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.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, set in Paraguay in 1869, in a land devastated by years of war. SIGNED on the title page. 302 pp plus an historical note. ISBN: 978-1250004536.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, set in Paraguay in 1869, in a land devastated by years of war. SIGNED on the title page. 302 pp plus an historical note. ISBN: 978-1250004536.

Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company, 1945. Hardcover - A children's story set high in the mountains of Peru, where Gregorio wants to drive the llama train by himself but his father keeps saying 'when you are older.' Illustrated with both full color paintings and black and white drawings by the author. Square format. Unpaginated. An attractive vintage copy,

Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company, 1954. Hardcover first edition - Charming story of a young boy in a fishing village in Mexico, who learns to take responsiblity for his actions, illustrated in both full-color and black and white by the author. Illustrated endpapers. Bound in blue cloth with full color, full-size illustrated paste-down on front cover. Larger format, unpaginated.

New York: Granta, 1988. SIGNED first edition - "A Paperback Magazine of New Writing. " This issue features "Vargas Llosa for President," by Vargas Llosa.. This copy is SIGNED by T. C. Boyle at his story "Sitting on Top of the World." Also includes contributions from Martin Amis, Graham Swift and others. Illustrated. 256 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. ISBN: 0-14-0086064.

New York: Opojaz, 1988. SIGNED first edition - A special double issue of this "journal of contemporary writing." This issue includes poetry by Marilyn Hackett, Amy Clampett, Wayne Koestenbaum, and others; fiction by Madison Smartt Bell and David Slavitt as well as interviews with Octabio Paz and Milton Babbitt. SIGNED by two authors at their poems: Jean Valentine and Marvin Bell. Notes on contributors. 234 pp plus ads. We specialize in literary journals, and have many more than we have listed on line.

New York: Orchard Books, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - From A is for Americas to Z is for Zuni, this is an alphabet book which the celebrates the cultural diversity, linguistic variety and natural beauty of all the Americas - from the icy tundra of the Arctic Circle to the palms of Argentina. It goes beyond Z to include three characters found in the Spanish language. SIGNED on the title page by both authors. Colorfully illustrated throughout. Oversized oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-531-331946.

Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - A provocative study of the development and changes in the borderlands between Mexico and the US. While not a history of this area, the discussion is chronological. Maps and tables. Notes, index. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-268019142.

New York: Macmillan, 1943. Hardcover - A sensitive story of a boy and his family living high in the mountains of Mexico. Frontispice. Both full-color and one-color illustrations by Karl Larsson. 96 pp. Illustrated endpapers.

Santa Fe, NM: John Muir Publications. (1983.). A good example of this often reprinted classic counterculture travel guide. Note to this edition mentions that this edition is greatly expanded - almost twice the size, and with more pictures - and also comments on the rapid changes taking place in Mexico. Illustrated. 579 pp plus Index. ISBN: 0-91252815x.

Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, (1996.). First edition - An account of the expeditions of 1974 and 1975 on this 4000 mile long river, the source of the Amazon from high in the Andes of Southern Peru, and a river which has one of the most spectacular descents of any river in the world. Illustrated with both black and white and full color photographs. Maps. x, 290 pp. ISBN: 0-874805252.

London: Duckworth & Co., 1910. dj. Hardcover first edition - A volume of sketches, some very brief, many based on events and episodes in his travels in Europe and Latin America. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 238 pages, plus 6 pages of advertisements.

Alfred A. Knopf, The Adventure Library. (1995). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book (originally published by Knopf 1989) a firsthand account of the 1985 Amazon Source to Sea Expedition - the only expedition to travel the entire 4,200 mile length of the Amazon from its origins high in the Peruvian Andes to the Atlantic Ocean. Kane, an award winning environmental reporter was the only American to travel the full distance. INSCRIBED on the title endpaper "For.... Best of luck on all your adventures" and dated in 1995. This edition includes a new introduction by Alex Shoumatoff, and a new afterword by the author. Maps, photographs. xvii, 321 pp. ISBN: 1885283024.

New York: Vintage Books, (1990). SIGNED - The author's first book, a firsthand account of the 1985 Amazon Source to Sea Expedition - the only expedition to travel the entire 4,200 mile length of the Amazon from its origins high in the Peruvian Andes to the Atlantic Ocean. Kane, an award winning environmental reporter was the only American to travel the full distance. INSCRIBED on the first page to the late Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens and dated in 1995. Maps, photographs. xii, 278 pp. ISBN: 0-679-72902x.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a firsthand account of the 1985 Amazon Source to Sea Expedition - the only expedition to travel the entire 4,200 mile length of the Amazon from its origins high in the Peruvian Andes to the Atlantic Ocean. Kane, an award winning environmental reporter was the only American to travel the full distance. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper to the late Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens - "run the rivers, hike the trails!" and dated in 1996. Maps, photographs. xiv, 278 pp. ISBN: 0-394-553314.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1980. First edition - Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona, No. 37. Based on field work done by Dr. Kelly in Mexico between 1939 and 1973. The Capacha Phase, based largely on ceramic evidence, has been identified as dating from about 1870 to 1720 B.C. Ilustrated by numberous black and white photographs, 47 figures, 3 tables, map. Large format. 110 pp. ISBN: 0-8165-05659.

New York: Teachers College Press -Columbia University, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - Posthumous publication of this collection of Kennedy's reports from 1954 to 1965 when he was the New York Times chief correspondent in Mexico and Central America. Glossy photographs throughout, introduction by the editor, Stanley R. Ross, and a preface by Kennedy, The fourth title in a series sponsored by the Center for Education in Latin America. Index, xix, 235 pp. Map endpapers.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second book, an account of a trip he made in 1983 to Guatemela in search of the quetzal, the bird of life, a bird whose existence in endangered both by loss of habitat and by the civil war raging in Guatemela. A blend of political, social and natural history. Map, selected bibliography, index. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-671-52738x.

London: The Viking Press, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second book, an account of a trip he made in 1983 to Guatemela in search of the quetzal, the bird of life, a bird whose existence in endangered both by loss of habitat and by the civil war raging in Guatemela. A blend of political, social and natural history. Map, selected bibliography, index. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-670-810878.

Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first appearance in translation of this passionate denunciation of slavery and the evils it spawned, written by Nabuco in 1883 and sent to his countrymen from exile. This work triggered a renewal of interest in abolition, and just a few years later, in 1888, slavery was ended. Introduction and extensive footnotes by Robert Conrad, the translator and editor. Map. Illustrated with photographs. Annotated suggestions for further reading. A title in the Blacks in the New World Series, edited by August Meier. xxv, 186 pp. ISBN: 0-252006011.

New York: Viking, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in the small South American country of Cuyama 'a tract of land on the fringes of an Empire whose interests had always lain elsewhere.' The story of Aubrey, a descendant of slaveholders, and now the owner of a failing bookstore, earnest and conscience- stricken, who feels that he must do something to stop the coming plebiscite which will suspend the constitution and establish a dictatorship. 185 pp. ISBN: 0-670-442119.

New York: Viking, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in the small South American country of Cuyama - 'a tract of land on the fringes of an Empire whose interests had always lain elsewhere.' The story of Aubrey, a descendant of slaveholders, and now the owner of a failing bookstore, earnest and conscience-stricken, who feels that he must do something to stop the coming plebiscite which will suspend the constitution and establish a dictatorship. 185 pp. ISBN: 0-670-442119.

New York & London: New Directions & Villier's, (1963). First edition - A single poem first published by Paz in Spanish in 1957, and published here in a bilingual edition with the original Spanish on the verso, the translation into English by Muriel Rukeyser. Includes a foreword by Rukeyser. A title in the World Poets Series. 47 pp.

Santa Fe, NM: Red Crane Books, (1999). SIGNED first edition - Bilingual ghost stories of Hispanic and Hispanic American origin, in both English and Spanish . Translated into Spanish by Sharon Franco. INSCRIBED on the title page : To -- stories to wander through-keep telling always! and dated in the year of publication, 229 pp. ISBN: 1878610716.

Santa Fe, NM: Red Crane Books, (1999). SIGNED first edition - Bilingual ghost stories of Hispanic and Hispanic American origin, in both English and Spanish . Translated into Spanish by Sharon Franco. SIGNED on the title page, 229 pp. ISBN: 1878610716.

New York: A. S. Barnes, 1934. Hardcover - A detailed description of twelve historical dances of Old Mexico - with information on how to perform them musical notations, and more. Illustrated with drawings which portray the, symbolism of each dance as well as describing the costumes worn. xiii, 111 pp.

New York Riverhead / Penguin Books 2007. First edition - The author's first novel, the story of a young man, born in Guatemala, but raised in the US by his immigrant parents, who travels from the states to a tiny town in Guatemala where is mistaken for a priest. Includes a section of questions and answers with the author, 321 pp.