First Edition. "This volume reconstructs the history of the Alamo back to pre-colonial times. Its importance lies not only in its portrayal of Texas' history as a product of Native American, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American contributions, but also in its focus on the role of Texas women and Texas Mexicans.....

First Edition. The author's third book, a collection of poems, which has been reprinted more than ten times. viii, 93, [3:blank] pages. Fine in wrappers (paperback). A very nice copy. Inscribed by Cisneros, "Para la Alexanna, Be & be! Abrazos, Sandra Cisneros. 22.22.90. Santa Fe, NM."

First Edition. The first (and only) edition of this memoir by Reies López Tijerina (1926–2015), a central and controversial figure in the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Known as King Tiger and "the Malcolm X of the Chicano movement" (Encylopedia Britannica), Tijerina led the Alianza Federal de Mercedes.....

First Edition. First edition of a foundational Mexican-American literary anthology, published by the pioneering Chicano press Quinto Sol Publications. Published very near the beginning of the Chicano literary movement, this anthology presents works by eleven writers, including Miguel Mendez-M., Alurista, and José Montoya. A number of works are presented in.....

First Edition. Ten of Castañeda's Chicana studies papers, with interviews intersperced. Volume 9 of the Al Filo: Mexican American Studies Series. Edited by the author and Linda Heidenreich. 452 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed or.....

First Edition. A noteworthy anthology documenting the emergence of Chicano poetry from Fresno State University, featuring early work by Gary Soto and Ernesto Trejo's first publication. Each poet contributes a selection of poems alongside a brief autobiographical essay, offering insight into the development of Chicano literature in California's Central Valley.....

First Edition. The first separate edition of this autobiographical essay about the artist's performances. As essay of the same name was included in his Warrior for Gringostroika. 32 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in lightly scuffed wrappers; old library stamp on inside front cover.

First edition. A beautiful and substantial letterpress-printed collection of poems interspersed with Ríos's journal entries made on a visit to England to meet his mother's family. Most of the 23 poems and numerous journal entries had not been published elsewhere. This is one of 35 copies in quarter leather and.....

First Edition. An inscribed copy of one of the essential Chicano novels of the 1970s, in the very scarce first edition. Arias, a staff writer for People magazine, won the 1974–75 UC Irvine Chicano Literary contest with an excerpt from this book, which adapted the style of Latin American magical.....

First Edition. A scarce look at nuevomexicano life in the mid-19th century. Very few accounts by Mexican Americans are known from the nineteenth century and much of what survives was written later. However one seldom tapped resource are the records of the contested elections for the House of Representatives, which.....

First Edition. An uncommon chapbook of poems by one of the best-known writers of the Chicano Movement in the 1970s. 29 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers.

First edition, hardcover issue. The uncommon hardcover first edition of Anaya's second book, a novel of a Chicano messiah-figure in the barrios of Albuquerque. This is one of a small number of hardcovers intended primarily for library distribution. There was a paperback version issued at the same time. 209 pages.....

First edition. Cisneros' first children's book, illustrated by Terry Ybáñez, First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1 on the last page). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A seldom seen copy signed by both Cisneros and Ybáñez, in this case, with nice inscriptions by both.....