Search Results: .History - Caribbean from Turtle Creek Books

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 1997. Hardcover 1st edition - minor shelfwear and light chipping of dust jacket otherwise a fine clean tight copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York, N.Y.: Galahad Books, 1980. HArdcover - Some shelf and edgewear,a minor spine lean, otherwise a good clean solid copy. Dust jacket is slightly rubbed,& chipped, but otherwise still a good solid copy. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Illlustrated.

NY: St. Martins, 1975. Light edgewear and some annotations otherwise a fine reading copy. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Illustrated.

LA Habana - Cuba: Editorial Cultura Popular, 1991. Minor edgewear, rubbing and contains a gift inscription along with a few annotations otherwise fine - a good solid reading and reference copy. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Bermuda: William Zuill and Ford Baxter, 1958. Hardcover 1st edition. INCLUDES MAP in back pocket. Blue covers with gilt titles. Contains many vintage photographs. Minor edgewear otherwise a fine clean solid copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

USA: Oxford University Press, 1978. POOR READING COPY ONLY!. Soft Cover. Poor.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Penguin Books Canada, Limited, 1989. Covers have some edgewear and creasing of the spine. Some ink annotation of the text. Otherwise a very good reading copy.. Mass Market Paperback. Good to Very Good.

USA: Vintage Books, 1961. Some edgewear and creasing of spine and covers,as well some tears on the spine, otherwise still a good reading copy. Soft Cover. Good to Fair.

LA Habana - Cuba : Ediitora Politica , 1989. Este es un libro de tapa blanda en buenas condiciones incluso a través de las páginas son un poco amarillentas.. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Illustrated.

USA: UNDP, 2008. Clean tight copy - evaluation of various risks and preparedness studies re Barbados, Cuba, French West Indies, Jamaica, Madagascar, Maurituis, Pacific Islands, Philippines, Seychelles, Sri Lanka in terms of a variety of past and potential disasters including management of coral reefs, cyclones, alert systems, buildings, stabilizing slopes and more. Soft Cover. As New. Illus. by Illustrated.

Brazil: Ministry of Education and Culture, 1963. Minor edgewear and creasing of covers, otherwise fine. This booklet contains the translations into English, French and German of an article published in nos 3 and 4 (1962) of the Revista Brasileira de Folclore. 48pp, illustrated with photographs, staple bound as issued. Soft Cover. Very Good.

NY: William Morrow, 1990. Minor edgewear and spine crease otherwise a fine clean sturdy copy. From the publisher;"The recent interpretation of Maya hieroglyphs has given us the first written history of the New World as it existed before the European invasion. In this book, two of the first central figures in the massive effort to decode the glyphs, Linda Schele and David Freidel, make this history available in all its detail. A Forest of Kings is the story of Maya kingship, from the beginning of its institution and the first great pyramid builders two thousand years ago to the decline of Maya civilization and its destruction by the Spanish. Here the great historic rulers of pre-Columbian civilization come to life again with the decipherment of their writing. At its height, Maya civilization flourished under great kings like Shield-Jaguar, who ruled for more than sixty years, expanding his kingdom and building some of the most impressive works of architecture in the ancient world. Long placed on… Read More

USA: Fodor's Travel Publications Inc., 1987. Very slight edgewear and faint creasing of spine and covers otherwise a fine clean tight and bright copy. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Illustrated.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Monthly Review Press, 1968. Some edgewear and creasing of spine and covers, otherwise still a good reading copy. Soft Cover. Good.

Toronto: Guyanese Research and Representation , 1982. Very hard to come by, 104 pp, illustrated with photographs. The introduction indicates that this volume is part of a larger work entitled Guyanese a People Betrayed - however research would indicate that this supposed larger work was never formally published. This book offered here provides information on the Peoples National Congress of P.N.C. Minor edgewear and some rubbing of covers, interior fine. . First Thus. Soft Cover. Good.

USA: Thomas Nelson, 1959. Hardcover - very worn and well loved, but still acceptable as a reading and reference copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Poor.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines : YULIMO, 1978. 99 pp, exterior covers are chipped and have some discolored sections, light discolored areas on the first few and last few pages, but otherwise quite a readable copy. Not an easy item to come by, this book examines the nature and meaning of independence, its economical and politic issues, and then proceeds into Constitutional Proposals, finishing with a Report on Dual citizenship (involving Trinidad and Tobago) and lastly contains a rich biography. The biography alone is well worth it.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair to Good.

Canada: Canadian Institute of International Affairs, 1969. A collection of scholarly articles on various topics pertaining to Latin America, including the OAS, Cuba, Chile, Brazil, the Caribbean in general. Minor edgewear otherwise fine. Contributors include Silvert, Keyfitz, Wionczak, Germani, Althoff, Slater, Deas, Angell, Rosenbaum, Lumsden, Mitchell, Ogelsby and Thornton. Soft Cover. Very Good.

USA: University of California Press, 1967. Ex-library, usual stamps and stickers otherwise a fine solid reference copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Ex-Library.

NY: Oxford University Press, 1971. Minor edgewear and light spine crease otherwise a fine clean tight copy. Soft Cover. Very Good.