Mexico City: En la Imprenta de D. Celestino de la Torre, 1821. 23,[1]pp. Dbd. Small quarto. Minor marginal staining at edges. Scattered light foxing. A scarce one-act play by Francisco Luis Ortega, written in celebration of Mexico's independence from Spain and dedicated to Iturbide. In this verse melodrama, the allegorical..... More
Mexico City: 1836. Broadside, approximately 12 x 8.5 inches. Light chipping and wear at corners. A rare broadside that promulgates a decree from the Mexican federal government, ordering that foreign goods be allowed into the port of Matamoros in order to supply the army in the war against Texas. It..... More
Chalchicomula: Tipografia de Manuel Palacios Roji, 1890. 16pp. Small quarto. Contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards. Moderate wear to edges and spine; boards somewhat scuffed. Even tanning, scattered light foxing internally. Rare, late 19th-century translation of prayers for the Stations of the Cross into the indigenous Mexican language. The translator..... More
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
Chihuahua: 1841. Broadside, 12.25 x 9 inches. Previously folded. Slight creasing and very minor dust soiling. An extremely rare broadside that announces the arrival of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition in New Mexico to the citizens of Chihuahua by Francisco Garcia Conde, the governor of the Mexican state. The expedition..... More
[Chicago? ca. 1899]. 31,[1]pp. Original printed wrappers. Light wear to wrappers; light toning internally. A fascinating, late 19th-century promotional for the American owned and operated Hacienda de Coahuayula, in the Mexican state of Michoacan, near Coalcoman. The work contains extensive descriptions and photographs of the land and its use, with..... More
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[Mexico]: Imprenta de D. Mariano Ontiveros, 1821. [4]pp. Small quarto bifolium. Light tanning, heavier at edges; minor creasing and wear. A stinging satire of Santa Anna, questioning his loyalty to the cause of Mexican independence after his change of sides in 1821. Following the proposal of the Plan of Iguala..... More
Mexico City: Tipografia de Vicente Garcia Torres, 1852. 36pp. Original printed wrappers. Old horizontal fold. Spine perishing, light wear at edges. Scarce account of this short-lived rebellion led by Juan Climaco Rebolledo in central Veracruz during the latter half of 1852. Rebolledo rose in opposition to President Mariano Arista, who..... More
Mexico City: December 30, 1836. Small broadside, printed on first leaf recto of a bifolium. Very minor wear and dust soiling. A scarce decree of the Mexican Congreso General, approved by interim president Jose Justo Corro on December 30, 1836, and promulgated the same day by Secretary Jose Maria Ortiz..... More
Merida: Imprenta de Castillo y Compania, 1845. 40pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine chipped, some wear and minor loss at corners. Light dampstaining at fore-edge; scattered, light foxing. Small, faint ink stamp on title page. A scarce appeal by the pro-Mexican faction in the Yucatan for the full reincorporation of the..... More
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[Allende, Mx. 1830-1831]. [40]pp. Mixed folio and quarto sheets, haphazardly stitched. Light wear and dampstaining at edges; even tanning and light foxing throughout. Accomplished is several legible secretarial hands. A fascinating manuscript log of municipal bureaucracy during the early 1830s in the small Mexican village of Allende, southwest of the..... More
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Mexico City: 1880-1920. 49 small broadsides or broadsheets, measuring approximately 6 x 8 inches. Moderate, even tanning; occasional staining; scattered short, closed tears. A large and significant collection of illustrations by noted Mexican engraver Jose Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913). Posada is best known for his calaveras (skulls), but he began his..... More
Mexico City: Ymprenta de Vicente G. Torres, en el Ex-Convento del Espiritu Santo, 1848. 16pp. Original printed wrappers, stitched. Light wear and soiling to wraps, separated along spine. Light tanning, occasional foxing. An interesting pamphlet publishing a law that established rules for the reformation of the Mexican army following their..... More
[Santa Rosa de Lima, i.e. Muzquiz, Coahuila: 1764]. [44]pp., including three blanks. Folio sheets. Stitching perishing, initial two leaves detached. Light wear and staining at edges, not affecting text. Light tanning. Accomplished in several hands. A fascinating group of legal petitions, declarations, and testimony presented before the colonial Spanish courts..... More
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[Arkansas]: Southern Tenant Farmer's Union, [1939]. 7pp. printed on rectos only. Folio. Original yellow wrappers, stapled; rear cover lacking. Contemporary ink stamp on front cover. Light soiling and wear, some light creasing in spots. A brief report published by the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union relating a visit by two of..... More
Madrid: 1820. 120pp. Original drab wrappers. Minor wear, internally fine. Untrimmed and unopened. First edition. A one act farce, in verse, written by Mexican author and diplomat Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza. Gorostiza (1789-1851) was born in Mexico, grew up in Spain, and spent several years abroad in London. He returned..... More
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[Mexico: 1802; 1841-1856]. Twenty-one small pamphlets, varying paginations as noted below. 16mo. 19th-century calf, gilt tooled and lettered, with brass clasp at center of fore-edge. Light scuffing to boards; moderate wear to spine and edges. Three works lacking title page and/or final leaf. A few small chips and short, closed..... More
Mexico City: Imprenta a Cargo de Martin Rivera, 1823. [4],66pp. Small octavo. Modern red calf, front board gilt lettered; original plain paper wrappers bound in. Minor rubbing to corners and spine ends. Contemporary gift inscription on front wrapper. Light toning and an occasional, small fox mark; light tide line at..... More
Mexico City: Imprenta Nacional en Palacio, 1823. 22pp. Small quarto. Modern cloth, front board gilt lettered. Scattered contemporary manuscript notations. Very light tanning and a couple of small spots to title page, otherwise internally clean. A rare appeal to the new Mexican legislature by envoy Miguel de Mier y Teran..... More
Mexico City: En la Oficina de D. Alejandro Valdes, impresor de Camara del Imperio, 1822. 12pp. Small quarto. Tasteful modern calf, front board gilt lettered. Light wear to spine and edges. Top edge trimmed, somewhat affecting pagination. Light tanning; light foxing at edges. The rare first report on the outer..... More
Mexico City: May 20, 1836. Broadside, approximately 12 x 8 inches. Short tear at upper right corner, unobtrusively repaired on blank verso. Minor dust soiling at edges. Rare broadside and first promulgation of this decree promising that the Mexican government will do all within its power to obtain the release..... More