The title story from Cisneros' wonderful collection of stories, issued for publicity purposes prior to the book in wrappers (paper covers) with a design very different from the published book. This format, called a blad by publishers, is much less common than the advance reading copy of the entire book.....

First Edition. Alarcón began writing this novel while in California, and he completed it during a European trip. The novel is set in the 1920s in the Santa Clara Valley of California and its plot revolves around a Mexican immigrant's obsession with the daughter of an Italian immigrant. However, the.....

192 pages. The first of many reprints of this collection of reminiscences on the culture and history of Spanish New Mexico written by an early Chicana writer. This book has a troubled history with Chicano scholars because class issues. Otero was a well-off New Mexican from a prominent family (her cousin.....

First edition, Spanish-language issue. The laws enacted by the territorial legislature in 1897 and translated into Spanish. A scarce territorial imprint, especially in the Spanish translation. For many decades, the territorial and then the state government of New Mexico published most government reports in both English and Spanish. As artifacts.....

First Edition. A naturalized American citizen, born in Mexico, revises a popular language instruction book for Spanish speakers and contributes an original poem, one of the first Mexican American literary publications. Nicolas Gouin Dufief wrote a very successful guide to learning French that was first published in 1804 and went.....

First Edition. A collection of eight reports from the Virreyes of Nuevo Granada (modern day Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador), compiled by the then-Minister Plenipotentary of Colombia, stationed in Washington, DC. García y García collected these reports in South American and brought them with him to the US. Working with Ignacio.....

First Edition. A very scarce Spanish-language issue of the daily minutes of the New Mexican territorial House of Representatives during the 1907 term. For many decades, the government of New Mexico issued publications in both Spanish and English. The role the Spanish translations played in New Mexican government and legal.....

First edition. Otero, in office as the territorial governor for nine years, remains the longest-serving Latinx governor in US history. He was part of a New Mexican business and political dynasty, was proud of his Spanish roots, and promoted Hispanic New Mexico throughout his career. In Otero's opening summary, which.....

First edition. The report territorial governor Miguel Otero sent to the legislature as it was about to begin its new session. He was easily the highest ranking Latinx political leader in the 19th and early 20th centuries; in fact, his nine years as governor makes him the longest-serving Latinx governor.....

A very scarce poster for Cinco de Mayo festivities in Portland, Oregon. While there were some 50,000 Latinos in Oregon in the mid-1970s, artifacts of Latinx cultural events from this time period are uncommon and decorative ones are very scarce. Not much is known about the artists, but they produced posters.....

First Edition. 491 pages. Niggli's classic novel of Mexican village life. Niggli (1910–1983) was born to Anglo parents in Mexico, and for much of her childhood she went back and forth between Mexico and San Antonio. Her close connection to the land of her birth inspired most of her writing.....

First Edition. 64 pages. Poems. Near fine in wrappers (paperback). Inscribed by Gonzalez.

First edition. 51 pages. One of the winners of the 2000 Premio Poesía Tejana prize honoring new Latina poets from Texas. A bilingual collection of poems, written in Spanish and translated into English by James Hoggard. Published in an edition of 500 signed and numbered copies, the entire print run.....