First edition. A raw, semi-autobiographical depiction of the life of a teenage Mexican boy who comes to the United States to find a better life and instead encounters seemingly endless hardship. Macho! was published as a paperback original during the brief period in the early 1970s when New York publishers.....

First Edition. An early Spanish-language issue of the annual report of the laws passed by the California legislature in 1857. For several decades after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the governments of the new US states and territories acquired from Mexico printed major government documents in English and Spanish translation.....

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.

First Edition. Poetry and prose anthology with contributions from Luis Omar Salinas, Francisco X. Alarcon, Gary Soto, Sandra Cisneros, Juan Felipe Herrera, and others. The scarce hardcover issue; also issued in wrappers (paperback). 185 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. Signed by Cisneros.....

First edition. A rich anthology which includes many of the most prominent Chicano writers of the time, Ricardo Sánchez (excerpts from his doctoral disseration), Abelardo Delgado (poems and prose), Rolando Hinojosa (poetry), Lorna Dee Cervantes (preceding her first book), José Antonio Burciaga, and many others. 107 pages. First edition (first printing).....

First Edition. Alarcón began writing this novel while in California, and he completed it during a European trip. The novel is set in the 1920s in the Santa Clara Valley of California and its plot revolves around a Mexican immigrant's obsession with the daughter of an Italian immigrant. However, the.....

First edition. The autobiography of one of the few Hispanic women who published during the middle of the 20th century. Jaramillo was a prominent promoter of Spanish culture in New Mexico and wrote several important books. Scarce in the first edition; the book has been reprinted a few times and.....

192 pages. The first of many reprints of this collection of reminiscences on the culture and history of Spanish New Mexico written by an early Chicana writer. This book has a troubled history with Chicano scholars because class issues. Otero was a well-off New Mexican from a prominent family (her cousin.....

A detailed survey of the conditions in the Territory of New Mexico, with department-by-department reports from the various government offices, with the most space devoted to mining. Otero, in office as the territorial governor for nine years, remains the longest-serving Latinx governor in US history. He was part of a New.....

First edition, Spanish-language issue. The laws enacted by the territorial legislature in 1897 and translated into Spanish. A scarce territorial imprint, especially in the Spanish translation. For many decades, the territorial and then the state government of New Mexico published most government reports in both English and Spanish. As artifacts.....

First Edition. A novella of the Cristero uprising in Jalisco, Mexico, in the late 1920s. Candelaria, a native of New Mexico, wrote a number of books on New Mexico history. This appears to be his first published work, a little-known Chicano novel pre-dating the "boom" in Latinx literature, which started.....

First Edition. A report by the third generation of Miguel Antonio Oteros to serve in New Mexican politics. In his introductory message, Otero describes the nineteenth-century-style operations of New Mexico's fiscal accounting and reports on new electric machines he installed. 94 pages. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback).....

First Edition. A very scarce Spanish-language issue of the daily minutes of the New Mexican territorial House of Representatives during the 1907 term. For many decades, the government of New Mexico issued publications in both Spanish and English. The role the Spanish translations played in New Mexican government and legal.....