Mexico, D. F. Imp. Aboitiz, n.d. (ca 1960). A bilingual booklet which explains the basics of bullfighting, and illustrates it with 24 full page, full color paintings by six artists - Ruano Llopis, Carreno, Navarrete, Ruiz Vela, Ximenez and Luis Gomez. As Candido explains in the brief prologue, the paintings are from the collection of the printer, Aboitiz, who was responsible for all the publicity related to the bullfight in Mexico for 25 years. Measures 6 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches. Unpaginated. Picture of the Plaza Mexico, the largest bull ring in the world, on the back cover.

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, (1988). First edition - A bilingual edition of this collection of poetry by "one of the major voices in Latin American poetry confronts the political realities of contemporary Central America. Many of the poems are political, direct, and condemnatory of the United States presence in Latin America, and they are rich, human documents rooted in Alegrias knowledge of and love for her subjects." Translated by D. J. Flakol. A title in the Pitt Poetry series. Notes. 95 pp. ISBN: 0-822954095.

Willimantic: Curbstone Press , (1996). First edition - A bilingual edition of this collection of poetry by this award-winning Nicaraguan writer -"a lyric meditation in nine parts, reflecting on her life and her art" - with the original Spanish on the verson, the English translated by Darwin (Bud) Flakol (her late husband to whom she dedicated this book. Published as a paperback original. 69 pp.

Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press / Editorial Bilingue (2005). SIGNED first edition - A collection of English poems with facing Spanish translations by Aragon, poems which move between Aragon's native San Francisco and Spain, between past and present. Warmly INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication at Notre Dame where Aragon was a visiting fellow. 109 pp. ISBN: 9781931010283.

Toronto: Viking Press, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of full page black and white photographs of more than one hundred Canadians who have excelled in the arts, as entrepreneurs, as athletes and more - including Leonard Cohen, Wayne Gretzky, k.d. lang, Yousouf Karsh and many others. A bilingual edition with brief introductions to each person in both English and French. A project of the Photographers and Friends United Against Aids. List of photographers with notes on each. Large format, approx 9 1/2 inches by 12 inches. 216 pp. ISBN: 0-670-864757.

Chicago: Red Triangle Books, 1994. SIGNED first edition - A collection of poems, mostly in English, but some in Spanish, by this Argentian-born writer. SIGNED on the title page by Sandra Cisneros who wrote the introduction - in the form of a poem titled "A Woman Like You." 84 pp. ISBN: 0-964182505.

Kihei, HI: Pacific Printing & Publishing, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A small green turtle plays with his friends under the sea, until they discover a large sea turtle (hunu) has been trapped in a fishing line. Bilingual edition with the simple text in English and Hawaiian, illustrated with water colors. Punctuation guide, glossary. Oblong format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-9729118-20.

New York: New Directions, 2008. First edition - Poem in both English and Spanish from "The Romantic Dogs," printed on a single sheet of stiff white paper, 17 1/2 inches tall by 6 inches wide. Black and white photograph of Bolano at the top, text in black.

Toronto: Coach House Press, 1983. First edition - An unusual production - measuring 16 inches tall by 5 inches - with a striking wraparound cover illustration by Morrisseau - and an unusual Burroughs items. Rampike is a post-modern art and writing magazine, in which each issue is organized around a central theme. Text in French and English. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

New York: Orbis Books, 1985. First edition - A sample of some of Cardenal's poems in celebration of the Nicaraguan Revolution. Cardenal is one of the foremost poets of Latin America, a priest, a revolutionary and the Minister of Cultural of Nicaragua. Bilingual edition with the original Spanish and English translation by Marc Zimmerman, who also wrote the introduction. Texto en ingles y espanol. ISBN: 0-88344-1314.

Guilin, China: Guangxi Normal University Press (2008). First edition - Essays on a variety of topics, including art and changes in China, by this noted Chinese painter and writer. The title piece is a speech which he gave at the Hong Kong Book Fair in July 2008. The first ten essays (71 pages) are in English, the final two (55 pages) are in German. Photographs. 126 pp.

Thousand Oaks, CA, Burn, Hart & Co., (1994.). SIGNED - Originally published in 1976, this revised bilingual edition: English and Vietnamese with a Study guide. Contains 10 folktales and legends told by Duong Van Quyen and written in English, plus a 'very brief history of Vietnam' and selected stories condensed and in English and Vietnamese, and one Laotian folktale translated into English, Vietnamese, and Cambodian. Study guide. Illustrated with drawings by Nena Grigorain Ullberg. SIGNED on the title page by Coburn. Large format. 112 pp. ISBN: 0-918060-087.

Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - Bilingual edition of poems by this award-winning Cuban writer who was imprisoned under Castro, translated and edited by Mairym Cruz-Bernal and Deborrah Digges - this powerful collection describes "the effects of political barbarism in terms of the scars it leaves on a single body." 117 pp. ISBN: 0-88001-427x.

(Los Angeles): Roxburghe-Zamorano Corrida, 1960. First edition - A small bilingual booklet describing the significance of the holiday, printed in both English and Spanish (en espanol). Printed at the Colm-Holquist Press. Unpaginated (24 pp.)

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, (1980.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book length translation of this noted German poet's work into English - most of the poems are from the last two decades of her life, and many deal with confronting the past - that is, the years under Hitler and World War II. Bilingual edition with the original German on the verso, the English translation on the right. Introduction by the translater. SIGNED on the title page by Mueller and uncommon thus. A title in the Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. xii, 111 pp. ISBN: 0-691-064423.

Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Translations of poems by TuFu, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Bogomil Gjuzel, Rachel Korn and others. Included is a bilingual version of Edward J. Mananick's "Seven Sides and Seven Syllables, Kizer's Parkistan Journal and a few poems by her which are not translations. SIGNED on the title page by the author. ISBN: 1-55659-0172.

New York: Dutton, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A bilingual collection of songs from Latin America. "Performer and songwriter Jose-Luis Orozco has arranged more than 20 songs and rhymes from Spanish-speaking countries. The songs focus on holidays that specifically honor Latin American culture - Cinco de Mayo, Carnival, Cesar Chavez Day - as well as familiar fiestas celebrated around the world - New Year's Day, Christmas and Valentines Day." Includes the musical notations for each song, Exuberantly illustrated in full color by Eliza Kleven, with full page paintings, small scattered illustrations and decorative borders., SIGNED on the title page by Kleven with a drawing of a small dove, Large format. Subject index. 48 pp. ISBN: 0-525-459375.

Munich: Galerie Bernd Kluser, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Exhibition catalogue. Bilingual edition: English-German. Volume One includes works by Georg Baselitz, Per Kirkeby, Enzo Cucchi, Juliao Sarmento, Mimmo Paladino, Axel Katz, James Brown, Nicholas Africano, A.R. Penck and Donald Baechler; Volume Two features Jannis Kounellis, Maichael Byron, Rebecca Horn, Martin Disler, A.&P. Poirier, Stephan Blankenhol, Jan Fabre, Christian Boltanski and Tony Cragg. Illustrated in full color throughout. ISBN: 3925219102.

Los Altos, CA: Tameme, Inc., (2003.). SIGNED first edition - Third issue of this annual bilingual literary journal of new writing - both poetry and prose - with contributions from Canadian, US, and Mexican writers. Also intended to be a forum for the art of translation. Poetry and Prose. SIGNED (with a small drawing) by Marilyn Chin at her poem 'The Floral Apron.' Other contributors include Farley Mowat, CA Conrad, Charles Simac, Ray Gonzalez, Diana O'Hehir, Greg Bottoms and many others. Notes on contributors. 249 pp plus advertisements.

San Francisco: City Lights Books, (2013). First edition - San Francisco Poet Laureate series #6. This opens with his inaugural address, where he provides animpassioned poetic account of San Francisco's Native and Latino literary history, followed by a selection of here more recent work, poems and prose poems, composed over the past twelve years. These are poems of the twenty-first century, written in a combination of English and Spanish - it is noted that when the poems appear in a bilingual version, they were originally written in Spanish, and the translations are done by the author. 106 pp. ISBN: 978-1931404136.

San Francisco: City Lights Books, (2013). SIGNED first edition - San Francisco Poet Laureate series #6. This opens with his inaugural address, where he provides animpassioned poetic account of San Francisco's Native and Latino literary history, followed by a selection of here more recent work, poems and prose poems, composed over the past twelve years. These are poems of the twenty-first century, written in a combination of English and Spanish - it is noted that when the poems appear in a bilingual version, they were originally written in Spanish, and the translations are done by the author. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 2014. 106 pp. ISBN: 978-1931404136.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A bilingual edition, in English and Spanish, of this collection of poems by this Cuban poet who is now living in exile in the United States. 109 pp. ISBN: 0-374-157812.

New York: Noonday Press / Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1992.). A bilingual edition, in English and Spanish, of this collection of poems by this Cuban poet who is now living in exile in the United States. 109 pp. ISBN: 0-374-157812.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first collection of this Cuban poet's work to be published in the United States. A bilingual edition. 179 pp. ISBN: 0-374-184720.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, (1983). SIGNED first edition - A bilingual collection by this prize-winning Honduran poet with the original Spanish on the left and English translations by Jim Lindsey on the right. Introduction with two interviews with Sosa. INSCRIBED on the first page in Spanish " para ---- amigo de este poesia con afecto azteca." (in his interview in the introduction he mentions that the first big city he became acquainted with was Mexico City, where he saw the Aztec multitudes kicked and spit upon by the bourgeoisie) xix, 79 pp. . ISBN: 0-691-014078.

San Francisco: Immedium (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Los heroes del mundo salvan la noche! Bilingual Spanish/English book for young children colorfully illustrated on every page. SIGNED on the page facing the title page by author Serena Valentino. Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 978-1597021036.

Tolentino, Italy Nazareno Gabrielli, 1977. Hardcover first edition - A lovely book, issued on the 70th anniversary of the firm of Nazareno Gabrielli, privately printed and not for sale to the public. History of the firm and of the handicraft tradition in leather in Italy illustrated with sepia toned photographs and a section of full color plates showing the stamped leather work executed by the firm. Bilingual edition, in Italian and English. Folio. 37 pp.