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Latin Americana - Travel/Exploration:

(brazil) . ROTEIRO TURISTICO DA CIDADE DO SALVADOR
Salvador 1952. Orgaizacao Brasileira. 8vo., about 120pp., photo illustrations, 4 color foldout maps. Good, cover worn, lightly stained. (a5379)
$20.00 (mexico) . GUIDE TO MEXICO
Boston 1940 revised ed. Houghton Mifflin. 12mo., 625pp., 6 maps, 23 plans, index. Good, light wear. (a31305)
$35.00 (mexico) . MEXICO TRAVEL MANUAL
Mexico 1937 National Railways of Mexico. Lists hotels, rates, rooms, railway schedules, etc. Octavo, 36pp., photo illustrated brochure. Fairly Good, water wrinkled in places. (a5242)
$20.00 (peru) . PORT OF CALLAO-CONFIDENTIAL REPORT
Stamped Confidential, Ministerio de Hacienda y Comercio, June 1952, April 1953. Handwritten note on front page says: Not for release--see letter from Mr. Pixley re Reports. 4to. Original typed report of 4 pages in English (we would expect it to be in Spanish. )Text states the Mission studied the port in detail for over a year beginning in Apirl 1951. Surveys of Port organization and administration were made during the above period by a recognized authority in this field. And detailed background studies going back over a period of six years were also made during this period. The report paints a sorry picture of cargo damage, pilferage, port congestion, delays, fire hazards, bulk grain losses, etc. Conclusion reached: the difficulties experienced in this port over a period of years had adversely affected the country's economy. Report is accompanied by original photographs glued to report pages illustrating the problems covered in the report. Photos are fine and all identified with handwritten notes. Photos include: 28-- 7x9 inches; 3 --5x7 inches gloss (one photo is loose and not identified); 2 --7x9 inches photos are taped together to offer a panoramic view of the port; 11--3-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches (these last 11 photos are not identified.) Unusual document, valuable photographs. (a7402)
$95.00 Anderson, Isabel. . CIRCLING SOUTH AMERICA.
Boston 1928 1st Marshall Jones. Hardcover. 214pp., monochrome photo illustrations, orange cloth. VG plus, fine except spine slightly faded, no DJ. (lat10)
$20.00 Andre, Eugene . A NATURALIST IN THE GUIANAS
NY 1904 Scribners. Preface by Dr. J. Scott Keltie. 8vo., 310pp., 34 illustrations including photo illustrations and some very attractive chromolithographs of birds, large foldout map, red cloth with gilt orchid on front. Small paper number label on lower spine and museum blindstamp on titlepage. Good, corners and spine ends a bit worn. (a58477)
$75.00 Aspinall, Sir Algernon . THE POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
NY 1931 Brentano's. British Guiana, British Honduras, Bermuda, Spanish Main, Surinam and the Panama Canal. 12mo., 500pp.,color maps, advertisements, lime green cloth hardcover. Good, spine browned and a bit worn. (a68240)
$23.00 Ballesteros Gaibrois, Manuel . LA IDEA COLONIAL DE PONCE DE LEON UN ENSAYO DE INTERPRETACION
San Juan de Puerto Rico 1960 Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena. In Spanish. 8vo., 292pp., hardcover. VG in Good DJ. (a43465)
$45.00 Banning, Margaret Culkin . SALUD! A SOUTH AMERICAN JOURNAL
NY 1941-1st Harper. 8vo., 371pp., illustrated by R. Busoni. VG, no DJ. (a11092)
$30.00 Beebe, William . BENEATH TROPIC SEAS
NY1937 13th Halcyon. A record of diving among the coral reefs of Haiti. 8vo., 234pp., color frontispiece of fish, monochrome photo illustrations, inde, hardcover. Owner bookplate. VG, minor wear to spine ends, no DJ. (a6090)
$19.00 Beebe, William . GALAPAGOS WORLD'S END
NY 1924-3rd Putnam. 24 color plates, 83 photo illus. 4to. 443p. Index. VG. (a5648)
$65.00 Bingham, Hiram . ACROSS SOUTH AMERICA , AN ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY FROM BUENOS AIRES TO LIMA BY WAY OF POTOSI WITH NOTES ON BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, CHILE AND PERU
Boston 1911 first edition Houghton. Hardcover. Octavo, 405pp., photo illustrations, green cloth with gilt. Good, spine browned, cover unevenly faded. (a76313)
$65.00 Blatchley, W. S. . SOUTH AMERICA AS I SAW IT, THE OBSERVATIONS OF A NATURALIST
Indianapolis 1934 1st Nature Publishing Company. Small octavo, 391pp., foldout map, hardcover. A few pencil marks in margins. VG plus. (a67349)
$20.00 Bourne, Benjamin Franklin . CAPTIVE IN PATAGONIA; OR, LIFE AMONG THE GIANTS, A PERSONAL NARRATIVE
Boston 1858 Gould and Lincoln. True adventures of Californian who travels to Straits of Magellan. 8vo., 233pp., illustrated with fullpage woodcuts, hardcover. Good, worn, tight lightly foxed, woodcuts toned, spine ends chipped and frayed. Rare. (lat400)
$295.00 Buckman, Williamson . UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS IN SOUTH AMERICA
NY 1914 1st Book Publishers' Press. Octavo, 482pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Two institution stamps on title page. Good, new endpapers, faint residue of spine label. Such a beautiful country! (a5337)
$20.00 Calderone de la Barca, Frances . LIFE IN MEXICO, DURING A RESIDENCE OF TWO YEARS IN THAT COUNTRY VOLUME 1 (OF 2)
Boston 1843 1st Charles C. Little and James Brown. Hardcover. Small octavo, 412pp., frontis woodcut illustration of street scene in Mexico City, original dark brown cloth. Good, chip on soine, slight foxing in text. Volume 1 only. (a76508)
$90.00 Campbell, Reau . CAMPBELL'S NEW REVISED COMPLETE GUIDE AND DESCRIPTIVE BOOK OF MEXICO.
Mexico 1899 Sonora News Company. 12mo., 351pp., photo illustrations, folding map in rear, index, original maroon cloth with gilt design. Owner signed on title page. Good, cover spotted, light wear. (a57158)
$20.00 Campbell, Reau . CAMPBELL'S NEW REVISED COMPLETE GUIDE AND DESCRIPTIVE BOOK OF MEXICO.
Mexico 1904 Sonora News Company. Sm.8vo., 351pp., photo illustrations, folding map in rear, index, original maroon cloth with gilt design. Owner signed on title page. VG. (a60128)
$45.00 Cook, William Azel . THROUGH THE WILDERNESSES OF BRAZIL BY HORSE CANOE AND FLOAT
NY 1909 1st American Tract Society. Hardcover. Octavo, 487pp., attractivey green cloth with black palm trees, blue sky, yellow lettering, etc. VG plus. (a71937)
$50.00 Cook, William Azel. . BY HORSE, CANOE AND FLOAT THROUGH THE WILDERNESS OF BRAZIL
Akron 1909 Werner. Hardcover. Octavo, 487pp., monochrome photo illustrations, boards. Near VG, spine lettering faded. (lat66)
$33.00 Croffut, W. A. Ph.D. . FOLKS NEXT DOOR THE LOG BOOK OF A RAMBLER
Washington c. 1905 3rd Eastside Publishing Co. Yachting adventures in the Northeast and in Maine; Fishing in Cape Cod, Quoddy Island, Newfoundland, Labrador, Quebec, Panama Canal, Mexico. Small octavo, 371pp., illustrations, original red cloth hardcover. VG, light cover wear, one leaf has light wear in the margin. Scarce. (a65990)
$120.00 Curtis, William Eleroy . BETWEEN THE ANDES AND THE OCEAN
Chicago 1900-1st Stone. "An account of an interesting journey down the west coast of South America from the Isthmus of Panama to the Straits of Magellan." 442pp., photos. Teg. Good, -cover faded, a bit worn. (a5346)
$85.00 Davies, Howell (editor) . THE SOUTH AMERICAN HANDBOOK 1949
London 26th edition. Trade and Travel Publications. 8vo., 750pp., one large color foldout map, hardcover. VG. (a1812)
$20.00 Davies, Howell (editor) . THE SOUTH AMERICAN HANDBOOK 1952
London 29th edition Trade and Travel Publications. 8vo., 765pp., one large color foldout map, limp red cloth hardcover. VG plus. (a76518)
$20.00 Deakin, Ralph . THE TOUR OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA
Philadelphia 1926 1st Lippincott. Introduction by the Prince of Wales. Lg.8vo., 302pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, light cover wear, light foxing on end pages, no DJ. (a58159)
$29.00 Father Joseph de Acosta; Clements R Markham (editor) . THE NATURAL AND MORAL HISTORY OF THE INDIES BY FATHER JOSEPH DE ACOSTA - VOL 1. THE NATURAL HISTORY (BOOKS I, II, III, AND IV)
Burt Franklin reprint of Hakluyt edition. Exploration in South America.Hardcover. Octavo, 295pp., greyblue cloth. VG. (a71489)
$45.00 Ferry, Gabriel (Eugene de Bellemore) . VAGABOND LIFE IN MEXICO
NY 1856 1st American. Author lived 7 years in Mexico. Sm.8vo., 344pp, plus Harpers book catalogue at end, original pressed cloth. Sabin 4534. Good, new endpapers, cover rubbed, corners and spine ends a bit worn. (a47505)
$82.00 Fleming, Peter. . BRAZILIAN ADVENTURE.
NY 1934 1st Scribners. A classic of a certain sub-genre of British travel writing: the wry, self-mocking observations of the unflappable Englishman abroad. 8vo., 412pp., illustrations, hardcover. Good, new end papers, small tear at head of spine, no DJ. (lat124)
$20.00 Franck, Harry A. . WORKING NORTH FROM PATAGONIA BEING THE NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY, EARNED ON THE WAY, THROUGH SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SOUTH AMERICA
NY 1922 (1921) Century. Hardcover. Large octavo, 650pp., iIllustrated with 176 unusual photographs by the author with a map showing his route, printed hardcover. VG, light wear, no DJ. (a53659)
$24.00 Goodspeed, Bernice. . MEXICAN TALES, A COMPILATION OF MEXICAN STORIES AND LEGENDS WITH MAP. . . AND TRAVEL DIRECTORY.
Mexico 1943 2nd American Book and Printing. 8vo., 227pp., wraps with attractive two-color woodblook illustrations. Inscribed and signed by Goodspeed. Good, light wear. (lat145)
$15.00 Guenther, Konrad . A NATURALIST IN BRAZIL
Boston 1931 Houghton Mifflin. Translated by B. Miall. Octavo, 400pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. VG, cover evenly soiled and shelf worn, no DJ. (a5822)
$19.00 Hall, Captaine B. . VOYAGE AU CHILI, AU PEROU, ET AU MEXIQUE, PENDANT LES ANNEES 1820, 1821, AND 1822 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Paris 1825 1st Arthus Bertrand. In French. 2 volumes. 8vo., 358pp., large folding map, 313pp., lxxviii, wraps. Institution stamp on title and on one text page in each volume. Good, light fraying and curling of all page edges; some light chipping on backstrips; bindings secure; text has occasional light foxing. (lat155)
$225.00 Isy-Schwart, Marcel . HAITI CHERIE
Port-au-Prince 1953 1st Henri Dechamps. In English and French. 8vo., color and monochrome photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, cover a bit faded, no DJ. (a5237)
$24.00 Kappel, Philip . JAMAICA GALLERY
Boston 1960 1st Little Brown. 4to., 25 drawings plus text of Author's impressions of Jamaica, hardcover. Inscribed and Signed by Kapper. VG in Good DJ. (lat188)
$20.00 Karig, Walter . THE FORTUNATE ISLANDS
NY 1948 1st Rinehart. Micronesia. 8vo., 226pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Owner bookplate. Good, no DJ. (a5219)
$27.00 LaVarre, William . GOLD, DIAMONDS AND ORCHIDS
NY 1935 1st Revell. Travel along Amazon River - An amazing story of a year's expedition into a lost world. 8vo., 298pp., photo illustrations, maps on end papers, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a26120)
$28.00 Markham, Clements R. . THE TRAVELS OF PEDRO DE DIEZA DE LEON A.D. 1532-50 CONTAINED IN THE FIRST PART OF HIS CHRONICLE OF PERU
Burt Franklin reprint of original Hakluyt edition.Translated and edited with notes and an introduction by Clements R. Markham. Octavo, 434pp., foldout map, blue grey cloth. Near Fine, no DJ. (a70682)
$250.00 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 Martin, Franklin H. MD . SOUTH AMERICA AMPLIFIED TO INCLUDE ALL OF LATIN AMERICA; THE VANDYCK CRUISE
Ny 1927 revised edition. Revell. 12mo., 435pp., photo illustrations, red cloth hardcover. Inscribed presentation copy (possibly from author but unsigned.) VG, no DJ. (a57754)
$25.00 Martin, Percy F. . THROUGH FIVE REPUBLICS ( OF SOUTH AMERICA) - A CRITICAL DESCRIPTION OF ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CHILE, URUGUAY AND VENEZUELA IN 1905 (original book not reprint)
NY 1906 1st Dodd Mead. Hardcover. Octavo, 487pp., 128 photo illustrations, 3 foldout maps, decorated cloth. Historical society bookplate. Good plus, light cover soiling, small residue of label on spine. (a71754)
$44.00 Maurois, Andre . MY LATIN-AMERICAN DIARY
London 1953 1st Falcon. Foreword by G. S. Fraser. Thin sm8ov., 89pp. Paper-covered boards. Good, paper unevenly faded, spine browned. Good (a26406)
$30.00 Medina, Jose Toribio . THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMAZON ACCORDING TO THE ACCOUNT OF FRIAR GASPAR DE CARVAJAL AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
NY 1935 2nd edition. American Geographical Society Special Publication No. 17. Edited by H. C. Heaton; translated from Spanish by Bertram Lee. Sm.4to., 467pp., printed hardcover. VG, spine browned, no DJ. (a43466)
$55.00 Michener, Carroll . HEIRS OF THE INCAS
NY 1924 1st Minton, Balch. 8vo., 287pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, no DJ. (a5320)
$26.00 Miller, George A . PROWLING ABOUT PANAMA
Illus by A and A.W. Best. NY 1919 Abingdon. 254p. Rear hinge cracking. Owner signed. Good. (a11520)
$25.00 Miller, Leo E. . IN THE WILDS OF SOUTH AMERICA SIX YEARS OF EXPLORATION IN COLOMBIA, VENEZUELA, BRITISH GUIANA, PERU, BOLIVIA, ARGENTINA, PARAGUAY AND BRAZIL
NY 1919 1st Scirbners. Hardcover. Octavo, 428pp., illustrations, large map, cloth. VG, new endpapers. (a71819)
$55.00 Minturn, Robert B. Jr. . FROM NEW YORK TO DELHI BY WAY OF RIO DE JANEIRO , AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
NY 1858 1st Appleton. 8vo., 488pp., color foldout map of India, cloth hardcover. Good, map wrinkled, spine ends worn down and frayed, beginning to tear along outer hinges. (a5392)
$75.00 Osborn, Chase S. . THE ANDEAN LAND 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Chicago 1909 1st McClrug. Two volumes. Octavo, 312pp., 331pp., illustrations, four maps, blue cloth hardcovers with map of South America and mounted picture of mountains on front. VG, covers rubbed. (a68321)
$75.00 Pam, Albert . ADVENTURES AND RECOLLECTIONS
Oxford 1945 1st University Press. Botanical explorer who travelled extensively in South America. Octavo, 178pp., frontis photo illustration of orchid, hardcover. Signed by Pam. Near Fine, no DJ. (a67965)
$52.00 Peck, Anne Marriman . ROUNDABOUT SOUTH AMERICA
NY 1940 1st Harper. 8vo., 359pp., author's illustrations, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a11084)
$20.00 Peck, Annie S. . THE SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR A DESCRIPTIVE GUIDE
NY 1924 new and revised edition, Doran. 8vo., 379pp., photo illustrations, color foldout map, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a5397)
$30.00 Saint-Hilaire, Auguste de . ESQUISSE DE MES VOYAGES AU BRESIL ET PARAGUAY
1946. Chronica Botanica Volume 10 No. 1. In Spanish. Large octavo, 61pp., illustrations, wraps. Cancelled laboratory stamp on front cover and title page. VG. (a66413)
$35.00 Savage-Landor, A. Henry . ACROSS UNKNOWN SOUTH AMERICA VOLUME 2
Boston 1913 1st Little Brown. Sm.4to., 439pp., 8 full page color plates, mnay monochrome photo illustrations, maps, index, dark blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. VG quarter-inch closed snag on backstrip cloth (no loss of cloth), spine faded. Volume 2 only. (a54934)
$165.00 Seymour, Walter . UPS AND DOWNS OF A WANDERING LIFE
NY 1910. 8vo., 308pp., frontis, original hardcover. Top edge gilt. VG, light focing, light rubbing on covers. (a58027)
$40.00 Silberman, Fred . JUNGLES AND SKYSCRAPERS
London 1941 Author. Copy #99 of 500. Author's travels in South America. Sm.4to., 181pp., mounted photo portrait of autho, drawings, decorated hardcover. VG, light wear and soiling. (a49682)
$45.00 Smith, Willard . PARAGUAYAN INTERLUDE OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
Scottsdale, Pa 1950-lst Herald press. 184p. Index. Author prof of history at Goshen College. Photo illus. Travel in Latin America. Fine. (a10750)
$35.00 Theroux, Paul . THE OLD PATAGONIAN EXPRESS BY TRAIN THROUGH THE AMERICAS
Boston 1979 Houghton Mifflin. Fine in VG DJ. (a14583)
$25.00 Ullman, James Ramsey . WHERE THE BONG TREE GROWS
Cleveland 1963 2nd World. The log of one man's journey in the South Pacific. 8vo., 318pp., maps, hardcover. Fine in VG Plus DJ. (a8924)
$19.00 van Sinderen, AdrIan . FROM THE CANAL TO THE HORN THE STORY OF SOUTH AMERICA
1953 1st Privately Printed. Limited to 650 copies. Sm.4to., 141pp., color and monochrome illustrations, printed hardcover. VG plus, light spotting on fore-eges, very light cover soiling, no DJ. (a57047)
$22.00 Veatch, A. C. . QUITO TO BOGOTA
London 1917 1st Hodder and Stoughton. 8vo., 338pp., some photo illustratiions, index, cloth. Signed by author. VG, cover rubbed, some light spotting on fore-edges, no DJ. (a21604)
$50.00 Vincent, Frank . AROUND AND ABOUT SOUTH AMERICA, TWENTY MONTHS OF QUEST AND QUERY
NY 1890 First edition Appleton. Hardcover. Octavo., 473pp., photo illustrations, color foldout map, brown cloth with row of palm trees on front. Good plus, light rubbing and discoloration of cover, tiny nick in front. (lat365)
$28.00 Wolf, Teodoro . VIAJES CIENTIFICOS POR LA REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR, VERIFICADOS Y PUBLICADOS POR ORDEN DEL SUPREMO GOBIERNO DE LA MISMA REPUBLICA, POR EL DR. T. WOLF I. RELACION DE UN VIAJE GEOGNOSTICO POR LA PROVINCIA DE LOJA. II. RELACION DE UN VIAJE GEOGNOSTICO POR LA PROVINCIA DEL AZUAY; III. MEMORIA SOBRE...PROVINCIA DE ESMERALDAS
Guayaquil 1879 Imprenta del Comercio. Hardcover. In Spanish. Three volumes bound in one.Octavo, (iv), 57pp., errata, two maps; 78pp., 2 maps; 87pp., one foldout lightly colored map, half maroon leather with blue marbled boards, raised spine bands and bright blue spine label. VG, light wear. (a71571)
$350.00 Zahl, Paul . CORO CORO THE WORLD OF THE SCARLET IBIS
NY 1954 1st (stated). Lg.8vo., 263pp., illus., index. VG in VG DJ. (a22445)
$30.00