Philadelphia: 1900. 59,[3]pp. plus folding map. 12mo. Original yellow printed wrappers. Spine and lower corners chipped; faint contemporary ink stamp on rear wrapper. Quarter-size chip to upper corner of first leaf, slightly affecting frontispiece image. Light toning and dust soiling. Scarce itinerary and program for a six-week tour of California..... More

[San Luis Potosi]: Imprenta del Gobierno, 1841. [2],41pp. 20th-century tan polished calf stamped in gilt on the front cover. Small ex-libris bookplate of prominent Mexican academic Jesus Reyes Heroles on front free endpaper, his initials stamped in gilt on front cover. Minimal shelf wear. Internally clean. An exceedingly-rare work of..... More

Mexico City: Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, 1906. Broadsheet, approximately 15 x 11 inches. Matted. Closed tear at center of image, sympathetically repaired on verso. An unusual, double-sided Posada calavera, with numerous lively illustrations imagining the "Great Skeleton Ball" on Dia de los Muertos. "Several Posada plates have been combined to produce..... More