Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca. Relation that Alvar Nunez Cabeca de Vaca Gave of What Befel the Armament in the Indias Whither Panphilo de Narvaez Went for Governor (from the Years 1527 to 1537) When with Three Comrades He Returned and Came to Sevilla.. Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1929.

Price: US$195.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1929. [6 blank], [10], 122, [2] pp. 33 x 23 cm. Sand colored paper covered boards with mustard colored titling to spine, in a rust colored cloth covered slipcase; one of 300 copies with decorations drawn and hand colored by Valenti Angelo, this is copy number 70. Some rubbing to corners of slipcase, with some bumping to side panel near head of opening. Some mild toning to spine, with light rubbing to spine ends. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding sound. Due to the size of this book, additoinal shipping may be required for international orders. . Limited, Numbered. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Valenti Angelo.

Seller: Munster & Company LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.

CABECA DE VACA, Alvar Nunez. Relation that Alvar Nunez Cabeça de Vaca Gave of What Befel the Armament in the Indias. Printed from the Buckingham Smith translation of 1871.. Grabhorn Press (1929), San Francisco, 1929.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: One of 300 numbered copies. Quarto. [8], 122, [2] pp. with hand-colored decorations by Valenti Angelo. Publisher's buff boards with spine lettering. Custom slipcase by William Wheeler. Aside from a bit of sunning to spine, a very fresh and clean copy in a like binding.Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narvaez expedition. During eight years of traveling across the US Southwest, he became a trader and faith healer to various Native American tribes before reconnecting with Spanish colonial forces in Mexico in 1536. After returning to Spain in 1537, he wrote an account, first published in 1542 as La Relacion. Cabeza de Vaca has been considered notable as a proto-anthropologist for his detailed accounts of the many tribes of American Indians that he encountered.

Seller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.