Search Results: HISTORY - Latin America - Central America Books

New York, New York, USA: Laurel/Dell Publishing, 1987. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Laurel Trade Paperback in Good Condition. A Political Ornithology of Central America. Colorful and bright wraps with illus of a large bird on front, clean and unmarked with wear around all edges; binding solid, spine not creased; text block edges and pages are clean with no marks of any kind. Maslow's account of his journey into Guatemala traces the history of the Quetzal, a near mythical bird sacred to the Maya, and the Guatemalan people, from the heights of classical Myan civilization to the depths of depredation today--where the Bird of Life, the Quetzal, is dying, and the Bird of Death, the vulture, is fluorishing. Edward Abbey said this was "A bold journey into the heart of one of the most cruel , corrupt, and evil places on earth". 249 pages, indexed. 1987, Laurel/Dell Publishing, New York, New York, USA

Washington DC: National Security Center, 1998. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Paperback Book in Near Fine Condition, by the President of the National Security Center, 1998. Introduction by Captain G. Russell Evans, USCG (Ret). Clean and bright, unmarked, no creasing. Pages very clean and free of any markings. 111 pages. 7 x 4.25 inches. Published by the National Security Center, Washington DC, 1998.

Cleveland: World Publishing Co. 1961 1st ed. 618pp. illus. hardback sm 4to quarter-bound in navy cloth w/pictorial cover boards: Good in a torn but not tattered dj [some edge rubbing of cover boards; else a clean and complete copy] A standard work by the prolific American writer and explorer von Hagen (1908-85).

Perennial Library, 1989. Lightly edgeworn, price markered out on lower rear cover, one page with yellow highlighting and a couple of pages with ink markings. 168 pages.. 3rd Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

University Press of America, 2003-01-28. Paperback. Good. Ex-library with stamps and stickers, pages generally clean

USA; Australia; England: Element Books Ltd, 1996. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Reprint Trade Paperback in NEAR FINE Condition. Little used, if at all. Glossy, clean, bright cover with the faintest of wear to bottom edge. Tight and square glued binding. Internals As New. Sixteen full colour plates of the Mayan civilization. Diagrams and drawings throughout. The author states that the Maya 5000 years ago predicted the present world will end on December 22, 2012. The mysterious Mayan peoples whose ruined pyramids and temples in the depths of the Central American rainforests are alive with inscriptions that baffled scholars for centuries. Who were the Maya? Where did they come from and why did they suddenly disappear? In this book the co-authors offer controversial answers that the establishment experts refuse to accept. Decoding the complex Mayan astrological prophecies, they tell of catastrophes to come in and after 2012. They state we are standing on the threshold of… Read More

Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Westview Press, 1989. Book. VG. Trade Paperback. Very nice copy of this scholarly work on Central America. 208 pages, purple spine with white block printing..

Ex-library, and before that part of a private copllection, embossed stamp on title page. Revised and Expanded Edition, 1976. Book is in very good condition. Dust Jacket, attached with tape, is in good condition with shelf wear and small damages to the edges. Drawings by Dolona Roberts. 220 pages, illustrated with many black and white photographs. Binding tight, pages clean. - See more at: http://books.themadhouseartists.com/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=938#sthash.Nfd2UyLN.dpuf

Fairfield, Washington, U.S.A.: Ye Galleon Press, 1983. New Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Fine. Octavo, 37 pages Her husband, Jesse Morgan, was murdered in Sacramento. [Mintz 556; Townley, AMERICAN TRAILS, p.108}.

Montreal: CBC Enterprises, 1985. Paper bound, first edition, 74pp. From the CBC Massey Lectures series. Scattered scored text and notes to margins throughout else very good. 100 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

NY: Ballantine, 1976. Mass market paperback, 1st edition, 246pp includes 32pp bank of photos. Spine a bit splayed else very good. 155 grams.

NY: Harper & Row, 1968. Mass market paperback, 1st Perennial Library edition, xii + Pp287. Includes appendix and index. Remainder mark bottom and top edges otherwise tight and unmarked - a very good or better copy. 220 grams.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Second Printing. Hardcover Out-of-Print Book and Jacket in Fine Condition. Mylar Jacket Cover. Clean, unmarked, tight & solid volume. Pages toned. Firsthand reporting gives the reader a fair-minded account of Nicaragua today (1980s). A help in separating the myth from reality in Central America. Davis reminds us who the revolutionary leader Sandino was and what the Somozas did to their own people and he examines the bitter, bloody conflict between the Sandinistas and the US supported contras. 347 pages. 5.8 x 8.75 inches. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1987.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1977. Very Good/None issued. Historical account of the building of the Panama canal. 698 pages, with lots of maps ansd pictures.From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Truman, here is the national bestselling epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal. In The Path Between the Seas, acclaimed historian David McCullough delivers a first-rate drama of the sweeping human undertaking that led to the creation of this grand enterprise. The Path Between the Seas tells the story of the men and women who fought against all odds to fulfill the 400-year-old dream of constructing an aquatic passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is a story of astonishing engineering feats, tremendous medical accomplishments, political power plays, heroic successes, and tragic failures. Applying his remarkable gift for writing lucid, lively exposition, McCullough weaves the many strands of the momentous event into a comprehensive and captivating tale. Winner of the… Read More

London, England: Paul Hamlyn, Hamlyn Publishing Group. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. 139 pages: 8.5 x 11.25 in.: 2: KB#002178: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Illustrated front and back endpapers. 24 pages in colour. Over 100 illustrations in black & white. Fully Indexed. Boards are red cloth with black embossed image on cover and spine lettering. "Our knowledge of the beliefs and traditions of the Andean high cultures, despite the loss of so much evidence, has been implemented with new discoveries and the fact that so much survives in the customs of present day Quechua and Aymara Indians - the direct successors of those who fell to the Spaniards. " If interested, I have the several others volumes in this Mythology Series. .

NY: Vintage, 1971. Mass market paperback, 1st printing. Two small holes punched to top of cover else very good. Justice Douglas suggests that we abandon the role of leader and work with Latin America as a partner in a cooperative economy. His proposed system - a hemispheric co-op. Makes sense!

NY: W.W. Norton, 1984. Trade paperback, viii + Pp378. Extensively referenced, with bibliography & index. Rear cover moderately creased otherwise a tight and clean, very good or better copy. 390 grams.

Havana: Ministry of Foreign Relations, 1962. Paper bound in green and white original wrappers, first English language edition, 74pp. A few dog-eared pages else very good in moderatelyt soiled covers. 100 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Toronto: Between the Lines, 1985. Paper bound, 124pp + xv. Includes bibliography & appendices. A tight, unmarked, very good copy. 185 grams.

London: Latin America Bureau, 1981. Paper bound, xi + Pp273. Includes bibliography, list of useful addresses, list of abbreviations, and index. Very good in moderately scuffed card covers. 435 grams.