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. A pamphlet, in Spanish, in support of the New Mexico penitentes, a group of lay Catholics who practice self-flagellation during pilgrimage walks. Trujillo offers an explanation of the practice, defines terms, and gives a history of the group in New Mexico. Uncommon, with six copies recorded in WorldCat. 16.....

First edition. A detailed survey of the conditions in the Territory of New Mexico, with an overview of the counties and towns (308 pages); 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.....

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 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 New Mexican contested elections for the House of Representatives.....

First Edition. The first book printed in Spanish in New York (according to the author on p. 310, and your cataloguer has not located an earlier book). Elementos is also arguably the first book by a Mexican American writer, and one of the first books written specifically for Hispanics in.....

First Edition. The second history of New Mexico written from the perspective of its Latinx residents (following De Thoma's 19th century book) and the first by a native nuevomexicano. This is a very scarce book. The English-language edition, translated by Eleuterio Baca but with significant differences in content (see below).....

First Edition. A curious book, essentially an English translation of the index for the 42-volume set of documents related to the European discovery of the Americas published between 1864 and 1884. However, this work offers insight into Read's work as a historian and promoter of Spanish history. The purpose of.....

First edition. An important history of New Mexico from the perspective of the Spanish American founders of the state. Read, a historian and politician, was born to an Anglo father and a Mexican mother. He spoke and frequently wrote in Spanish and was an enthusiastic promoter of Spanish culture in.....