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de Figueroa, leslie . TAXCO THE ENCHANTED CITY THE HANDBOOK FOR TOURISTS
Mexico 1950 Fischgrund. Hardcover. octavo, 86pp., monochrome photo illustrations, cloth. Owner signed. VG plus, no DJ. (a11524)
$20.00 Rodman, Selden . THE ROAD TO PANAMA A JOURNEY THROUGH MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA (signed)
NY 1966 1st Hawthorne. Hardcover. Octavo, 224pp., illustrations by Bill Negron, index, cloth. **Inscribed and signed by Selden. VG in VG DJ. (a14998)
$29.00 Mexican Art . 30 MEXICAN PAINTERS 100 PAINTINGS
Mexico 1958 Artes de Mexcio No. 22/23 Double Issue. Lg.4to., 100 monochrome illustrations, color wraps. VG. (a23396)
$59.00 Westheim, Paul; Tamayo . EL ARTE DE TAMAYO UNA INVESTIGACION ESTETICA
Mexico 1956. Artes de Mexico. Issue No. 12, Ano IV May-Junio 1956. 4to., 20pp of text in English and Spanish plus many monochrome and some color illustrations, original wraps. VG . (a23413)
$35.00 (mexican war) . THE WHIGS AND THE WAR
NY 1847. Mexican War. In The American Review, a Whig Journal, No. XXXIII, October 1847, at pp. 331-346. Whole issue comprises pp. 331-440, printed in double column. 8vo., wraps. Institution ownership stamp on front and rear wrap and on contents page. VG, some spine rubbing, small chip without loss on front. (a29141)
$35.00 Tuckman, William . SOURCE MATERIALS FOR THE CORRELATION OF MEXICAN MUSIC WITH OUR SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM
NY 1945. Workshop in Inter-American Education. 8vo., 69pp., illustrations, wraps. Owner signed on front. VG, light wear. (a33926)
$25.00 Mascelloni, Enrico (introduction) . FERNANDO LEAL AUDIRAC
NY 1997. Exhibition Catalogue, M-13 Gallery. Mexican artist. 4to., 35pp., color plates printed on rectos only, wraps. VG. (a36342)
$35.00 Prouty, Amy . MEXICO AND I
Philadelphia 1951 1st Dorrance. 8vo., 258pp., photo illus., hardcover. VG, no DJ. no ownership marks. (a43105)
$22.00 (mexico travel guides) . OFICIAL GUIDE GUIA OFICIAL 10 GUIDES
Collection of 10 travel guides to Mexico published by Istituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia. c. 1950. 8 guides in English; 2 in Spanish. Titles: Palenque, Calixtlahuaca, Monte Alban Mitla, Tula, El Tajin, Mayan Hall, Teotihuacan, Copilco-Cuicuilco, Templo Mayor de Mexico. Essential for serious traveller in Mexico. 12mo., photo illustrated, diagrams, maps, wraps. VG. Collection of 10 guides. (a46175)
$45.00 Ferry, Gabriel (Eugene de Bellemore) . VAGABOND LIFE IN MEXICO
New York 1856 first edition Harper. Author lived 7 years in Mexico. Hardcover. Small octavo, 344pp, plus Harpers book catalogue at end, original pressed cloth. Sabin 4534. Fairly Good, innerhinges cracking, cover rubbed, corners and spine ends a bit worn. (a47505)
$33.00 Wallace, Dillon . BEYOND THE MEXICAN SIERRAS
Chicago 1910 1st McClurg. Travel in Mexico. 8vo., 301pp., 75 photo illustrations, large foldout color map, index, hardcover. Owner signed. Good, some wear and soiling, especially on rear cover. (a49743)
$39.00 Y Puga, Guillermo B. . RESENA DE UNA EXCURSION A LA CAVERNA DE CACAHUAMILPA Y A LA GRUTA CARLOS PACHECO
Mexico 1891. In Spanish. 8vo., pp.113-210, removed from Revista Cientifica y Bibliografica (1891-1892), and rebound in later wraps. Defective, in that it lacks the final 14 pages which are part of the Appendice. Good. Sold as is. (a50777)
$35.00 (mexico) . MEXICO TRAVEL MANUAL
Mexico 1937 National Railways of Mexico. Lists hotels, rates, rooms, railway schedules, etc. Octavo, 36pp., photo illustrated brochure. Fairly Good, water wrinkled in places. (a5242)
$24.00 (mexican-americans) . ETHNIC ISOLATION OF MEXICAN AMERICANS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE SOUTHWEST MEXICAN AMERICAN EDUCATION STUDY; METHODOLOGICAL APPENDIX OF RESEARCH METHODS EMPLOYED IN THE MEXICAN AMERICAN EDUCATION STUDY
1970, 1972 United States Commission on Civil Rights. 2 volumes. 4to., 144pp., stapled wraps; 4to., about 200pp., wraps. Good - VG, light soiling in the first volume. 2 volumes. (a52637)
$50.00 Laughlin, James (editor) . NEW DIRECTIONS 9
Norfolk 1946 New Directions. Much on Mexican Poetry (pp. 121-139) including an essay by Lloyd Mallan and poems by Paz, Huerta, Chumacero, Alvarez, Guerrero, Beltran and Solana. 8vo., 411pp., hardcover. VG, light cover cloth a bit soiled and faded, very light creasing on head of spine, no DJ. (a53639)
$65.00 Mora, Jose Maria Luis . ENSAYOS, IDEAS Y RETRATOS
Mexico 1941 Ediciones de la Universidad. In Spanish. 8vo., 121pp. wraps. VG. (a55405)
$24.00 Champlain, Samuel . NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE WEST INDIES AND MEXICO IN THE YEARS 1599-1602 WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
NY c. 1970. Franklin reprint of original Hakluyt Society edition. Translated ...with biographical notices and notes by Alice Wilmere. Edited by Norton Shaw. Hardcover. Octavo, xcix, 48pp., illustrations, blue grey cloth. VG, light spotting on endpapers. (a58217)
$145.00 Pereznieto Castro, Fernando . CONVENTOS DEL SIGLO XVI VOLUME I & II (BOXED SET)
Mexico 1976 first edition Joaqin Mortiz. HardcoverS. Mexican architecture, floorplans and drawings with brief descriptive text in Spanish and in English. Copy No. 325 of 3000. 2 volumes. Lg.4to., blue cloth. **Signed by the artist Pereznieto Castro. Fine in VG plus pictorial Box. No jackets. 2 volumes in Box. (a58595)
$65.00Campbell, Reau. CAMPBELL'S NEW REVISED COMPLETE GUIDE AND DESCRIPTIVE BOOK OF MEXICO.
Mexico 1899 first edition thus. Sonora News Company. Hardcover. Sm.8vo., 351pp., photo illustrations, folding map in rear (map VG condition) , index, original maroon cloth with gilt design. Owner signed on title page. Good, cover rubbed; binding secure; text clean. Hinges not cracked in or out. (a60128)
$33.00 Stewart, Mr. . SPEECH OF MR. STEWART OF PENNSYLVANIA ON THE THREE MILLION APPROPRIATION BILL AND THE MEXICAN WAR
Washington 1847 Gideon. Delivered in the House of Representatives. 8vo., 15pp., later wraps. Good. (a63123)
$25.00 Dewey, John; Henry Goddard Leach (chairmen) . THE SEMINAR IN MEXICO - A CO-OPERATIVE STUDY OF MEXICAN LIFE AND CULTURE
Mexico City 1929. Fourth Annual Session, Under the auspices of the Committee on Cultural Relations with Latin America. Represented in Mexico by Waldo Frank, Hubert C. Herring, Chester Lloyd Jones, Catherine Waugh Mc McCulloch, J. Fred Rippy and Alva W. Taylor. 4to., 157 leaves (printed on rectos only), original printed wraps. VG, edges a bit frayed. Very Scarce. (a65912)
$280.00 De Leon, Arnoldo . THEY CALLED THEM GREASERS, ANGLO ATTITUDES TOWARD MEXICANS IN TEXAS 1821-1900. ISBN 0-292-70363-5
Austin 1983 1st University of Texas. ISBN 0-292-70363-5. Octavo, 153pp., hardcover. Fine in VG DJ. (a67767)
$47.00 (mexico) . KNOCKING ABOUT IN MEXICO
Thousand Oaks 1977 1st Cal Oaks Publishing. Octavo, 95pp., wraps. One publisher ink correction in text. VG, light wear. (a68183)
$45.00 Gorby, John S. and Guy Stevens . MANUSCRIPT LOG/ DIARY OF CRUISE FROM LOS ANGELES ABOARD SS ANTONIO TO MEXICO
January to March 1933. Hardcover. They traveled to Baja California and to San Juan, Mexico for bicycling. 12pp. in both ink and pencil. A bit messy, but can be read if one reads carefully and slowly. Rest of the 47p in the booklet are blank. Sm.4to., cardboard boards diary with cloth spine. Laid in: 21 page printed pamphlet Log of the Peninsula of Lower California and the Gulf of California dated 1930 . (a69615)
$55.00 de Varona, Esteban A. . PUEBLA
Mexico 1959 1st Union Grafica. In Spanish. 12mo., 44pp., monochrome photo illustrationsm, original wraps in jacket. Near Fine in VG DJ. (a69793)
$20.00 Novo, Salvador . DIALOGOS
Mexico 1956 1st Los Textos de la Capilla II. El Joven II. Adan y Eva, El Tercer Fausto. La Guera y la Estrella. Sor Juana y Pita. Mainche y Carolota. Diego y Bett. Cuauhtemoc y Eulalia. In Spanish. 12mo., 217pp., original printed wraps (rear wrap replaced with matching paper). VG. (a69794)
$200.00 Vea, Alfredo Jr. . LA MARAVILLA
NY 1993 1st Dutton. Fiction about Mexican Americans. Hardcover. Octavo, 305pp., cloth. Inscribed and signed in Spanish by Vea on the title page. Fine in Near Fine DJ, very light soiling. (a71034)
$25.00 (mexico) . EL CATALOGO GENERAL DE FONDO DE CULTURA ECONOMICA 1934-1974
1975 1st Grafica Panamericana. In Spanish. Hardcover. Sm.4to., about 600pp., hardcover with brass binding stubs. Mexican bookseller label inside front cover. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Scarce. (a71963)
$125.00 Frost, J. . MEXICAN WAR AND ITS WARRIORS; COMPRISING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF ALL THE OPERATIONS OF THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN MEXICO
New Haven and Philadelphia 1848 1st H. Mansfield. Hardcover, Octavo, 332pp., color frontis, text illustrations, plus 11pp. transcript of Treaty, rebound in half red leather with maroon cloth. Spine has raised bands and gilt borders, faint residue of personal spine label. Near VG, some foxing throughout, light wear. Binding very solid and secure. (a74605)
$90.00 (california) . POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF MEXICAN AMERICANS IN CALIFORNIA
August 1971 1st GPO. A Report of the California State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on civil Rights. 4to., 90pp., original printed wraps. A few ink numbers on top margin of cover. VG. (a75605)
$75.00 Rose, J. N. . STUDIES OF MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN PLANTS: NO. 7
Washington 1911 GPO. U.S. National Herbarium Vol. 13 Part 9. Octavo. pp. 291-312, 22 photo plates, original printed wraps. University blind stamp on front. VG. (a76431)
$29.00 Rose, J. N. . GENUS TALINUM IN MEXICO: TWO NEW SPECIES OF HARPERELLA
Washington 1911 GPO. U.S. National Herbarium Vol. 13 Part 8. Octavo. pp. 281-290 (2), 2 photo plates, original printed wraps. University blind stamp on front. VG. (a76433)
$25.00 Calderone de la Barca, Frances . LIFE IN MEXICO, DURING A RESIDENCE OF TWO YEARS IN THAT COUNTRY VOLUME 1 (OF 2)
Boston 1843 1st Charles C. Little and James Brown. Hardcover. Small octavo, 412pp., frontis woodcut illustration of street scene in Mexico City, original dark brown cloth. Good, chip on soine, slight foxing in text. Volume 1 only. (a76508)
$90.00 (aztec) . AZTEC STONE SCULPTURE
1977 Center for Inter-American Relations. Exhibition Catalogue, December 1976-January 1977. Preface by James Wolfe. Square octavo, about 25pp., 77 items described, photo illustrations, original wraps. VG, corners bumped. (a77206)
$22.00 (mexico) . MINISTERIO DE GUERRA Y MARINA
1847. 4 page printed document, in Spanish, dated 1847 written by A. D. Ignacio Mora y Villamil and hand-initialed in ink beneath printed name, presumably by Mora. Documents the re-appointment of General Pedro Maria Anaya. Good plus, a bit wrinkled, (a77361)
$175.00 Carpenter, William W. . TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN MEXICO IN THE COURSE OF JOURNEYS OF UPWARD OF 2500 MILES, PERFORMED ON FOOT
New York 1851 first edition Harper. Adventures of a soldier in the Mexican War. Hardcover. Octavo, 300pp., original green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Good, outer hinges worn, spine ends frayed, occasional light foxing. (a77410)
$100.00Curtin, L S M. BY THE PROPHET OF THE EARTH ( signed )
Santa Fe 1949 1st San Vicente Foundation. Book designed by Merle Armitage and printed by Rydal Press. Native American Pima art and culture. Hardcover. Octavo, 158pp., photo illustrations, serigraph of Pimo Women, drawings by Gerri Chandler, original printed color paper on heavy cardboard stiff wraps cover. **Inscribed and signed by Curtin in presentation to Robert Ball. VG, head of spine bumped and a bit worn. (a77580)
$110.00 Fortune Magazine . FORTUNE MAGAZINE - OCTOBER 1938
New York 1938. Single issue of Fortune magazine. Articles include: Fuller Brush Company, Inland Steel with illustrations by Zoltan Sepeshy, Elizabeth Arden, Mexico in Revolution with paintings by Diego Rivera. Lg.4to., cover color by Covarrubias, photo illustrations, original illustrated wraps. Good plus, spine slanted, light cover wear. (a77894)
$145.00 Delano, Columbus . SPEECH OF MR. COLUMBUS DELANO OF OHIO ON THE MEXICO WAR DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE US FEB. 2, 1847
Washington 1847. Octavo, 15pp., later handsewn binding. Near Good, worn. (a78564)
$28.00 Dix, John A. . THE WAR WITH MEXICO
Washington 1848. Speech of Hon. John Dix of New York in the Senate, January 26, 1848. Octavo, 15pp., later plains wraps. Near Good, somewhat worn, paperclip rust mark on front top margin, some very light water stains. (a78570)
$26.00 Enock, C. Reginald . MEXICO ITS ANCIENT AND MODERN CIVILISATION HISTORY AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS, TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL RESOURCES (hardcover)
NY 1919 5th Scribners. "...Industries and General Development." Hardcover. Octavo, 75 illustrations, map, cloth. Fair, two inch chip from cloth along edge of spine. (a79492)
$20.00 Goodspeed, Bernice . MEXICAN TALES, A COMPILATION OF MEXICAN STORIES AND LEGENDS WITH MAP. . . AND TRAVEL DIRECTORY (signed)
Mexico 1943 2nd American Book and Printing. Octavo, 227pp., wraps with attractive two-color woodblook illustrations. **Inscribed and signed by Goodspeed. Good, light wear. (lat145)
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