1. Argentina – Vidal. E.E.

Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, Consisting of Twenty=four Views: Accompanied with Descriptions of the Scenery and of the Costumes, Manners, &c. of the Inhabitants of Those Cities and Their Environs.

No.1987 of a limited edition. London, R.Ackermann, 1943. Quarto. XXVIII, 115 pages with 24 plates in colour (several of the folding out). Hardcover / De Luxe Edition of this Reprint in quarter leather with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Personalized gift-copy, signed by former co-workers of the recipient.

2. Benton, Peggie.

One Man Against The Drylands – Struggle and Achievement in Brazil.

First Edition. London, Collins and Harvill Press, 1972. 14 x 21.5 cm. 223 pages with 15 illustrations and a map. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear to the dustjacket.

3. Depons, Francois Raimond Joseph.

Travels in Parts of South America: During the Years 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804; Containing a Description of the Captain-Generalship of Carraccas [Caracas in Venezuela], with an Accont of the Laws, Commerce, and Natural Productions of that Country; as also a view of the customs and manners of the Spaniards and Native Indians.

London, Richard Phillips, 1806. 8°. IV, 157, 3 nn. pages. Including the Map (″Chart of the Captain Generalship of Carraccas comprehending the provinces of Venezuela, Maracaybo, Varinas, Cumana, Guiana & the Island of St. Marguerite) AND the “Plan of the town of Caracas”. Modern Hardcover (red cloth). Former library copy in excellent condition besides some slight foxing to the map and plan and occasional foxing to the text only.

4. Heyerdahl, Thor.

Aku-Aku – The Secret of Easter Island.

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1958. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. 367 pages. Several colour photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with debossed Easter Island head on cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor smudging to endpaper and pastedown only. Red painted top edge.

5. Oakenfull, J.C.

Brazil in 1911 [With large fold-out map]. Third Annual Edition (10.000 Copies).

Frome and London, Butler & Tanner, 1912. 19 cm x 13 cm. IX, 395 pages. With several black-and-white photographs. The fold-out map in untorn and excellent condition. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slightest tear between spine and front cover. In protective mylar.