Mexico City: Tipografia de Rafael y Vila, 1851. 184pp. One signature misbound. Contemporary quarter black calf and black paper boards, spine gilt. Corners heavily worn, boards a bit scuffed; spine ends rubbed. Text lightly tanned. A series of twelve didactic letters written to "dear sister" outlining the various important types..... More
Mexico; Montana: 1922-1926. Approximately 200 documents and letters, totaling more than 250pp. Old folds, light wear and soiling, heavier to a few items. Significant archive of correspondence documenting the activities of the La Lluvia gold mine in Sinaloa, primarily consisting of correspondence from J.H. Pankey, the mine supervisor. The Mexican..... More
Mexico City: December 15, 1835. [4]pp., on a single folded folio sheet. Minor creasing and light edge wear. In a custom red leatherette folding chemise. Rare proclamation laying out the constitutional changes that solidified the Centralist system of government in Mexico in late 1835, supplanting the Federalist system established through..... More
Mexico City: Lúcas el Brincón, 1884-1886. 58 issues, each 4pp., separately paginated. Contemporary quarter sheep and marbled boards; original Mexican binder's ticket on front pastedown. A rare, complete 58-issue run of this semi-comic political weekly published in Mexico City during the mid-1880s. The present set includes the very scarce five..... More
Mexico: Imprenta de Doña Maria Fenandez de Jauregui, 1815. [xii],40,[3]pp. Small quarto. Contemporary mottled sheep, spine and edges of boards gilt tooled; contemporary marbled endpapers. Minor wear and rubbing to spine and boards; scattered foxing and occasional light soiling internally. Scarce concatenation of epic, allegorical, political, and religious poetry concerning..... More
[Ohio: 1950s to 1960s]. [18] leaves, illustrated with 123 photographs mounted at corners with cello tape, plus twenty-seven loose photographs. Contemporary tan scrapbook album, string tied. Many leaves detached, photographs occasionally worn but overall in nice shape. A wonderful collection of vernacular photographs documenting the rural family life of Lee..... More
Washington, D.C. Powell y Ginck, 1872. [bound with:] Administracion de Justicia en Puebla. Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Mexico: 1875. 71,26pp. Contemporary quarter red calf and marbled paper-covered boards, spine gilt. Spine chipped and heavily rubbed, corners and edges noticeably worn, minor rubbing to boards. Faint thin dampstain to margins of..... More
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[Various locations]: 1937. [18] leaves, illustrated with eighty silver gelatin photographs in mounting corners, measuring between 1.5 x 2 inches and 3.5 x 4.5 inches, all captioned in white pencil on the album leaves. Oblong slim quarto. Contemporary textured brown paper-covered boards, string tied. Moderate edge wear and rubbing to..... More
Nueva York: Imprenta del Novo Mundo y la America Ilustrada, [1874]. [4],142,[1]pp., plus three plates. Small quarto. Contemporary quarter calf and purple marbled boards, spine gilt. Rubbing and wear to spine ends and corners. Minor soiling to title page, but otherwise clean and fresh internally. An introduction to the construction..... More
Mexico City: Imprenta de Juan R. Navarro, 1851. 256,iv,[2]pp. Small quarto. Contemporary calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Light wear to spine, corners and boards rubbed. Some minor foxing and toning to text. Later ownership inscription on rear endpapers. Rare guide for teaching English to Spanish-language speakers, printed in Mexico..... More
Victoria de Durango: Imprenta del Gobierno a cargo de Manuel Gonzalez, 1841. Broadsheet, approximately 13 x 9 inches. Printed in two columns. Old horizontal fold; small chip at upper left edge. Otherwise, only minor edge wear and very light toning. In a custom cloth slipcase and chemise. An extremely rare..... More
San Luis Potosi, Mx. 1925-1930. Six folio volumes: 23; [70]; 100; 82; [66]; 29pp., plus a packet of fifteen additional pages of documents laid into the final volume. Uniformly bound in contemporary Mexican half sheep and marbled paper-covered boards (the first five by San Potosi binder Arnoldo Kaiser and the..... More
Nueva York: Jose Desnoues, 1831. 156pp. 12mo. Contemporary full calf presentation binding by C. Brown of New York (binder's ticket at top of front pastedown), spine gilt extra, boards bordered in gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled edges and endpapers, presentation inscription on front board reading, "El Ciudadano Jose M. Tornel..... More