El alhajadito
Buenos Aires: Goyanarte, 1961. First edition (2nd printing?). Paperback. Octavo in orange and green self-wrappers; 141 p. ; 21 cm. // Latin American Literature. More
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Birds of the Mayas : a collection of Mayan folk tales, a guide to finding and knowing birds of Mayaland, a check list of birds ;; written and illustrated by Anne LaBastille Bowes ; folklore as told by Ramon Castillo Perez.
Big Moose, N.Y. West-of-the-Wind Publications, 1964. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Octavo in white color-illus , stapled wraps; 50, xxii p. : ill., 1 map ; 23 cm. Birds -- Yucatán Peninsula. Birds -- Central America. Mayas -- Folklore. Birds -- Yucatán Peninsula -- Folklore. Birds --..... More
Una etapa decisiva de Darío
Madrid: Editorial Gredos, 1967. 198 p. 21 cm. Paperback. Octavo in offwhite printed paper wraps; 198 p. 21 cm. In Spanish. || Darío, Rubén, 1867-1916 -- Homes and haunts -- Argentina. More
La clave de los glifos mayas
Merida, Mex: Ediciones de la Universidad de Yucatan, 1964. Paperback. Medium quarto in white illsu wraps; 66 p. : ill. ; 24 cm; bibliography : p. [67]-[68]. In Spanish. Uncommon. Series: Serie Origo, 2. || Mayan languages -- Writing. Maya language ; Writing systems ; glyphs. More
Anos bajo el sol
Managua [Nicaragua]: (Ediciones El Pez y la Serpiente), 1963. Paperback. Narrow octavo in yellowprinted paper wraps, 59 pp. Signed and inscribed by the author to the poet and lawyer Ricardo Gullon. A scarce work of poetry: "Consta de 500 ejemplares." -- colophon. || Poesia de Nicaragua. More
Altasombra
San Salvador, El Salvador: Ministerio de Cultura, Departamento Editoria, 1958. First edition. Paperback. Octavo in white printed wrap with original glassine jacket; 167 p. ; 21 cm. In Spanish. With a lengthy inscription by the author Coleccion Poesía , v. 8. POESIAS CHILENAS. More
Boletin de la Biblioteca y Archivo Nacionales ; No. 1
Tegucigalpa: 1939. Paperback. Quarto in borwn printed paper wraps; 112p., b/w photos. In Spanish. Uncommon. Includes 41 articles, including several on the himno nacional (national hymn) of Honduras, the production of aguardiente (1918-1937), the "Cuestion de limites entre Honduras y Nicaragua", and "Los principales libros y folletos publicados en el..... More
Archeological investigations in the Parita and Santa Maria zones of Panama.; Bureau of American Ethnology. Bulletin,; 193
Washington: U.S. GPO, 1964. First edition (presumed). Hardcover. Octavo in gilted olive boards; xii, 291 p. illus., maps, plates. 24 cm. Bibliography: p. 235-239. Indigenous peoples, native peoples, Indians of Central America, Panama, Antiquities. Excavations (Archaeology); Arqueologia/Pre-Historia (America Central). More
Estudios sobre administración pública en Guatemala
Guatemala: Instituto Nacional de Administración para el Desarrollo (Guatemala), 1969. First edition. Paperback. Octavo in white-green wrappers; 188 pages; 22 cm. A few b/w illus. and a map. Text in Spanish. Public administration -- Guatemala. More
Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú : testimonio; "Premio Casa de las Américas 1983."
Habana, Cuba: Casa de las Américas, 1983 (1984). First Cuban edition. (First Spanish language edition?). Paperback. Octavo in yellwo wrapers and same DJ; 400 p. ; 19 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 400). A very nice copy. Scarce thus (in both this condition and the Cuban edition). Text in Spanish..... More
El dilema del nahual :; globalización, exclusión y trabajo en Centroamérica
San José, Costa Rica: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), 1994. First edition. Paperback. Blue thin octavo paperback(white spine) ; 137 p. ; 22 cm. Central America -- Economic conditions -- 1979 -- Spanish. More
3-caban : novela
Guatemala: CENALTEX, Ministerio de Educacion, 1987. Paperback. Octavo in black wraps illus in yellow; 255 p. : illus., glossary of Maya terms at rear ; 21 cm. In Spanish. Uncommon. Illustrated un || Mayas -- Fiction. Parque Nacional Tikal (Guatemala) -- Fiction. Tikal. Speculative historical fiction. More
Letra viva
Panamá, Panamá: Ediciones Formato Dieciseis : Extensión Universitaria, Universidad de Panamá, 1986. Primera ed. Paperback. Octavo in white color illus wraps; 267 p. ; 21 cm. In Spanish. Uncommon. Only 1,000 copies printed. Colección Labrapalabra, no. 1. Survey of Panamian writers of literature. Twenty-eight Panamian writers respond to a series..... More
La civilización de los antiguos mayas; Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Serie historia, 10 [series]
México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia [INAH], 1963 (1957). Second edition. Paperback. Octavo in off-white printed and illus wrappers; 122 p. illus., map. 22 cm; bibliographies. Mayas -- Antiquities. Mexico -- Antiquities. Central America -- Antiquities. México -- Antigüedades América Central -- Antigüedades. More
Viendo y Volviendo
San José, Costa Rica: Editorial Presbere, 1986. First edition. Paperback. Octavo in dark orange, illus wraps; 121 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Text in Spanish. Nicaraguan poet. More
Nicaragua, maíz y folklore
[Managua, Nicaragua]: Papelera Industrial de Nicaragua, 1981. Primera ed. Paperback. Octavo in mulit-color pictorial wraps; 246 p. : illus in b/w (photos and drawings) ; 21 cm. Bibliography: p. 245-246. In Spanish. Tiraje de 10,000 ejemplares. || Maiz, maize; corn. Cooking (Corn) Corn -- Nicaragua -- Folklore. Central America, Nicaragua..... More
Competitividad empresarial en Centroamerica
Alajuela, Costa Rica: CLACDS, 2001. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Green octavo; xv, 419 p, b&w illus ; 23 cm. In Spanish. Uncommon || Industries; Business; Central America. More
Martí en Guatemala
Guatemala: Ministerio de Educación Pública, 1954. Paperback. Quarto in offwhite color illus wraps; 366 p. illus. 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references. In Spanish. Uncommon. Martí, José, 1853-1895. Martí, José, 1853-1895. Guatemala -- Description and travel. Guatemala. More
Plants and animals in the life of the Kuna ;; by Jorge Ventocilla, Heraclio Herrera, Valerio Núñez ; edited by Hans Roeder ; translated by Elisabeth King.
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo in aqua cloth boards; xv, 150 p. : ill. ; 24 cm ; bibliographical references (p. [133]-138) and index. Translation of: Plantas y animales en la vida del pueblo Kuna. Series: Translations from Latin America. "More than an account of..... More
Rain player ;; story and pictures by Davis Wisniewski.
New York: Clarion Books, 1991. Hardcover. Small quarto in glossy black color illus DJ; : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm. Summary: To bring rain to his thirsty village, Pik challenges the rain god to a game of pok-a-tok. || Mayas -- Juvenile fiction. Mayas -- Fiction. Indians of..... More
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