First Edition. This is, apparently, Anaya's first signed limited edition, a small broadside excerpting the opening passage of Bless Me, Ultima. One of 125 copies printed by Gerald Lange and signed by the author. Published for the Great Midwestern Bookshow. 7-1/4 by 7-1/4 inches. First edition of this separate excerpt.....

First edition. An early Chicana work, collecting and retelling folklore gathered by the Federal Writers Project during the 1930s. Old Spain in Our Southwest is one of the earliest works by a Mexican American writer to be issued by a New York pubisher. This copy is inscribed to the author's.....

A book by the first Hispanic American author and one of the first published writers born in what is now the United States. The book describes the visitation of the Archangel Michael (San Miguel) to Diego Lazaro, a Mayan Indian, in 1631 and the establishment of a sanctuary at San.....

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. An inscribed copy of this collection of nearly 400 poems spanning 40 years from a working class Texas Chicano (tejano) poet. 370 pages. Stated first edition but this is possibly a second printing. The two versions are distinguished by the covers; this is cardstock; the first is thin.....

First edition. First edition of an early anthology featuring Texas border poets, including several Mexican American writers, published in 1939 by The Kaleidograph Press. This collection represents works from the Border Poets group, established in 1933 in Kingsville, Texas. This is a rare pre-war literary anthology that included Mexican American.....

First Edition. A signed first edition of this groundbreaking middle-grade graphic novel that blends Latino car culture with science fiction, illustrated by an award-winning Mexican American artist. This first book in the series follows the adventures of Lupe Impala, El Chavo Flapjack, and Elirio Malaria as they work to transform.....

First Edition. A chapbook of poems published by the press run by Lorna Dee Cervantes with the help of Gary Soto. Salinas was one of a number of Chicano poets to come out of Fresno, California, in the 1970s. Of all the small presses active in the 1970s and early.....

First edition. A collection of poems dominated by the wordplay, internal rhymes, and stream-of-consciousness style for which Alurista is known. These are poems intended to be performed, not read quietly. 64 pages. First edition (first printing, with no later printings noted). A very good copy (crease near one corner; small.....

First edition. A detailed survey of the conditions in the Territory of New Mexico, with an overview of the counties and towns; industrial development; the doings of federal officials in the territory; and reports of territorial officials. Otero, in office as the territorial governor for nine years, remains the longest-serving.....

First Edition. Two collections of poems by Chicano writers in one volume. With an introduction by Frank Voci. 63 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Inscribed by Padilla on the title page.

First Edition. One of 12 copies of this fine press book, with nine original mounted photographs of urban details taken during a trip to France. The artist taught at the University of Wisconsin for thirty-one years, including as the director of the Chican@/Latin@ Studies program. This is one of the.....