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  • PEDRO, NINA AND PERRITO. by Duplaix, Lily; Barbara Latham. illustrator.
    Duplaix, Lily; Barbara Latham. illustrator.
    PEDRO, NINA AND PERRITO.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1939. Hardcover first edition - A book depicting the day to day life - including working in the corn fields, riding over the prairies, making bricks, bringing water from the well, attending church and going to a fiesta -of two children Nina, Pedro and their dog Perrito, who live in the little Mexican village Chiquito. Illustrated throughout with both black and white drawings and wonderful full color, full page (some double page) lithographs by Barbara Latham. Large format, unpaginated.

    Condition: Very good overall - some shelfwear to the corners and edges of the boards, contents are clean and near fine.

    Book ID: 88438
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  • SKULL DUGGERY. by Elkins, Aaron.
    Elkins, Aaron.
    SKULL DUGGERY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Berkley, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery set at a small village in Oaxaca in Mexico, featuring forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver. SIGNED on the title page. 281 pp. ISBN: 978-0425227978.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 67864
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  • ESPERANZA'S BOX OF SAINTS. by Escandon, Maria Amparo.
    Escandon, Maria Amparo.
    ESPERANZA'S BOX OF SAINTS.

    Edition: First English language printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    New York: Scribner's, 1999. First edition - Highly praised first novel by this writer - born in Mexico, now living in Los Angeles - comments from such diverse writers as Tony Hillerman, John Sayles, Rudolfo Anaya, Sandra Benitez and more. 254 pp. ISBN: 0-684-85614x.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 88056
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  • CROSSING THE CONTINENT, 1527-1540: The Story of the First African-American Explorer of the American South. by [Esteban] Goodwin, Robert.
    [Esteban] Goodwin, Robert.
    CROSSING THE CONTINENT, 1527-1540: The Story of the First African-American Explorer of the American South.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - In 1528-1537, "a group of three Spanish noblemen and an African survived shipwreck, famine, Indian attack, and disease to make the first crossing of North America in recorded history. . . Goodwin's groundbreaking research in original Spanish archives has led him to a radical new interpretation of American historyone in which an African slave named Esteban emerges as the nation's first great explorer and adventurer" leading them from Florida along the Gulf Coast to Texas and eventually to Mexico City, and from there he was sent to establish a permanent Spanish route from Mexico into what is now New Mexico and Arizona. Illustrated. Buibliography, notes, index. xviii, 414 pp. ISBN: 978-0061140440.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new, but with a small remainder dot)

    Book ID: 66413
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  • Fanning, Leonard M.
    FOREIGN OIL AND THE FREE WORLD.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: McGraw-Hill, (1954.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive study, which looks at all the oil producing areas of the world - Mexico, Venezuala, Russia, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and more, policies such as the 50-50 profit sharing, etc. Includes an extensive statistical appendix. Photographs, map endpapers, index. 400 pp

    Condition: Fine in red cloth, no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 30425
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  • LORD OF OPIUM by Farmer, Nancy.
    Farmer, Nancy.
    LORD OF OPIUM

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atheneum. Hardcover first edition - Sequel to Farmer's award-winning "House of Scorpion." As a clone of El Patron, 14 year old Matt is expected to take over as the Lord of Opium, a drug kingdom running along what used to be the border between the US and Mexico, a land devastated by ecological disasters. Cast of characters, maps, chronology, appendix. xvii, 411 pp. ISBN: 978-1442482548.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 72005
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  • THE CONSTITUTION OF OCCIDENTE: The First Constitution of Arizona, Sonora, and Sinaloa (1825-1831) by Faulk, Odie B., translator and editor.
    Faulk, Odie B., translator and editor.
    THE CONSTITUTION OF OCCIDENTE: The First Constitution of Arizona, Sonora, and Sinaloa (1825-1831)

    Edition: First edition.

    Tucson, Arizona: Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society, 1967. Hardcover first edition - El Estado Libre de Occidente - the Free State of the West - was created by the Mexican Federation in 1824 and it consisted of what is now Sinaloa, Sonora and southern Arizona - although the Constitution contained in it the seeds of the destruction of this new state. Introduction by Faulk. A limited edition of 500 copies. Maps, footnotes. 53 pp.

    Condition: Fine in black boards with gilt lettering on the spine.

    Book ID: 82165
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  • PEDRO. by Flack, Marjorie and Karl Larsson.
    Flack, Marjorie and Karl Larsson.
    PEDRO.

    Edition: Early printing (first published in 1940.)

    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.

    Condition: Near fine in orange cloth, lacking the dust jacket.

    Book ID: 47513
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  • CHRISTOPHER UNBORN. by Fuentes, Carlos.
    Fuentes, Carlos.
    CHRISTOPHER UNBORN.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel set in what was the near future at the time it was written: in 1992 in a Mexico City where the worst possiblities for the country and the people have become realities - a city with the largest population in the world, black acid rain falling relentlessly on an already polluted city, gangs of children rampaging through the city, a hopelessly corrupt ruling party - and it is 500 years since Columbus's landing in the Americas. Translated from the Spanish by Alfred Mac Adam and the author. ISBN: 0-374-123349.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 63762
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  • Fuentes, Carlos.
    THE ORANGE TREE.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: Andre Deutsch, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Five novellas by this award winning author from Mexico, which together create an imaginative reconstruction of the past and present history - the novellas include "The Two Shores" (a story of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Caribbean), "Sons of the Conquistadors" (about the fate of the sons of Hernan Cortes), "The Two Numantias", "Apollo and the Whores", and "The Two Americas"; translated from the Spanish by Alfred Mac Adam. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-233-988424.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 36310
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  • THE GOOD CONSCIENCE. by Fuentes, Carlos.
    Fuentes, Carlos.
    THE GOOD CONSCIENCE.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1987.). His second novel, originally published in 1959, set in the formerly rich mining center of Guanajuato in central Mexico. Translated from the Spanish by Sam Hileman. 148 pp. ISBN: 0-374-507368.

    Condition: Good condition - crease on front cover, contents clean.

    Book ID: 42162
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  • THE DEATH OF ARTEMIO CRUZ. by Fuentes, Carlos.
    Fuentes, Carlos.
    THE DEATH OF ARTEMIO CRUZ.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Company, (c 1964.). The third novel by this great Mexican writer to be published in English. Translated from the Spanish by Sam Hileman. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-374-505403.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 52276
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  • THE YEARS WITH LAURA DIAZ. by Fuentes, Carlos.
    Fuentes, Carlos.
    THE YEARS WITH LAURA DIAZ.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2000.). First edition - A complex and moving novel which paints a picture of the turbulence, corruption and changes in Mexico during the 20th century as seen through the eyes of one woman, from her early years on her grandfather's coffee plantation through her growth into a politically committed artist. Translated from the Spanish by Alfred Mac Adam. 616 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (as new, but with usual light toning to the pages).

    Book ID: 44262
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  • Garc’a M‡rquez, Gabriel.
    LIVING TO TELL THE TALE.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first of a projected trilogy of autobiograpical works by this Novel laureate, this cover spans Garc’a M‡rquezÕs life from his birth in 1927 through the start of his career as a writer to the moment in the 1950s when he proposed to his wife. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. 484 pp. ISBN: 1-4000-41341.

    Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket (2 closed tears to dj.)

    Book ID: 31629
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  • LIVING TO TELL THE TALE. by Garcia Marquez, Gabriel.
    Garcia Marquez, Gabriel.
    LIVING TO TELL THE TALE.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first of a projected trilogy of autobiographical works by this Nobel laureate, this cover spans Garcia Marquez's life from his birth in 1927 through the start of his career as a writer to the moment in the 1950s when he proposed to his wife. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. 484 pp. ISBN: 1-4000-41341.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 47953
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  • Garro. Elena.
    FIRST LOVE & LOOK FOR MY OBITUARY: Two Novellas.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof.

    Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1997. Winner of the Sor Juana de la Cruz Prize in 1996. Two short works by ont of the major contemporary writers in Mexico, translated by David Unger. Review copy with publisher's letter laid in.

    Condition: Fine in printed red wrappers.

    Book ID: 14440
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  • THE KING DANCED IN THE MARKETPLACE. by Gillmor, Frances.
    Gillmor, Frances.
    THE KING DANCED IN THE MARKETPLACE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (1964) dj. Hardcover first edition - A study of the Aztec society in the Valley of Mexico 80 years before its conquest by Spain, focusing on its doomed ruler Moctezuma I. Illustrated by Carolyn Huff Kinsey. Chart of family relationships, very extensive notes, references, index. xvi, 272pp. Map endpapers.

    Condition: Very good in beige cloth in very good dust jacket (tape ghosts on boards, some discoloration to inside of dj, but overall tight and clean, original price of 6.50 still present).

    Book ID: 78254
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  • THE TWENTY-FIVE MIXTEC CATS. by Gollub, Matthew. Illustrated by Leovigildo Martinez.
    Gollub, Matthew. Illustrated by Leovigildo Martinez.
    THE TWENTY-FIVE MIXTEC CATS.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Tambourine Books / Morrow, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A story of the battle between the good healer, who is so kind-hearted he takes in 25 kittens despite the village's opposition, and the bad healer who lives outside the village. INSCRIBED on the title page by Gollub and dated in 1995. A story about a healer who could well be your cat brother. Meow and best wishes" and dated in 1997. The first children's book illustrated with watercolors on textured paper by Oaxaca artist, Leovigildo Martinez. Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-688116396.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 89203
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  • THE MOON WAS AT A FIESTA. by Gollub, Matthew. Illustrated by Leovigildo Martinez.
    Gollub, Matthew. Illustrated by Leovigildo Martinez.
    THE MOON WAS AT A FIESTA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Tambourine Books / Morrow, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An original folk tale - the moon, jealous of the sun, decides to create her own fiesta. INSCRIBED on the dedication page by Gollub "For -- 'Lanterns, tamales and starlit nights, May your moon be bright" and dated in 1995. Illustrated with watercolors on textured paper by Oaxaca artist, Leovigildo Martinez. The second collaboration between this writer and artist. Includes a page of information on the moon and fiestas. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-68811637X.

    Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (price-clipped).

    Book ID: 70911
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  • THE TWENTY-FIVE MIXTEC CATS. by Gollub, Matthew. Illustrated by Leovigildo Martinez.
    Gollub, Matthew. Illustrated by Leovigildo Martinez.
    THE TWENTY-FIVE MIXTEC CATS.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    New York: Tambourine Books / Morrow, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A story of the battle between the good healer, who is so kind-hearted he takes in 25 kittens despite the village's opposition, and the bad healer who lives outside the village. INSCRIBED on the title page by Gollub "For -- 'The Cat Lady.' A story about a healer who could well be your cat brother. Meow and best wishes" and dated in 1997. The first children's book illustrated with watercolors on textured paper by Oaxaca artist, Leovigildo Martinez. Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-688116396.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 70086
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  • DANCING WITH BUTTERFLIES. by Grande, Ariana.
    Grande, Ariana.
    DANCING WITH BUTTERFLIES.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Washington Square Press Books, (2009). SIGNED first edition - The second novel (the first won the 2007 American Book Award) by this young writer who was born in Mexico, a story told in the "alternating voices of four very different women whose lives interconnect through a common passion for their Mexican heritage and a dance company called Alegra." SIGNED on the title page. 390 pp plus a Readers' Club Guide and an interview with the author. ISBN: 978-1439109069.

    Condition: Very near fine in a illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 83472
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  • Gurria Lacroix, Jorge.
    TRABAJOS SOBRE HISTORIA MEXICANA.

    Edition: 1st printing in wrappers.

    Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia. 1964. SIGNED first edition - INSCRIBED on the first page: 'Para ..... con la sympatia del autor' and dated in 1968. Gurria Lacroix was the executive secretary of the Instituto Nacional de Antropolog’a e Historia. 168 pp.

    Condition: Very good+ in stiff printed wrappers, many pages still unopened (some light soiling to the covers.) Uncommon.

    Book ID: 22957
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  • FIVE HUNDRED SCORPIONS. by Hearon, Shelby
    Hearon, Shelby
    FIVE HUNDRED SCORPIONS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1987. Hardcover first edition - A very different novel by this award-winning Southern author - "With remarkable skill, Hearon takes a contemporary story of a man who leaves his wife to 'find himself,' invests it with specificity and distinctiveness, and slowly segues into the heightened realm of metaphor and myth. Discontented with his wife Peg, whom he considers volatile and foolishly enthusiastic, Charlottesville lawyer Paul Sinclair suddenly decamps to join an anthropological expedition to the small Mexican town of Tepoztlan, near Cuernavaca. Enflamed by idealism and infatuated with one of the women on the project, Paul only gradually becomes aware that he has been duped as to the purpose of the study," (PW) 306 pp. ISBN: 0-689115849.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 73527
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  • Hildreth, Gertrude; Felton, Allie Lou; Meighen, Alice; and Pratt, Marjorie.
    TODAY AND TOMORROW: Easy Growth in Reading (4th grade)

    Edition: Later printing

    Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., (1948, c. 1943.). Hardcover - A fourth grade reader, illustrated in both color and black and white by Corrine Malvern and Ruth Steed. Topics include "We Go By Air" about the Flying Family's trip to Greenland, "Mexico, Our Southern Neighbor," "ATrip to the West." "The Circus" and more. Includes exercises at the end of each story, a dictionary and vocabulary list. 376 pp.

    Condition: Good only in illustrated gray cloth covers (some wear to the covers, school stamp inside covers, contents otherwise clean and binding sturdy - illustrations are very attractive.)

    Book ID: 33451
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  • PRIMITIVO AND HIS DOG. by Hoffman, Gloria.
    Hoffman, Gloria.
    PRIMITIVO AND HIS DOG.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, (1949). Hardcover first edition - A story of the friendship between a young Mexican boy, living in a silver mining town in the mountains, and Fonzo, his dog and best friend, and of his struggles to get enough money to send Fonzo to the vet, when the dog was hit by a car. Illustrated with large black and white photographs by the author on every page, with just a few lines of text below. Large format, unpaginated.

    Condition: Ex-library, in sturdy library binding, no dj.

    Book ID: 84193
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  • JOHN HUSTON: King Rebel. by [Huston, John] Nolan, William F
    [Huston, John] Nolan, William F
    JOHN HUSTON: King Rebel.

    Edition: First printing.

    Los Angeles: Sherbourne Press, (1965.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED by Nolan on the title page. Biography of the controversial and award-winning director, covering the entire span of his career. Illustrated with photographs. Two appendixes: The Projects of John Huston: Films and Plays 1931-1965, and A Huston Bibliography. 247 pp, Review copy with publisher's slip laid in.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket. (short closed tear to lower corner in dj.)

    Book ID: 40839
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  • DEPTH OF WINTER. by Johnson, Craig.
    Johnson, Craig.
    DEPTH OF WINTER.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (2018.) dj. Hardcover - Mystery in the award winning series featuring Wyoming sheriff Walt Longmire, basis of the popular Netflix series. When Longmire's daughter is kidnapped by the head of a of vicious Mexican drug cartel, he heads into the Mexican desert armed only with his Colt 4, a father's intuition and his keen instinct. 292 pp. ISBN: 978-0525522478.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88922
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  • DEPTH OF WINTER. by Johnson, Craig.
    Johnson, Craig.
    DEPTH OF WINTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (2018.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery in the award winning series featuring Wyoming sheriff Walt Longmire, basis of the popular A&E series. When Longmire's daughter is kidnapped by the head of a of vicious Mexican drug cartel, he heads into the Mexican desert armed only with his Colt 4, a father's intuition and his keen instinct. 292 pp. ISBN: 978-0525522478.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 86303
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  • SOUTH WIND COME by Juarez, Tina.
    Juarez, Tina.
    SOUTH WIND COME

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Houston, TX:' Arte Publico Press, 1998. First edition - A sequel to the author's award-winning 'Call No Man Master,' this weaves together real historical figures like Sam Houston, US Grant and Robert E. Lee with fiction. Continues the story of revolutionary Carmen Rangel and introduces her granddaughter, Teresa Sestos y Abrantes in a story set durign a volatile lime in Texan and Mexican history, recreating both the American Civil War and Mexico's continuing struggle for democracy. 286 pp. ISBN: 1-55885231X.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 70504
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  • SUNSTROKE. by Kellerman, Jesse.
    Kellerman, Jesse.
    SUNSTROKE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, 2006. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first thriller by this award-winning playright - and the son of suspense writers Jonathan and Faye Kellerman.SIGNED on the title page. 367 pp. ISBN: 978-0399153303.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 66873
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