Literatura Guatemalteca [Guatemalan Literature] de David Vela - 1943

Tipografia Nacional, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. In Spanish. 1943 Tipografia Nacional (Guatemala), two 6 1/4 x 9 inches tall hardcover volumes, red cloth boards over red leather spines and tips, four raised bands and gilt lettering to spines, blue ribbon marker sewn in, [v.1] xvii, 308; [v.2] [8], 448 pp. (781 pages total.) Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. On the bottom of both spines, in gilt letters, the name of the prior owner who had these volumes bound, Murdo J. MacLeod (b. 1935), a Scottish historian of Latin America, who published extensively on the history of colonial-era Central America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic world. 1944 Guatemala prior owner name to the half title pages of both volumes. Otherwise, apart from moderate age toning, a very good set - clean and unmarked - of this scarce collection. Note that this is a heavy and oversized set, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~JJJ~ [4.0P] An uncommon survey of Guatemalan literature, from pre-Colonial times through Independence from Spain (1821) up to the early 20th century. Editor David Vela (1901-1992) was a Guatemalan journalist and lawyer. Contents: Introduccion ideologos de 1821; Historiadores; Desenvolvimiento del periodismo desde 1820 capitulo unico; Los poetas; Le elocuencia; Filologia y linguistica; Dos cronistas; La novela. Panorama autonomista; Antonio Larrazabal y las Cortes de Cadiz; Jose Miaria Peynado y el Ayuntamiento Constitucional; El doctor don Pedro Molina; Jose Francisco Barrundia; Jose Cecilio del Valle; Jose Francisco de Cordova; 15 de Septiembre de 1821; Importancia de las estudios historicos; Manuel Montufar y Coronaido; Alejandro Marure; Francisco de Paula Garcia Pelaez; Jose Milla y Vidaurre; Agustin Gomez Carrillo; Lorenzo Miontufar; Ramon A. Salazar; Jose Antonio Batres Jauregui; Panorama general de la poesia en el siglo XIX; Jose Batres Montufar; Juan Dieguez Olaverri; Juan Fermin Aycinena; Domingo Estrada; Ismael Cerna; La oratoria; Cuatro oradores; Vida de Antonio Jose de Irisarri; Irisarri filologo; Trabajos de Antonio Batres Jauregui; Agustin Mencos Franco; Enrique Gomez Carrillo; Evolucion de la novela en el siglo XIX; Las novelas de Jose Milla.