First Edition. A monograph by a noted Mexican photographer including black-and-white photographs, a few color images, and samples of her woodcuts. An edition of 2000 copies. Texts by Elizabeth Ferrer, Elena Poniatowska, and Francisco Reyes Palma (in English and Spanish). 216 pages. 9 by 8-1/2 inches. First edition, first printing.....
Price: $200
First Edition. A survey of Iturbide's work from the 1970s to the 2000s, mostly black and white with a few color plates. Iturbide is a noted Mexican photographer. This monograph marks her being awarded the prestigious Hasselblad prize. Text in English. 144 pages. First edition, first printing (no statement of.....
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First Edition. A monograph of 26 black-and-white images taken in India in the 1990s. Iturbide is a noted Mexican photographer. Introduction by Oscar Pujol. Text in English and Spanish. An edition of 2000 copies. First edition, first printing (no statement of later printings). A fine copy in red cloth and.....
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First Edition. A community cookbook notable for its section devoted to Spanish-American cookery, one of the first such collections of recipes published in English. The Landmarks Club worked to preserve historical sites in California, many of which dated back to the Spanish and Mexican eras in the state's history. The.....
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An 18th century Mexican devotional illustrated with an anonymous woodcut of Pontius Pilate condemning Jesus to death (the first station of the cross). The woodcut is printed on the recto (front) of leaf 04 and inside a frame of fleur-de-lis type ornaments. The cut depicts Pilate in the upper right.....
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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.....
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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.....
Price: $1,850
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First Edition. A scarce book pairing work by a Mexican American poet with a Mexican counterpart, inscribed by both authors. Part of a literary series designed to create dialogue between writers from both sides of the border, this volume presents poems in both Spanish and English in parallel text format.....
Price: $125
First Edition. A translation by Dorothy Kress of a selection of poems from Nervo's book, La amada inmovil along with a prose piece about a love affair. Nervo (1870–1919) was an important Mexican poet; this is his first book in English. 50 pages. 5-1/4 by 7-5/8 inches. First edition (first.....
Price: $75
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First edition. A set of six color lithograph reproductions of Covarrubias's map murals done for the Pacific House at the Golden Gate International Exposition held in San Francisco. With the large portfolio case and wooden dowel. The lithographs, in brilliant color, depict the Pacific Ocean and the countries surrounding it.....
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First Edition. An inscribed first edition of this novel by a Mexican writer best known for his screenplays. 121 pages. One of 4000 copies. First edition (first printing). A very good to near fine copy with some fading to the orange spine. This copy is inscribed, "Para Doris y Angel.....
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First English Language Edition. Translated from the Spanish. 324 pages. First edition (first US printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Covers a bit worn; previous owner's name inside, otherwise clean; no markings in the text.
Price: $75
Later printing. Fifty-eight cocktails and ninety-two recipes for hors d'oeuvres, named and identified by number. The cocktails are mostly based on European spirits—gin, cognac, whisky—but in unusual combinations. The champagne cocktail (no. 101) combines champagne, 8 drops of nocino (licor de nueces verdes), Cointreau, lemon peel, a pinch of nutmeg.....
Price: $100
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.....
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First Edition. One of the first, if not the first, book published in Mexico and devoted to gymnastics. This is a translation of a book prepared by the French military, Instruction pour l'enseignement de la gymnastique dans les corps de troupes et les établissements militaires. The book offers written descriptions.....
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A biography of Jesus for young readers published in Spanish in San Antonio, Texas, in the 1920s. The author was born in Mexico but lived in the United States off and on for a number of years. He was a politician and a writer who started a magazine in San.....
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A manuscript catalog of a career Mexican military officer's library, totalling more than about 650 works in 600 volumes, numbered and organized by subject. The list includes the title, author, and in some cases observations on each book, along with their series and identification numbers. Not surprisingly, the largest section.....
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First Edition. English translation of the title: The fantastical plants of Mexico: Introduction to the pharmacology of teonanácatl mushrooms, marijuana, cinnamon, chicalote (prickly poppy), poppy, colorín (coral tree), locoweed, peyote, sinicuiche (loosestrife), cozticzapotl, ololiuqui (morning glory), camotillo, toloache (datura), coca, ayahuasca, and cohombrillo (squirting cucumber). A well-known survey of the.....
Price: $750
First Edition. A collection of religious and devotional poems by a 19th century Mexican poet. He wrote the poems for his grandchildren and the manuscript remained unpublished when he died in 1910. This is one of the most attractive books, printed in yellow and black, from Casa Editorial Lozano, which.....
Price: $250
First Edition. Two bound volumes of the first two years of this scarce Mexican military periodical. According to the masthead, the magazine was published with the approval (aprobación) of the Mexican Secretary of the Army and Navy. According to the introduction, the goal of Mexico Militar was to promote the.....
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First Edition. This agricultural and industrial report covers many topics, including silk, paper, wax, ceramics, cacao, and other crops and natural resources. It also includes a relatively early mention of mezcal (mescal), which is described as an important product in many parts, especially in Jalisco and the Tequila region. José.....
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First Edition. A Spanish translation of Great European Conflict. Franco-Prussian War: Chassepot - Rifle vs. Zundnadelgewehr, or the Needle Gun: Real Cause of the Struggle by a Mexican army general. 208 pages plus four inserted lithographic portraits of the leaders of the conflict (including Napoleon III and Otto von Bismarck).....
Price: $400
First Edition. A very scarce Mexican spiritualism book, collecting the transcripts of six communications from the spirit world. The medium was the Mexican psychic Francisco Urgel, who worked with Refugio I. Gonzalez's spiritualist circle, La Luz (the light), in Mexico City in 1878 (though not published until eleven years later).....
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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.....
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First Edition. Volume III of the Nuevos documentos ineditos o muy raros para la historia de México, second series. Doblado was a native of Guanajuato and an active participant in the Reform War on the side of Benito Juárez. This volume prints transcriptions of letters written to Doblado. The Nuevos.....
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