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
Mexico & Latin America
De La Provincia De Tucuan Ano 1888
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
El Prodigio Mining Co., March 23, 1904 Autographed Document Signed with Carbon Copy [Spanish Translation]
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
Guerra De Europa; Documentos Diplomaticos. Attitude Do Brasil, 1914-1917
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
Land or Death. Hugo Blanco and the Peasant Struggle in Peru
New York: Young Socialist Alliance, 1967. Octavo. 22pp. Hugo Blanco was the head of one of the guerrilla movements n Perur. This is the story of Hugo, who faced death in Perue for organizing a movement of poor and landless peasants to resist the terror of landlords and police, forced..... More
Representacion Hecha Por El Ayuntamiento De Esta Capital, Contra El Dictamen De La Comision De Aranceles y Presupuestos De La Camara De Piputados, en la parte relativa a los ramos muicipales sobre que se confime el decreto supremo de 6 de octubre Ult
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
Rudo Endayo; an Unknown Jesuit Padre, Eusbio Guiteras Font
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
Secretaria De Hacienda y Credito Publico. Presupuesto General De Egresos De a Federacion Para El Ano Fiscal De 1929
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
TENOCHTITLAN, 1519-1521
Banco Nacional de Mexico Mexico 1971. First Edition. Six tipped in colored plates. Spanish-English text (exact English translation p. 91-145. More
Vellozia: Bound Volume 1, Numbers 1-6
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
Guaman Poma, Writing and Resistance in Colonial Peru
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1986. First Edition. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.189pp., index. The book "examines the dynamics of colonial discourse from the perspective of an Amer-indian author who took up the pen to protest Spanish rule in the Andes." More
Cristoforo Columbo Ed Il P. Giovanni Perez Di Marchena, Minore Osservante: Ossia, La Cooperazione Dell'ordinee Francescano Nella Scoperta d'America
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
La Parte General Del Derecho Penal Internacional. Bases Para Una Elaboracion Dogmatica: Traduccion De Ezequiel Malarino. .
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
MON LIVRE PREFERE
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
Animals and the Maya in Southeast Mexico
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
Political Ecology in a Yucatec Maya Community
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
VIJF EN TWINTIG JAAR IN BRAZILIE
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
EL NACIMIENTO DEL NINO EN EL PORTAL DE BELEM
Mexico: Guerrero, 1900. Orginal Wraps. No Edition Stated. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 11 pp. Spanish text. Text yellowing. More
KEYS TO THE CITY OF MEXICO
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
Souvenir of the Canal and Republic of Panama (with 2 Investments letters)
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
Silvio Pettirossi: Sus Bodas De Plata Con La Gloria
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
Guzman De Alfarache: The Unepentant Narrator. With Preface By Joseph H. Silverman.
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
Superviviencia / De Un Derecho Consuetudinario En El Valle De Tlacolula
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
Chia. Rediscovering a Forgotten Crop of the Aztecs
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
Monografia De Los Tarahumaras
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