New York; (1998): Farrar, Straus and Giroux. First American Edition. Octavo. 259pp., translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. Set in Lima, the author tells of a love triangle whose participants may be the fictional creations of Don Rigoberto: Rigoberto himself, by day an insurance executive, by night a pornographer..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1978. First Edition. Octavo. The author's second book. Signed ephemera laid in. 230pp. Based on the East L. A. barrio riots of 1943. The collection ends with Babener's essay on the film Chinatown, which does not deal with the Owens Valley water scandal. Laid in is..... More
D.M. Genl's Office, Washington, May 21, 1845, 1 p. with integral address leaf, red wax seal, and WASHN CITY / MAY 22 postmark. Early U.S. Army supply letter regarding uniform and clothing standards. Stanton instructs Tompkins that issues to Ordnance men are to be made from existing stock and that..... More