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Savage, Charles, M.D.
LAS TINIEBLAS EN EL DIA DE PENTECOSTES Y LA DONCELLA Y LAS FRESAS / The Darkness in the Day of Pentecost & The Maiden with the Strawberries (The Road to Cayey, June 1940)

Edition: First edition.

Bellingham, WA: Prospector Press, (1999). Hardcover first edition - Bilingual edition of this collection of poems, with the author's original Spanish and his translation in English and Spanish on facing. Many of these poems are inspired by his volunteer work with the Maya Quiche in Guatemala. Illustrated with a section of full-color photographs.105 pp. ISBN: 1-888756012.

Condition: Very near fine in maroon leatherette boards with gilt titles (corners very slightly bumped)

Book ID: 70215

Keywords: bilingual edition, guatemala, maya, Poetry

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Schafer, Georg; illustrated by Nan Cuz. Foreword by Miguel Angel Asturias.
IN THE KINGDOM OF MESCAL: A Fairy Tale for Adults.

Edition: First US printing.

Berkeley, CA: Shambala Publications, 1970. Hardcover first edition - A retelling of an Indian legend from Guatemala about a boy who is given a magic drink by a medicine man which sends him on an incredible trip deep inside himself. Illustrated with gorgeous full-color, full-page paintings by his wife and co-researcher into mescaline, Nan Cuz, who was born in Guatemala of Mayan and German descent. Foreword by Miguel Angel Asturias. Translated from the German by Dinah Livingstone. Large format. 40 pp. ISBN: 0-877730164.

Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated boards (upper corners slightly bumped, gift inscription on half title page)

Book ID: 84434

Keywords: art, Ethnobotany, guatemala, literature in translation, maya, myths and legends, psychedics
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Sitwell, Sacherverell.
PRIMITIVE SCENES AND FESTIVALS.

Edition: First printing.

London: Faber & Faber, (1942.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A study of symbolism with sections on the landscape of the megalith, the Oracle at Dodona, Red Indian Warrior Customs, Mayan traditions, primitive dance and more. Illustrated with 16 plates. Index. 283 pp. James R. Herbert Boone's copy with his signature and date of 1942..

Condition: Very good in a good only dust jacket (edges bumped, chips and edgewear to the dust jacket.)

Book ID: 55305

Keywords: greek legends, James R. Herbert Boone, maize, maya, megaliths, Mythology, legends, fairy tales and folktales, native americans, oracle

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Stacton, David Derek (1923 - 1968)
A SIGNAL VICTORY;

Edition: First US printing.

New York: Pantheon, (1960) dj. Hardcover first edition - Uncommon first edition of the first novel in his American Tryptich, a story of the last days of the Maya and one which gives a "vivid picture of the impact of two great civilisations upon each other. Guerrero was a Spanish soldier, shipwrecked on the shores of Yucatan. Years later the Spaniards came as conquerors - but by this time Guerrero was a prince, had married a king's daughter, and would be a spearhead of resistance to the white-skinned invaders from the west. [This] is Guerrero's story - that of a man who found where his true loyalties lay, and pursued them to their inevitable end." The Telegraph called it…
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New York: Pantheon, (1960) dj. Hardcover first edition - Uncommon first edition of the first novel in his American Tryptich, a story of the last days of the Maya and one which gives a "vivid picture of the impact of two great civilisations upon each other. Guerrero was a Spanish soldier, shipwrecked on the shores of Yucatan. Years later the Spaniards came as conquerors - but by this time Guerrero was a prince, had married a king's daughter, and would be a spearhead of resistance to the white-skinned invaders from the west. [This] is Guerrero's story - that of a man who found where his true loyalties lay, and pursued them to their inevitable end." The Telegraph called it "A strange, outlandish, fearsomely intelligent novel." 224 pp.
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Condition: Good in beige cloth in a good dust jacket (a tight copy with clean covers but some crlnkling to the upper edge of the textblock in a dj with some rubbing, chips and wear to the ends of the spine)

Book ID: 85413

Keywords: gay, Historical Fiction, maya

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