Lyde, Lionel W,: A GEOGRAPHY OF SOUTH AMERICA INCLUDING THE WEST INDIES
(A&C Black 1907 3rd edn) 12mo hbk. vi, 77,[10] pp. VG. This NOT a POD book with bits missing and badly produced, but an original, proper book. (Book ref. 10292) £20.00
Box, Ben South American Handbook 2000
Bath: Footprint Handbooks, 1999. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 1900949385 Seventy-sixth edition, 1680 pages, no previous owner marks Take off and discover the magnificence of South America with this king of travel guides, the longest running in the English language and a living legend in guidebook publishing. (Book ref. 5277) £20.35
manning, William R., ed. DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES: Inter-American Affairs, 1831-1860 - Volume 10 the netherlands, paraguay, peru - documents 4477 - 5032
Hardback Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 1st Edition 1938 913 All items in stock -posted First Class on day of order (if received before 4.00pm) - expect next day delivery in UK, or within 3-6 working days for all non-UK destinations 1 V Very Good (Book ref. 537404) £60.00
Carlisle, Christabel: Seven (7) Countries of South America
London: George G Harrap, 1965 First edition, very good tight condition, in a good unclipped (35/-) dust-jacket with several small tears to edges, publisher's original blue clothboards with white blocking to spine, 161 pages including index, b/w photo illustrations, 4 b/w maps--------------"An account of a journey through the most fascinating countries of the continent least known to Britons. The unfamiliar history of the seven republics (Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, The Argentine, Chile, Peru & Bolivia ) is outlined, dealing with the successive waves of Spanish and Portuguese conquerors, the rise of dictators - and their falls- th bitter wars, and the eventual emergence of precarious democracies." (Book ref. 1625) £5.00
Carlisle, Christabel: Seven Countries of South America;
London, Harrap, 1965; 1st edition. Hardback. Very good/ Dust jacket Good+. ix, 161pp with coloured frontis. & black/white photographic illustrations , index plus 4 maps. Navy covers with white title on spine. Dust jacket has small loss at bottom of spine. " An interesting account of a journey through the most fascinating countries of the continent least known to Britons." (Book ref. 15925) £6.00
Foreign Office TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE, & NAVIGATION, BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND THE REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY. SIGNED AT ASSUMPTION, MARCH 4, 1853
London: Houses of Parliament, 1854. 10pp. Folio. Paper wrappers. British Parliamentary Paper. A clean copy. (Book ref. 158707) £20.00
WHEATLEY, Nigel: Where to watch birds in South America.
London: Christopher Helm, 1994. 1st. VG+ laminated green h/b with col illus to covers & yellow/white lettering to covers & spine; No d/w. 14cms x 22.25cms, 431pp. B/w illus to title page; b/w illus & maps. Clean, unmarked copy. Weight 562g. 0713639091. (Book ref. 2789) £7.50
Meyer, Gordon The River and the People
London: Readers Union Methuen, 1967. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good-. 8vo The top spine end has been bumped a little o/w a very tight clean book without owner's inscriptions. The dustwrapper has some rubbing to the spine ends and cover edges and has some supportive repair to the top spine end. (Book ref. 010870) £5.50
Attenborough,D..: ZOO QUEST IN PARAGUAY.
Lutterworth Press. 1959. pp.168,illus.colour and b.& w.,map,8vo..1st and only edition. A fine hardback copy in a very good dust-wrapper. (Book ref. 1195) £10.00
BINNS DONALD SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAN SPECIAL
LOCOMOTIVES INTERNATIONAL, 1993. 1st. Card. VG. 4to 0907941389 Series of long articlea on aspects of the railways of South America and Cuba with many photos. 68pp. VG copy in card covers. (Book ref. 008441) £13.00
ATTENBOROUGH (D).: The Zoo Quest Expeditions. Travels in Guyana, Indonesia and Paraguay. [The first 'Zoo Quest' omnibus]
Lutterworth Press, Guildford, [1980] 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page) in the text, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dust wrapper, the latter very lightly age-browned at extremities. A companion volume to 'Journeys to the Past', the first Zoo Quest omnibus contains abridged versions of the three original volumes 'Zoo Quest to Guiana', 'Zoo Quest for a Dragon' and 'Zoo Quest to Paraguay'. (Book ref. 18385) £32.00
Graham, R. B. Cunninghame A Vanished Arcadia: Being some Account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607 to 1767.
London, Heinemann 1924 New Edition. 8vo., bound in green cloth gilt, VG overall.....FOR FURTHER DESCRIPTION, PLEASE ENQUIRE. * To see a scan of this book please visit our Home page ** Our shop is open to visitors Monday to Saturday 10am - 5pm. - Credit and (UK) Debit cards welcome.- Books posted Worldwide. - For any queries please contact us direct. (Book ref. 33916) £25.00
Von Dombrowski, Katharina Terre Des Femmes, Roman d'un Peuple Disparu
Paris: Editions Albin Michel, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall B0010XSS0K Motif doré sur les plats Roman d'un peuple disparu, au Paraguay. Livre du mois pour août 1952, avec un frontispice et une reliure dessinés par Alexis Keunen. Exemplaire numéroté: 2434/3000. Traduit de l'allemand par G. Sellier-Leclercq. French text. (Book ref. 024136) £10.00
Meyer, Gordon The River and the People
London: Methuen/Readers Union, 1967. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall B000VA3CPY An account of the author's journeys in Argentina and Paraguay along the Rio de la Plata, Paraguay and Parana rivers, including some history of the area (Book ref. 007007) £8.00
GRUBB ( W. Barbrooke ) Among the Indians of the Paraguayan Chaco : a story of missionary work ... edited by Gertrude Wilson.
Charles Murray ... ,, 1904 FIRST EDITION, with frontispiece, 57 illustrs, some full-page and a folding coloured map, pp xiv, 176, 8vo, original cloth : wanting a blank flyleaf at end, otherwise very-good-nice 1904 (Book ref. 6219) £48.00
H. Guedalla. Startling disclosures tending to show that Peru has hitherto been ruined by European financing sharks, in league with corrupt officials, being as far as regards its plundered and duped foreign bondholders an exact repetition on a gigantic scale of the same miserable artifices resorted to in the St. Domingo, Honduras, Paraguay and Costa Rica loans, as shown in the Parliamentary inquiry of 1874.
3rd ed., with latest intelligence. London: Darling & Son, 1879. 65p pamphlet. Ex-library copy de-accessioned from the Guildhall library. Paper covers with title on front cover. Chip to outside top corner and along outside edges, without loss. Dust soiling to covers. Oval library stamp to covers and within text. No labels, pockets etc. A rare title. (Book ref. wb10169) £80.00
Koebel, W. H. Paraguay
T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., 1917. 1st. Edition. 348 pp. with 32 illus. and fldg. map. First ed. Ex-library copy in solid library binding, shelf number on spine, and library stamps & sticker. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" . Comprehensive history of Paraguay with chapters covering the original inhabitants, the entry of the Spaniards, the founding of the colony, the govenors, the Jesuit mission, the Paraguayan war, cattle, tobacco, trade, etc. (Book ref. 04717) £24.00
Lynelle Tume Latin American Cookbook
Tiger Books, London, 1986 4to, . hardbound. profusely illustrated (illustrator). reprint. * Recipes from all over Latin America - Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Venezuela, Chile. AS NEW in near-new d/w. SUMMER SALE = ALL PRICES NOW WITH 30% REDUCTION OFF THE LISTED PRICE (Book ref. 109923) £20.00
NEWNES, GEORGE (Publisher): The Wide World Magazine. An Illustrated Monthly of Adventure, Travel, Customs, and Sport. "Truth is Stranger than Fiction". Volume LXXXIII ( 83 ). April to September 1939.
London: George Newnes, 1939. Profusely illustrated throughout. 8vo (9 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches), 504-pages. Original blue cloth pictorially blocked in gilt and black; extremely bright and attractive. Blindstamped address on upper margin of title. The Lost Cannibals; The Elk-Killers of Whynooche; Adventures Among the Eskimos; Black Man Ju-Ju; Leopard Trapping in Bengal; A New Chum in Paraguay; Australian Buffalo Hunters; A Rhodesian Man-Hunt; Wild Catting; and much else. (Book ref. 11116) £35.00
Barclay, Glen Struggle for a continent: a diplomatic history of South America, 1917 - 1945
Sidgwick & Jackson, 1971. 0283484357 First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the edges and lightly chipped at the corners. 214 pages, footnotes, bibliography, index (Book ref. 33620) £7.00