1992, ISBN: 9780374237226

xvi+256 pages with maps including a 2 page map, plates and index. Quarto (10 1/2" x 7 1/4") bound in original publisher's maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial cross to … Mehr…

xvi+256 pages with maps including a 2 page map, plates and index. Quarto (10 1/2" x 7 1/4") bound in original publisher's maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial cross to cover in original pictorial jacket. Translated by Thomas Antonio Robertson. First American edition first published in Madrid in 1645. This fascinating history, written by Padre Perez de Ribas in the year 1644, was originally "Triumphs of our Saintly Faith Among Peoples the Most Barbarous and Savage of the New Orb." An epic of the incredible achievement of a dedicated group of Jesuit padres in civilizing and converting to Christianity approximately 3000,000 Indians over a period of fifty years. Joining the missionary service in Mexico in 1603, Padre Ribas journeyed to the rugged northwestern frontier, the distant province of Sinaloa, a year later. He labored for sixteen years in the missions and then returned to post of successively higher importance int he City of Mexico. until become Padre Provincial, in charge of all the activities of the Jesuit Order in New Spain. Condition: Corners bumped, page ends soiled, musty smell. Jacket badly chipped and stained else about very good in a fair jacket., Ward Richie Press, Los Angeles, 1968, 2.5, NY: Farrar Straus Giroux. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket rubbed with one small closed . tear.. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9780374237226 . Orange paper quarterbound in black cloth. In this bitingly satiric novel of life among the not so noble savages of wealthy suburbia, Francine Prose gives us a world as strange as it is familiar, a razor-sharp reflection of the way we live now. from the front flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 228 pages ., Farrar Straus Giroux, 1992, 3<

1992, ISBN: 0374237220

[EAN: 9780374237226], Used, good, [PU: Farrar Straus & Giroux], Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does aff… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780374237226], Used, good, [PU: Farrar Straus & Giroux], Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Books<

1992, ISBN: 0374237220

[EAN: 9780374237226], Used, good, [PU: Farrar Straus & Giroux], Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does aff… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780374237226], Used, good, [PU: Farrar Straus & Giroux], Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Books<

ISBN: 9780374237226

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2.5