1737Best.-Nr. 36284Madrid. 1737. A rare broadside proclamation by Philip V King of Spain demanding that news of all business closings and information regarding revenues in the viceroyalties of Peru and New Spain be transmitted to the Council of the Indies. Printed in Madrid and distributed to royal officials in both Spain and the New World the document is addressed to the viceroys officials of the treasury and other officials whose duties are concerned with executing this order. This copy accomplished at Aranjuez on May 22 1737 is signed by Simon Alonso de la Torre as representative of the King of Spain with the inscription: "Yo el Rey." A manuscript note on the verso written in the city of Santiago de Chile on November 14 1738 describes the distribution of this copy and reiterates the content of the printed broadside. A rare broadside concerned with royal finances in both the viceroyalties of Peru and New Spain with a contemporary manuscript inscription recording the enforcement of the proclamation. Not in Medina BHA nor on OCLC. Dbd. Accomplished in manuscript at Aranjuez Spain on May 22 1737 signed by Simon Alonso de la Torre with additional contemporary manuscript notations. Manuscript inscription on verso see below. Two-inch slit on left side of recto not affecting text. A very good copy. unknown
1936Best.-Nr. 63860London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd. 1936. 8vo. x 304 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Brown publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine slight lean to spine minor dustsoiling & slight foxing to upper fore-edges w/ d.j. wraparound photo cover art of teams minor chipping head of spine 1 minor chip upper fore-edge First edition of these tales of treasure hunting opening with Sacambaya Expedition searching for the purported Jesuit Treasure of the Sacambaya Mission reputedly hidden in the 1760’s when the Jesuits were expelled from South America. Supposedly stashed in a multi-alcoved cave near the border between La Pac and Cochabamba. Legend had it that the Indigenous peoples who hid the treasure were then killed and sealed into the cave. Also featured are gold hunting expedition and canoe trek through Canada and the hunt for Montezuma’s treasure in British Honduras or Belize along the Belize River. Very scarce in original dustjacket. George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., hardcover
Best.-Nr. ORD-8282Dessins de Grasset-Saint-Sauveur, texte de J.-F.Cornu. Chez les principaux libraires du Royaume. s.d. (début 19°?) 8pp.in-4 sans couverture tirées d'un recueil, accompagnées de 6 étonnantes planches gravées en coloris d'époque très lgt tachées (le rouge des cadres a un peu déteint).
1958Best.-Nr. 105251958 Paris, 1958, petit in folio, en feuilles, sous couverture ; 27 pages de texte (en espagnol avec la traduction française), suivies de 24 planches hors-texte ; couverture défraîchie.
Best.-Nr. 201701214Paris, Collection connaitre TSURU éditions, 1990 ; in-8, 211 pp., br. Broché en très bon état.
1858Best.-Nr. 837291858 Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1858, in 8° relié demi-basane marron de l'époque, dis lisse orné de filets dorés, 186 pages ; quelques rousseurs.
Best.-Nr. 200810371Paris, L harmattan vivre la-bas , 1986 ; in-8, 182 pp., broché, couverture illustr. Dedicacé.
1991Best.-Nr. LFA-126739856N° 83 (Novembre 1991) 66 pages, format 220 x 295 mm, illustré, broché couverture couleurs, bon état
Best.-Nr. 200812996Grenoble, Arthaud, 1946 ; in-12, 278 pp., broché. 36e mille.
Best.-Nr. 200603991Grenoble, Arthaud, 1945 ; in-12, 282 pp., broché.
1998Best.-Nr. LFA-126736305Une publication de 212 pages, format 180 x 240 mm, illustrée, brochée, publiée en 1998, Centre Alpin et Rhodanien d'Ethnologie, bon état
1870Best.-Nr. List1327Lima 1870. Albumen photographs measuring 2 x 3 ½ inches on larger mounts. Some slight fading a few spots to one image including one with loss about very good overall. A striking pair of early carte-de-visite portraits of Peruvian women from the Courret studios at 197 Calle de la Union one bearing the Courret Hermanos imprint and the other with just Eugenio Courret's credit from the same studio. Eugenio formed the Courret Hermanos firm in 1863 with his brother Aquiles. The portrait of the woman and child is particularly uncommon for the Courret catalog as most of the photographs they took were of single wealth patrons. unknown books
1870Best.-Nr. List1327Lima 1870. Albumen photographs measuring 2 x 3 ½ inches on larger mounts. Some slight fading a few spots to one image including one with loss about very good overall. A striking pair of early carte-de-visite portraits of Peruvian women from the Courret studios at 197 Calle de la Union one bearing the Courret Hermanos imprint and the other with just Eugenio Courret's credit from the same studio. Eugenio formed the Courret Hermanos firm in 1863 with his brother Aquiles. The portrait of the woman and child is particularly uncommon for the Courret catalog as most of the photographs they took were of single wealth patrons. unknown
1999Best.-Nr. LFA-126746744N° 42 (Juin-Juillet 1999) : revue de 66 pages, format 215 x 285 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs, bon état
1772Best.-Nr. 6489Lima: Oficina de la calle de San Jacinto 1772. First Edition Primera edición. Hardcover Tapa dura. 190x135mm. 7½x5¼". Lima Oficina de la calle de San Jacinto 1772-1773. 2 volúmenes. En 4º menor 190 x 135mm. -I: 54 2 207 i.e. 133 5 pp. 14 hojas de portadillas. -II: 158 306 i.e. 318 4 pp. 5 hojas de portadillas. Encuadernación en pergamino de época. Primera edición de los cuadernos de desamortización de los bienes de la Compañía de Jesús en Perú con motivo de su expulsión según las reglas que prescribe la Real Cédula dada en Madrid a 9 de julio de 1769. Los Jesuitas fueron expulsados de Perú así como de otras posesiones de España en América por orden de Carlos III en 1767. El libro también incluye las Constituciones de diferentes colegios peruanos que estaban bajo la supervisión de los jesuitas. Obra extraordinariamente rara de encontrar completa de sus dos volúmenes especialmente un ejemplar hermoso como el nuestro. Tiene en total 19 portadillas fuera de la paginación. En España sólo he encontrado completos 2 ejemplares institucionales Ministerio de Justicia y Biblioteca Nacional. Oficina de la calle de San Jacinto hardcover
2008Best.-Nr. LFA-126747275N° 4 (Janvier-mars 2008) : 136 pages, format 215 x 270 mm, illustré, broché couverture couleurs, très bon état
Best.-Nr. ORD-18126Sans lieu. 1902. 2 menus in-8 (115 x 212 mm) malicieusement illustrés en couleurs, chacun d'une très jolie femme à la robe froufroutante et au décolleté généreux, l'une semant des graines à des messieurs transformés en pies, l'autre du champagne à des messieurs agenouillés. Documents pratiquement coupés en deux par le milieu, l'un un peu abîmé, sinon images très fraîches. Menu abondant. Photo sur demande.
1928Best.-Nr. 31878N.p.: s.i. 1928. Very Good. N.p.: s.i. 1928. First Edition. 12mo 16cm.; publisher's pictorial staple bound wrappers signed in image "GEL"; illustrated throughout including photograph of a kindergarten class in Lima. Very light wear to margins brief tape repair inside upper left-hand panel else a Very Good example. Transformation fund-raising pamphlet for American kindergarten students to raise money for supplies at a kindergarten in Lima Peru. The front wrappers open like a pair of doors into a kindergarten supply store "For we're buying with the money / Juniors give o'er all this land / For the Lima Kindergarten. / They already have the land." Through another door leads to a photograph of the students at the Lima Kindergarten sitting expectantly in a classroom for their Froebel school supplies: "There are balls and books and pictures / To be colored and cut out; / Blocks and shining letters on them / Pencil crayons. Hear that shout" Unrecorded in OCLC as of January 2025. s.i. unknown books
1928Best.-Nr. 31878N.p.: s.i. 1928. Very Good. N.p.: s.i. 1928. First Edition. 12mo 16cm.; publisher's pictorial staple bound wrappers signed in image "GEL"; illustrated throughout including photograph of a kindergarten class in Lima. Very light wear to margins brief tape repair inside upper left-hand panel else a Very Good example. Transformation fund-raising pamphlet for American kindergarten students to raise money for supplies at a kindergarten in Lima Peru. The front wrappers open like a pair of doors into a kindergarten supply store "For we're buying with the money / Juniors give o'er all this land / For the Lima Kindergarten. / They already have the land." Through another door leads to a photograph of the students at the Lima Kindergarten sitting expectantly in a classroom for their Froebel school supplies: "There are balls and books and pictures / To be colored and cut out; / Blocks and shining letters on them / Pencil crayons. Hear that shout" Unrecorded in OCLC as of January 2025. s.i. unknown
1973N°9, de septembre 1973, de la nouvelle série de la revue fondée par Emmanuel Mounier et dirigée par Jean-Marie Domenach; au sommaire: "La personne improbable", suite de l'essai de Pierre CAUSSAT, "Le Corps de la rêverie et la métaphore du souffle" (ou "Le corps chez Bachelard") de G. VIGARELLO, poèmes de Peter HUCHEL, "Où trouver les artistes ?", sur l'art et la place des artistes dans la cité, par l'ethnologue Michel PANOFF et le peintre Michel STEINER, "Paris, tyran et martyr" par Charles AGNES, "Un pas en avant" et "L'avenir de la majorité", articles de Michel WINOCK sur la gauche et de Jean LEGRES sur la droite, "Une tragédie américaine" de W. RABI sur l'affaire du Watergate, "Des tropiques aux Andes", notes de voyage de Fernande SCHULMANN en Bolivie et au Pérou, etc. Français
1973Best.-Nr. 13960Paris, Esprit, 1973 1 volume 14 x 22,8cm Broché. Paginé de [193] à 351, 8p. bleutées. Bon état.
Best.-Nr. 12992Junin Peru; 29 November 1935. 32pp. foolscap 8vo bound into white wraps with the six fold-out blueprints. In very good condition on lightly-aged paper in worn wraps. Figure 1: '2-6-2 Diesel Locomotive V.1601 showing the 'general characteristics' of the 'new 1400 H.P. Diesel locomotive'. Figure 2: 'General Arrangement of the small standard Shunting Locomotive' '75 H.P. Diesel shunting locomotive made by the Deutz Motorenfabr Köln Germany'. Figure 3: 'general proportions' of 'the old "Flying Hamburger" and the new unit equipped with hydraulic transmission'. Figure 4: '150 H.P. Diesel-Hydraulic Rail Car'. Figure 5: '2-2 2-2 Petrol-hydraulic Railcar series VT63'. Figure 6: 'Acceleration curves for various power-transmissions'. The report begins: 'I spent most of the month of August visiting Germany Austria Hungary and Denmark for the purpose of obtaining as much information as I possibly could in connection with the development of rail cars and rail car services in Europe and I divided my tipe principally into three sections namely: - a Visiting the Works of engine and rail car builders. b Discussing the subject with the various Chief Mechanical Engineers and Operating Staff. c Travelling on various rail cars for the purpose of forming my own impressions.' Headings: Trip from Strasburg to Cham 'accompanied by Herr Oberbaurat F. Scherrer Sectional Operating Engineer of the German State Railways on a Diesel car of 150 H.P.'; Austrian State Railways; The Steiermarkische Landisbahnem Railway Company; Visit to Austrian State Railways' Offices Vienna; Visit to Hungarian State Railways; Trial of Egyptian State Railways' Diesel Rail Car; Trial Run on 500 H.P. Diesel Car; Visit to the Headquarters of the German State Rlys. Berlin; Danish State Railways. From the papers of William Frank Stanton. Junin, Peru; 29 November 1935. paperback
Best.-Nr. 201202871Toulon, Soleil, 2004 ; in-4, 48 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. EO tome 1 : DL septembre 2004.
1953Best.-Nr. LFA-126724647Une revue de 24 pages, format 150 x 230 mm, illustrée, brochée, publiée en 1953, bon état
1927Best.-Nr. 64762New York NY: George H. Doran Co. 1927. 4to. 248 pp. Photo frontisp. 23 photo plates. Scarlet red publisher’s cloth gilt illust. of llama and lettering front cover & spine pictorial map on endpapers minor bumping & shelfwear head & foot of spine minor wear to corners w/ d.j. cover art repeated toning borders on front cover minor spotting some dustsoiling edgewear still VG/G copy. First American edition of this automobile travelogue through the romantic jungles of Peru grandiose mountains and extended descriptions and photos of the Ashaninka Ese Ejja and Machiguenga Indigenous Peoples referred to in the book as the Chuncho or Ch’unchu Indians as well as other Peruvian Native Americans. Although railways and some bus lines crossed much of Peru at the time the author chose to often trek through rugged roads in automobiles. George H. Doran Co., hardcover