Kovels' Know Your Antiques by Ralph Kovel; Terry Kovel - 1981

xvi+469 pages with appendix and bibliography. Royal octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First editionFocusing on the fate of the natives under Spanish rule, the author traces in graphic detail the rupturing of Indian traditions and the fate that befell the Indian people. While demonstrating the excesses of the conquistadors and unscrupulous crown officials, he also emphasizes that Central America was the scene of the first attempt to apply the famous New Laws. Although that legislation was not fully implemented, the reformist judge Alonso Lopez de Cerrato made significant improvements in labor conditions, in the face of furious opposition from the Spanish settlers. Aside from it discussion of labor practices, this account deals with population figures and the extent of the slave trade, and corrects a number of errors in traditional sources. In addition, Spanish Indian policy, particularly at the local level, is examined… Read More

London: Macmillan, 1884. Duodecimo. x, 124 pages. Black endpapers. 3 maps printed in black and red. Original fawn cloth ruled in red and black on spine and upper and lower boards; titled in black on spine and upper board. A very good (very slight wear), crisp copy of this extremely scarce title.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Paris: F. Béchet, 1818. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good +. [6], 267, [1] p.; 22 cm. Original pink paper wrappers with printed paper spine label. Untrimmed. Verso of half title page contains list of booksellers in other cities selling books printed by Imprimerie de Poulet. Verso of table of contents contains list of other works by Pradt. First edition. This volume discusses independence movements in South America, in particular developments in the second half of 1817, as well as the reactions of European powers. Pages 177-258 contain translations of documents concerning Haiti and other areas. In 1789 Pradt (1759-1837) was elected to the États Généraux; he fled to Germany after the beginning of the French Revolution. After he returned to France in 1800, Pradt supported Napoleon and became bishop of Poitiers (1805) and archbishop of Malines (1808). In Very Good+ Condition: much of paper spine label lacking; lower corner of front and back wrapper lacking; tear… Read More

London: Henry COLBURN, 1818 Two volumes complete, with map, portraits, engravings and tables. Original full leather binding with weak hinges which will need attention in due course. Clean contents, but occasional stains - images on request. Historically important work. Bray produced the first edition of his diaries, which offer a fine contemporary insight to the English Revolutionary period. The diaries include correspondence with key figures, for example Sir Edward Hyde.

London: A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch. pp. 312---The Second Edition printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, at the Red Lion in Pater-Nofter-Row: and Fold by T. Tyles in Hull, and T. Hammond in York, MDCCXXXV----internal pages are in very good shape with Latin text in left column and English translation in right. Leather boards are rubbed--hinge tight but separating in front--endpapers have evidence of removal of a paste down both front and back and Kinnaird book plate on front paste-down--some writing in fountain pen under book plate--front free endpaper loose all internal pages tight and present. Hand made paper with watermarks present near inner margin. . Good. Full-Leather. 1735.

xvi+469 pages with appendix and bibliography. Royal octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First editionFocusing on the fate of the natives under Spanish rule, the author traces in graphic detail the rupturing of Indian traditions and the fate that befell the Indian people. While demonstrating the excesses of the conquistadors and unscrupulous crown officials, he also emphasizes that Central America was the scene of the first attempt to apply the famous New Laws. Although that legislation was not fully implemented, the reformist judge Alonso Lopez de Cerrato made significant improvements in labor conditions, in the face of furious opposition from the Spanish settlers. Aside from it discussion of labor practices, this account deals with population figures and the extent of the slave trade, and corrects a number of errors in traditional sources. In addition, Spanish Indian policy, particularly at the local level, is examined… Read More

London: Macmillan, 1884. Duodecimo. x, 124 pages. Black endpapers. 3 maps printed in black and red. Original fawn cloth ruled in red and black on spine and upper and lower boards; titled in black on spine and upper board. A very good (very slight wear), crisp copy of this extremely scarce title.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Paris: F. Béchet, 1818. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good +. [6], 267, [1] p.; 22 cm. Original pink paper wrappers with printed paper spine label. Untrimmed. Verso of half title page contains list of booksellers in other cities selling books printed by Imprimerie de Poulet. Verso of table of contents contains list of other works by Pradt. First edition. This volume discusses independence movements in South America, in particular developments in the second half of 1817, as well as the reactions of European powers. Pages 177-258 contain translations of documents concerning Haiti and other areas. In 1789 Pradt (1759-1837) was elected to the États Généraux; he fled to Germany after the beginning of the French Revolution. After he returned to France in 1800, Pradt supported Napoleon and became bishop of Poitiers (1805) and archbishop of Malines (1808). In Very Good+ Condition: much of paper spine label lacking; lower corner of front and back wrapper lacking; tear… Read More

130 pages. Octavo (8" x 7 3/4") issued in wrappers. Edited by Luis Vargas Rea. From the library of professor George M Foster. Biblioteca Aportaci Histica, Ultimo Ejemplar de Esta Coleccion. First edition limited to 100 copies of which this is number 61.Ixtlahuac is a word of Nahuatl origin; the name means "flat place". It was founded by Toltecs approximately A.D. 610; it is hard to be certain of the exact date of founding, because none of the groups who inhabited the region — Tecuexes, Tepehuanes, Coanes, Cazcanos, and Zacatecos — had a written language in this period. This Relacion is document 99 of the papers of Tronsco and the manuscript is located in Mexican Museum Library.George McClelland Foster, Jr born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on October 9, 1913, died on May 18, 2006, at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979, when he became professor emeritus. His contributions… Read More

London: Henry COLBURN, 1818 Two volumes complete, with map, portraits, engravings and tables. Original full leather binding with weak hinges which will need attention in due course. Clean contents, but occasional stains - images on request. Historically important work. Bray produced the first edition of his diaries, which offer a fine contemporary insight to the English Revolutionary period. The diaries include correspondence with key figures, for example Sir Edward Hyde.