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Rio de Janeiro: Ministerio da Educacao, 1940. 424 pages with 55 leaves of plates, most folded, of portraits, maps, views, etc. Plates are reproduced from the 1647 Latin edition. In 1647 Barleu wrote an account of the Dutch colonial empire in Brazil inspired by the leadership of John Mauricio of Nassau, who was appointed governor of the Dutch West India Company in 1637 and continued as governor until 1644. Limited edition. ISBN: 281AIB1049067.

Holguin, Cuba: Casa Editora Cuadernos Papiro, 2015. 13-1/2 by 17 inches. 12 leaves printed letterpress on rectos (one-side) only. Several types of paper are used, including sheets made from recycled Communist party newspapers.

Jose Emilio Leyva Azze illustrates Coscia's poems with linocuts, shaped newspaper collages, and hand-colored elements. The binding is done with cord punched through the leaves in a zig-zag patter.

Published in an edition of 100 copies. ISBN: 9789597163527.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903. 376 pages. Two folding maps, numerous photographic plates. A general statistical and historic guide to Argentina, with sections on indigenous peoples, the weather, boundary disputes, and even the wine industry. ISBN: B004NWW6QW.

Bogata: Castiglione del Terziere, 1998. 79 pages plus portfolio of 13 full-page loose facsimile plates in separate paper folder. Facsimile reproduction of 1854 German Dusseldorf edition. Numerous B/W and color illustration in text. Commentary by Antei in Spanish. German text for foreword and plate descriptions of Dusseldorf edition. 16.25 x 10.5 inches. ISBN: 281AIB1049262.

New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1976. 778 pages. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. A massive novel spanning centuries of Spanish culture. ISBN: 9780374273279.

Caracas: Encuentro Mundial de Intelectuales y Artistas en Defensa de la Humanidad, 2004. Poster, 35 x 20.5 inches. Mario Benedetti (1920-2009) was a Uruguayan poet and writer and one of the most influential Latin American writers in the latter half of the 20th century. His poster poem 'Senas del Che' was composed in Havana in 1967, the year of Che's death. Ender Cepeda (b. 1945) is a Venazuelan artist. Text in Spanish. ISBN: 281AIB1050066.

University of Chicago Press, 1949. 199 pages. Illustrated with photographs by Collier and his wife, Mary Trumbull Collier. At age 12, Collier (1913-1992) became the apprentice to painter, Maynard Dixon, and learned photography from Dixon's wife, Dorothea Lange. In his twenties, he worked with Paul Strand in Taos, New Mexico, and later joined the Farm Security Administration (FSA) as a photographer. His work was included in Edward Steichen's landmark exhibition, Family of Man, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Later in life, Collier taught photography and anthropology in San Francisco, ultimately retiring as a professor from San Francisco State University. His major published work is this study of the native peoples of Ecuador, for which he took hundreds of photographs. ISBN: B000W3SVDI.

Buenos Aires: Destiempo, 1954. 37 pages. A short story chapbook. The story would be later collected in the author's Historias prodigiosas and Adversos milagros. Uncommon, with four holdings in OCLC. ISBN: 281AIB1043969.

Mexcio: Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1952. 100 pages. Arreola's best-known work, a collection of absurdist short stories. An edition of 2000 copies. ISBN: 281AIB1043945.

Lima: Universo de Carlos Prince, 1881. 218 pages. ISBN: 281AIB0079181.

London: Hutchinson, 1981. 318 pages. "The eventful story of the British in Argentina--from the isolated traditional Welsh communities in Patagonia to the chic social world of the Buenos Aires Harrods and the Hurlingham Club, which is probably more British than the British ever were..."--dust jacket. An uncommon and much sought-after book by a noted journalist who grew up in Argentina but had to leave when his reporting about the dictatorship grew too critical. ISBN: 9780091453107.

Managua: Departamento de Propaganda/Educacion Politica del FSLN, 1973. 15 posters, 21 x 16 inches, with B/W photographic illustrations with accompanying text. Posters celebrate the success of the Sandinista revolution and ask for international support to further their political and social goals. Posters are folded in half. ISBN: 281AIB1049124.

Guatamala: B. Zadic y Cia, 1952. Six loose plates, 17.25 x 13.5 inches, in bright color of the costumes of Santa Maria Chiquimula, San Pedro Sacatepequez, San Juan Sacatepequez, Palin, Nebaj, and Chichicastenango. Single sheet of text explaining each costume in Spanish and English. Crocker (1914-1976) was an architect and resident of Guatamala who was chiefly occupied with ther restoration of Spanish colonial residences. ISBN: 281AIB1050346.

(Berkeley, CA): International Rivers Network, 2005. 344 pages. About 8-1/2 by 11-3/4 inches. "We hope that this book will be a new and important tool to broaden public debates about the hydropower in general and on the Amazon, its peoples and its resources" -- from the front flap, translated to English. All text in Portugese. ISBN: 281AIB1034663.

Mexico: Coleccion "Lunes", 1946. 34 pages. Guzman was a Mexican novelist and journalist. He is considered one of the pioneers of the revolutionary novel, a genre inspired by the Mexican Revolution of 1910. ISBN: 281AIB1049166.

Mexico: (Editorial "Cultura"0, 1933. 167 pages. Text and black-and-white illustrations by the author. Limited edition. Hornacinas, or niches, are architectural features, oven-shaped, usually with an image of a saint filling the niche. Maps provide a guide to the hornacinas. 12 x 8.5 inches. ISBN: B00085V0NS.

Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1947. 261 pages. An account of growing up in a American utopian colony in Mexico. ISBN: B0007EH016.

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1989. 139 pages. Translated by Edward Baker; foreword by Fredric Jameson. A collection of the Cuban writer's essays. The scarce hardcover issue (also published in paperback). ISBN: 9780816617425.

Berkeley: Serendipity Books, n.d., 1960s. A catalogue of 19th century broadsides collected by Bernardo Mendel issued by Serendipity Books. 455 items listed with prices asked on typed mimeographed paper. Bernardo Mendel was the President of Lathrop C. Harper Rare Books and a collector of Latin American literature. He presented his collection to Indiana University in 1960 to establish the Mendel Room in the Lilly Library which room was dedicated in 1964. ISBN: 281AIB1048825.