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  • Dorfman, Ariel
    MY HOUSE IS ON FIRE

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - Collection of short stories, many about the brutality of life in a country torn apart by political violence and torture, by this exiled Chilean writer. Translated from the Spanish by George Shivers with the author. ISBN: 0-670-820210.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (an unread copy, remainder line bottom edge.)

    Book ID: 11268
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  • Dorfman, Ariel.
    THE LAST SONG OF MANUEL SENDERO.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Viking, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - A stunning achievement by this Chilean author, a novel steeped in imagery both mythic and surreal, driven by extraordinary passion and faith. Translated by George R. Shivers with the author. Review copy with publisher's material laid in.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (small abraded spot from erasure on front endpaper.)

    Book ID: 14315
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  • Dorfman, Ariel
    MASCARA

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel by this exiled Chilean writer - and the first which he wrote in English. Called a 'haunting, surreal, brilliantly conceived thriller about deception and betrayal.' Review copy with publisher's materials laid in. ISBN: 0-670-823147.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 21222
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  • Dorfman, Ariel
    MASCARA

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel by this exiled Argentinian writer - and the first which he wrote in English. ISBN: 0-670-823147.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 21223
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  • Miranda, Victoria, & Camilo Fenini (translated by Daniel Fogel, Cathy Mahoney & Ana Castillo).
    AL FILO DE UN CANSANCIO APATRIDA / ON THE EDGE OF A COUNTRYLESS WEARINESS: Poemas / Poems.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    San Francisco: ism press, (1986.). First edition - A collection of 14 poems by this Chilean writers, of different generations, but both living in the United States and in exile from Chile. Bilingual edition, with the text in Spanish & English, on facing pages (en espanol). One of 2000 copies. 56 pp. Cover drawing by Rafael Edwards. ISBN: 0-910383-243.

    Condition: Fine in stiff orange illustrated wrappers with self-flaps.

    Book ID: 32762
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  • Navarro, Ramon Gil. (edited by Maria Del Carmen Ferreyra & David S. Reher)
    THE GOLD RUSH DIARY OF RAMON GIL NAVARRO.

    Edition: First printing.

    Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First publication of one of the most interesting diaries written during the California gold rush: Navarro did not just come to California from Argentina by himself: he founded a company with 120 investors. His diary (which is a true diary - that is, one written at night each day, rather than a reconstruction of events based on diary notes) actually covers more than the three years that he spent in California, and only about half of the California portion is included in this book (extremely repetitive elements have been reduced, as well as comments about his family back in South America.) From the introduction: " 'I am going…

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    Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First publication of one of the most interesting diaries written during the California gold rush: Navarro did not just come to California from Argentina by himself: he founded a company with 120 investors. His diary (which is a true diary - that is, one written at night each day, rather than a reconstruction of events based on diary notes) actually covers more than the three years that he spent in California, and only about half of the California portion is included in this book (extremely repetitive elements have been reduced, as well as comments about his family back in South America.) From the introduction: " 'I am going to California! Everyone has heard about California. This entire society, from the wisest of the wise to the most rustic hillbilly, has been talking about California. The friars at church talk about its gold, and on walks, in drawing rooms, and even while praying people ask the Lord for a safe trip up there. ..They say so much about that far-off land that my diary, even if it were to be completely filled, could never contain all the news that reaches us all the time from that remote land. Summing it up, they say that everyone who gets there can make his fortune. Then fine, that is where I am going.' Navarro diary entry for 15 February 1849. ...[this] is a diary written by an Argentinean political exile who first took refuge in Chile, just beyond the reach of the Argentinean political hatreds, disputes, reprisals, and singular lack of political tolerance. From there, he, like thousands of people from all over the world, heard the call of California, the California where gold had been discovered. Heading up a Chilean mining company, he set sail in search of his own personal fortune and destiny. Navarro's intensely personal account is about California and about gold, of course, but it is also about life, love, success, and frustration. A stunning tale of his own experience as a forty-niner, the diary is also an often intensely lyrical exploration into our human condition. Navarro was a keen but seldom dispassionate observer of life with a penchant for literary description. He was strongly, Argentinean in his education, outlook, and temperament, but he was also a man enthusiastically caught up in the maelstrom of life that took place in California during the gold rush." Among the California locations which are part of this diary are San Francisco, Stockton, Sacramento, Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras, Melones, San Andreas, Marysville, and more. Photographs, maps, chronology, glossary of key person, notes, bibliography, index. xx, 305 pp. ISBN: 0-803233434.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (corners slightly bumped).

    Book ID: 38014
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  • Neruda, Pablo.
    EXTRAVAGARIA.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1974.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first complete English language translation of this work originally published in 1958, a collection of lyric poems written by Neruda after he had returned to Chile and settled at Isla Negra. A bilingual edition, with the original Spanish on the verso and the English translation by Alastair Reid on the recto. Neruda was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. Includes translator's note. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-374-15126-1.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (sunning to the orange letters in Neruda on the dj spine, but otherwise like new.)

    Book ID: 54880
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  • THE CAPTAIN'S VERSES / LOS VERSOS DEL CAPITAN:The Love Poems . by Neruda, Pablo (1904-1973)
    Neruda, Pablo (1904-1973)
    THE CAPTAIN'S VERSES / LOS VERSOS DEL CAPITAN:The Love Poems .

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: New Directions, (2004). A bilingual edition of these poems by the Chilean Nobel Laureate, originally written in 1953 while he was in exile on the isle of Capri, translated by Donald D. Walsh, with his 1972 introduction. NDP991. 151 pp. ISBN: 0-811215806.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 86652
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  • BURNING BRIDGES. by Nomez, Nain.
    Nomez, Nain.
    BURNING BRIDGES.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Ontario: Cormorant Books, 1987. First edition - A collection of poems by this Chilean author, who divides his time between Toronto and Santiago, which "explore both new literary forms and a variety of subjects, including the psychology of exile" and life in his adopted country of Canada. Translated by Christina Shantz. Winner of the first prize in the Spanish writing competition of the University of Alberta. 71 pp. ISBN: 0-92095328X.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 67571
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  • CRIME AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: Issues in Criminology. #7, Spring - Summer, 1977. by Petras, James; Richard Speigelman, Gerda Ray and others.
    Petras, James; Richard Speigelman, Gerda Ray and others.
    CRIME AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: Issues in Criminology. #7, Spring - Summer, 1977.

    Edition: First printing.

    Berkeley, CA: Crime and Social Justice, 1977. First edition - Includes an announcement that the Berkeley School of Criminology - which was the impetus behind this journal and the only progressive program of study of criminlogy in the US - had been abolished. This issue contains articles on Class consciousness and crime in Chile by James Petras; on prison psychiatrists and drugs by Richard Speigelman, on the FBI and more. Photographs, ads, large format (8.5 by 11.5 inches), 74 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (address label,).

    Book ID: 57892
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  • POLLY iN SOUTH AMERICA: The Polly Brewster Series #7. by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth.
    Roy, Lillian Elizabeth.
    POLLY iN SOUTH AMERICA: The Polly Brewster Series #7.

    Edition: First or early edition.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). Hardcover - An interesting series written for older girls, featuring Polly Brewster, who grew up on a ranch in Colorado, and her friend Eleanor Maynard, but who are now far removed from their roots. Only includes 6 previous titles on title page. While this is almost a travelogue, with a minimal plot, and the comments on what they find is often prejudiced, this book does includes a look at the effects of earthquakes and tsumanis, and an interesting glimpse of nitrate mining in the Bolivian coastal region of Antofagasta. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and three inserted plates by H.S. Barbour. 280 pp.

    Condition: Very good overall in blue cloth with yellow and dark blue lettering (slight spine slant, minor wear) , no dj.

    Book ID: 74779
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  • SANTIAGO POEMS. by Scully, James.
    Scully, James.
    SANTIAGO POEMS.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers.

    Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, (1975). First edition - Eleven poems written in Santiago de Chile from shortly after the 11 September 1973 military coup to 28 July 1974 to call attention to the situation in Chile "during the repression administered by the United States and Brazil and carried out by Chileans whom greed or fear made brutal.". 31 pp.

    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (some rubbing to the covers).

    Book ID: 85540
    Keywords: chile, military coup, Poetry
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  • THE NAME OF A BULLFIGHTER. by Sepulveda, Luis.
    Sepulveda, Luis.
    THE NAME OF A BULLFIGHTER.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A novel of international intrigue" involving lost Nazi treasure, by this Chilean writer who was exiled for his political activities, and living in Germany at the time this was written. Translated from the Spanish by Suzanne Ruta. 211 pp. ISBN: 0-151001936.

    Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (spine slant.)

    Book ID: 40700
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  • Simon, John Oliver.
    CAMINANTE: A NARROW ROAD INTO THE FAR SOUTH: 131 Octaves.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition.

    Berkeley, CA: Creative Arts Book Co., (2002.). SIGNED first edition - INSCRIBED on the first page - "for .... in admiration of your courage and good sense" and dated in the year of publication. From the cover: "Written during Simon's nine-month sojourn through Latin America in the mid-nineties, each of its 131 octaves is a jewel in its own right, a moment and idea that resonates with distinctive tones. But each octave follows from the one before, and leads to the one after, and each is accompanied by a brief comentario that compliments it with history and local gossip. Though Simon writes primarily in English, his language embraces the unusual rhythms and nuances of a bilingual mind. John Oliver…

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    Berkeley, CA: Creative Arts Book Co., (2002.). SIGNED first edition - INSCRIBED on the first page - "for .... in admiration of your courage and good sense" and dated in the year of publication. From the cover: "Written during Simon's nine-month sojourn through Latin America in the mid-nineties, each of its 131 octaves is a jewel in its own right, a moment and idea that resonates with distinctive tones. But each octave follows from the one before, and leads to the one after, and each is accompanied by a brief comentario that compliments it with history and local gossip. Though Simon writes primarily in English, his language embraces the unusual rhythms and nuances of a bilingual mind. John Oliver Simon is the author of numerous books of poetry in English and Spanish" Cover praise from Gary Snyder, Juan Felipe Herrera and others. 131 pp. ISBN: 0-887393993.

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    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 36494
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  • FROM WEST TO EAST: Five Stories. by Subercaseaux, Benjamin.
    Subercaseaux, Benjamin.
    FROM WEST TO EAST: Five Stories.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Putnam, 1940. dj. First edition - Collection of 5 long stories by this Chilean author. Born in 1902 in Santiago de Chile in anold established family of mixed French and Basque origin, he trained first as a doctor and later became a psychologist. His writings reflect his varied interests and range from poetry to psychology, Chilean current affairs and fiction; these stories were written after a period of 6 years spent traveling in North Africa and the near East. Four of them are colorful tales of seamen and the Pacific, the last 'Rahab' is a biblical story set in Jordan. Translated and with a foreword by John Garrett Underhill. This is the first of his books to…

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    New York: Putnam, 1940. dj. First edition - Collection of 5 long stories by this Chilean author. Born in 1902 in Santiago de Chile in anold established family of mixed French and Basque origin, he trained first as a doctor and later became a psychologist. His writings reflect his varied interests and range from poetry to psychology, Chilean current affairs and fiction; these stories were written after a period of 6 years spent traveling in North Africa and the near East. Four of them are colorful tales of seamen and the Pacific, the last 'Rahab' is a biblical story set in Jordan. Translated and with a foreword by John Garrett Underhill. This is the first of his books to appear in the United States; .an uncommon work by an important Chilean writer. 214 pp.

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    Condition: Very good+ in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, sunning to spine of dj, light edgewear.)

    Book ID: 27235
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  • Timerman, Jacobo.
    CHILE: DEATH IN THE SOUTH.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Vintage Books, 1988. A very personal description of the oppression that has grown in Chile durng the 14 years of Pinochet's dictatorship. Translated from the Spanish by Rober t Cox. 134 pages. ISBN: 0-679-72012x.

    Condition: Fine.

    Book ID: 17731
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  • DEEP DOWN DARK: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free. by Tobar, Hector.
    Tobar, Hector.
    DEEP DOWN DARK: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A detailed and in-depth account of the 69 day ordeal of these 33 miners by this Pulitzer prize winning journalist. SIGNED on the title page. 309 pp. ISBN: 978-0374280604.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 70044
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