Almeida, Manuel Antônio de

Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant

Washington, D.C. Pan American Union, 1959. First English Language edition. Paper wrappers. xvi, 244 pp. 8vo. UNESCO collection of representative works. Latin American series. Linton L. Barrett, trans. Translated from the Portuguese 'Memorias de um Sargento de milicias'. An important work of Brazilian literature first printed in weekly installments in 1852, and later in book form in 1854-55. Chronicles the adventures of Leonardo, providing a humorous glimpse at 19th Brazilian society. A very good clean unmarked copy with a slight spine roll in a very good wrapper .

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Book number: 42204

Catalogue: Latin America

Keywords: Brazil, , Latin America, South America, Brazil, Fiction, Book

Alvarez, Eduardo G.

Caseros ó 3 de Febrero de 1852

Montevideo, Imprenta El libro inglés, 1897. First edition. Paper wrappers. 28 pp. 8vo. About the Battle of Caseros between the Army of Buenos Aires commanded by Juan Manuel de Rosas and the Grand Army (Ejército Grande) led by Justo José de Urquiza, which defeated Rosas who fled to England. Very good, wrappers chipped along edges, browned & lightly soiled throughout.

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Book number: 45632

Catalogue: Latin America

Keywords: Argentina, , Latin America, South America, Argentina, Argentina, Pamphlet

Chile., Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. Covarrubias, Alvaro and Pinto, Jose Manuel

Counter Manifest of the Minister of Foreign Relations of Chile, on the Present War between the Republic and Spain

Washington, D.C. McGill & Witherow, Printers, 1866. First edition. Yellow printed paper wrappers. 45 pp. 8vo. After providing the list of reasons for Spain declaring war on Chile, there follows "Instructions under which, in accordance with the laws of the republic, Chilean privateers must confine their operations in the war against Spain," pp. 39-45. Also issued in gray wrappers. A very good copy, some wear to spine, institutional blindstamp on title page.

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Book number: 39589

Catalogue: Latin America

Keywords: Chile, , Latin America, South America, Chile, Privateering, Spain,

Alvíres, José Manuel Teodocio; Castañón Rodríguez, Jesús

Reflecsiones Sobre Los Decretos Episcopales Que Prohiben El Juramento Constitucional

[Mexico] Morelia, [Talleres de Impresión de Estampillas y Valores] Imprenta de Octaviano Ortiz, 1970. Facsimile Reprint. Paper wrappers. 24 pp. 8vo. New introduction by Jesús Castañón Rodríguez in this facsimile reprint of Reflecsiones sobre los decretos episcopales que prohiben el juramento constitucional / escritas por José Manuel Teodocio Alvires (Morelia: Impr. de O. Ortiz, 1857). Sunned wrappers, minor edgewear, else near fine.

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Book number: 44533

Catalogue: Latin America

Keywords: , Latin America, Law, Mexico, Mexico, Constitutional law Ecclesiastical law. , Pamphlet Law

Amadeo, Santos P.

Argentine Constitutional Law. The Judicial Function in the Maintenance of the Federal Reserve System and the Preservation of Individual Rights

New York, Columbia Univ. Press, 1943. First edition. Cloth. x, 243 pp. 8vo. Number IV of the Columbia Legal Studies, Edwin W. Patterson, ed. L.S. Rowe, foreword. "This discussion of Argentine constitutional law is particularly concerned with the role of the judicial department in the maintenance of the federal system and in protection of individual rights. There is emphasis, too, on the relationship between Argentine consitutional law and that of the United States. Many of the provisions of the Argentine constitution of 1853 were modeled on similar provisions of the constitution of the United States. The decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court have served constantly as precedents for Argentine judicial decisions, and profound knowledge of the constitutional law and history of the U.S. has helped to shape Argentine constitutional history. But the dissimilarities in social and economic conditions in the two countries have been reflected in differences in their constitutions and laws. The differences as well as the similarities are analyzed in this illuminating study," (Publlisher). A near fine copy with "Review Copy" stamp on free front endpaper. No dust jacket.

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Book number: 34920

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Keywords: Argentina, , Latin America, Law, South America, Argentina, Latin Americana, Latin America, Argentina, Constitutional Law, Law

(Ameghino, Florentino)

La Nacionalidad Y la Obra de Ameghino

Buenos Aires, Imprenta de El Pueblo, 1917. Second edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 35 pp. Illus. with 3 b/w photos and 1 reproduction. 8vo. Florentino Ameghino (1854-1911) was a Argentine naturalist. OCLC shows 6 copies, all second editions. A good copy, sunned and lightly soiled wrappers with small chips, front wrapper nearly detached, mail fold, leaves clean.

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Book number: 37054

Catalogue: Latin America

Keywords: Argentina, , Latin America, South America, Argentina, Latin America, Latin Americana, Amérique latine, America Latina, South America, Argentina, Naturalists, Scientists,

Arroyo de Anda, Agustin

Defensa Producida Ante la Suprema Corte Militar En Favor Del Sr. D. Rodrigo Anguiano

México, Imp. y Lit. de F. Diaz de Leon Sucs. Sociedad Anonima, 1894. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 30 pp. [1]. Sm. 4to. The military court found Rodrigo Anguiano not guilty in the charge of falsifing a certificate of military service. OCLC locates 2 copies at Univ. Cal. A good copy, wrappers soiled, some loss to spine, tiny tear to front wrapper, gift inscription along bottom edge, contents lightly foxed.

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Book number: 44525

Catalogue: Latin America

Keywords: , Latin America, Law, Mexico, Military, Pamphlet Law

Andrade, Vicente de P.

Noticias Biográficas Sobre Los Ilustrísimos Prelados de Sonora, de Sinaloa Y de Durango, Compiladas Por Vicente de P. Andrade

México, Imprenta del Museo Nacional, 1899. Tercera edicion. Quarter cloth over paper covered boards, gilt titles. Original front wrapper bound in. iv, 342 pp. Sm. 4to. Thirty-nine biographies originally published in various periodicals. Andrade's short "Breve noticia de 21 franciscanos y un clérigo martirizador en la Nueva España, en el siglo XVI" (4 pp.) is bound in the rear. Provenance: signed "Dn. Primo Feliciano Velasquez." (1860-1953), a Mexican journalist, attorney, and historian). We could locate no other editions but this, the third. Quite uncommon; no auction records and OCLC locates only ten copies: UC Berkeley, LOC, Mus. NM Lib. Univ. Texas at Austin, Yale, BL (2), ITE Mexico, BN Mexico, and Staats Bibliothek, Hamburg. Palau 12057. Jones/Medina: 772. A very good copy, minor wear to extremities, front endpapers split at hinge, scattered foxing, owner's name on title.

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Book number: 44531

Catalogue: Latin America

Keywords: , Latin America, Mexico, Mexico, Catholic Clergy biographies church, Book

Santa Anna, Antonio López de. Jose Maria Tornel y Mendivil; Juan Suárez y Navarro; Lino J. Alcorta

Archive of 47 Mexican Manuscript and Printed Documents -Laws, Decrees, Circulars- from the Ministry of War and Navy: June - December 1853

[Tacubaya], 1853. First edition. Loose leaves disbound from a later made-up volume. [77 pp.] on 43 leaves, some folded. Folio. Beginning on June 1, 1853, shortly after Santa Anna's return to Mexico as dictator, and ending December 29, 1853, just two weeks after he extended his rule indefinitely and had himself given the title of "most serene highness," these documents cover a period of three leaders in the Ministry of War and Navy: Jose Maria Tornel y Mendivil, Juan Suárez y Navarro, and Lino J. Alcorta; all prominent santannistas. Eight are issued by Tornel, the most federalist of Santa Anna's advisors, who fell ill and died in September 1853; ten are issued by Juan Suárez y Navarro, chief administrator of the Ministry of War -the first document noting "por enfermedad de su S. E. J. Suarez Navarro" on September 10th- who coveted the position as Minster of War and Navy, but broke with Santa Anna just three weeks later when Lino J. Alcorta was appointed minister in his stead, and who issued the remaining twenty- nine documents. Thirteen of the documents are printed; 34 are in manuscript, either originals or perhaps manuscripts reproduced by an early form heliography. Similar documents were described by Dr. W. Michael Mathes in a 2004 auction catalogue as "an early form of holography [i.e. heliography] using a concentrated beam of sunlight to transfer text, a process employed in Mexico during a brief period between 1850 and 1856 for short runs and to avoid printing delays and costs. Lithography was impractical for such short-run imprints, as it was extraordinarily costly, took weeks, and presented difficulties in reproducing the writer's hand." In a few instances the date on the manuscript documents differs from that of the later publication. The documents are primarily concerned with bringing professionalism and discipline to the army (and the nation), stemming desertions and bolstering the draft (though exempting indigenous peoples), punishing theft and corruption, building fortifications and other public works, increasing weaponry, and creating militias. OCLC locates no copies of any of these individual documents, though some of the printed items are held at Berkeley, and except for the auction noted above, we could find no listings, catalogue holdings, or auction records for items reproduced in a similar fashion to those included. Detailed listing upon request. Overall very good.

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Book number: 43554

Catalogue: Latin America

Keywords: Autographs & Manuscripts, , Latin America, Law, Mexico, Autographs & Manuscripts, Archive Law

[Chile. Corte de apelaciones]

Memorias I Actas de Las Visitas Quinquenales Practicadas Por Los Señores Ministros de la Iltma. Corte de Apelaciones de Concepcion En Los Diversos Departamentos de Su Jurisdiccion Desde Diciembre de 1880

Santiago de Chile, Imprenta Nacional, 1892. First edition. Cloth. 911 pp. 8vo. Quinquennial inspection by the Court of Appeals documenting work since the last inspection, cases still awaiting decision, and other court matters. One of the last to be issued seperately as they were later published in the Gaceta de los Tribunales. OCLC locates a single copy at Duke. Not in BN Chile. A very good copy, leaves lightly browned.

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Book number: 34469

Catalogue: Latin America

Keywords: Chile, , Latin America, Law, South America, Chile, Latin America, Latin Americana, Chile, Courts, Law & Justice, Legal, Law

Barros Arana, Diego

Un Decenio de la Historia de Chile (1841-1851). [Two Volumes]

Santiago de Chile, Imprenta y Encuadernación Universitaria; Imprenta, Litografía y Encuadernación Barcelona, 1913. First edition and later. Half mottled brown morocco over alligatored boards, four raised bands, tan title label, green volume label, gilt titles. xv, 538 pp.; 620 pp. 8vo. Mixed editions uniformly bound, with Volume I a first edition and Volume II from: Obras Completas de Diego Barros Arana, Vol. XV. Diego Jacinto Agustín Barros Arana (1830-1907) is perhaps Chile's most important nineteenth century historian. "A sound, detailed narrative presenting a great deal of factual information on Chile's political, financial, administrative, and cultural development during a decade that the author considered 'one of the most instructive sections of national history.' Based upon official documents and the periodical press," Griffin, p.533. Palau 24960. Griffin 5714. Spain & Spanish America I, 71. Chiappa: Bibliografia Barros Arana 246. Very good copies, spine ends scuffed, Vol. I with faint dampstain on first few leaves, Vol. II last leaf repaired, owner's name and stamp on title.

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Book number: 35474

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Keywords: Chile, , Latin America, South America, Chile, Latin America, Latin American, Chile, Chilean History,

Aranda, Ricardo. Peru. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores

Colección de Los Tratados, Convenciones Capitulaciones, Armisticios, Y Otros Actos Diplomáticos Y Políticos Celebrados Desde la Independencia Hasta El Día, Precedida de Una Introducciín Que Comprende la época Colonial. Tomo 1-8 [Eight Volumes]

Lima, Imprenta del estado, 1905. First editions. Cloth. 8vo. Ultimately fourteen volumes would be published. Provenance: Note in first volume that it is the copy of Domingo Edwards Matte (1890-1964), Chilean book collector; earlier owner was A. Arroyo, with his name in gilt on spine, and is most likely the Argentinian diplomat, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Peru, Don Agustin Arroyo. Palau 14957. Very good copies, boards and spines rubbed, occasional wear, some spotting or scuffing to a few boards.

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Book number: 34084

Catalogue: Latin America

Keywords: , Latin America, South America, Latin Americana, South America, Peru, Treaties, Diplomacy,

Araújo, Orestes

Geografía Económica Del Uruguay

Montevideo, A. Monteverde y Cía, 1910. First edition. Cloth. xi, 216 pp. + adv. 8vo. Palau 15141. A near fine copy with browning on top edge of original wrapper.

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Book number: 34827