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MAYA RESURGENCE IN GUATEMALA.
Edition: Trade paperback.
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (1995). A story of the Mayan peoples struggle across Guatemala to recover from decades of religious conversions, civil war, displacement, and military repression and of the Catholic lay activists who seek to renovate a new pan-Q'eqchi' ethnic identity. Includes chapters on fertilizing the land, and on curing illness. Maps and black and white photographs. Notes, glossary, references cited, index. xxii, 373 pp. ISBN: 0-8061-31950.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 90186More details Price: $16.50 -
SALVADOR WITNESS: The Life and Calling of Jean Donovan.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1984). Hardcover first edition - Biography of one of four American Catholic missionary workers brutally murdered on a back road near the Salvadoran capital of San Salvador - from her privileged upbringing in a Connecticut suburb to her decision to dedicate her life to helping the poor and oppressed. Illustrated with photographs. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-67147992x.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line, 2 nicks to upper edge of dj, but a tight and clean copy)
Book ID: 88126More details Price: $20.00 -
GREENFINGER.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 85873More details Price: $16.50 -
BODY OF TRUTH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His seventh novel, a literate thriller set in the 'murky underworld of Guatemala,' where a young American woman has disappeared. SIGNED on the title page. 417 pp,. ISBN: 0-385-248148.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 82312More details Price: $30.00 -
FORBIDDEN CARGOES: A Mystery Story for Boys #10.
Edition: First or very early edition.
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (1927.). Hardcover - Adventure novel set in the jungles of Central America - in what was then British Honduras, and is now Belize. 282 pp.
Condition: Very good in red cloth with black lettering (some offsetting to endpapers and the usual toning to pages, but overall a straight and tight copy)
Book ID: 79951More details Price: $20.00 -
THE RED LURE: A Mystery Story for Boys #9
Edition: First edition.
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1926. Hardcover first edition - Mystery set in the jungles of Central America, featuring Johnny Thompson. Last title in this mystery series list at front of book. 263 pp.
Condition: Near very good in red cloth covered boards (slight fading to spine, minor wear to covers.), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 76008More details Price: $16.50 -
CROSSWIND.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, 1961. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - an adventure story set in a mythical Central American country. It features Luke Hadley, an American flyer on the loose (Henry was himself a pilot). 371 pp. Dust jacket by William Preston.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 74199More details Price: $24.50 -
THE CROOKED SIDE OF HELL.
Edition: Trade paperback original - first printing.
San Francisco: Alchemy Books. (1984). SIGNED first edition - Author's first book, a novel based on her own expericences about the violent changes, murder and kidnapping in modern-day El Salvador. SIGNED on the title page with the word "Enjoy" (not sure that is the most appropriate sentiment for this book) Cover and frontispiece illustrations by Eugene Legend. 119 pp. ISBN: 0-93129083x.
Condition: Very near fine in a illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 73533More details Price: $21.50 -
FAMILY ALBUM.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, (1991). First edition - Three novellas - the title story and 'The Talisman' and 'Village of God and the Devil' - which explore three critical stages in a woman's life. Translation from the Spanish by Amanda Hopkinson 191 pp. ISBN: 0-915306-948.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 61355More details Price: $14.50 -
TROPICAL NATURE: Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1990). Classic work on rain forest ecology. Foreword by Thomas Lovejoy, Illustrated with drawings by Sarah Landry, Includes a beginner's guide to tropical travel, list of further reading. Index. 248 pp. ISBN: 0-684-187108.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 69192More details Price: $11.50 -
BIRD OF LIFE, BIRD OF DEATH: A Naturalist's Jourrney Through a Land of Political Turmoil.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: The Viking Press, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second book, an account of a trip he made in 1983 to Guatemela in search of the quetzal, the bird of life, a bird whose existence in endangered both by loss of habitat and by the civil war raging in Guatemela. A blend of political, social and natural history. Map, selected bibliography, index. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-670-810878.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 61413More details Price: $18.50 -
BIRD OF LIFE, BIRD OF DEATH: A Naturalist's Jourrney Through a Land of Political Turmoil.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second book, an account of a trip he made in 1983 to Guatemela in search of the quetzal, the bird of life, a bird whose existence in endangered both by loss of habitat and by the civil war raging in Guatemela. A blend of political, social and natural history. Map, selected bibliography, index. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-671-52738x.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (some rubbing to the edges and folds of the dj)
Book ID: 61412More details Price: $18.50 -
THE MIDDLE BEAT: A Correspondent's View of Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Teachers College Press -Columbia University, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - Posthumous publication of this collection of Kennedy's reports from 1954 to 1965 when he was the New York Times chief correspondent in Mexico and Central America. Glossy photographs throughout, introduction by the editor, Stanley R. Ross, and a preface by Kennedy, The fourth title in a series sponsored by the Center for Education in Latin America. Index, xix, 235 pp. Map endpapers.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 61373More details Price: $20.00 -
BODY OF TRUTH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - His seventh novel, a literate thriller set in the 'murky underworld of Guatemala,' where a young American woman has disappeared. 417 pp,. ISBN: 0-385-248148.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket. (slight spine slant)
Book ID: 58276More details Price: $15.00 -
THE ART OF POLITICAL MURDER: Who Killed the Bishop?
Edition: First printing.
New York: Grove Press, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first non-fiction book by this noted novelist, this is a penetrating look at the brutal death of Bishop Juan Geradi in Guatemala City in April 1998 - just 2 days after he had issued a human rights report that found the Guatemalan Army primarily responsible for the deaths and disappearances of 200,000 civilians. Goldman spent seven years following the investigation into this murder, and the result is a riveting and complex work. Index. 396 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-18283.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 57163More details Price: $21.50 -
HUMMINGBIRD HOUSE.
Edition: First printing.
Denver: MacMurray & Beck, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel (preceded by two collections of short stories), the story of a young American midwife who discovers the secret wars in Guatemala, where even the children can sometimes disappear. Nominated for the National Book Award. 326 pp. ISBN: 1878448870.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 56591More details Price: $18.00 -
HUMMINGBIRD HOUSE.
Edition: First printing.
Denver: MacMurray & Beck, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel (preceded by two collections of short stories), the story of a young American midwife who discovers the secret wars in Guatemala, where even the children can sometimes disappear. Nominated for the National Book Award. 326 pp. ISBN: 1878448870.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.) Promotional postcard laid in.
Book ID: 52649More details Price: $20.00 -
THE JAGUAR SMILE: A Nicaraguan Journey.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Viking, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of his visit to Nicaragua in the summer of 1986 and what he found in that 'beautiful volcanic country' - a country that affected him so strongly that he felt he had to write this memoir, of the true Nicaragua behind the headlines. 170 pp. ISBN: 0-670-817570.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 45216More details Price: $17.50 -
EL SALVADORE: Central America In The New Cold War.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
Condition: Very good+ in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 42627More details Price: $12.00 -
CAMINANTE: A NARROW ROAD INTO THE FAR SOUTH: 131 Octaves.
Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (remainder line.)
Book ID: 36494More details Price: $20.00 -
AT THE FALL OF SOMOZA.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 29252More details Price: $27.50 -
THE JAGUAR SMILE: A Nicaraguan Journey.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Viking, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of his visit to Nicaragua in the summer of 1986 and what he found in that 'beautiful volcanic country' - a country that affected him so strongly that he felt he had to write this memoir, of the true Nicaragua behind the headlines. 170 pp. ISBN: 0-670-817570.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (remainder mark.)
Book ID: 24392More details Price: $15.00