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Unknown. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: Good. Good. 1960 Bantam Books. Paperback. 370 pages. Illustrated by Sheilah Beckett. NOT ex-library. Spine creased. Binding cracked near the middle, but no pages are loose. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear, as well as some light creases; circular indentation on front cover. Pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. A few pages are dog eared. Pages clean and unmarked. Bantam S2098.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. An Encyclopedia of Latin-American History. Previous owners name stamp to inside cover. Wear and tear to edges of D/J. Sunned spine to D/J. The purpose of this first one-volume encylopedia in its field is to provide in convenient alphabetical form the essential information concerning the political, economic, and cultural development of the Latin-American nations from the earliest times to the present. Described in some detail is the history of the different countries, their relations with the North American and leading European powers, and the development of such factors as religion, literature and the arts. Other entries cover the chief cities and geographical features, architectural, industrial and labour developments, and the biographies of important figures in political, military and intellectual life. Definitions of Spanish and Portuguese words which have some special significance in Latin-American history are also included. Facts likely to be required either by the student of Latin-American history or by the general reader in search of particular items of information are incorporated in this one-volume book. The Preface explains the best way to use this reference book in order to get the fullest possible benefit from it. This volume is recommended as an important contribution to the referwence literature on Latin-America. 392 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).