Search Results: Mexico from D & E Lake Ltd. (ABAC, ILAB)

London: Longmans, Green, Reader, And Dyer, [Re-Issue Of Edition of 1861], [c1875]., 1875. 8vo. pp. xi, [1]errata, 344. tinted lithographed frontis. & 3 hand-coloured lithographed plates. folding engraved map. 25 wood-engravings in the text. modern quarter calf. Second Edition (first: 1861). An account of the British scientist's travels and anthropological researches in Mexico in 1856..

Indianapolis & New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1936]. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xx, [2], [23]-364. frontis. & 19 double-sided plates. maps on end leaves. index. cloth (spine bit discoloured else VG)

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1944. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xxii, [2], 340. 32 double-sided plates & 28 text illus. maps on endleaves. biblio. index. cloth (pen & pencil marks on several pages)

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [2002]. First Edition of the English Translation by Mauricio J.Mixco. 8vo. pp. ix, [3], 324. illus. (incl. frontis. portrait). biblio. index. quarter cloth. dw. (slight creasing & very short tear in dw.). dola2602

Boston: D. Lothrop And Company, [1886]., 1886. 8vo. pp. 301. numerous text illus. (many full-page). original black & gilt-stamped decorative cloth (extremities frayed). First Edition. A fictionalized account of a family's adventures in Mexico written for young readers. Smith H7.. F. Hardcover.

London: George Routledge And Sons, 1874., 1874. 3 Volumes. small 8vo. pp. xxx, [2], 413; xix, 407, [4]ads; xix, 444. with half-titles. 2 folding engraved maps. 2 engraved frontis. port. A fine untrimmed set in original blind-stamped cloth (spines sunned, hint of foxing to plates & outer leaves).. Hardcover.

Chicago: Forbes & Company, 1908. First Edition. An important ethnographic study of the Indians of Mexico by the noted American anthropologist, based on three expeditions conducted between 1896 and 1900. The numerous illustrations are after photographs taken by Bedros Tatarian, Charles B. Lang, and Louis Grabic. The scientific results of the expeditions were separately published. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., xi, 425. 96 plates. library buckram (ex-lib)

Firenza: Gio. Filippo Cecchi, 1699., 1699. folio. pp. 16 p.l., 763. complete with half-title. index. 3 engraved portraits (Solis, Cortés, Montezuma). 5 engraved head & tailpieces. engraved title ornament. contemporary vellum. First Edition of the Italian Translation by Filippo Corsini of this classic history of the conquest of Mexico by Spanish forces under Hernando Cortés in 1520. European Americana 699/197. JCB p. 401. Palau 318688. Sabin 86486. cfBell S318.. F.

Paris: Pierre Le Petit, 1674., 1674. 12mo. pp. 10 p.l., 420. frontis. portrait engraved by N. Pitau. woodcut ornaments & intials. contemporary mottled calf, gilt back (extremities worn, short splits in joints, several institutional blind & rubberstamps, front flyleaf defective). First Edition of the French Translation by Arnauld d'Andilly of this biography of "one of the most successful of the early missionaries among the Indians of New Spain." (Sabin) Gregorio Lopez [1542-1596] spent over thirty years in Mexico (1562-1596), principally in the pueblo of Santa Fé, where he lived among the Chichimecos Indians. Losa's account was first issued in Mexico in 1613. Bell L494. Brunet III 1178. European Americana 674/120. JCB III p. 280. Medina III 1568. Sabin 42582.. F. Hardcover.

London: Chapman And Hall, 1843., 1843. 8vo. pp. xiv, 437. music in the text. modern half morocco, t.e.g. First London Edition (?). Sabin and NUC also cite a Chapman and Hall London edition of the same year with slightly different collation: pp. xii, 436. Including remarks on politics, carnivals, convents and churches, bull-fighting, gambling, servants, feasts and festivals, opera and theatre, leading men, volcanoes, Indian superstitions, &c. The author was the Scottish wife of the Spanish Minister to the United States, who was sent on a special mission to Mexico after Independence. "One of the classic writings of nineteenth-century travel.due to her position, [she] was able to become intimately acquainted with Mexican society and had access to any information she sought.This is probably the most important record of the social life of the country at that time" (Hill). "This is the earliest and most balanced first-hand account of Mexico to be written by a woman." (Robinson)… Read More

London: J.Hatchard And Son, 1844., 1844. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xvi, 399; viii, 416. original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked with spines mounted (corners bit frayed). First Edition of the Lockhart Translation of this account of the discovery and conquest of Mexico and New Spain written by the Spanish conquistador who served under Hernán Cortés. Howgego C71. Sabin 19983.. F. Hardcover.

Washington: Government Printing Officew, 1904. First Edition in English, translated from the German under the supervision of Charles P. Bowditch. Including papers on the Mexican chronology, Mexican feather ornaments, the antiquities of Guatemala, the bat god of the Maya race, the wall paintings of Mitla, the ancient Zapotec country, the temple pyramid of Tepoztlan, Maya hieroglyphs, the central American tonalamatl, the independent states of Yucatan, &c. 8vo. pp. 682. 1 map, 48 plates (many double-page and/or folding, some colour), & 134 text illus. original cloth (bit rubbed, label removed from spine). ownership entry & printed label of J.Hugh Hammond, Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Canada

Hartford: S.Drake And Company, 1852. First Edition, Second Printing. The author was secretary of the United States Legation in Mexico from 1841 to 1844. The first volume is devoted to a history of Mexico, with Volume II containing discussion of population, manners and customs, agriculture, emigration, trade and commerce, military, and the church, followed by a more detailed view of the boundaries, products, trade and population of the individual states. Book VI in Volume II, pp. [349-399] deals with the territory of New Mexico and California, with views of Santa Fe, Pyramid Lake, Sierra Nevada Pass, Shastl Peak, and San Francisco Bay. Sabin 47100. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 433; 398, [1]. 1 engraved map, 2 steel-engraved frontis. portraits, 45 wood-engraved plates & numerous text illus. (some full-page). original embossed roan, gilt backs (front joints cracked, tape repair to head of Vol. I spine, some light to moderate foxing, most plates evenly toned). bookplate of American artist Frederic Remington

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1889., 1889. 8vo. pp. xii, [2], 569, 6(ads). frontis. map. numerous plates & text illus. (many full-page). original decorative cloth (small label on spine otherwise fine). from the library of Canadian author, Thomas Conant [1842-1905].. Hardcover.

Stockholm: Tryckt Pa P.A. Huldbergs Förlag [Hos J. W. Lundberg], 1862., 1862. 8vo. pp. 194, [2]. steel-engraved title & 17 steel-engraved plates by G.M.Kurz, J.Poppel & W.Lang after drawings by J.M.Rugendas. A very nice copy in original blind-stamped cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover (spine somewhat dull, paper lightly embrowned). First Edition of the Swedish Translation. The steel-engraved plates, topographical views and scenes of peasant life, are after drawings made by German artist, Johann Moritz Rugendas [b. 1802], Palau 302687. cfSabin 77120-21.. F. Hardcover.

Berlin: Allgemeiner Berein für Deutsche Litteratur, 1899., 1899. 8vo. pp. xvii, 362 + [5]ads. 6 plates. original cloth. Second Edition.. Hardcover.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888., 1888. 8vo. pp. 130, [6]ads. 12 full-page illus. & 2 maps (1 double-page). original blind-stamped cloth (extremities trifle frayed, covers scuffed). First Edition.. F. Hardcover.

New York: The Author, 1900. Second Edition. Between 1873 and 1884 the French-American author and amateur archaeologist together with his wife and collaborator, Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, travelled extensively in the Yucatan (Uxmal, Chicén-Itzá, Izamal, Isla Mujeres, Cozumel, Cancún, and Ake), to study and photograph ancient Mayan sites, buildings, architectural details, and artifacts. The Le Plongeons believed that these sites were the cradle of civilization, which subsequently travelled east, first to Atlantis and finally to ancient Egypt. 8vo. pp. 7 p.l., [vii]-lxv, 277. with half-title. title in red & black. 75 plates (incl. 2 portraits & map) & numerous text illus. original cloth, t.e.g., others untrimmed (extremities bit rubbed)

London: H.E.Shrimpton, 1910., 1910. folio. pp. 4 p.l., 153, viii. frontis. & 259 mounted illus., all after photographs. original cloth (upper outer corners repaired, frontis. offset, periodic light to moderate foxing). small printed slip laid in announcing the publication of Vol. II, which never appeared. First Edition.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company..., 1925. Revised Edition. 16mo. pp. [2]ads, ccxlix, 595, [65]ads. ads on endleaves. 2 folding coloured maps & 27 plans (some folding or double-page; 1 in text). index. cloth (narrow stain on rear cover). dola1082