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Item #5107
SILVER AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY POTOSI, The Life and Times of Antonio Lopez de Quiroga
Author: Peter Bakewell
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Antonio Lopez de Quiroga ( C. 1620-1699) was one of the most diverse and capable businessmen in the Spanish Empire in America. During his 40 years as a silver refiner, his mills and mines produced between 88 and 100 million dollars worth of bullion. He was a talented investor, technical innovator, landowner, trader, and politician. This pertains to Potosi, Bolivia in South America. Dallas, 1988, Repr. (1st SMU Ed.), PB, 250 Pgs. | | RARE & ONE OF A KIND
Item #28158
HISTORY OF MEXICO, Vols I, II, III, V, & VI
Author: Hubert Howe Bancroft
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These volumes are part of an overall collection of Bancroft's Monumental work of Early Americana titled Bancroft's Works published in 1885. These offered cover the History of Mexico: Volune I covers 1516-1521, Volume II covers 1521-1600, Volume III covers 1600-1803, Volume IV is missing, Volume V covers 1824-1861, and Volume VI covers 1861-1887. The covers as expected are very worn and volumes I and V have separated covers. The contents are in very good condition with gilt edges and can be recovered for excellent preservation. Vol VI has an index. San Francisco, 1885-1886 The History Company 1st Eds., Each book has over 700 Pgs,
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Item #24699
LITTLE BLACK SAMBO
Author: Helen Bannerman
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Illustrated by Bonnie and Bill Rutherford. The story of a young man set in an Indian Jungle, controversial in today's time because of his name. Racine, WI, 1976 Western Publishing Company Golden Press Book 1st Pr., Large size, 9&1/2 x 12&1/4, unpaginated, HB | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2108
THE SPANISH BORDERLANDS FRONTIER, 1512-1821
Author: John Francis Bannon, S.J.
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First published in 1970, this was first all inclusive treatment in 50 years of the Spanish Borderlands. Excellent study by Fr. Bannon, a student of Herbert E. Bolton. Albuquerque, 1990, 8th Pr., PB, 308 Pgs. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #24656
THE CHRISTMAS TOY
Author: Joanne Barken
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Presented by Jim Henson and illustrated by Lawrence de Fiori. Based on the ABC-TV special by Laura Phillips. Neat story and delightful illustrations. VG. New York, N.Y. 1987 Scholastic, Inc., 1st Pr., Unpaginated, 7&1/2 x 9, PB. | | TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #468
THE FRENCH LEGATION IN TEXAS, VOL I, Recognition, Rupture, and Reconciliation
Author: Nancy Nichols Barker
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Transl. & Edtd. by Nancy Nichols Barker. The first volume of this outstanding work about the French Legation in the Republic of Texas. France was the first world power to recognize the fledgling republic and the French foreign minister M. Dubois de Saligny and his agents were alternately awed and horrified in the manner in which Texans conducted their affairs. Vol. II, unfortunately, is not available. Austin, 1971, 1st Ed. 357 Pgs. HB. | | MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA
Item #273
CITIZEN EMPEROR, Pedro II and the making of Brazil, 1825-91
Author: Roderick J. Barman
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No person has held power so long in the history of Post-colonial Latin America than Pedro II as Emperor of Brazil. The relocation of the Portuguese throne in the New World as a result of the Napoleonic wars was a unique American experience. Called to the throne in 1840 at age 14, Pedro spent the next half-century transforming Brazil into a functioning nation-state. Stanford, CA, 1999 1st Ed, 548 Pgs., HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1914
PEACE CAME IN THE FORM OF A WOMAN, Indians and Spaniards in the Texas Borderlands
Author: Juliana Barr
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The author revises the standard narrative of European-Indian relations in this award-winning book. She demonstrates that between the 1690s and the 1780s Indians were the dominant power and Europeans were the ones forced to accomodate, resist and persevere. Various tribes formed relationships with Spaniards in Texas that refuted claims of imperial control. Barr examines six realms of encounter-first contact, settlement and intermarriage, mission life, warfare, diplomacy, and captivity. Chapel Hill, 2007 University of North Carolina Press 1st Ed., 397 Pgs., 6&1/4 x 9&1/4, PB. | |  MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA
Item #28123
LA HUELLA DEL BENEMERITO EN COAHUILA
Author: Arturo Barrueto González
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Concerns activities in Nuevo León by PrsidentBenito Juarez. He came to Saltillo January 9, 1864 separating the state of Nuevo Leon and establishing political sovereignty in Coahuila. He left Coahuila September 8, 1864 to go to Durango. Saltillo, 2006 Consejo Editorial, Spanish Text, 4 &1/2 x 7&1/2,187 Pgs., PB.
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Item #28183
NORMAN ROCKWELL'S FAITH OF AMERICA
Author: Fred Bauer
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First-class amazing drawings in color by America's best-known ilustrator. Contains scenes of men and women who lived in small-towm America as they faced some of life's common dilemma's. Offers a candid portrait of the artist.
New York, Artabras 1980 1st Ed, 3rd Pr.
8 &1/2 x 11, 161 Pgs., HB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #24751
THE WIZARD OF OZ
Author: L. Frank Baum
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Adapted and abridged from Baum's classic story. Illustrations by Tom Sinnickson. A brief retelling of the classic case of Dorothy and her friends and their journey to the land of OZ. New York, N.Y., Grosset & Dunlap, Inc. Wonder Books, 1977 Pr., unpaginated, 6&1/2 x 8, HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #8099
INTO THE FAR WILD COUNTRY, True Tales of the Old Southwest
Author: George Wythe Baylor
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Edtd/Intro by Jerry D. Thompson. Baylor wrote fifty two articles at the turn on the twentieth century for the El Paso Daily Herald covering the Civil War in Texas and New Mexico, fights with Comanches, the 1850-51 Parker H. French Expedition, life in the California gold fields, etc. Provides rare glimpse of the Civil War west of the Mississippi and the violent nineteenth-century frontier. El Paso, 1996. 1st Ed., HB, 442 Pgs. | |  MISCELLANEOUS
Item #27847
THRILLING WONDER STORIES, April, 1937
Author: Beacon Magazines
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PULP MAGAZINE. Contains four complete novelettes, including "The Judgement Sun," by Eando Binder " Elixer of Doom," by Ray Cummings, and "Flight of the Silver Eagle," by Arthur Leo Zagat. Also four thrilling short stories including " A Million Years Ahead," by Edmond Hamilton, and A Special Picture Story Special,"Zarnak," by Max Plaisted. Other features and departments. VG. chipped cover. New York, N.Y. April, 1937, Vol. 9 # 2, 130 Pgs., PB. | |  MISCELLANEOUS
Item #27848
THRILLING WONDER STORIES, December, 1938
Author: Beacon Magazines
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PULP MAGAZINE. Includes "Hypercosmos," an Astronomical Feature by C.P.Mason, " Tidal Moon," An Interplanetary Story by Stanley G. and Helen Weinbaum, and "The Loot of Time, A Prehistoric Novelet by Clifford D. Simak. Other features and departments. VG-chipped cover. New York, N.Y., Better Publications, Inc. December, 1938, Vol XII, No. 3, 130 Pgs., PB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1928
JUAN PEREZ ON THE NORTHWEST COAST, Six Documents of His Expedition in 1774
Author: Herbert K. Beals
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Translated and annotated by Beals. Rumors of a Russian presence in Northwest America had earlier helped Spain launch a major effort to colonize upper California. In early June, 1774, a lone Spanish vessel, the 225-ton Santiago, sailed from Monterey Bay on a mission of great innportance and secrecy. Commanded by Juan Pérez, a mariner from Mallorca, the ship was to go as far as the sixtieth parralel for evidence of Russian settlements. He did not succeed in his mission but he was the first European to ply the waters of the Northwest Pacific Coast. Six documents of the controversial voyage are published here for the first time in English. Illustrated. Portland, OR 1989 The Oregon Historical Society Press 1st Ed., 6 x 10, 270 Pgs., HB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1070
FRENCH AND SPANISH RECORDS OF LOUISIANA, A Bibliografical Guide to Archive and Manuscript Sources
Author: Henry Putney Beers
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This is the authoritative and comprehensive guide to the records generated in the Louisiana territory during the French and Spanish colonial periods. The author has painstakingly traced all types of documents including land, military, and ecclesiastical records; registers of birth, marriages and burials; and private papers. Includes a concise account of the history and government of Louisiana. Baton Rouge, LA 1989 1st Ed, 371 Pgs. HB. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #97291
DEFEAT AT SEA
Author: C.D. Bekker
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An absorbing and often thrilling account of the struggle and eventual destruction of the German navy in World War II as seen from the other side. The author is a former German naval officer.New York, N.Y. 1955 Ballantine Books 1st American Ed., 184 Pgs., Mass Market PB., | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #767
FIFTEEN-GENERATION GENEALOGICAL ANCESTRAL REPORT OF MINERVA HINOJOSA OVERSTREET
Author: Jesus m. (Jerry) Benavides
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Minerva Overstreet was born in San Diego, Texas and was active in many genealogical activities. The book has a history chapter on Duval County from The Handbook of Texas Online since families from here are the focus of the work. This generaional chart includes also early settlers named Canales, Chapa, Benavides, Trevino, de la Garza, Flores de Valdes, Fernandez, de la Cerda, de Sosa, Flores de Abrego, Gonzalez Hidalgo, Garcia and de los Santos Coy. No index but contains sources. San Antonio, TX 2010 Los Bexarenos Genealogical Society 1st ED., 8 &1/2 x 11, 54 Pgs., PB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #24743
A GHOST NAMED FRED
Author: Nathanial Benchley
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Pictures by Ben Shecter. A young boy vists an old deserted mansion and runs into a friendly ghost who knows something about buried treasure in House. Very good-very slight foxing- front hinges. New York, N.Y., 1968 Harper & Row Publishers, 62 Pgs., 6&1/4 x 8&3/4, HB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #28017
A GHOST NAMED FRED
Author: Nathaniel Benchley
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An "I can read book." George had nobody to play with until he found Fred. Pictures by Ben Schecter. VJ-Pictorial cover. Owner's name in inside cover in blue marker. New York, 1998 HarperCollins Publishers Atlas Editions, Inc., Reprint,Pictorial cover, 61 Pgs.,6&1/4 x 8&1/2, HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1935
THE CENTURY AFTER CORTES
Author: Fernando Benitez
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USED BOOK. A brilliant study of 16th-century Mexico describing the birth of a nation and the formation of its ruling class, the Creoles-the families of Spanish blood, born in Mexico. The conquest and even Pre-Columbian Mexico have been extensively studied but this era has been neglected. However,what happened in this aftermath is vital to understanding Mexican history and character. Translated from the Spanish edition published by Ediciones ERA in 1962. VG with Dust Cover.Illustrated. Chicago, 1965 University of Chicago Press 1st English Ed., 6 x 9&1/4, 296 Pgs., HB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #24753
DAYS ARE WHERE WE LIVE, And Other Poems
Author: Jill Bennett, Compiler
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Illustrated by Maureen Roffey. An anthology of delightful children's poems. New York, N.Y., 1981 William Morrow and Company, Inc., Lothrap, Lee and Shepard Books, 1st Ed., unpaginated, 6&3/4 x 9&1/4, HB. | |  HISTORY & CULTURAL STUDIES
Item #28195
CENTRAL PARK
Author: John S. Berman
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A photo/essay of great black and white photos in the series " Portraits of America" by the Museum of the City of New York. With its winding paths, and tranquil ponds, Central Park is an idyllic masterpiece that provides New Yorkers with a charming spot for outdoor amusemenst. The book tell the story of the creation and evolution of this urban oasis. Superb photographs, including the masterful works of nineteenth century and early twentieth century photographer/artists. New York, 2003 Barnes and Noble Books, 1st Ed., 6&1/2 x 9&1/4,128 Pgs., PB. Published at $14.95 | |  MAPS
Item #18950
GRAN CANARIA
Author: Berndtson & Berndtson
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Laminated road map in color plus city maps. Foldout. | |  MAPS
Item #18951
.LANZAROTE
Author: Berndtson & Berndtson,
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Laminated road map in color plus city maps. Foldout. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #24745
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR MOM OR DAD SAYS...BE CAREFUL
Author: Joy Berry
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Pictures by Bartholomew. Explains how to go about being careful as mom and dada advise. Danbury, CT, 1983 Grolier Enterprises Corp., 1st Ed., 48 Pgs., 5&3/4 x 8&3/4, HB. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4078
CRESCENT AND CROSS, The Battle of Lepanto 1571
Author: Hugh Bicheno
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This book describes an event widely believed to herald the ultimate supremacy of Western culture. On the morning of October 7, 1571, at the mouth of a gulf in western Greecee, the fleets of the Muslin Ottoman Empire and the Roman Catholic Holy League met in the last great battle ever to be fought with oared fighting ships. The Battle of Lepanto was the outstanding military event of the sixteenth century. It changed the balance of power in the Mediterranean forever and turned back a Muslim tide that threatened to engulf Europe. Illustrated with B&W prints and maps. London, England, 2003 Cassell 1st Ed., 6&1/2 x 9&1/2, 350 Pgs., HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7094
THE TEXAS REVOLUTION
Author: William C. Binkley
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Originally published by Louisiana State University in 1952 this concise account of the Texas Revolution was reprinted by the Texas State Historical Commission in 1979 and limited copies are available. This is an interpretive study based on what is known of the processes leading to Texas independence and examines the salient features of the struggle. Mr. Binkley relates the differences in the political experience, and the racial and cultural backgrounds of the groups who clashed in the Mexican frontier. Economic, social and political problems brought about suspicion and misunderstanding, but also traces the steps Texans took to try an reach a peaceful solution. Good collector’s item. Austin, 1979, 2nd Pr., 131 Pgs, HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6901
P.L. BUQUOR, Indian Fighter,Texas Ranger, Mayor of San Antonio
Author: Sylvia Villarreal Bisnar
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Buqour was also a City Marshall, Soldier, Justice of the Peace, and Spanish-speaking scholar. As a young man he answered the call to "Save Texas," that brought him in contact with Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin, Robert E. Lee, Santa Anna, John Coffey Hayes, Juan Seguin, Zachary Taylor and others. The book introduces his family, travels, early Texas life and battles in which he particpated. The author's first genealogical book on her ancestry was Family History of P.L. Buquor and Maria de Jesus Delgado. Bloomington, IN 2009 1st Authorhouse Ed., 6 x9, 192 Pgs., PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6900
P.L. BUQOUR, Indian Fighter, Texas Ranger, Mayor of San Antonio
Author: Sylvia Villarreal Bisnar
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This is the hardback edition of item # 6901. Buquor answered the call to "Save Texas" and came into contact with many early Texas notables such as Stephen F. Austin, Robert E. lee, Santa Anna, John Cofee Hays, Juan Seguin, Winfield Scott, Zachary Taylor and others. The author, pictured here, is a descendant of Buquor and María de Jesús Delgado. This story introduces Buquor's family, travels, and battles in which he particpated. Bloomingtom, IN 2009 Authorhouse 1st On Demand Ed., 6x9, 192 Pgs., HB. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4072
PERFECT WIVES, OTHER WOMEN, Adultery and Inquisition in Early Modern Spain
Author: Georgina Dopico Black
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The author examines the roles played by women's bodies-specifically the bodies of wives-in Spain and Spanish America during the inquisition. She also reveals how imperialism, the Inquisition, inflation and economic decline each contributed to a correspeondence between the meanings of the human body and "other" bodies such as those of the Jew, the Moor, the Lutheran, the degenerate, and whoever else departed from a recognized norm. New, but has remainder mark, bottom page edges. Durham, N.C. 2001 Duke University Press, 1st Ed.,307 Pgs., 6 x 9&1/4, Trade PB. Published at $ 21.95. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6890
A PRIEST, A PROSTITUTE, AND SOME OTHER EARLY TEXANS
Author: Don Blevins
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The Priest is Father Michael Muldoon and Sarah Bowman is the entrepreneur of Ill Repute. A recognizable figure to our customers is Madam Candelaria in an article, " Was She at the Alamo-or Wasn't She?" Elevn other characters including R.M Williamson, known as " Three Legged Willie," and Lizzie Johnson Williams, "Educator, Rancher, Trail Boss, Miser." Guilford, CT, 2008 TwoDot 1st Ed., 189 Pgs., 6 x 9, PB | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #24671
CHRISTMAS AT THE TOYSHOP
Author: Enid Blyton
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Illustrated by Sue Pearson. A gem of an illustrated Christmas book,a toyshop adventure, the essence of the season for a child. First published in 1949 as Oh! What a Lovely Time. Very Fine. New York, N.Y., 1990 W.H. Smith Publisher's Gallery Books,1st Ed., 44 Pgs., 10&3/4 x 8 &3/4, Pictorial cover, HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2121
THE ARMATURE OF CONQUEST, Spanish Accounts of the Discovery of America, 1492-1589
Author: Beatriz Pastor Bodmer
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Transl. by Lydia Lonstreth Hunt. A Columbian quincentennary publication focusing on key firsthand narratives of discovery,conquest & exploration also as literary expressions of writer's experience. Stanford, CA, 1992 1st English Ed., PB, 317 Pgs. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2103
THE SPANISH BORDERLANDS, A Chronicle of Old Florida and the Southwest
Author: Herbert E. Bolton
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Forward by Albert L. Hurtado. Hurtado provides an excellent overview of Bolton's trials and tribulations in writing and editing out a subject few historians cared about or saw as just a brief prelude to Britain's eventual mastery of the continent,. First published in 1991 this book is the cornerstone of Spanish Borderlands Historical research. A classic monograph and superb reprint. Albuquerque, 1st U. of N. Mexico Press PB Ed., 320 Pgs. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2057
BOLTON AND THE SPANISH BORDERLANDS
Author: Herbert Eugene Bolton, Edtd. w/ Intro. by John Francis Bannon
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A Plains digital technology reprint. Bolton established a new era in American history, the Spanish Borderlands. His work in the Mexican archives opened up a wealth of unpublished and unknown material. Seventeen essays illustrate the importance of Bolton’s contributions. Norman, OK, 1999 Repr., 360 Pgs., PB. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4068
THE SPANISH COCKPIT, An Eyewitness Account of the Spanish Civil War
Author: Franz Borkenau
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Introduction by Hugh Thomas. Written by one of the most acute observers to be in Spain during the bloody and crucial years of its Civil War, and first published in 1937. Borkenau was a young Austrian, brought up Catholic, but of Jewish descent. Disillusioned with communism and Marxism, he considered himself a liberal democrat and it is through these eyes that we see his insight into the political and social conflicts. London, England, 2000 Phoenix Press Reprint, 303 Pgs., 5&1/2 x 8&1/2, PB. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #28096
SEAL TEAM ROLL-BACK
Author: Tim L. Bosiljevac
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Never fear, never falter, never say die. One creed, one goal-one team. A legend was born in 1954 with the covert landing of four agents on a night-blackened Asian beach. This is the saga of the best and the bravest: The US Navy SEALs, leading top hunter-killer teams from the Tonkin Giulf to the NVA-owned hills along the Cambodian border. A story of frieins and strangers, of honor, freedom, pain and sacrifice, and the grim lessons learned under fire in the kingdon of death. Very Good. New York, 1999 Avon Books, Inc, 1st Pr, 313 Pgs. Mass Mkt. PB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1970
LIVES OF THE BIGAMISTS, Marriage Family, and Community in Colonial Mexico
Author: Richard Boyer
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An award-winning examination of bigamy in colonial Mexico revealing the lives, routines and networks of ordinary people caught in unique historical circumstances. These cases are taken from Inquisition records from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries. This tribunal had the power to investigate breaches of the law on monogamy. The pursuit of bigamists provides a fascinating picture of both Catholocism and the colonial state, and the many stories here convey emotions and relations rarely preserved from past centuries. Some pen and ink illustrations. Contains an appendix with sample set of 216 bigamy cases. Albuquerque, 2001 University of New Mexico Press, Abridged Ed., 203 Pgs., 6 x 9, PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6950
LONE STAR NATION, How a Ragged Army of Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Independence-And Changed America
Author: H.W. Brands
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The gripping story of Texas' precarious journey to statehood, from its early coloniation in the 1820s to the shocking massacres of Texas loyalists at the Alamo and Goliad by the Mexican army, from its rough-and-tumble years as a land overrun by Comanches to its day of liberation as an upstart republic. The author is a Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M Univerisity, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A riveting tale told by a premier historian. Illustrated. New York, 2004 Doubleday 1st Ed., 582 Pgs., HB. Published at $ 29.95. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4096
THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD IN THE AGE OF PHILIP II, Vol's I &II
Author: Fernand Braudel
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A massive work focusing on the second half of the sixteenth century, but going back in time to Odysseus and forward to the New World. Covers natural world, material life, economics, demography, politics, and diplomacy. Berkeley, 1995, 1st PB Pr.,VoI (642Pgs), Vol II (725 Pgs) | |  MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA
Item #5038
THE WIND THAT SWEPT MEXICO, The History of the Mexican Revolution 1910-1942, New Edition
Author: Anita Brenner
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184 photographs assembled by George R. Leighton, some of the best of the period. Praised by popular readers and scholars alike as one of the best books written about the Mexican Revolution. The text is concise and moving sweeping the reader from the false peace and plenty of the Díaz era through the doomed aministration of Madero, the chaotic years of Villa and Zapata, Carranza and Obregon, to the peaceful social revolution of Cárdenas amd Mexico's entry into World War II. Austin, 2005 University of Texas Press 7th Paperback Printing, 310 Pgs., 7 x 9&1/2, PB. | |  REFERENCE
Item #9092
1500 CALIFORNIA PLACE NAMES, Their Origin and Meani
Author: William Bright
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A "pocket" version of the classic first published in 1949 by Erwin G. Gudde. This abridged version focuses on places that are well-known such as la Jolla, Tahoe, & Alcatraz and others demanding attention because they are less known. Berkeley, CA, 1998 Abridged Repr. 172 Pgs. PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #818
SAN AGUSTIN PARISH OF LAREDO, Marriage Book II, 1858-1881
Author: Angel Sepulveda Brown
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With Gloria V. Cadena. A superb work now BACK IN PRINT. While copies of Book I are still available at a reduced price, this second volume has been unavailable for some time, and reprints may be limited in the future. Contains first a History of the Catholic Church in Laredo-Nuevo Laredo, 1858-1881 by Robert E. Wright, O.M.I. The first entry is for Segundo Moreno and Elena Treviño, Married January 11, 1858. The last one is for Manuel Salazar and Refugia Bedilla Married August 19, 1881, a total of 799 entries. Contains also Appendix A, ten (10) Catholic marriages not recorded in the Church but recorded in the Webb County Records. Appendix B is an alphabetical listing of Protestant and Civil Marriages form the period (184 total marriages)and Appendix C, an index of the Protestant and Civil Marriages by Bride's Surname. Includes handy index. San Antonio, 2008 Privately Printed 1st Facsimile reprint, 8&1/2 x 11, 274 Pgs., PB. | |  MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA
Item #5108
JUAN FERMIN DE AYCINENA, Central American Colonial Entrepreneur, 1729-1796
Author: Richmond F. Brown
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Juan Fermin de Aycinena, a mid-18th-century immigrant from Navarre, via New Spain, was the wealthiest, most prominent, and most powerful individual in late colonial Central America. Through a fortuitous marriage he became Guatemala's leading exporter, importer and leader during a time of great economic expansion. The Spanish crown gave him a Castilian title, the only title in late colonial Central America. His descendants are still part of Guatemala's elite. Norman, OK. 1997 1st Ed. HB, 320 Pgs., 4 maps. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #820
BAPTISMS 1757-1791 OF NUESTRA SENORA DE LOS DOLORES DE LA PUNTA DE LAMPAZOS
Author: Angel Sepulveda Brown
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Input by Sedonia Ann Campbell Gilliland. Baptisms for Nuevo Leon town founded by Fray Diego de Salazar, November 12, 1698, Present Day Lampazos de Naranjo. Over 1500 entries with index. San Antonio, 2008 Los Bexareños Genealogical Society 1st Ed., 8 &1/2 x 11, 242 Pgs., PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1005
BAPTISMS 1832-1855 OF SAN JUAN DE MATA, LOCATED AT PRESENT DAY ALLENDE COAHUILA.
Author: Angel Brown
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Data input by Zelma Murphree. This small villa of some 20,000 inhabitants is located in the state of Coahuila, Mexico some 50 miles southwest of Piedras Negras on the historic Camino Real. Originally founded as Mission San Juan de Mata in 1699 by Diego de Salazar and Francisco Hidalgo, it was officially established as a villa in 1827. The name was changed to Allende in 1827 in honor of General Ignacio de Allende a revolutionary hero of the fight for independence against Spain. Contains 806 baptisms listed in 203 pages, and includes a 61 page name index. San Antonio,2003 1st Ed., 264 total pgs., 8 & ½ x 11 size, PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #805
BAPTISMS 1791 TO 1804 OF NUESTRA SENORA DE LOS DOLORES DE LA PUNTA DE LAMPAZOS, Present Day Lampazos de Naranjo, N.L.
Author: Angel Sepulveda Brown
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Input by Sedonia Ann Campbell Gilliland. Lampazos was founded November 12, 1698 by Fray Diego de Salazar. Contains name, surname, age at baptism, parents and Godparents. With Index. San Antonio, TX, 2008 Los Bexareños Genealogical Society 1st Ed., 128 Pgs., 8 &1/2 x 11, PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1040
BAPTISMS OF LA PARROQUIA DE LA VILLA DE GIGEDO 1853-1867, Located in Present Day Villa Union, Coahuila, Mexico
Author: Angel S. Brown
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The Mission Dulce Nombre de Jesus de los Peyotes was first founded in 1674 by Fray Juan Larios but the mission later closed. It was founded again in 1698. The Villa of San Pedro de Gigedo was established August 19, 1749 due to Apache raids. Minerals were later found in the area. A subsequent area mission San Francisco Vizarron de los Pausanes had been founded in 1737 which was later incorporated into the Villa de Rosales. Then two Villas were separate until 1927 when they were combined as Villa Union. Population of Villa Union in 1995 was 6,228. Contains 1,098 entries for baptisms that show date, person being baptized, age, birthplace, parents, grandparents and sponsors (padrinos). Includes name index. San Antonio,TX 2002, 1st Ed., 345 pgs., PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1101
SAN AGUSTIN PARISH OF LAREDO , Marriage Book I, 1790-1857
Author: Angel S. Brown, et al
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Marriages taken from church archival records from marriage of Joaquin de Cardenas & Juliana Ramon, November 29, 1790 to the one for Melchor Garcia & Sostenes Arcia, December 27, 1857. (1,029 entries). Saltillo, 1989, PB, 365 Pgs, Index. (6 & 1/4 by 7 & 3/4 size). Published originally at $ 40.00. | |  MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA
Item #5027
THE POSTHUMOUS CAREER OF EMILIANO ZAPATA, Myth, Memory, and Mexico's Twentieth Century
Author: Samuel Brunk
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This book is in effect a sequel to the author's 1995 biography of Zapata. Brunk has traced, in a very detailed and well-researched work, the power and impact of the ubiquitous immortalized figure. Delves into a rich realm of artistic, geographical, militaristic, and ultimately all-encompassing applications of this charismatic icon. Austin, TX 2008 University of Texas Press, 1st Ed., 6 x 9, 353 Pgs., HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6999
FROM A WATERY GRAVE, The Discovery and Excavation of La Salle's Shipwreck, La Belle
Author: James E. Bruseth, et al
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With Toni S. Turner. Foreword by T.R. Fehrenbach. On a frigid, stormy day in February, 1686 A small French sailing ship lost control,ran aground and later sank on Matagorda Bay. The La Belle had brought Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle to the New World to establish a colony. More than 300 years later Texas Historical Commission archaeologists discovered her resting place. Excavated and salvaged from her watery grave she produced a wealth of artifacts -everything a New World colony needed for survival. Illustrated with both B&W and color plates. College Station, 2005 Texas A&M University Press 1st Ed., 159 Pgs., 9 x 11, HB. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #97271
AIRCRAFT CARRIER
Author: J. Bryan III
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The story of the Yorktown, what it was really like to serve on this giant ship and the courage, humor, and patience of the men who carried the war across the immense Pacific. Good-slight tear lower spine, front cover edges folded. New York, N.Y., 1954 Ballantine Books 1st Ed., 205 Pgs., Mass Market Paperback. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #6945
NEW MEXICO, A Biographical Dictionary 1540-1980, Volume I
Author: Don Bullis
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This is the first volume of a multi-volume encyclopedia of the people of New Mexico-the 47th state of the Union.The basic quality of the persons represented is that they left their mark on the state, for good or ill. Entrie not fit neatly into any particular category such as politicians, artists, athletes, scientists, lawmen,educators etc., but are listed alpahbetical from A to Z. Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, 2007 LPD Press/Rio Grande Books 1st Ed., 6 x 9, 295 Pgs. HB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #6944
NEW MEXICO, A Biographical Dictionary 1540-1980, Volume I
Author: Don Bullis
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This is the first volume of a multi-volume encyclopedia of the people of New Mexico-the 47th State of the Union. The basic qualification is that they left their mark on the state for good or ill. Entries do not fit neatly into categories such as politicians, artists, outlaws, lawmen, scientists, educators, etc., but are listed alphabetically from A to Z. Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, 2007 LPD Press/Rio Grande Books, 1st Ed., 6 x 9, 259 Pgs., PB. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #97105
CURRAHEE, A Screaming Eagle at Normandy
Author: Donald R. Burgett
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Forward by Stephen E. Ambrose, with eight pages of photos. A fascinating tale of personal combat. VF-AS New. New York, N.Y. 2000 Dell Publishing Company, A division of Random House, Inc., 1st Ed., 202 Pgs., Mass Market PB. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #97267
U-BOATS AT WAR
Author: Harald Busch
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Translated from the German by L.P.R. Wilson.The German estimates of Allied and nuetral ships destroyed by German U-boats was 1,027 in 1942 and 54 in 1945. Behind these figures lies one of the most fascinating and exciting stories to come out of Word War II. It began in the black nights in 1939 and 1940 when submarine wolf packs ripped the allied convoys-and one ship in three might get to England. It is a story by a German officer that will make you angry, but it tells how the enemy lived and fought and how the allies, by courage and scientific skill, broke the back of the wolf packs and smashed the German effort for victory at sea. VG. Owner's name inside cover. New York.N.Y. 1955 First American Ed.,176Pgs., Mass Market Paperback | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #24148
RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY, THE TUNNEL OF LOST TOYS
Author: Catherine Bushnell
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Illustrated by Vernon McKissack. This is a presentation of Weekly Reader's Children's Book Club. Good, Pictorial Cover. Indianapolis, 1980 The Bobbs-Merril Company 1st Ed., 27 Pgs. 7&1/4 x 9&1/4. HB | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #903
BUSTAMANTE, NUEVO LEON (SAN MIGUEL DE AGUAYO) MARRIAGE RECORDS AND FAMILY INFORMATION, 1708-1832
Author: Elizabeth K. Butzer
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Contains 1,124 Marriage entries with index for the period taken from various sources. The author, a Research Fellow in Geography at the University of Texas at Austin is the author of Historia Social de una Communidad Tlaxcalteca:San Miguel de Aguayo (Bustamante, N.L. 1686-1820
(Saltillo, 2001). San Antonio, 2006 Los Bexareños Genealogical Society, 1st Ed., 213 Total Pgs., 8 &1/2 x 11, PB. | |  MISCELLANEOUS
Item #28212
VINCE LOMBARDI, Memories of a Special Time
Author: Mike Bynum, Editor
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Portions of this book have been previously written in books and magazines but are thoughtfully arranged to profile the inspiring story of Professional football's greatest coach. During the 1950s and 1960s his team , The Green Bay Packers, once the worst team in their league, dominated the world of professional football and, in the process, changed the cultural life-style and thinking habits of the American people. He was a remarkable man, loved, hated, admired, feared and praised, and he aroused the strongest of emotions. Very fine copy with brodart cover. Inscribed to the purchaser by the editor 12/21/88. Chicago, 1988 October Football Corp., 1st Ed., 213 Pgs.,5&1/2 x 8&1/4, HB. | |
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