Puebla: 1892. xii,123,[1]pp., plus twenty plates, of which nine folding. Contemporary quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Moderate wear to spine leather, edges, and corners; some scuffing to boards. Light toning and dust soiling. Borderline phrenological late-19th-century study of Mexican criminals by a pair of Pueblan army doctors, Francisco..... More
Mexico City: Tip. Moderna de Carlos Paz, 1887. [2],132pp. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, gilt tooled. Boards scuffed, with some patches of light dampstaining; spine ends and corners worn. Light toning internally. Author's gift inscription on third leaf recto. Scarce, late 19th-century treatise on the national defense of Mexico..... More
Mexico City: Impreso por Francisco Diaz de Leon, 1886. Contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards. Boards scuffed, edges somewhat worn. Two chips at lower edge of front free endpaper and half title. Contemporary bookseller's stamp on front pastedown. Light toning. Poetic and airy musings on the role of women in..... More
Mexico City: 1897. 109,ii pp., plus folding plate. Contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine labels. Light wear to edges and spine. Some toning and dust soiling; an occasional fox mark. Unrecorded Mexican translation of an army training and tactics manual by a Russian general. Mikhael Dragomirov was a career military man..... More
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[Various locations including the Southwest, California, Mexico, and Colorado: ca. 1900]. Forty silver gelatin photographs on thirty-eight leaves. Images 3 x 4 inches (all but three), one per page and captioned. Oblong 12mo album. Original black cloth with black paper leaves. Internally clean, most images with good definition and contrast..... More