de Mexico, sobre Ereccion de Cementerios fuera de las Poblaciones.
México City, Oficina de Doña María Fernández de Jaúregui, 1809.
8°. [2], 36 pp.
Contemporary marbled paper wrappers.
First and only edition of an explanation of the rules and regulations for burying the dead in the... Read more about this item
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SGD 2,732.64
Political Economy Of Population Control In Latin America
by Mass Bonnie
Montreal, Quebec: Editions Latin America. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1972. Paperback. A very nice stapled booklet with rubbing to the cover and light rubbing to the spine edge. Very well bound and an unmarked interior. ; B&W Illustrations, B&W Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 63 pages .
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SGD 15.39
Confabulario
by Arreola, Juan Jose
Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 100 pages. Arreola's best-known work, a collection of absurdist short stories. An edition of 2000 copies. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Ownership stamp on fore-edge, title page and colophon.
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SGD 146.49
De soslayo
by Damiron, Rafael
Luis Sanchez Andujar, 1948. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 242 pages. 'De soslayo esta formado ... pro la evocacion del ambiente capitaleno hace el ano 1895 y, luego, por apuntes para retratos, donde se recuerdan poetas y figuras de relieve en la vida nacional ... con una pequena coleccion de tipos populares.' First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback).
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SGD 34.47
The Art of Being Kuna: Layers of Meaning Among the Kuna of Panama
by Salvador, Mari Lyn, editor
UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1997. First Edition. Trade Paperback. The book is the catalogue of an exhibit at the Fowler Museum. It includes essays on the history of the Kuna people, their language and literature, flora and fauna, the community gathering house, picture-writing, and musical arts. Lavishly illustrated. First edition (first printing). Illustrated paper wrappers. Slight edge wear to covers, near fine. The remarkable arts and culture of the Kuna of Panama are accessible in this...
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SGD 68.94
Cine Argentino: Entre lo posible y lo deseable (Second edition)
by Getino, Octavio
Ciccus, 2005. Hardcover. 375 pages. Text in Spanish. Illustrations in black-and-white. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
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SGD 34.47
March on Washington, D.C., Saturday, May 20 (2006) Hands off Venezuela and Cuba; Marcha en Washington Sabado 20 de Mayo (2006) !Manos Fuera de Venezuela y Cuba (2 posters, 1 in english, the other in Spanish)
by May20coalition
May20coalition, 2006. Poster. 2 posters, 8.5 x 11 inches, printed in red, blue, yellow and black on white. Rally at Malcolm X Park. First edition (first printing). Near fine copies.
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SGD 34.47
Revista de Cultura & Politica Vol.1, No.1 (agosto 1979)
by Centro de Estudos de Cultura Contemporanea (CEDEC)
Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil: Global Editora, 1979. Soft cover. Good. Frayed edges, worn and creased corners, scuffed wraps. Oversized 8 3/8ths x 11 inches, fine illustrated interior, 110pp, text in Portuguese.
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SGD 22.16
Encontro de nacoes-de-candomble: Anais do Encontro Realizado em Salvador, 1981
by Vivaldo da Costa Lima, Olga Francisca Regis, Esmeraldo Emeterio de Santana, Jehova de Carvalho, Almiro Miguel Ferreira, Luiz Sergio Barbosa
Salvador, Bahia, Brasil: CEAO Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais da Universidade Federal da Bahia / Ianama, 1984. Soft cover. Good. CEAO Serie Estudos e Documentos, no.10. Wraps moderately scuffed, creased corners and sunned. Writing on title page otherwise fine interior, solid binding. Illustrated. Text in Portuguese. Contents: Nações-de-candomblé / Vivaldo da Costa Lima (16 p.). -- Nação-queto / Ogla Fancisca Régis (8 p.). -- Nação-Angola /...
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SGD 22.16
