6015 ACOSTA-SOLIS, M. Naturalistas y Viajeros Científicos que han contribuido al conocimiento Floristico y Fitogeografico del Ecuador.. . 138 p., b/w ills. 1968 Quito : Inst. Ecuator. de ciencias naturales SOFTCOVER: (Orig. wrppers, staples bit oxidated, else VERY GOOD) A scarce historical review of all the (foreign) people, who has contributed to the botanical knowledge of Ecuador. [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Ecuador botany Plants Voyages Travel ] € 29.50
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3125 CARVALHO-NETO, PAULO DE Folklore Poetico. (Apuntes de sistematica). Added: Cancionero Ecuatoriano (Investigaciones de campo). 295 p., index 1966 Quito SOFTCOVER: (Orig. paper wrappers, VERY GOOD) .. propesta e clasificacion y archivo de los versos tradicionales y aporte al cancionero ecuatoriano... [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Ecuador Ethnography Anthropology Folklore poetry ] € 28.50
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3124 CUBILLOS, JULIO CESAR Arqueologia de San Agustin: El Estrecho, El Parador y Mesita C.. . 174 p., (col.), (fold.) ills., maps, index, bibliogr. 1980 Bogota : Fond. de Investigaciones Arqueologicas Nacionales SOFTCOVER: (Orig. paper wrappers, VERY GOOD) [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Colombia Archaeology ] € 39.00
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76 CUETO Y MENA, JUAN DE Obras. Edicion critica con introd. y notas por A. Woodford. Prologo de J.M.Rivas Sacconi . XXXIX+314 p.,bibliogr. 1952 Bogota : Caro y Cuervo SOFTCOVER: (paperb.,uncut,ex libris Dr.J.A.van Praag) [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Colombia History ] € 34.03
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293 EIBLEIBESFELDT, I. Galapagos. Een Hof van Eden in de Stille Oceaan. Transl. from German by H.A.Jongeboer . 206 p.,ills.,maps on endpapers 1962 Amsterdam : Ploegsma HARDCOVER: (cl.,wrappers) [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Ecuador Voyages Travel Natural history Zoology Animals Galapagos] € 13.61
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3855 ESCALANTE, AQUILES Los Mocana. Prehistoria y conquista del departemento del Atlantico, Colombia. Num. spec. de Divulgaciones Etnologicas del Instituto De Investigacion Etnologica. . 152 pages of text plus 6 pages of photographs (plates), maps, bibliogr. 1955 Barranquilla : Universidad del Atlantico SOFTCOVER: (orig. wrpprs, cover wrapped in mylar. VERY GOOD) An exhaustive study on the (pre-)history of the Mocana. Scarce [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Colombia Ethnography Anthropology colonial history South American Indians ] € 49.00
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1021 FREEHOFF, J. America and the Canal title. An examination, sifting and interpretation of the data bearing on the wresting of the Province of Panama from the Republic of Colombia by the Roosevelt Administration in 1903 (.). Dedicat. by author . 404 p. 1916 New York HARDCOVER: (cl.) [KEY WORDS: Latin America Central America Panama Colombia History International relations Panama Canal ] € 28.13
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6666 GERSTMANN, ROBERT M. Colombia: 200 Grabados En Cobre. . &&&&& 34(text), 200 fullpage monochrome photogr. (plates). color frontis., col. map, 31x25 cm. 1951 París : Braun & Cía Editores HARDCOVER: (Orig. cloth. VERY GOOD) Columbia in photographs [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Colombia photographs photography books architecture landscape Topography ] € 49.50
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3561 GUEVARA , DARIO Un mundo mágico-mítico en la mitad del mundo; folklore ecuatoriano. . 468 p., gloss., bibliogr. 1972 Quito SOFTCOVER: (orig. décor. wrpprs., some browning else VERY GOOD) A well-documented study on the Indian folklore of Ecuador. Very rare. [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Ecuador Ethnography Anthropology Mythology South American Indians folklore] € 65.00
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1925 HANZELKA, J. & ZIKMUND, M. Südamerika. Bei den Kopfjägern. sec. ed.. 286 p.,ills., fold. col. map, gloss., bibliogr. 1961 Berlin : Volk und Welt HARDCOVER: (cl., dust jacket) Numerous b/w (some col.) photographs with on many of them the famous rare Tatra car used during the whole world journey. [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Ecuador Ethnography Anthropology South American Indians Geography automobile Tatra] € 21.78
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60 HASSAUREK, FRIEDRICH Four years among the Ecuadorians. Edited and with an introduction by C.H.Gardiner . XXI+196p. 1966 Southern Illinois University Press HARDCOVER: (cl.) [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Ecuador Voyages Travel ] € 19.97
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3790 JOSEFA M.T. Garcia Moreno. President De La République De L'Equateur. Illustrations par BARENTIN.. . 301 p., b/w ills. 1893 Paris : Tolra SOFTCOVER: (Orig. pictorial wrpprs, cover and one corner bit. dam, but neatly wrapped in mylar, else VERY GOOD) [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Ecuador History Politics ] € 32.50
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1240 KNABE, R. Drogen, Guerilla und Gewalt. Gewaltsame Konflikte in Kolonisationszonen Kolumhiens und der Friedensversuch des Prasidenten Belisario Betancur (1982-1986). Diss. . 302 p., diagr., maps, bibliogr. 1991 Hamburg : Lit SOFTCOVER: (paperb.) Knabe investigates the causes of these conflicts in the "new immigrant" province Caquetá. [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Colombia Ethnography Anthropology Drugs] € 31.31
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5308 MEDICINA SHAMANISMO Y BOTANICA. Medicina, shamanismo y botanica. . &&&&& 156 p., tables., bibliogr., maps 1983 Bogotá: Fundación Comunidades Colombianas SOFTCOVER: (Orig. wrprs. VERY GOOD) Contains interesting articles on indigeneous medicine in the Andes. [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Colombia Ethnography Anthropology medicine shamanism ] € 29.50
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1448 MICHAUX, HENRI Ecuador. Journal de voyage. New rev. ed. (First in 1929). . 188 p. 1968 Paris : Gallimard SOFTCOVER: (paperback, first end page ink annot.) Account of the noted French poet's journey in 1927-1928. [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Ecuador Voyages Travel Literature fiction ] € 15.88
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3827 MURGUEYTIO, REINALDO Yachay-Huasi. Leyendas, relatos, fabulas, comentarios, toponimos y vocabulario aborigenes. 4e ampliada edic.. . 423 p., extensive quechua - spanish vocabulary 1966 Quito SOFTCOVER: (Orig. decor. wrps. VERY GOOD) [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Ecuador Ethnography Anthropology Folklore mythology South American Indians ] € 37.50
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6095 PARSONS JAMES J. Antioquia's corridor to the sea : an historical geography of the settlement of Uraba.. . 132 p, b/w illustrations, maps 1967 Berkeley : University of California Press SOFTCOVER: (Orig. blue wrpprs, cover bit browned, else VERY GOOD) [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Colombia History Geography Geographical Geographic ] € 24.50
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807 PEREIRA, RICARDOS. Les Etats-Unis de Colombie. Précis d'histoire et de géographique physique, politique et commerciale. Contenant un grand nombre de renseignements utiles aux voyageurs et aux négociants, de courtes notices biographiques des personnages célébres de la Colombie, etc., etc., etc. Dix cartes noires et une coloriée . VIII+311 p., diagr., (col.) fold. maps 1883 Paris : Flammarion SOFTCOVER: (paperb., loose, some small repairs) This highly informative book is recommended by Ferdinand de Lesseps. [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Colombia Economy History Geography ] € 67.16
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3907 ROWE, ANN POLLARD ( ED. ) Costume & Identity in Highland Ecuador. First Edition.. . XXII + 305 p., 263 b/w plus 17 full-page color photographs, 5 drawings, 6 maps, bibliogr., index, 21x25 cm. 1998 Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press / Textile Museum (Washington D. C.) HARDCOVER: (Or. pictorial wrappers. AS NEW) This first detailed survey of Ecuadorian costume is already now the standard reference for this topic. It is focusing on clothing, the creation of textiles, loom styles, jewelry, hairstyles, and bodiily adornment--in a society changing from a subsistence to a wage-based economy. [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Ecuador Ethnography Anthropology Costume, fashion, textile art South American Indians ] € 37.50
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940 SCHLENTER, URSULA Im Reiche El Dorados. Eine Kulturgeschichte der Indianer in Kolumbien . 173 p., (col.) ills., map, bibliogr., gloss. 1971 Leipzig : Urania HARDCOVER: (cl., wrpprs) The cultural history of the Chibcha indians in north western Lat. Am. [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Colombia Ethnography Anthropology ] € 28.13
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303 UP DE GRAFF, F.W. Head hunters of the Amazon. Seven years of exploration and adventure. With forew. by K.Roosevelt . XVIII+337 p.,ills. 1923 New York : Garden City HARDCOVER: (cl.) [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Ecuador Voyages Travel Ethnography Anthropology South American Indians ] € 34.03
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3560 VINICIO RUEDA, MARCO (ED.) La Fiesta religiosa campesina (Andes ecuatorianos) . &&&&& 395 p., 50 b/w photogr. (plates), gloss. 1982 Quito : Pontificia Universidad Catâolica del Ecuador SOFTCOVER: (orig. décor. wrpprs. AS NEW) A well-documented study on religious fiestas in the Andes of Ecuador. Very rare. [KEY WORDS: Latin America South America Ecuador Ethnography Anthropology Folklore South American Indians religion] € 65.00
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