Third edition of this Spanish reader for advanced students (books one and two were for children). The majority of the writers are from Spain, but there is a section of prose writers ("prosadores") from Latin America, with thirty examples by two dozen writers. The poetry section includes 8 Latin American.....

Third Edition. Featuring a full-page colonial Mexican engraving of the Christ of Ixmiquilpan (the illustrations differed with each edition). The plate is in the "statue painting" style that was popular throughout the Spanish colonies in the eighteenth century. These images depicted particular crucifixes with miraculous powers. The image in this.....

First Edition. The memoirs of a soldier in the wars for South American independence from Spain. López joined the guerrillas as a teenager and by the time the war was won, he was an assistant to Simón Bolívar. The book includes folding military situation maps of the battles of Cariaco.....

First Edition. An artist's book collaboration between Chilean poet Enrique Lihn and designer Eugenio Dittborn, with Lihn's experimental verse alongside striking graphic elements and photomontages, published in an edition of 600 copies during the Pinochet dictatorship. The work centers on Lihn's literary alter ego "Gerardo de Pompier," and it emerged.....

First Edition. An inscribed first edition of one of the defining Latin American novels of the 20th century, later translated as Of Heroes and Tombs. This complex narrative established Sabato as a major figure in Argentine literature, in which he anticipates Gabriel García-Márquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold by recounting.....

First Edition. A massive lifetime survey of this Chilean poet's work, inscribed by the author. While not well known in the United States, Rokha is considered one of the great Chilean poets of the twentieth century, alongside Pablo Neruda, Vicente Huidobro, and Gabriela Mistral. [xxii], [4], 9–571, [1], CXIX, [5].....

Second Edition. A description of the geography and economy of Colombia. This is the second edition, following one of 1862–1863. xvi, 455, [1] pages. A very good copy in 20th century quarter leather.

Poems by the noted Cuban writer, printed letterpress on handmade paper embedded with flower petals. Covers decorated with original intaglio prints by Freddy García Azze. 8 leaves plus covers. 8-1/4 by 12-1/2 inches. Edition of 60 copies. OCLC: 830545552. A good copy with a stain (dime-sized) on the front cover.....

First Edition. A first edition of a controversial collection of poetry that ultimately led to Padilla being arrested for crimes against the Cuban Revolution. This book won the 1968 Premio Julián de Casal for poetry, but even before it was published, the book's revolutionary credentials were challenged, leading UNEAC to.....

First Edition. The scarce first edition of this novel, which was published in English as The Lost Steps; the author's third book. Carpentier was born in Switzerland but grew up in Havana and considered himself to be Cuban and is considered to be one of the great Cuban writers of.....

First Edition. An attractive promotional book illustrated with more than fifty views of Rio de Janeiro and the surrounding countryside printed in duotone; each image is faced with a decorative ad page for a Rio-based business. The album presents a very interesting snapshot of the commercial culture of Brazil's primary.....

First Edition. An early book of poems (her third or fourth?), published in an edition of 300 copies. Castellanos was a major Mexican literary figure in the 20th century, part of the Generación de los 50. She died in 1974, at 49 years old, while serving as the Mexican ambassador.....

First Edition. Mayan tales as related by Nobel Peace Prize-winner Rigoberta Menchú to Guatemalan writer Dante Liano. Will color illustrations by Domi. 64 pages. First edition (no indication of later printings). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Menchú, "Para Ellis con mi amor. Rigoberta. 21 abril.....