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48. Barran, Jose P. & Benjamin Nahum. BASES ECONOMICAS DE LA
REVOLUCION ARGUISTA. Montevideo, De La Banda Oriental, 1964. 2nd
edition. Large 12mo. 192 pages. Normal browning, good condition,
tight copy; paperback. In Spanish. The economic history of federalism
along the Rio de la Plata. $10.00
985. Barrett, William E. WOMAN ON HORSEBACK: THE BIOGRAPHY OF
FRANCISCO LOPEZ AND ELIZA LYNCH. New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1938.
2nd printing. 8vo. 360 pages. Very good condition in chipped, worn
dust jacket. The story of an Irish girl who became the mistress of
South America's most powerful dictator & rode with him into battle.
$30.00
659. Bland, J.O.P. MEN, MANNERS AND MORALS IN SOUTH AMERICA. New York,
Scribners, 1920. 1st edition. 8vo. 319 pages. Rear cover a bit
spotted, good condition, tight copy. 19 pages of photographs. A very
interesting travelogue of city & countryside in Brazil, Uruguay,
Paraguay, & Argentina. $30.00
1179. Capurro, Federico E. VOLANDO SOBRE UN SIGLO. Montevideo, Self,
1973. 1st edition. 8vo. 127 pages. Very good condition; pasteboard
covers. In Spanish. An autobiography of an engineer from Uruguay,
complete with romantic adventures in New York with his English
teacher. $9.50
1881. Galeano, Eduardo. WALKING WORDS. New York, Norton, 1995. 1st
U.S. edition. 8vo. 328 pages. About fine condition in dust jacket.
Profusely illustrated with woodcuts by Jose Francisco Borges of
Brazil. Short stories, riddles, aphorisms & paradoxes. $15.00
173. Gorham, J. Richard, ed. PARAGUAY: ECOLOGICAL ESSAYS. Miami,
Academy of the Americas, 1973. 1st edition. 4to. 296 pages. Very good
condition. 33 plates, many figures. A most impressive work on natural
history, geology, climate, geography, & human ecology & myth. $45.00
942. Larreta, Antonio. THE LAST PORTRAIT OF THE DUTCHESS OF ALBA.
Bethesda, Adler & Adler, 1988. 1st edition. 8vo. 214 pages. Fine
condition in dust jacket. Who killed the naked Maja? A historical
murder mystery by an Uruguayan; this first novel won the Editorial
Planeta Prize. $15.00
307. Lewis, Paul H. POLITICAL PARTIES AND GENERATIONS IN PARAGUAY'S
LIBERAL ERA 1869-1940. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina,
1993. 1st edition. 8vo. 227 pages. About fine condition in dust
jacket. 3 maps, bibliography. A search for order in the chaos of
politics in Paraguay. $20.00
1851. Martinez Moreno, Carlos. EL INFIERNO. London, Readers
International, 1988. 1st edition. Small 8vo. 266 pages. About fine
condition in dust jacket. The rise and fall of the Tupamaros. The
first novel to appear in English by Uruguay's great contribution to
the post-War literary generation. $15.00
1308. McNaspy, C.J. with photographs by J.M. Blanch. LOST CITIES OF
PARAGUAY: ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE JESUIT REDUCTIONS 1607-1767.
Chicago, Loyola University, 1982. 1st edition. 4to. 159 pages. Near
fine condition in price clipped dust jacket. Well illustrated. The
history of the place Voltaire called "the triumph of humanity" and
the art created by its indigenous workers. $30.00
1735. Mundo Lo, Sara de. INDEX TO SPANISH AMERICAN COLLECTIVE
BIOGRAPHY: VOLUME 4 - THE RIVER PLATE COUNTRIES. Boston, G.K. Hall,
1985. 1st edition. 4to. 388 pages. One corner bumped, very good
condition. A marvelous bibliography of the biographies in Spanish &
English of persons from Argentina, Paraguay, & Uruguay. $45.00
962. Pendle, George. PARAGUAY: A RIVERSIDE NATION. London, Royal
Institute, 1956. 2nd edition. Small 8vo. 120 pages. Clipped fly,
else very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket. 7 pages
annotated bibliography. $19.50
611. Rama, Angel. LA GENERCION CRITICA 1939-1969. Montevideo, Arca
Editirial, 1972. 1st edition. 12mo. 255 pages. Edges rubbed, good
condition, tight copy; paperback. In Spanish. Literary history &
criticism from the birth of Marcha & publication of Onetti's El Poso.
$12.50
1756. Ramirez, Mari Carmen, ed. EL TALLER TORRES-GARCIA: THE SCHOOL
OF THE SOUTH AND ITS LEGACY. Austin, University of Texas, 1992. 1st
paperback edition. 4to. 395 pages. Very good condition; paperback. A
massive catalog, analysis & excerpts of the work of the artist & his
students in print making, painting & sculpture. $17.50
1891. Ramirez, Mari Carmen, ed. EL TALLER TORRES-GARCIA: THE SCHOOL
OF THE SOUTH AND ITS LEGACY. Austin, University of Texas, 1992. 1st
edition. large 4to. 395 pages. About fine condition in dust jacket. A
major contribution to art history, well illustrated in color & black
& white. The premiere print workshop of South America. $45.00
331. Ray, G. Whitfield. THROUGH FIVE REPUBLICS ON HORSEBACK: BEING
AN ACCOUNT OF MANY WANDERINGS IN SOUTH AMERICA. Cleveland, C. Hauser,
1917. 15th revised edition. 8vo. 277 pages. Good condition. Map, 11
pages of photographs. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, & Uruguay,
concentrates on the indigenous peoples. $10.00
1219. Read, Piers Paul. ALIVE: THE STORY OF THE ANDES SURVIVORS.
Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1974. 8vo. 364 pages. Slightly cocked, very
good condition; paperback. Advance proof copy. The plane crash of a
Uruguyan rugby team, survival through faith & cannibalism. $10.00
1030. Roa Bastos, Augusto. I THE SUPREME. New York, Knopf, 1986. 1st
U.S. edition. 8vo. 433 pages. Near fine condition in dust jacket.
Based on the life of one of the leaders of Paraguay's revolution of
1811, a difficult, important, watershed novel. $25.00
1440. Rodriguez-Alcala, Hugo. KORN, ROMERO, GUIRALDES, UNAMUNO,
ORTEGA, LITERATURA PARAGUAYA Y OTROS ENSAYOS. Mexico, Ediciones de
Andrea, 1958. 1st edition. 8vo. 239 pages. Cornere a bit bumped, very
good condition, uncut; paperback. In Spanish. #321 of 950 numbered
copies with 50 withdrawn from commerce. Prolog by Torres-Rioseco.
Paraguayan literary criticism. $20.00
2005. Segundo, Juan Luis. GRACE AND THE HUMAN CONDITION. Maryknoll,
Orbis, 1973. 1st edition. 8vo. 213 pages. Very good condition;
paperback. A liberation theological examination of the concept of
grace done in collaboration with the Peter Faber Center of Montevideo.
$12.50
1932. UNITED STATES SENATE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS, 1ST Session 52nd
Congress, 1891-92, Vol. 3, No. 8, Parts 2 - 6. HANDBOOK OF NICARAGUA,
SANTO DOMINGO, PARAGUAY, & BOLIVIA, & LAWS OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS
ON IMMIGRATION & SALE OF LANDS. Washington D.C., G.P.O., 1892. 8vo.
1142 pages. Buckram rebind; very good condition, light edge browning.
Each handbook has a large, folding color map & many plates & history,
natural history, resource, political & other sections. $50.00
1933. UNITED STATES SENATE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS, 1ST Session 52nd
Congress, 1891-92, Vol. 3, No. 8, Parts 7 - 11. HANDBOOK OF HONDURAS,
EL SALVADOR, PERU, URUGUAY, & HAITI. Washington D.C., G.P.O., 1892.
8vo. 1087 pages. Buckram rebind; very good condition, light edge
browning. Each handbook has a large, folding color map & many plates
& history, natural history, resource, political & other sections.
$50.00
1225. Visca, Arturo Sergio. ASPECTOS DE LA NARRATIVA CRIOLLISTA.
Montevideo, Biblioteca Nacional, 1972. 1st edition. 12mo. 356 pages.
Very good condition; paperback. In Spanish. Literary history from
Fernandez y Medina to Ballestros & Dotti, Uruguayan novels from mid
19th to mid 20th Centuries. $9.50
1018. Warren, Harris Gaylord. PARAGUAY: AN INFORMAL HISTORY. Norman,
University of Oklahoma, 1949. 1st edition. 8vo. 393 pages. good
condition, tight copy. 8 maps, 20 plates, 10 page bibliography.
$30.00
1924. Wood, Bryce. THE UNITED STATES AND LATIN AMERICAN WARS 1932-
1942. New York, Columbia University, 1966. 1st edition. 8vo. 519
pages. Very good condition in price clipped dust jacket. The Chaco
War, Bolivia & Paraguay; the Leticia conflict, Peru & Colombia; & the
Maran~on dispute, Peru & Ecuador are examined. $17.50
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