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MEXICAN, HISTORY, ART & CULTURE

1. Boone, Elizabeth Hill: THE CODEX MAGLIABECHIANO. THE BOOK OF THE
LIFE OF THE ANCIENT MEXICANS. University of California, Berkeley
1983. 1st. Edition. VG+/VG+ slipcase (2 volumes). Illustrated
Two volumes in one slipcase. One volume, texts, another,
illustr. .................................................$75.00

2. Brandeis, Madeline: THE LITTLE MEXICAN DONKEY BOY. Grosset &
Dunlap, New York. 1931. First Edition. V.G./V.G.. Photographic
Illustrations. 8vo. Dust Jacket 224 pp. ......$12.00

3. Brenner, Anita: YOUR MEXICAN HOLIDAY. A MODERN GUIDE. Putnam
New York 1935 Revised Edn. ed. Brenner, Anita. Maps,
Illustrations,Photos Hardback ............................$15.00

4. Brock, Virginia: PINATAS.. Abingdon Press Nashville 1966 1st.
Edition. VG+/VG+. Anne Marie Jauss, Illustr. HB An excellent
presentation that covers the history, lore and how-to of pinatas
with colorful illustrations. .............................$18.00

5. Butler, John W.: SKETCHES OF MEXICO. Cranston & Curts Cincinnati
1894 First Edition ed. V.G.+/V.G.+. Illustrated Hardback 8vo.
316 pages. Mexican history from the origins of the Mexicans to the
arrival of the Spaniards. Small puncture on spine ........$15.00

6. Cameron, Roderick: VICEROYALTIES OF THE WEST. THE SPANISH EMPIRE
IN LATIN AMERICA. Little Brown, Boston. 1968. First Edition.
V.G.+ in Very Good Dust Jacket. Illustrated With Photographs
Hardbound. 8vo. 275 pages. History of the Spanish presence in
Central and South America ................................$18.00

7. Collis, Maurice: CORTES AND MONTEZUMA. Harcourt, Brace and Co.
New York 1955 1st. American ed. VG+/VG+. ..............$15.00

8. Covarrubias, Miguel: INDIAN ART OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA.
Knopf New York 1957 1st. Edition. VG/VG. Covarrubias
Illustrations. .........................................$50.00


9. Fagan, Brian M.: KINGDOMS OF GOLD, KINGDOMS OF JADE. THE
AMERICAS BEFORE COLUMBUS.. Thames & Hudson. London. 1991.First
Edition. Very good plus in like dust jacket. 180 Illustr. 18
in Color. Hardback. 8vo. Dust Jacket. 240 pages. Civilizations
that rose and fell before Columbus. the Mayas, Aztecs, Ancients
Ones in America.. Book Clean/Good ........................$20.00

10. Fisher, Howard T. & Marion Hall (Edited and Annotated by): LIFE
IN MEXICO. THE LETTERS OF FANNY CALDERON DE LA BARCA. Doubleday
and Co. Garden City. 1966. First American. Edition. Author was a
Scotswoman married to a Spanish diplomat who was his country's first
minister to Mexico. She was a sophisticate and zestful woman
with an eye and ear for detail and with the ability to share her
experiences in generous measure. The result has been a book
which age only enhanced. VG. Illustrated. 8vo. 807 pages plus index.
First published in 1843................................$25.00

11. Hall, Marshall: KNIGHT IN THE SUN. HARPER B. LEE FIRST YANKEE
MATADOR. Little Brown, New York, 1962. First Edition.
V.G.+/V.G.+. Tom Lea Illustrations Hardback 8vo. 234 pgs.
From 1909-1911 Lee was the leading Matador in Mexico. ....$15.00

12. Hutchinson, C. Alan (editor & translator) A MANIFESTO TO THE
MEXICAN REPUBLIC. University of California Pr. Berkeley, Ca.
1978, First Edition. V.G.+/V.G.+. Illustrated Hardback. 4to.
Which Brig. Gen. Jose' Figueroa, Commandant & Political Chief of
Upper California presents on his conduct and on that of Jose Maria
de Hijar and Jose Maria Padres as Directors of Colonization in
1834 and 1835.
156 pages. ................................................$35.00

13. Meyer, Lorenzo: MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES IN THE OIL
CONTROVERSY 1917-1942. University of Texas Press, Texas, 1977
First Edition. V.G./V.G.. Hardback 8vo. Dust Jacket. 367 pages.
Mexico's nationalization of the oil industry & the relationship
of the U.S.A. & Mexico in the first 1/2 of the 20th.Century.
..........................................................$20.00

14. Monaghan, Jay: SCHOOLBOY, COWBOY, MEXICAN SPY. University of
California Pr. Berkeley 1977 First Edition ed. V.G.+/V.G.+.
Photographic Illustrations Hardback Ex-library with perforated
stamp marks on a few pages, missing f.e.p. but otherwise a nice
looking copy. ............................................$10.00

15. Spota, Luis: THE WOUNDS OF HUNGER.. Houghton Mifflin Boston 1957
First Edition ed. V.G.+/V.G.+. Hardback 8vo. Dust Jacket. 233
pages. Barnaby Conrad forward and translation. Winner of the
Ciudad de Mexico Prize. A clean, tight copy in like dust jacket
..........................................................$20.00

16. Starr, Frederick: READINGS FROM MODERN MEXICAN AUTHORS. The Open
Court Publishing Co., Chicago. 1904. First Edition. VG. Hardback
8vo. 420 pages. Exerpts from the writings of Mexican
writers. An Anthology. Blue cloth, gilt title on spine. Clean
and tight. Good binding.....................................$25.00

17.Frances: SPANISH FOR YOUR MEXICAN CUBAN VISITS. Frances
Toor Studios Mexico 1941 Good. Light soil and wear on
illustrated linen binding. 8vo. 251 251 pages with an additional
index of afro-cuban words. ...............................$12.00

18. Weaver, Muriel Porter: THE AZTECS, MAYA, AND THEIR PREDECESSORS.
ARCHAEOLOGY IN MESO AMERICA.. Seminar Press (H.B.J.) New York
1972 First Edition. VG. Illustrated. Hardback. 4to. 347 pages.
.........................................................$25.00

19. Weber, David J.: NORTHERN MEXICO ON THE EVE OF THE UNITED STATES
INVASION. RARE IMPRINTS CONCERNING CALIFORNIA, AZ.,N.M. & TEXAS
1821-46.. Arno Press New York 1976 First Edition ed. VG.
Hardback 8vo. 84+ pages. Part of the Chicano Heritage
Series. The Documents are facsimiles in the original Spanish.
..........................................................$20.00

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