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Item #4076
URBAN IMAGES OF THE HISPANIC WORLD, 1493-1793
Author: Richard L. Kagan
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This book examines the particular importance of cities in Spanish and Hispanic-American culture. Focusing on the cities and towns in South America including Mexico City, Lima, and Potosí, the author investigates the different ways in which artists, map-makers, surveyors, and military engineers represented a city in all its complexity and the different meanings that were invested in their depiction of New and Old World cities and towns. Lavishly illustrated with a variety of maps, paintings, and plans many reproduced here for the first time.New Haven, CT, 2000 Yale University Press 1st ED., 235 Pgs., 8&3/4 x 11&1/2, HB. Published at $ 60.00. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #24192
SPANISH CITIES OF THE GOLDEN AGE: THE VIEWS OF ANTON VAN DEN WYNGAERDE
Author: Richard L. Kagan
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Wyngaerde was the leading topographical artist of his day and in 1561 Philip II of Spain commissioned him to execute a series of views of the cities and towns of Spain, completing 62 of them over a ten-year period.Illustrated with color and monochrome plates. A rare and valuable aid to scholars and students of early Spanish history. This is a new copy still in original shrink wrap in a pictorial slipcase. Berkeley, CA, 1989 University of California Press, 1st Ed. 415 Pgs. 12 x 12. HB. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4080
THE USATGES OF BARCELONA, The Fundamental Law of Barcelona
Author: Donald J. Kagay
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Translated, with an introduction and notes by the author. The Usatges of Barcelona were written during the reign of Ramón Berenguar IV, Count of Barcelona during the first half of the twelfth century and reflect the oral traditions of customary law as fashioned by literate court clerks borrowing heavily from Visigothic, Roman, French and Italin law. In 1716 Philip V decreed their replacement with standard Spanish code. In 1960 a code based on the Usatges once again became the fundamental law in Catalonia. Philadelphia, 1994 University of Pennsylvania Press 1st Ed., 140 Pgs., 6 x 9, Trade PB. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4107
PHILIP OF SPAIN
Author: Henry Kamen
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Philip II of Spain traditionally has been viewed in a harsh and negative light since his death in 1598, identified with repression, bigotry and fanaticism by his enemies. Kamen, a noted scholar of Spanish history, presents a startling new picture of Philip's character and reign, finding him to have been a cosmopolitan prince who broadened his cultural imagination and taste, a staunch conservative with tolerant religious attitudes and a supporter of Las Casas and the Indians of America. First full scale biography shedding new light on private/public life. New Haven, CT, 1997, 1st Ed., HB 448 Pgs. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4077
PHILIP V OF SPAIN, The King Who Ruled Twice
Author: Henry Kamen
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Philip V, who reluctantly assumed the Spanish thorne in 1700, was the first of the Bourbon dynasty which continues to rule Spain today. His 46-year reign, briefly curtailed in 1724 when he abdicated in favour of his short-lived son, Louis I, was one of the most important in the country's history. This is the first biogarphy of Philip V in English. Illustrated. New Haven, 2001 Yale University Press 1st Ed., 277 Pgs., 6&1/4 x 9&1/2, HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #9089
CHRONOLOGY OF HISPANIC AMERICAN HISTORY, From Pre-Columbian Times to the Present
Author: Nicholas Kanellos et al
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A reference source designed for users seeking information on important people, places,& events in the Hispanic history, chronologically arranged covering numerous topics. Originally published at $59.95. Detroit, MI, 1995, 1st Ed., 427 Pgs, HB (ndc) | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #28092
THE BRAVE ONES
Author: Marvin Allen Karp. Ed.
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Six explosive tales of men rising to their peak of courage in the flaming test of combat. Includes "The Soldier Who Had No Gun" by Paul Horgan. Good. Owner's name in ink on inside cover. New York, 1965 Popular Library Ed., 141 Pgs. Mass Market PB. | |  HISTORY & CULTURAL STUDIES
Item #28087
THE LAST ALGONQUIN
Author: Theodore L Kazimiroff
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Pelham Bay Park, the Bronx-under these streets the villages of the Algonquin people lie buried. Here as recently as 1924, a lone Algonquin still lived in a wild, isolated corner of New York City. Here a twelve-year-boy (the author's father) met a man in the last bitter winter of his life. Joe Two Trees was the last of his people and he entrusted his story to the boy who became his only friend. The boy grew up to be a dentist and a renowned archaelogist and historian in New York. Very Good. Lower cover right hand corner bent. A fascinating story expertly and engagingly told. New York, 1991 Dell Publishing Laurel books Ed., 196 Pgs.,Mass Market PB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #24595
A LETTER TO AMY
Author: Ezra Jack Keats
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A young Black child writes a special letter of invitation to a friend to attend his birthday party. VF. New York, N.Y. Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968 1st ed., unpaginated, 8 &1/4 x 7, pictorial cover, HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1986
JUAN RODRIGUEZ CABRILLO
Author: Harry Kelsey
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A Huntington classic. Cabrillo led the first European expedition to the shores of Upper California in 1542, visiting Indian Villages, noting the flora and fauna, and scouting for a place to settle. Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo is a name familiar to Californians for his name appears on monuments and roads, schools,maps and guidebooks. The 1543 account is the oldest written record of human activity on the West Coast of the United States. His origins are obscure and his parents are unknown but became a soldier, sailor, shipbuilder, slaveowner, miner, and author. Through meticulous research Kelsey traces Cabrillo's life from a ragged childhood on the streets of Seville to a position of power and wealth as one of the richest landholders and intrepid adventurers in the New World. Illustrated. San Marino CA, 1998 Huntington Library Press 1st PB Ed., 261 Pgs., 6 x 9, pb. | |  MISCELLANEOUS
Item #24666
CHRISTMAS AT THE RANCH
Author: Elmer Kelton
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The acclaimed western author writes about what Christmas was like in West Texas during the Great Deprssion, Actually experienced in two ranches, one where his father was foreman and one his paternal grandfather operated. A book for families to read together. Illustrated by H.C. Zachry, Foreword by Walt McDonald. Abilene, Tx, 2003 McWhiney Foundation Press 1st Ed., 63 Pgs., 4&3/4 x 7&1/4, HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2170
THE VOYAGE OF SUTIL AND MEXICANA, 1792: The last Spanish Exploration of the Northwest Coast of America
Author: Transl., Intro by John Kendrick
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The Galiano and Valdes Y Flores expedition carefully charted the waters north of Puget Sound along Vancouver Island and the British Columbia coast, recording much on Indians and geography. A thorough translation with careful editing. Maps, Illustrations. Spokane, WA, 1991,1st Ed., HB, 260 Pgs. | |  RARE & ONE OF A KIND
Item #24323
TEXAS
Author: William Kennedy
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The best book available on the immediate decade after Texas became a republic. Originally published in 1841 in London, this edition is a reprint from the second edition. This book has two volumes in one, has a folding map tipped facing page 328, and has red patterned fabric binding, No DJ. Spine extremities, some cover edges are worn. Contents are very good. Fort Worth, Texas , 1925 The Molyneaux Craftsmen, Inc. Reprint, 939 Pgs., 6&1/4 x 9&1/2, HB | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #28102
JUAN SEGUIN, HERO OF TEXAS
Author: Rita Kerr
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There were many Texan heroes of the Alamo but a few of them had Spanish surnames. The story of one of them, Juan Seguin, is a fascinating tale of a man who had an interesting career. He did not die at the Alamo as he had been sent out on a scouting expedition. Austin, 1985 Eakin Press 1st Ed., 54 Pgs., PB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #28111
THE ALAMO CAT
Author: Rita Kerr
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The story of Ruby the cat and her six kittens at the Alamo. Austin, 1988 Eakin Press 1st Ed., 6 x 9, 49 Pgs., HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2156
TO THE ROYAL CROWN RESTORED, The Journals of Don Diego de Vargas, New Mexico, 1692-1694
Author: Edtd. by John L. Kessel, Rick Hendricks and Meredith D. Dodge
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This is the third of six volumes drawn from the reports of de Vargas. This one pertains to the reoccupation of New Mexico beginning with the organization to find funding and settlers.. He eventually left from El Paso on October 4, 1693 with 800 settlers and soldiers, many of them survivors of the Pueblo revolt. He conquered the Pueblo Indians and took back Santa Fe in a successful campaign. Albuquerque, 1995,1st Ed., HB (ndc), 624 Pgs. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1927
PUEBLOS, SPANIARDS, AND THE KINGDOM OF NEW MEXICO
Author: John L. Kessell
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The latest work from Kessell, a distinguished researcher and historian, Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico. For more than four hundred years in New Mexico, Pueblo Indians and Spanirds have lived "together yet apart." The author presents a fresh view of the region's colonial past and the origins of a precarious relationship. This is the seventeenth-century frontier in New Mexico told in a series of linked studies portraying the Indian and Spanish partisans of the times. Norman, OK., 2008 University of Oklahoma Press 1st Ed., 5&1/2 x 8&1/2, 225 Pgs., HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2015
INDEPENDENCE IN SPANISH AMERICA, Civil War, Revolutions, and Undervelopment
Author: Jay Kinsbruner
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Sixteen nations emerged from the violent and cataclysmic wars of independence in Spanish America in the early nineteenth century. Liberators such as Simón Bolivar and José de San Martin unleahed civil wars and revolutions between 1810 and 1824, but failed to govern as rulers. They succumbed, in part, to changes resulting from independence itself-a new political order. Illustrations, maps, chronology and a life-span table of rulers. Albuquerque, NM 2003 University of New Mexico Press 2nd Ed., 187 Pgs., 6 x 9 Trade PB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2009
THE COLONIAL SPANISH-AMERICAN CITY, Urban Life in the Age of Atlantic Capitalism
Author: Jay Kinsbruner
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The colonial Spanish-American city was a center of entrepreneurial activity and wealth, drawing people seeking a better life, with more educational, occupational,commercial,and marital benefits than were avaialable in the rural regions. The author offers the first history and interpretation in English of the colonial Spanish-American city. Illustrated with maps. Austin, TX 2005 University of Texas Press 1st Ed., 182 Pgs., 6 x 9, PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #755.
SAN FERNANDO CEMETERY NO. 1, Located at San Antonio, Texas, Vols I & II
Author: Larry Kirkpatrick
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With Dennis Moreno. SOLD AS A SET.First Printed in 1993 This work was the culmination of many weekends by the authors and their 38 assistants to document this historical cemetery. Volume I contains History and a Tombstone Index. Volume II contains the Tombstone Inscriptions. Has B&W photos and some maps. Invaluable work for San Antonio researchers. San Antonio, 2008 Los Bexarenos Genealogical Society Reprint, 8 &1/2 x 11, Unpaginated, Approx 650 Pgs., PB. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4041
THE GRAND INQUISITOR'S MANUAL, A History of Terror in the Name of God
Author: Jonathan Kirsch
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An interesting review of the inquisitorial apparatus, first invented in the Middle Ages which remained in operation for over 600 years and yet has never been fully dismantled. An unbroken thread links the friar-inquisitors to The Salem witch trials,Nazi Germany, Stalinist Russia, the Internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, the Hollywood blacklists of the McCarthy Era, and even Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. Kirsch shows how the Inquisition stands as a universal and ineradicable symbol of the terror that results when absolute power works its corruption. Illustrated. New but has remainder mark on page bottoms. Published at $ 26.95. New York, N.Y. Harper Collins 2008 1st Ed., 296 Pgs., 6 x9, HB. | |  MISCELLANEOUS
Item #25101
Baseball on the Border, A Tale of Two Laredos
Author: Alan M. Klein
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Winner of the 1997 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Book of the Year Award. Regarding the Tecolotes, The "Owls" baseball team. 1997 Princeton, NJ, 1st Ed.,Illustrated w/b&w photos. PB, 291 Pgs. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4070
CHARLES V, The World Emperor
Author: Harald Kleinschmidt
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Charles V (1500-1558) was the son of Philip the Handsome and Juana, Queen of Castile, grandson to the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabel. By the age of nineteen he was the most powerful monarch in Europe as King of Aragon, ruler off Castile, and Roman Emperor. The demands of ruling his vast European empire and the newly conquered lands in America ultimately overwhelmed him. In this, the first biography of Charles for many years, the author narrates an important study in ideas of kingship and dynasty. Gloustershire, UK, 2004 Sutton Publishing Limited. 1st Ed., 296 Pgs., 6&1/4 x 9&11/2, HB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #28110
FAMOUS TEXAS RANCHERS
Author: Jane Knapik
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Features famous ranchers of earlier years such as Juan Flores, Richard King and Charles Schriener along with some from the 20th century such as Dolph Briscoe Jr., Happy Shahan, and Mary Nan West. Some illustrations. Austin 1996 1st Ed., 5&1/2 x 8&1/2, 84 Pgs., HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1957
MEXICO, From the Beginning to the Spanish Conquest
Author: Alan Knight
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This is the first in a three-volume series that conveys the full sweep of Mexican History from the first human settlement of Mesoamerica down to the post-PRI politics of today. This first volume stands alone covering the first entry of men and women into the Americas charting the development of Mesoamerica from roughly 25,000 BC down to the Spanish Conquest of 1519-1521. Analyzes the principal periods and ehtnic groups. New book but has remainder mark on botton pages. Cambridge, 2002 Cambridge University Press 1st Ed., 254 Pgs., 6 x 9, PB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1941
MEXICO, The Colonial Era
Author: Alan Knight.
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This is the second in a three-volume history of Mexico. However, this volume stands alone for those persons interested in this specific period of Mexican history, covering three hundred years, from 1521 to 1821. Popular history books generally overlook this period as it would seem that there is no significant history here but nothing could be further from the truth. The author explores, the political economy, the hacienda system, relationships to the church, trade, demographics, warfare and taxation. Good overview. New but has remainder mark. New York, 2002 Cambridge University Press, 1st Ed., 6 x 9, 353 Pgs.,PB. Published at $ 28.99. | |  SEPHARDIC JUDAICA
Item #28118
LADINO-ENGLISH/ENGLISH-LADINO CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARY (Judeo-Spanish)
Author: Dr. Elli Kohen
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With Dahlia Kohen-Gordon. OUT OF PRINT-LIMITED COPIES AVAILABLE. This unique book is the first Ladino dictionary for English speakers. Ladino, also known as Judeo-Spanish or Judezmo, was the language spoken by Sephardic Jews who settled in the Ottoman Empire after their expulsion from Spain in the 15th century. It is a very lyrical language and in danger of becoming obsolete. Definitions for the words include the origin, the cultural context of expressions and their usage. This is an invalauble reference for anyone interested in Separdic Jewish culture. New York, 2000 Hippocrene Books, Inc. 1st Ed., 602 Pgs., 5&1/2 x 8&1/4, PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1108
MEXICAN AND SPANISH FAMILY RESEARCH
Author: J. Konrad
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An excellent introduction to Hispanic genealogical research. Part of a series by the author to assist beginners in their ancestral investigations. Chapters on the brief history of Spain and Mexico, immigration, beginning research with Spanish and Mexican ancestors in the United States, and ancestor hunting in Spain and Mexico. Indianapolis, 1993 Repr., PB, 70 Pgs. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1930
WE CAME NAKED AND BAREFOOT, The Journey of Cabeza de Vaca across North America
Author: Alex D. Krieger
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Edited by Margery H. Krieger. Foreword and Afterword by Thomas R. Hester. While the story of Cabeza de Vaca has been told many times the route taken by de Vaca remains controversial. In this book the author with his own extensive knowledge of geography, archaeology, and anthropology of Southern Texas and Northern Mexico plots out stage by stage the most probable route of the 2,800-mile journey of Cabeza de Vaca. Illustrated. Austin, TX, 2002 University of Texas Press 1st Ed., 6 x 9&1/4, 318 Pgs., HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1913
JEWISH PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
Author: Edward Kritzler
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The Inquisition and the Edict of Expulsion in Spain forced many Jews to go underground and flee the peninsula. Many converted voluntarily or involuntarily to Catholicism and were called conversos. Those who continued their Jewish religious practices in secret were called Crypto-Jews.Some went to the New World as explorers, conquistadores and pioneering merchants. Others became freewheeling outlaws, practicing piracy on the high seas. This book delves into the lives of those and other Jews who choose the freedom of the seas and New World adventure over the persecution.New York, NY 2008 Doubleday 1st Ed., 324 Pgs., 5 &3/4 x 8&1/4, HB. Published at $ 26.00. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1962
SOLDADOS DEL REY, El Ejército borbónico en América colonial en Vísperas de la Independencia
Author: Allan J. Kuethe, et al
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IMPORT FROM SPAIN. With Juan Marchena F. A study of the colonial Bourbon army in the 18th century. Over a historical panorama the authors depict the social processes of the military, economic, and political aspects durung the Bourbon reform in America, with homage to Lyle M. MCAllister a great researcher and historian in the colonial priod. Castello de la Plana, 2005 Universitat Jaume I, 1st Ed., SPANISH TEXT, 6&3/4 X 9&1/2, 282 Pgs., PB. | |
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