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Westward From Rio

By: Bowman, Heath and Stirling Dickinson

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Chicago/New York, Willett, Clark & Co.: 1936

Seller ID: 012801

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean green cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine, illustration of palm trees on spine. Fraying to cloth at top edge of spine; wear to two lower corner tips. Hint of fading to spine and board edges. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean and bright. SIGNED by both authors on half-title page. Clean illustrated endpapers (small previous owner name at top edge of front free endpaper). Illustrated with 100 block prints. 351 pgs. Large 8vo. Adventure.
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Uttermost Part of the Earth

By: Bridges, E. Lucas

Price: $60.00

Publisher: London, Readers Union / Hodder & Stoughton: 1951

Seller ID: 028644

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean hardcover book (Readers Union Edition, published 1951). Clean green cloth-covered boards with blue metallic title box and lettering (title box lightly rubbed). No fraying or wear-through; one rear lower corner slightly bumped. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writng or marks. Illustrated with remarkable sepia tone photographs. Maps on endpapers, additional maps and drawings. Introduction by A. F. Tschiffely. Foreword by the author. 558 pages with index. Scarce, interesting book on the author's...
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East Meets West, South of the Border

By: Canfield, D. Lincoln

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Carbondale and Edwardsville, Southern Illinois University Press: 1968

Seller ID: 016230

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition, SIGNED by author. Clean green cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Hint of slight fading at extreme upper edge of front board. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Inscribed in Spanish and signed, dated on front free endpaper by author. Previous owner name and date below. 137 pgs. Dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, with small spot on front panel near fold edge (smaller than a dime); one 1/16" closed edge tear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Latin America.
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The Puma's Claw

By: Clark, Simon

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Boston/Toronto, Little Brown: 1959

Seller ID: 012080

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Orange cloth boards have light soiling, no bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. 223 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, but has large chips. Story of the seven young men who climbed Pumasillo or "the Puma's Claw" in the Andes of Peru in 1957. 8vo. Mountaineering.
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Amazon Head-Hunters

By: Cotlow, Lewis

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, Henry Holt & Company: 1953

Seller ID: 024544

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Later printing, association copy, inscribed and SIGNED by the author, in original unclipped dust jacket. Very clean rose paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper: "To my fellow explorer Allan R. Holmberg with high esteem and sincere best wishes for continued success on your Peruvian humanitarian project. - Lewis Cotlow (Christmas 1957)." Laid in is a four page review of the book with photographs by the San ...
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Dom Pedro of Brazil

By: Criss, Mildred

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd Mead: 1945

Seller ID: 013166

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean green cloth boards with gold crown on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers (decorated with maps). No names, writing or marks. 308 pgs. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has a few short closed edge tears, very tiny chip at top of spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. This book, written for high school age readers and up, is a well researched dramatic biography of Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil.
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The Jungle and the Damned

By: Davis, Hassoldt

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, Duell, Sloan & Pearce: 1952

Seller ID: 011043

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear, but some sunning to spine. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. 306 pgs. This book is from the collection of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. and comes with a document certifying that the book is from that collection, signed by the Roosevelt Library Director. Author's expedition to French Guiana in South America, illustrated with photographs and maps. Dust jacket is not price clipped, has small corner chips and chipping at top spine edge, crease at top of rear panel. ...
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The Green Cathedral: Sustainable Development of Amazonia

By: De Onis, Juan

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York/Oxford, Oxford University Press: 1992

Seller ID: 010900

ISBN: 0-19-507460-2

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean yellow/orange cloth boards with green cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages are clean and bright, with remainder mark on bottom and top page edges. No names, writing or bookplates. 280 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear or tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8 vo.. South America.
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South American Adventures

By: Desmond, Alice Curtis

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, MacMillan: 1934

Seller ID: 015344

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Boards are unfaded and quite clean, a few very faint water spots to boards resulting in loss of sheen. Hint of surface wear to corners, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 284 pgs. 8vo. South America.
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Desert Memories: Journeys Through the Chilean North

By: Dorfman, Ariel

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Washington DC, National Geographic Directions: 2004

Seller ID: 028964

ISBN: 0792262409

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Clean first edition in unchipped dust jacket. Clean pale orange paper-covered boards with black cloth spine, bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean pale yellow endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 283 pages + "About the Author". Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. "Rarely has a desert been so filled with life as the one Ariel Dorfman depicts in this remarkable trek through Chile's Norte Grande...with the eloquence ...
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Panama - The Canal, The Country, and the People

By: Edwards, Albert

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Macmillan: 1911

Seller ID: 019657

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

"Published, October, 1911" on copyright page, 1911 on title page. Clean red cloth boards with black cecoration, gold lettering on cover and spine. Hint of surface wear to corners, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 585 pp. with index. Frontis photo portrait of George Washington Goethals, Chairman and Chief Engineer of the Isthmian Canal Commission. Illustrated with black & white photographs, fold-out map.
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Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival

By: Ghinsberg, Yossi

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Austin, Texas, Boomerang New Media: 2006

Seller ID: 028420

ISBN: 0977171906

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First printing in clean unchipped dust jacket. Clean brown boards with gold lettering on spine. Very slight pushing to spine ends, nice sharp corners. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. All pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Two page map. 241 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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White River, Brown Water: A Record-Making Kayak Journey down the Amazon

By: Holman, Alan

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., Mountaineers Books: 1985

Seller ID: 014145

ISBN: 0-89886-113-6

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Clean green clothboards with gold lettering on spine. Slight bumping to corner tips. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages, edges and endpapers are clean and bright with no writing or marks. 190 pgs. with glossary of terms. Illustrated with color photographs. Dustjacket is clean, unchipped, unfaded, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Adventure.
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Image for El Ombu and other South American Stories - Together with the Story of A Piebald Horse; Penino Viera's Confession; Nino Diablo; Marta Riquelme and Ralph Herne (1 volume from a set of "The Collected Works of W. H. Hudson" in 24 volumes)

El Ombu and other South American Stories - Together with the Story of A Piebald Horse; Penino Viera's Confession; Nino Diablo; Marta Riquelme and Ralph Herne (1 volume from a set of "The Collected Works of W. H. Hudson" in 24 volumes)

By: Hudson, W. H.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton: 1923

Seller ID: 028311

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

One volume in original dust jacket. Very clean green cloth boards with gold silhouette on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers (decorated pastedown). "This Edition is Limited to 750 copies for sale in England, 100 for sale in the United States of America, and 35 presentation copies" on copyright page. Printed by the Temple Press at Letchworth in Great Britain. 310 pages. Moss green dust jacket with black lettering and line border has edge chipping, some bro...
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The Stars Weep

By: Javal, Jean-Luc

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, Hutchinson & Co.: 1956

Seller ID: 013576

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

Clean red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 198 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has several shallow chips along top edges. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Two young French students of Ethnology set out on an adventure to South America to learn about its people, their customs and personalities. 8vo. South America.
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Passage Through El Dorado: Traveling the World's Last Great Wilderness

By: Kandell, Jonathan

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow & Co.: 1984

Seller ID: 008835

ISBN: 0-688-02664-8

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, First Printing. Flat Signed by Author on half title page. Clean blue boards with ivory cloth spine, copper metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. 312 pgs. with index. Illustrated with maps. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, has been price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Adventure.
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Cloud Forest - A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness

By: Matthiessen, Peter

Price: $55.00

Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 1961

Seller ID: 018663

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

"First Published in 1961 by the Viking Press, Inc." on copyright page. Clean black cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on spine. Very slight bump to one corner tip; no fraying or wear to cloth. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean bright endpapers illustrated with maps. Small ink-stamped name of previous owner at top edge of back side of front free endpaper, no other writing or marks in book. 280 pgs. with index. Illustrated with black & white plates. Dustjacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, has previous owne...
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The Amazonian Chronicles

By: Meunier, Jacques and A. M. Savarin

Price: $15.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Mercury House: 1994

Seller ID: 015397

ISBN: 1-56279-053-6

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

AS NEW first edition. Very clean yellow-orange boards with brown cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 169 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The authors chart the history and wonder of the Amazon region and report their own extraordinary experience of it. Their work is a fervent plea to end the genocide of Amazonian people that continues today. 8vo. South America.
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Cocaine - White Gold Rush in Peru

By: Morales, Edmundo

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Tucson, Arizona, USA, University of Arizona Press: 1989

Seller ID: 018377

ISBN: 0816510660

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by author. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper: "To Susan and Tolouse for all the years we know each other. - Edmundo 7/26/89" with additional note laid in: "Susan, give me a call when you get this package - Love, Edmundo." 228 pgs. with index. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclos...
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Rounding the Horn

By: Murphy, Dallas

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Basic Books, Inc.: 2004

Seller ID: 015361

ISBN: 0-465-04759-9

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean pale orange boards with clean black spine, metallic lettering on spine. Very small bump to one corner tip; no other wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 358 pgs. with index. Illustrated with maps. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The story of Williwaws and Windjammers, Drake, Darwin, murdered missionaries and naked natives -- a deck's eye view of Cape Horn. 8vo. adventure/travel.
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Category: South America