Artesanos y Artesanias Del Estado De Mexico
Direccion De Promocion Industrial, Comercial y Artesanal Del Gobierno Del Estado De Mexico, 1972. Hard Cover. Folio. 105pp. Color photographs. Mexican folk arts. More
Direccion De Promocion Industrial, Comercial y Artesanal Del Gobierno Del Estado De Mexico, 1972. Hard Cover. Folio. 105pp. Color photographs. Mexican folk arts. More
Tucuman: Imprenta y Encuaderfacion De El Orden, 1890. First Edition. Quarto. 655 pp. Spanish text. This book covers the government of Argentina for the year 1888 and was compiled monthly, from meetings held, nominations of government officials, their jobs, and more. Bound in 1/4 brown morocco over marbled paper covered..... More
Once Porfirio Diaz became President of Mexico, he proceeded to limit the tax liability for investors. At the same time, he began a process of protecting mining interest against both Indian and bandit raids. By 1890 American investors began to aggressively add mining, railroads and ranching as a new "gold..... More
Rio De Janeiro: Ministerio Das Relacoes Exteriores, 1917. First Edition. Octavo. Text in Portuguese. 237pp. This is a deposition of scores of letters and memoranda, thoroughly covering the tension of the times. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco over brown pebble grained cloth, raised bands with compartments lettered and decorated in..... More
Mexico: Rafael Rafael, 1849. Octavo. 33 pp. folding document of expenditures at rear, dampstain through center of publication, bound in light blue printed wrap, ciorner creas wear to spine, note on lower margin of front wrap in Spanish. More
Philadelphia: American Catholic Historical Society, 1894. Octavo. 99-264 pages, issued as Records. 5, no. 2. The original manuscript was discovered in the Mexico City archives and published in 1863 by Buckingham Smith in an edition of 150 copies. The Catholic Historical Society used one of those remaining copies to publish..... More
Mexico: Secretaria De Hacienda y Credito Publico, 1929. First Edition. Folio. 353pp.Text in Spanish. General Budget of Federal Expenditures for Fiscal Year 1929, the same year as the stock market crash in the United States. Charts, tables, many are fold-out. Bound in 3/4 red leather over marbled paper covered boards..... More
Banco Nacional de Mexico Mexico 1971. First Edition. Six tipped in colored plates. Spanish-English text (exact English translation p. 91-145. More
Rio De Janeiro: Centro De Pesquisas Florestaiss e Conservacao De Natureza, 1961. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). Portuguese and English text. 8vo., (approx. 300pp.) Collated Numbers 1-6 of Vellozia, volume 1, (1961-1968), containg botanical papers of species description and conservation. Illustrated. References. Bound in black cloth boards..... More
Ascoli: Tipograffia Di Amidio Cesari, 1861. Leather- Full. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Italian text. 382pp. Text, with footnotes. Chapter notes. Bound in brown calf, with gilt floral trim, and gilt spine title. Interior pages very clean; the outer boards have bumped corners, torn edge at foot, worn..... More
Montevideo, Uruguay: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2005. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). Spanish text. , 594pp. Scholarly treatise on human rights, international law, and prisons. References. Index. NF, In purple paper wraps. More
Port-au-Prince: A.P. Barthelemy, 1945. First Edition. Original Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 110 pp. French text. Cover foxed and rough. Photo of author. Poems and sketches of Haitian author praised by Joseph Kessel. More
Tucson, Arizona: The University of Arizona Press, 2005. First Edition. Octavo. 251pp. An absorbing acount of the ethnobiology of a regional's people. In mesoamerica, and in the tropical forests of Quintana Roo. Extensive appendix subjects on lists and classification of birds and animals of Maya and the Quintana Roo. In..... More
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 2005. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 274pp. Major questions of population density, sustainable agriculture, and traditional methods. Text. Chapter notes. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. Bound in dark blue cloth boards, with illustrated dust jacket... More
Weer: Uitgave Van De Procure Der Minderbroeders, 1924. First American Edition. Orginal Wraps. Octavo. 199 pp. Library copy. Dutch text. Light tear along upper spine. Many in-text photos. Jubilee festschrift of Franciscan friars in Brazil. More
Mexico: Guerrero, 1900. Orginal Wraps. No Edition Stated. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 11 pp. Spanish text. Text yellowing. More
Mexico City: Creed Tourist and Information Bureau at Sanborns, 1920. Orginal Wraps. No Edition Stated. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 80 pp. C. 1920 from internal evidence, perhaps mid-20s. Service and travel guide for the city. More
Panama: I. L. Maduro, Jr. First Edition. Stapled Wrap. Oblong Octavo. (approx. 25 pages). B&W photographic plates, with captions. Bound in grey paper wraps. Laid in are a facts Sheet on Panama, and an invitation for foriegn investments, both by Charles Wesley Barrick, of New Martinsville, WVa... More
Republic Del Paraguay: Asuncion, 1942. Soft Cover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. , iv, 187pp. Illustrated with period photographs of early Paraguayan aviation. This is a useful account of the founder of Paraguayan aviation, who was killed in an air crash in Buenos Aires. This copy has detached..... More
London: Tamesis Books Limited, 1977. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 106pp. VG. Critical thesis on Guzman de Alfarache. Bibliography. Bound in black cloth boards, with gold title on spine. More
Oaxaca, Oaxaca: Fondo Nacional Para Acividades Sociales, 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover. Oblong Quarto. 131pp. Illustrated. Red cloth boards, with illustrated dust jacket. The jacket spine has a 2" closed tear (rough). More
Tucson, Arizona; (2005): University of Arizona Press. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 197pp. illustrated by photograph. Index. This work gives the most up to date information on the anthropological, historical, political, agricultural and nutritional aspects of chia. Bound in green cloth lettered in gilt. A fine copy... More
Mexico: Talleres Graficos De La Nacion, 1929. Quarto. 85 pages, Spanish text, illustrated by photographic images. The Rarmuri mostly practice their sacrifice ritual when singing the Tutugri (coyote) dance. One of the most interesting aspects of this ritual is their mixing of Christian symbols and their use of sacrifice. When..... More
Mexico, D.F. Sociedad De Alumnos De La Escuela Nacional De Antropologia e Historia, 1946. Original Wraps. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 118p. bibliography, glossary, index. includes proverbs, folk songs (with melody printed) and the stories that were part of its oral tradition. More
Mexico: 1934. Quarto. xxvii, 219p. text in Spanish. With an introduction by Manuel Toussaint. 156 black and white plates situated at the rear. A classic work on colonial architecture in Mexico. Bound in 1/4 green cloth over black and white marbled paper covered boards, spine lettering gilt, paper label lettered..... More