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(banking) . MOVIMENTO BANCARIO DO BRASIL: JUNHO 1952-1953 (1 ISSUE); 1953-1957 (8 ISSUES); JUNHO 1957-1958 (1 ISSUE)
Junho 1952-Junho 1958. 10 separate issues of this semi-annual publication. In Portuguese. 4to., about 160pp. per issues, original printed wraps. Federal Reserve Library stamp on each front and on each title page, pocket inside each rear wrap, a few other library markings. VG, light soiling.10 issues. (a57110)
$150.00 (brazil) . CATALOGO 1974 DE NORMAS TECNICAS BRASILEIRAS
Rio de Janeiro 1974. Lg.4to., 207 leaves printed on rectos only, plus about 60pp. of ISO reports from 1958 through 1964, red library buckram. VG, some tape residue and scuff marks on pastedowns from removal of old clear plastic cover. (a31274)
$300.00 (Villa Lobos, Heitor) . PRESENC A DE VILLA-LOBO VOLUMES 3, 4, 5
1969 1st Museu Villa-Lobos. Numerous articles by different authors on Villa Lobos. In Portuguese. 3 volumes. Hardcovers. Large octavos, 219pp., 210pp., 159pp., cloth with different photo illustrations of Villa-Lobos on the fronts. VG plus. 3 volumes. Scarce. (a68231)
$270.00 Batista, Marta Rosseti, Tele Porto Ancona Lopez, Yone Soares de Lima . BRASIL: 1 TEMPO MODERNISTA 1917/29 DOCUMENTACAO
Sao Paulo 1972 1st Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros. In Portuguese. Sm.4to., 459pp., illustrations, indice, errat slip, pictorial wraps. VG. (a63464)
$175.00 Bloom, Herbert I . A STUDYOF BRAZILIAN JEWISH HISTORY 1623-1654 BASED CHIEFLY UPON THE FINDINGS OF THE LATE SAMUEL OPPENHEIM
1934. Publications of the American Jwish Historical Society no. 33. Hardcover octavo. This article on pp. 43-125. 292p. in complete volume which has several additional articles as well. VG plus, spine lettering faded; no ownership marks; internally fine. no dj. (a73415)
$100.00 brazil . REGISTRO DE ESTRANGEIROS 1831-1839 and 1840-1841
Rio de Janeiro 1962 and 1964. Ministerio da jUstica e Negocios Interiores. 2 volumes, 536pp., 157pp., wraps. Good, loose in worn cover. Pair: (a5764)
$125.00 Brigole, A. . SANTOS-DUMONT O PIONEIRO DO AIR
Rio de Janeiro 1941 1st Aero Clube do Brasil. Limited to 100 copies. History of early Brazilian aviation. In Portuguese. Hardcover. Octavo, 110pp., 3/4 leather. Paragraph presentation written on title page and signed by Brigole. Institution stamp on front endpapers, small slip removed from rear end paper. Good. (a13682)
$125.00 Ehrenreich, Paul . ANTHROPOLOGISCHE STUDIEN �BER DIE URBEWOHNER BRASILIENS VORNEHMLICH DER STAATEN MATTO GROSSO, GOYAZ UND AMAZONAS (PURUS-GEBIET)
Braunschweig 1897 Vieweg. Nach eigenen Aufnahmen und Beobachtungen in den Jahren 1887 bis 1889. In German. Hardcover. Lg.4to., 165pp., 30 photo plates of Amazonian Natives, 9 line drawing plates of head shapes, boards with later paper spine. Museum bookplate stamped discard, and rear pocket- no other library markings. Good, worn on edges and corners. (a5058)
$850.00 Ewbank, Thomas . LIFE IN BRAZIL: OR A JOURNAL OF A VISIT TO THE LAND OF THE COCOA AND THE PALM
NY 1856 (1855) Harper. Sm.4to., 469pp., illustrations, original brown stamped cloth. Good, lower corners bumped, spine ends worn. (a15116)
$195.00 Fletcher, Rev. James C. and Rev. D. P. Kidder . BRAZIL AND THE BRAZILIANS PORTRAYED IN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES
Boston 1866 6th ed, revised and enlarged. Lg.8vo., 639pp., steel engraved frontispiece, woodcuts in text, foldout map, index, green cloth. Top edge gilt. VG. (a40367)
$240.00 Klintowitz, Jacob . TRANCADO BRASILEIRO
Sao Paulo 1985. Brazilian basketry. In Portuguese. Oblong Lg.4to., 215pp., color plates, cloth hardcover. Fine in VG DJ, minor wear. (a28033)
$100.00 Lund. P.W. . BLIK PAA BRASILIENS DYREVERDEN F�R SIDSTE JORDOMV�LTNING; TILL�G TIL DE SIDSTE AFHANDLINGER OVER...
2 parts plus the Tilleg in the series on Lund's excavations in the caves in Brazil near Lagoa Santa. We have the part labelled D, which is dated on the front Lagoa Santa 14 Feb. 1837, the part labelled E dated Lagoa Santa 12 Sept. 1838, and the Tilleg which is dated Lagoa Santa 4 April 1839. All parts are from the Det Kongelig Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. Part D is paginated pp.30-144, Part E is paginated pp.219-272, the Tilleg is paginated pp.276-296. The title page with the engraving of the entrance to the cave is present. Included are plates I-XXVII, many in color. 4to., loosely inserted in later wraps. VG, occasional foxing in text. Sold as described. Very scarce. (a51406)
$550.00 Markham, Clements R. (editor) . EXPEDITIONS INTO THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZONS 1539, 1540, 1639
Burt Franklin reprint of original Hakluyt edition.Translated and edited by Clements R. Markham. Octavo, 190pp., blue grey cloth. Near Fine, no DJ. (a70710)
$195.00 Martins, Judith . DICIONARIO DE ARTISTAS E ARTIFICES DOS SECULOS XVIII E XIX EM MINAS GERAIS PRIMEIRO VOLUME ; SEGUNDO VOLUME
Rio de Janeiro 1974 Departamento de Assuntos Culturais 27. In Portuguese. 4to., 407pp., 335p. wraps. Good plus, light cover wear, spine slanted on Volume 2. Two volume set, complete. (a5746)
$170.00 Pereira da Costa, F. A. . VOCABULARIO PERNAMBUCANO
Recife 1937 Imprensa Official. 8vo., 755pp., wraps. Signed on titlepage, possibly by author. Owner bookplate. Good, occasional light spotting and soiling, a slight bit of browning. (a30479)
$165.00 Pinho, Wanderley . HISTORIA DE UM ENGENHO DO RECONCAVO 1552-1944
Rio de Janeiro 1946 Livraria Editora Felio Valverde. In Portuguese. Hardcover. 4to., 340pp., photo illustrations, folding maps, index, full leather with gilt lettering on spine amd original covers bound in. Unusual and detailed historical study of plantations of the fertile agricultural district surrounding the bay around Sao Salvador, capital of the Baia state. VG. (a5425)
$195.00 Vasconcellos, Dora . SURDINA DO CONTEMPLADO
Rio de Janeiro 1958 1st Jose Olympio. Poetry in Portuguese. Octavo , 174pp., wraps. 174p. Text Inscribed and signed by Vasconcellos. VG, a bit worn, spine very browned. (a61488)
$150.00