MEXICO
Diplomat's Wife in Mexico; Letters from the American Embassy at Mexico City, covering the dramatic period between October 8th 1913, and the breaking off of diplomatic relations on April 23rd, 1914.....
New York: Harper, 1916. Illus. 8vo, green cloth. New York: Harper, (1916). Very good Presentation copy. More
Intimate Pages of Mexican History
New York: George H. Doran, 1920. 8vo, green cloth, some pages partially unopened. New York: George H. Doran, (1920). Very good Presentation copy. More
Historia Antigua y de las Culturas Aborigenes de Mexico.
Mexico: Ediciones Fuentes Cultural, 1954. Illustrated. 2 volsumes. Thick 4to, printed on wood pulp paper, blind stamped burgundy cloth (worn at spine ends), tattered d.w. Mexico: Ediciones Fuentes Cultural, 1954. A very good(+) pair in poor dust wrappers. Limited edition - one of 400 copies. More
Culiacanae, Americae Regionis, Descriptio / Hispaniolae, Cubae, Aliarumque Insularum Circumiacientium, Delineatio
Antwerp: Abraham Ortelius, 1587. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 14" x 19.5". These two maps on one sheet detail areas of western Mexico, above, and the Greater Antilles, below. Ortelius created them from information compiled by other mapmakers, such as Mercator, Guttierez, and Alsons de Sata Cruz. These sources allowed him to include a wealth of detailed information that is mostly if not entirely accurate. Above, the map of western Mexico shows the area around Culiacan and the Spanish settlement..... More
Indigenous Miracles: Nahua Authority in Colonial Mexico
Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2010. Black & white map. 260 pages. Thin 8vo, maroon cloth with gilt lettering at spine, pictorial d.w. (faint dampstain). Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, (2010). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Ancient Oaxaca.
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1970. Discoveries in Mexican Archeology and History. Many Illus. 416pp. 4to, green cloth, corners lightly bumped, cloth lightly soiled. Stanford: Stanford University Press, (1970). More
En Los Confines de la Selva Lacandona: Exploraciones en el Estado de Chiapas, Maya-Agosto 1926
Mexico: Talleres Graficos de la Nacion, 1928. 5 full page color plates, including one folding, many black-and-white illustrations. 215pp., tall 4to, printed green wrappers; covers quite worn, re-backed with green cloth. Mexico: Talleres Graficos de la Nacion, 1928. An internally clean, very good (-) copy. Contribucion de Mexico al XXIII Congreso de Americanistas. More
Mariana Yampolsky: Imagen Memoria -- Image - Memory
Mexico City: Centro de la Imagen, 1999. English translations by Gabriel Bernal and Lisa Jane Heller Newman. Illustrated in color and black and white. 214 pages. Short 4to, blue boards, d.w. (spine lightly sunned, three small bumps at spine and upper edges). Mexico City: Centro de la Imagen, (1999). Uncommon. Three small bumps consisted with d.w., internally pristine. A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Taxco en Blanco y Negro
Mexico: Hesketh, 1930. Preliminar por Manuel Toussaint y texto por Bernice Goodspeed, in Spanish & English. Illustrated with 17 full-page woodcuts by Carl Pappe, loose as issued, each with lettered tissue guards. Slim folio, original printed self-wrappers (edgeworn and a bit soiled; internally clean). Mexico: Hesketh, (no date, circa 1930). A very good copy of this rather scarce portfolio. More
A History of Mexico.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1950. Illus. 446pp. 8vo, cloth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1950). More
Week in Yanhuitlan.
illus. tall 8vo, cloth, d.w. Univ. of NM Pr., (1964). Presentation copy. More
The Origins of Maya Art: Monumental Stone Sculpture of Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala, and the Southern Pacific Coast
Washington: Dumbarton Oaks, 1986. 209 illustrations. ix + 145pp., tall 8vo, printed wrappers. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections, 1986. A near fine copy. More
Aspectos de la Navegacion Mexicana.
Tomo I only. illus. 4to, pr. wrs. (Mexico: Editorial Citlaltepetl, 1970). One of 800 copies. vg. More
Teotihuacan; An Experiment in Living
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997. Illus., some in color. 4to, green cloth, d.w. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1997). Very good. More
The Cosmos of the Yucatec Maya: Cycles and Steps from the Madrid Codex
New Mexico: University Press, 2001. Illustrated in black and white. xiii, 242 pages. 4to, red cloth, d.w. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (2001). First Edition. Scarce in hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard Museum. Memoirs, Volume I-IV. Nos. 1-3
Cambridge: Peabody Museum, 1908. 46 black-and-white plates. 170pp., folio, buckram; ex-lib. Cambridge: Peabody Museum, 1908-1910. A very good copy. More
Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University: Memoirs Volume III
Cambridge: Peabody Museum, 1932. 45 plates, many text illustrations in two separate articles. 20pp. and 107pp., folio, red buckram; spine slightly faded, Cambridge: The Peabody Museum, 1904 & 1932. A very good (+) copy. Volume III--No. 1: Edward H. Thompson. Archaeological Researches in Yucatan Reports of Explorations for the Museum. 1904. Volume III--No. 2: Raymond E. Merwin and George C. Vaillant. The Ruins of Holmul Guatemal. 1932. More
Leonardo Nierman.
Mexico: Artes de Mexico, 1967. Many mounted color illustrations and a 33 rpm record by Pellicer about Nierman attached to flyleaf. Square folio, two-toned cloth, colorful d.w. (a bit edgeworn and with laminate crinkled in spots) Mexico: Artes de Mexico, 1967. Several preliminary pages have sprung loose, still a very good copy. Presentation copy from the author. More
The Last Lords of Palenque: The Lacandon Mayas of the Mexican Rain Forest
Boston: Little Brown, 1982. Illustrated. 311 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; dust wrapper chipped. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1982). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Panegirico de Santa Clara Predicado en la Iglesia de Su Convento de Los Angeles, El Dia 12 de Agosto de 1819...
Puebla: Oficina del Oratorio de S. Felipe Neri, 1819. 28pp. 8vo, sewn, first and last page lightly soiled, pencil marks in some margins, scattered light foxing, last blank page chipped. Puebla: Oficina del Oratorio de S. Felipe Neri, 1819. More
Sean Scully: Wall of Light
New York: Rizzoli, 2005. Black textured endpapers. More than 120 color reproductions of works. 173 pages, small square 4to, black boards, dust wrapper. New York: Rizzoli, (2005). A fine copy in fine dust wrapper. Essays by Stephen Bennett Phillips, Michael Auping, Anne L. Strauss. More
Summa Artis De Mexico; Historia General Del Arte, Vol. X, Arte Precolombiano, Mexicano y Maya
Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, S. A., 1952. Illustrated (b/w and color). 609 pages with text in Spanish. 4to. Pictorially stamped brown full leather; some wrinkling in the first few pages. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, S. A., 1952. A very good copy. Volume X (from an 18 volumes series). More
Cultura y Ciudades Mayas de Campeche; Calakmul, Edzna, Becan, Xpuhil, Jaina, Hochob, Chicanna, Dzibilnocac,
Mexico: Editora del Sureste, 1985. Hormiguero, Rio Bec, El Tigre. Many Illus., some in color. 200pp. 4to, tan cloth, d.w., back inner hinge repaired, to margin of many pages lightly creased. (Mexico: Editora del Sureste, 1985). First Edition Signed by the author. More
Viva Villa! A Recovery of the Real Pancho Villa, Peon, Bandit, Soldier, Patriot
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1933. 383pp. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled, d.w. torn in middle of spine portion. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1933). More