MEXICO
Helen Levitt: Mexico City
New York: Doubletake, 1997. Essay by James Oles. Photographs by Helen Levitt. 141pp., tall, thin 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. New York: A Doubletake Book, (1997). First edition. Essay in both Spanish and English. More
The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family.
New York: Random House, 1961. 499 pages. Thick 8vo, cloth-backed boards, tattered d.w. New York: Random House, (1961). Third printing. A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. More
A Death in the Sanchez Family.
New York: 1969. Small 8vo. N.Y., (1969). More
Five Families: Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty.
New York: Basic Books, 1959. Foreword by Oliver La Farge. xiii + 351 pages, tall 8vo, cloth-backed boards; lower front corner bumped. New York: Basic Books, (1959). A very good copy. More
Ley de Administracion de Justicia de 11 de Julio de 1868.
square 12mo, leather-backed bds; (rubbed). Cuernavaca, 1872. More
Cacaxtla; El Lugar donde Muere la Lluvia en la Tierrra
Mexico: 1991. Color plates, some folding, b/w Illus. 554pp. 4to, blue boards, d.w. chipped, torn, and rubbed, spine ends of boards rubbed, corners of boards bumped and rubbed. Mexico, (1991). First Edition. More
Duel of Eagles; The Mexican and
New York: William Morrow, 1990. U. S. Fight for the Alamo. illus. 431pp. 8vo, 1/2 maroon cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled. New York: William Morrow, (1990). Book Club Edition. More
Duel of Eagles; The Mexican and
New York: William Morrow, 1990. U. S. Fight for the Alamo. Illus. 431pp. 8vo, 1/2 brown cloth, d.w. lightly soiled, otherwise very good. New York: William Morrow, (1990). More
Maya Script: A Civilization and Its Writing
New York: Abbeville Press, 2000. Translated from the Italian by Rosanna M. Giammanco Frongia. Black & white illustrations throughout. 180 pages. 8vo, yellow cloth, pictorial d.w. New York: Abbeville, (2000). First English language edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Maya Script; A Civilization and Its Writing
New York: Abbeville, 2000. Illus. 8vo, yellow cloth, d.w. New York: Abbeville, (2000). Fine. More
The Offerings of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan
Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1994. Illus. 516pp. 8vo, green cloth, d.w., pages slightly wavy throughout, otherwise very good. (Niwot): University Press of Colorado, (1994). More
They That Reap.
London: Harrap, 1937. Translated by Anita Brenner. 11 illustrations by Diego Rivera. d.w. London, (1937). First English Edition. Winner of the National Prize for Literature, the first such award to be made in Mexico. The dust wrapper has a small water-stain and light edge-wear. More
Footloose Scientist In Mayan America.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Scribner's (1966). vg. More
Treasures Of Ancient America; The Arts of the Pre- Columbian Civilizations from Mexico to Peru.
Geneva: Skira, 1964. Numerous color and black and white plates. 229pp. small folio, red cloth. Geneva: Skira, 1964. First edition. Very good (+). More
America Septentrionalis; concinnata juxta observationes Dnn Academiae Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum, et juxta annotationes recentissimas
T. C. Lotter, 1750. Map. Hand colored engraving. Image measures 21" x 26". Augsburg: 1750. Classic map of the eastern and southern portions of the United States, as well as the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America. Shows North America from California to the Azores. Shows as far north as Sinus Baffinius and as far south as Panama and what is today the northern portions of Colombia and Venezuela. Great detail throughout, especially in the Caribbean. Lines drawn in the Pacific..... More
The Paris Codex; Handbook for a Maya Priest
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1994. Many Illus. xviii, 124pp. 4to, maroon cloth, d.w. lightly sunned on spine portion, cloth covers slightly warped. Austin: University of Texas Press, (1994). First Edition. More
Journal of a Residence and Tour in the Republic of Mexico in the Year 1826. With some acount of the mines in that country
London: John Murray, 1828. 2 volumes on one. Thick, small 8vo, modern 3/4 brown cloth, red leather label, corners bumped, scattered light foxing, preliminary blank page is chipped in right margin. London: John Murray, 1828. First Edition Captain George Francis Lyon lived in Mexico as one of the commissioners of the English Compania de Real del Monte, a silver mining company. On his way back to England, the ship he was on was wrecked and all his papers and mineral..... More
The Prehistory of Tehuacan Valley. Volume Two: Nonceramic Artifacts
Austin: University of Texas, 1967. VOLUME TWO ONLY. 175 illustrations, 32 tables. xiii + 258pp., 4to, blue cloth, d.w.; top edge spotted, dust wrapper price clipped, some minor chipping along top edge. Austin & London: University of Texas Press, (1967). A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
Letters of Cortes; The Five Letters of Relation from Fernando Cortes to the Emperor Charles V
New York: Putnam, 1908. Translated and Edited, with a Biographical Introduction and Notes Compiled from Original Sources by Francis Augustus MacNutt. 7 plates and maps, 2 of the maps are folding. 2 volumes. Tall 8vo, original 1/2 green cloth, cloth and boards lightly soiled on both volumes, spines faded from sun exposure on both volumes, edges of corners of boards lightly worn on both volumes, light foxing to one folding map and the margins of several pages in both volumes..... More
Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico; The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1926. Ed. by Stella M. Drumm. Illus., folding map. Tall 8vo, blue cloth, edges of corners bumped and worn, several tears in margins of Frontis., cloth rubbed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1926. More
Life and Services of General Winfield Scott; Including the Siege of Vera Cruz, the Battle of Cerro Gordo,
New York: A. S. Barnes, 1852. and the Battles in the Valley of Mexico, to the Conclusion of Peace, and His Return to the United States. Many engravings, a few maps. 536pp. + 7pp. of publisher's ads. 8vo, modern 3/4 brown morocco, light foxing including most illustrations, morocco lightly rubbed. New York: A. S. Barnes, 1852. More
Mesoamerican Writing Systems; Propaganda, Myth, and History in Four Ancient Civilizations
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. Illus. 495pp. Oblong 4to, 1/2 green cloth, d.w., covers slightly warped, pages throughout are slightly wavy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1992). More
Emblem And State In The Classic Maya Lowlands; An Epigraphic Approach.
Washington: Dumbarton Oaks, 1976. Illus. 4to, green cloth. Washington: Dumbarton Oaks, 1976. Very good. More
La Patria y la Arquitectura Nacional; Resumenes de las conferencias dadas en la casa de la Universidad Popular Mexicana,
Mexico: Stephan y Torres, 1915. Del 21 de Octubre de 1913 al 29 de Julio de 1914. Photo Illus., a few folding plans. 137pp. 8vo, later maroon cloth, cloth lightly soiled, spine ends and edges of corners rubbed, corners bumped, margins of title-page lightly soiled. Mexico: Stephan y Torres, 1915. First Edition Author was a leading architect in Mexico. Mariscal designed over 130 buildings and was a professor of architecture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico from 1909 to..... More