La tirana: Poema
First Edition. Probably the Chilean poet's best-known work. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in wrappers (paperback).
Price: $30
First Edition. Probably the Chilean poet's best-known work. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in wrappers (paperback).
Price: $30
First Edition. Perhaps greatest Latin American novel of the 20th century--the sort of book where most Spanish speaking booklovers can quote the opening line, "Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamiento, el coronel Aureliano Buendía había de recordar aquella tarde remota en que su padre lo llevó a conocer.....
Price: $1,500
23 leaves plus covers. 9-1/4 by 14-1/4 inches. An edition of 100 copies. One of the outstanding artist's books from Cuadernos Papiro. Poems, printed letterpress on various types of handmade paper, including leaves of recycled papers and papers dyed with tobacco. The text is interleaved with multimedia illustrations by Javier.....
Price: $400
23 leaves plus covers. 9-1/4 by 14-1/4 inches. An edition of 100 copies. One of the outstanding artist's books from Cuadernos Papiro. Poems, printed letterpress on various types of handmade paper, including leaves of recycled papers and papers dyed with tobacco. The text is interleaved with multimedia illustrations by Javier E. Díaz.....
Price: $400
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.....
Price: $125
58 pages. 7-1/2 by 11-1/4 inches. An edition of 200 copies. Colección del San Juan. A collection of poems, photocopied on brown recycled paper, designed and illustrated by Manuel Darío. The cover is a paper collage, handcolored and embellished with thread. OCLC: BNCJM CWR ESAEC EYM FQG FXG HLS IND IQU IUL.....
Price: $200
First Edition. A fortune-telling system "fixed to the meridian of Mexico" [Arreglado al meridiano de México]. Ca. 71 pages. 5-1/4 by 3-5/16 inches. Corner missing from front cover, not affecting any text, but generally very good.
Price: $75
[10] pages, plus an audio DVD. About 8-1/2 inches square. An edition of 100 copies. Colección Andante. Lyrics for a song photocopied on brown recycled paper. Designed by Elizabeth Valero and bound in crumpled paper and fabric over cardboard. The DVD has one short musical track. OCLC: DEIAI FQG FXG.....
Price: $125
First Edition. The noted Central American writer's first book, a collection of short stories. Monterroso (a Honduras native but a Guatemalan citizen who lived in exile in Mexico) is known for his humorous stories. This collection presages his literary career with its comic title, which translates as "Complete works (and.....
Price: $125
First Edition. One of several heated political jeremiads issued by competing factions in Buenos Aires after the collapse of the administration of Argentina's first president, Bernardino Rivadavia, in June 1827. On September 14, Manuel Dorrego, the governor of Buenos Aires published a message on his politics and policies. The message generated.....
Price: $300
Miguel Tacón was a controversial governor of Cuba from 1834 to 1838. He initiated many public works, especially in Havana, but he also repressed dissent, encouraged the traffic in slaves, and was seen by many as a despot. At the end of his appointment, according to the Law of the.....
Price: $250
First Edition. The first book by Pacheco, an important Mexican poet. This, however, is a short story, published in a thin chapbook in tan wrappers illustrated with a drawing of a unicorn head printed in red-orange ink. One of 400 copies. Series edited by Juan José Arreola. First edition (first.....
Price: $150
First Edition. 79 pages. 4 by 6-1/2 inches. A posthumous selection of Pellicer's (1897–1977) poems published as Coleccion el pozo y el pendulo, X. This series was edited by the Mexican American poet, Ernesto Trejo. An edition of 1000 copies. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback).....
Price: $25
50 pages. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. An edition of 200 copies. Colección Venablos. An essay on an aspect of the antislavery movement in 19th century Cuba, in Spanish and in Portuguese translation. Illustrated by Carlos M. Oliva and designed by Johann E. Trujillo. The text is photocopied onto white bond and.....
Price: $125
50 pages. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. An edition of 200 copies. Colección Venablos. An essay on an aspect of the antislavery movement in 19th century Cuba, in Spanish and in Portuguese translation. Illustrated by Carlos M. Oliva and designed by Johann E. Trujillo. The text is photocopied onto white bond.....
Price: $125
[12] pages. 8-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches. Edition of 200 copies. Colección del San Juan (?). A single poem, which won the Premio América Bobia 2014. Illustrated by Johann E. Trujillo with collages. The binding incorporates cardboard at the spine, pieces of wood, and paper collage. Pérez is noted Matanzas poet.....
Price: $150
[12] pages. 8-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches. Edition of 200 copies. A single poem, which won the Premio América Bobia 2014. Illustrated by Johann E. Trujillo with collages. The binding incorporates cardboard at the spine, pieces of wood, and paper collage. Pérez is noted Matanzas poet. OCLC: BLSTP CGU CLU CUT.....
Price: $150
Four-panel accordion structure with two fold-out illustrated pergaminos. Folder, 5-1/2 by 14-3/4 inches. An edition of 200 copies. Colección Itinerante. A book published to celebrate the 320th anniversary of the founding of Matanzas with historical text and photographs emphasizing Cuba's bridges. A bilingual edition, with text in Spanish and English.....
Price: $150
Four-panel accordion structure with two fold-out illustrated pergaminos. Folder, 5-1/2 by 14-3/4 inches. An edition of 200 copies. Colección Itinerante. A book published to celebrate the 320th anniversary of the founding of Matanzas with historical text and photographs emphasizing Cuba's bridges. A bilingual edition, with text in Spanish and English.....
Price: $150
33 leaves. 12-1/2 by 13-3/4 inches. An edition of 100 copies, issued with at least two cover designs and typefaces. Poems, printed letterpress with the text set on a linotype. Bound Japanese-style. The paper is handmade from various plant and fiber sources. Six of the leaves have minimalist serigraphs made.....
Price: $250
33 leaves. 12-1/2 by 13-3/4 inches. An edition of 100 copies, issued with at least two cover designs and typefaces. Poems, printed letterpress with the text set on a linotype. Bound Japanese-style. The paper is handmade from various plant and fiber sources. Six of the leaves have minimalist serigraphs made.....
Price: $250
8-1/4 by 10-1/2 inches. 22 leaves. Edition of 100 copies. A remarkable artist's book that embodies censorship. This book won the UNEAC prize for poetry in 1968 while still in manuscript. Immediately upon publication, the book was banned and virtually the entire edition was pulped (Worldcat records no copies of.....
Price: $500
A registration document for a 29-year-old enslaved woman who lived on the north coast of Puerto Rico. In 1867, in response to the American Civil War and abolitionist movements in the Spanish colonies, the Spanish crown began to limit the trade in slaves. One of the first steps was the.....
Price: $450
First Edition. The American representative of the Comisión Reguladora del Mercado de Henequen [Regulatory Commission of the Sisal Fiber Market] narrates his actions in the US, from 1915 to 1917. The Mexican Revolution broke the US monopoly on sisal fiber cultivation in Yucatán, Mexico, and that led to great wealth.....
Price: $65
147 pages. 8-1/4 by 10-1/4 inches. An edition of 200 copies. Colección del Estero A selection of poems from four of the Holguín poet's previous collections: La rosa en su jaula; Los frutos de Taormina; Aspersores; and Dolor de la resurrección. The book is designed and illustrated by Elizabeth Valero and Frank.....
Price: $250