[Mexico: 1810]. [24]pp. Small quarto. Stitched as issued. Moderate foxing to outer leaves, even toning throughout. Minor wear and creasing. "A pastoral letter, in which the Bishop of Michoacan reproves his flock for having joined the insurgents under Hidalgo" -- Sabin. The author, Manuel Abad y Queipo, was an interesting..... More
Mexico City: Imprenta del Ciudadano Alejandro Valdes, 1833. Broadside, approximately 12.25 x 8.5 inches. Two small wormholes at left margin. Light dust soiling and toning. Scarce devotional poem, attributed to Luis Abadiano, for the veneration of depictions of the Señor de Santa Teresa and Maria Santisima de los Dolores. This..... More
Londres: Por R. Ackermann, 1824. ,iv,101,[3]pp. plus frontispiece folding plate and engraved title page. 12mo. Contemporary quarter calf and paper boards. Moderate rubbing and wear to boards. Some toning and scattered dampstaining internally. A scarce Spanish-language London imprint concerning basic agriculture, produced for the Ackermann family of publishers. During the..... More
Matanzas: Imprenta de Marsal y Ca. 1854. 232,[8]pp. Lacks folding plate. Small quarto. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards. Extremities lightly worn, spine rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown; faded stamps on title page, ink stamp on verso. Lightly tanned, a few scattered ink stamps in text. A scarce history of..... More
Nueva York: 1919. 15pp. Large octavo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Some staining on front wrapper and first two text leaves, minor edge wear. A rare missive sent from the Alianza Liberal Mexicana to the American Federation of Labor in 1919, asking for their help in "counteracting the propaganda that a...... More
[Honduras]: Imprenta de J.M. Sanchez, 1852. [2],16pp. Small quarto. Later marbled wrappers. A couple of minor edge chips to title page. Moderate, even tanning and light dust soiling. A rare report on foreign affairs and trade by Honduran prime minister Francisco Alvarado to the national legislature, delivered in 1852. In..... More
Mexico City: Imprenta Imperial de D. Alejandro Valdes, 1823. 4,[2]pp. Loose sheets, neatly removed from a sammelband. Uneven left edge. Light dust soiling. An important and scarce document that seeks to ensure public support for the installation of a federal congress as part of a representative government in independent Mexico..... More
Mexico City: 1895; 1889; 1895. 215pp.; 61,[1]pp., plus thirteen plates (six folding); 145,[1],ii,[1],4pp., plus seven folding plates. Later half morocco and marbled boards, gilt spine labels. Boards heavily scuffed, with losses to paper and cloth; some staining and edge wear. Dampstaining along top edge through text block. Moderate tanning and..... More
Lima: Imprenta Real de los Ninos Expositos, 1793. [6],175,[1]pp. 20th-century library cloth, original decorative wrappers bound in. Modest library bookplate, stamped withdrawn. Minor chips and dust soiling to wraps. Light, small dampstains to initial leaves, otherwise internally clean. Interesting production of the Lima "Niños Expositos" press, regarding the complications surrounding..... More
Mexico City: October 10, 1882. [1]pp. Folio. Minor wear, faint fold lines. An exceedingly rare decree from President Manuel González of Mexico, announcing the yearly wage for the Mexican delegate to the American consulate in Tombstone, Arizona. The $1,500 allocated to this position was meant to be in addition to..... More
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Los Angeles: Jameson, [ca. 1916]. Panoramic photograph, 8 x 48.5 inches. Rolled. Light creasing and cracking at vertical edges; moderate soiling in upper right corner. A crisp image with good contrast, captioned in the negative. An excellent panoramic view of the two towns of Nogales, on the U.S-Mexico international boundary..... More
[Mexico]: Impressa en la Imprenta del Real, 1765. [26],34pp. Small quarto. Removed from a sammelband. Worming along top edge, somewhat affecting top two lines of text (heavier to title page and initial leaves); additional biopredation at lower corner, occasionally affecting catchwords and printed marginal notes. Otherwise light dust soiling and..... More
Habana: 1915. 227pp. Modern black quarter cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt. Contemporary pencil ownership notations to title page and second leaf. Title page reinforced at gutter; final two leaves also reinforced in gutter, final leaf with some loss affecting a few words. Toned and foxed, on crude paper. Trimmed..... More
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[N.p., likely Bridgetown, Barbados: Issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture, 1910-1916]. Four pamphlets, all in original illustrated wrappers, as detailed below. A quartet of rare agricultural pamphlets published in a series of works by the Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies in the early-20th century, each focused on..... More
[Mexico]: En la Imprenta Imperial, [1821]. [4]pp., on a half-sheet bifolium. Removed from a sammelband. Minor wear at edges. Light dust soiling and faint foxing. Scarce printing of a speech by Manuel de la Barcena upon the arrival of news to Michoacan of the signing of the Treaty of Cordoba..... More
Mexico City: 1835. [4]pp., on a bifolium. Small folio. Previously folded; two small stabholes at gutter where formerly stitched. Minor wear and soiling at edges. Light toning. In a quarter calf and pebbled cloth folder. A rare printed address from Mexican president Miguel Barragán to the country's citizens that defends..... More
Paris: 1859. 102,[1]pp., plus three folding maps. Original printed wrappers. Spine perished, stitching nearly so. Light wear at edges. Light toning and dust soiling. Extensive proposal and recommendation, translated into German from the French, for a canal route across Nicaragua, one of several 19th-century Central American canal projects that never..... More
Guatemala: 1888. Broadside, 13.25 x 10.25 inches. Printed in gold. Old folds, slight separation, some chipping and wear at right edge. Unusual broadside souvenir printed by a Guatemalan hospital, thanking three bullfighters for fundraising efforts on their behalf. The Hospital General San Juan de Dios de Guatemala was founded in..... More
Mexico City: Imprenta de "El Combate" 1889. xii,237,[1]pp. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Moderate rubbing and scuffing to boards and edges, minor insect damage to spine and front board. Text moderately toned. A decidedly-rare Mexican Anti-Catholic work examining numerous aspects of Catholicism such as baptism, confirmation, penance..... More
Boston: Munroe y Francis, 1827. 288pp. Original calf; rebacked with spine laid down. Some light foxing and soiling, light dampstaining to last few leaves. Some notes and annotations, particularly to endleaves. The first American printing of any of Cadalso's works. This edition was created specifically for American students, "con notas..... More
Los Angeles: 1972. Poster, 17.5 x 11.5 inches. On cream stock, printed in black, red, and green. Two-inch closed tear at top edge, upper corner chipped. Minor wear and soiling else. A striking poster from the Chicano movement in Los Angeles, issued by one of its most prominent publications. La..... More
San Francisco: [La Voz de Mexico?], 1863. Broadside, 7.75 x 10.75 inches. Central vertical fold, minor creasing, light tanning and scattered foxing. A very rare broadside calling a combined meeting of the juntas patrióticas of San Francisco, community organizations of Californios and Mexican expatriates convened to support Benito Juarez against..... More
Sucre: Imprenta de Beeche, 1857. [8, i.e. 10],105pp. Original printed wrappers. Small quarto. Later, vaguely obtrusive manuscript additions in pencil to front wrapper. A few small nicks and minor wear to wraps. Internally quite clean. An ambitious design for a "Gran Escuela Central" for all in Bolivia, including native South..... More
Guadalajara: Tipografía de la Escuela de Artes y Oficios, 1903. [2],23pp. Original printed green wrappers. Two staples in gutter margin; wrappers faded at edges. Minor dampstaining at top edge; even tanning. A small, apparently unrecorded, pamphlet with details of the history of Guadalajara and statistics regarding the city's population. The..... More
Merida de Yucatan: Imprenta Mercantil de Ignacio L. Mena y Ca. 1892. 26pp. Original printed wrappers, bound into 20th-century buckram, with numerous blank filler leaves at the rear. Scattered small chips and short, closed tears; one early tissue repair. Some dust soiling and toning; an occasional fox mark. Scarce response..... More