Madrid: Bernardino de Guzman, [1626]. [4]pp. In Spanish. Woodcut illustration of ship and boats landing near a castle on first page. Small folio. Dbd. Contemporary manuscript docketing on fourth page. Early folds. Large chip (approximately 2 3/4 x 2 inches) in lower outer corner of second leaf, touching a few.....
Mexico. 1886. [32],[7]-86,[6]pp. Quarto. Contemporary three quarter pebbled calf. Binding a bit scuffed, small chips at head and toe of spine, internally about fine. First issued in 1714. This modern edition features corrections and additions by Dr. A. Penafiel. Basalenque was a late 16th to mid-17th century Augustinian serving in.....
Barcelona: Administracion y redaccion del plus ulta, 1856. v,[7]-95,[1]pp. plus one plate. Later 19th-century half morocco over speckled boards. Covers slightly scuffed. Internally clean and fresh. A fine copy. The first edition in Spanish of Becher's THE STORM COMPASS, OR SEAMAN'S HURRICANE COMPANION, first published in London in 1853. This.....
[Madrid. N.d., ca. 1690]. 92,[2] leaves. Folio. Late 19th-century marbled wrappers. Wrappers chipped at foredge. Additional manuscript pagination, the text likely bound in a sammelband at some point. Occasional light tanning and foxing. Small worm track in the upper gutter of several leaves. About very good. In a folding cloth.....
Iquique [Chile]: Imp. de "El Comercio," 1878. [4],74,xvi,[1]pp. Dbd. Light foxing and wear. About very good. Municipal laws of Peru, compiled by Guillermo Billinghurst, Secretary of the Provincial Council of the Tarapaca Region of Peru. Tarapaca was ceded to Chile by Peru after the War of the Pacific (1879-1883); Iquique.....
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[Cochabamba. 1887]. Broadside, 8 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Several minor edge tears, some weakness along fold lines, otherwise very good. An amusing late-19th century political leaflet from the Bolivian city of Cochabamba, in which the writers accuse their liberal opponents of being sore electoral losers and of raving "like.....
Chuquisaca: Tipografia de Chuquisaca, 1833. [2],33pp. In Spanish. Pages 17 and 21 reversed due to printer's error. Small folio. Gathered signatures, stitched. Contemporary ink ownership inscription ("Señor Dn. Manuel Capiede [?]") and later clerical ink inscription ("RM No 694") in upper margin of titlepage. Ink ownership stamp on titlepage and.....
Chuquisaca: Imprenta Boliviana, May 30, 1827. [2],33pp. In Spanish. Pages 17 and 21 reversed due to printer's error. Gathered signatures, stitched. Clerical ink inscription ("763 G.R.M.") in inner margin of titlepage. Minor light staining. Very good, untrimmed. In a half morocco box. The extremely rare second and last official edition.....
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[La Paz]: Imprenta del Colejio de Educandas, 1829. Broadside, [2]pp., 17 x 12 1/2 inches. Previously folded, with tears along fold lines repaired by tape on the verso. A few minor chips and small tears at edges. Two other small holes not affecting text. Lightly tanned and dampstained. Good. A.....
Maure. 1879. Broadside, 33.2 x 22.2 cm. Minor contemporary manuscript correction, else very good. A call to arms in verse, but after the Bolivian Litoral had already been lost. "Arriba bolivianos! Cada hombre es ciudadano." A scarce Bolivian imprint.
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[Chuquisaca. 1837]. Broadside, 12 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Several chips and tears, one two-inch tear at lower right edge. Light foxing and tanning. About good. Nationalist broadside issued by the Bolivian congress in 1837, addressed to the people and exhorting them to have faith in the strength of the.....
Sucre: Tipografia de la Libertad, September 23, 1887. Broadsheet, [2]pp., 12 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. Several chips, small tears, and moderate tanning at edges. Top two corners torn away, and two further top edge tape repairs, not affecting text. Several tears along fold lines. About good. A Bolivian broadside.....
Sucre. 1887. Broadsheet, 13 x 8 1/2 inches. Creased, chipped at extremities. Good. Concerns the Bolivian retreat at Camarones in 1879. The author feels a patriotic obligation to call attention to this period, lest time clear the guilt of the delinquents.
Chayanta, Bolivia. 1834. 9pp. Quarto. Stitched sheets. Light creases and scattered soiling. Very good. Funeral sermon for Señora Magdalena Sotomayor, whom the text refers to as an illustrious woman of the town. The first page of the oration features an elaborate manuscript frame around the text.
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[Chuquiasca. 1839]. Broadsheet, [2]pp., 12 3/4 x 8 inches. 2 1/4 inch tear at lower right edge, minor soiling and tanning. Good. A short address to the Bolivian people by newly elected president José Miguel de Velasco in 1839, denouncing the previous ten years of dictatorship under Andrés de Santa.....
Tucuman, Argentina. 1943. 99pp. Folding map. Printed wrappers. A bit tanned, as usual, wraps a bit soiled, else fine and unopened. Describes the entrada of the first Spanish in the 1540's to this province of Argentina.
Madrid. 1819. 94pp. Antique style full calf, gilt. Octavo. Unobtrusive 19th century blind stamp on titlepage. Very good. This sermon was delivered at the memorial service of four missionaries martyred by Yuma Indians on the Colorado River in 1781. "The learned sermon is valuable for its extended notes on the.....
Mexico. 1777. 4pp. printed on folded folio sheet. Woodcut initial. Very good. An interesting and important document issued by the Viceroy of New Spain concerning the formation of a corporation of mines in Mexico for more efficient regulation and production. Included are appointments of several mine owners as members of.....
Buenos Aires. 1807-1809. Three bound volumes, plus nine unbound or disbound pamphlets, for a total of 224 separate imprints (including one Rio de Janeiro imprint, two Spanish imprints, and two Buenos Aires duplicates). All items but one (the Rio de Janeiro imprint at the beginning of the first volume, printed.....
Vera Cruz. 1832. 23pp. Dbd. Title-leaf foxed, else near fine. During the Mexican War of Independence against Spain, Bustamante, a doctor, fought for the Spanish as a cavalry officer before joining Iturbide's forces. He served as vice president, and president of Mexico in 1830 and again from 1837 to 1841.....
Madrid: En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta, 1769. [16],176; [12],55pp. plus folding map colored in outline. Frontis. Small quarto. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, raised bands. Upper hinge expertly repaired. Remarkably clean internally. A fine copy. The second Spanish edition, produced the same year as the first, and following.....
Santiago. 1926. 440pp. Printed wrappers. Wrappers soiled and chipped at overlap edges. Internally tanned but very good, largely unopened. History of Chile, covering the economical, social, and political aspects, etc.
Madrid. 1906. Two volumes.xxx,388,[5]; xii,428,[4]pp. Original paper printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly soiled. Volume one with repair tape on spine, small tear on front wrapper. Later ownership stamp on front flyleaves. Text block cracked in volume one. Small section loose but attached on volume two. Good. Later edition of the famous.....
Lima: En la Imprenta de los Huerfanos, 1783. [116],144pp. Small quarto. Contemporary vellum, printed paper label. Ex-lib. ink stamp on titlepage, covered over with white out. Some light scattered foxing. Very good. Funerary work for Maria Antonio de San Josepha (1718-81), which includes a labyrinth poem in the shape of.....
Lima: En la Imprenta de los Huerfanos, 1783. [116],144pp. Small quarto. Contemporary vellum, remnants of printed paper label. Light soiling to titlepage. Minor scattered soiling and foxing. Slight worming in center of text block, minutely affecting text. Corners trimmed off of two leaves toward front. Good. Funerary work for Maria.....
