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Title: Lot of 6 volumes relating to South America Author: ** Place: New York, et al. Publisher: Limited Editions Club Date: 1935-75 Description: With: Hudson, W.H. Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest. Intro. by William Beebe. Illus. by Edward A. Wilson 10¼x6¾, cloth-backed leaf-patterned boards. 1 of 1500 copies printed by the Franklin Printing Co., 1935. * Hudson, W.H. Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life. Intro. by R.B. Cunningham. Illus. with lithograph plates by Raúl Rosarivo (signed). 10½x8, calf & pony hair (front hinge cracked through with binding loose). 1 of 1500 copies printed by Guillermo Kraft (signed), Buenos Aires, 1943. * Goetz & Morley, trans. The Book of the People: Popol Vuh, the National Book of the Ancient Quiché Maya. Illus. by Everett Gee Jackson. 10½x7, linen. Newsletter, laid in. 1 of 1500 copies printed by the Plantin Press, 1954. * Prescott, William Hickling. History of the Conquest of Peru, 1524-1550. Intro. by Samuel Eliot Morison. Illus. with water colors by Everett Gee Jackson (signed). 12½x8½, full marbled sheepskin, raised bands, 3 red leather spine labels stamped in gilt. 1 of 1500 copies printed by Harry Block (signed) at the Imprenta Nuevo Mundo in Mexico City, 1957. * Prescott. History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella. Ed. by C. Harvey Gardiner. Illus. in color, incl. endpaper maps of Spain, by Lima de Freitas 10¼x6¾, full leather, gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, coat of arms blindstamped on front cover. 1 of 1500 copies from the Garamond Press, 1967. * The Conquest and Settlement of the Island of Boriquen or Puerto Rico. By Captain Gonzalo Fernandez De Oviedo Y Valdes: Chronicler to His Sacred, Caesarean, Catholic, and Royal Majesty, the King-Emperor Charles V. Trans. & edited by Daymond Turner. Illus. with full-page four-color serigraphs & line drawings by Jack & Irene Delano (signed by both). 12x7¼, ¼ vellum & buckram over boards, spine & front cover emblem stamped in gilt. 1 of 2000 copies printed at the Stinehour Press, 1975. Together, 6 volumes. Original bindings, slipcases (except one). Signed by the illustrator and/or the designer in the colophon. Lot Amendments Condition: Some occasional wear, one good, rest near fine better, slipcases very good to near fine. Item number: 191689