Portola Institute, 1971. Paperback. Paperback black folio; 447 pages, b/w illustrations, 37 cm. Includes the original 18-page large-format (approx 8x12") stapled & photo-illustrated "teaser" pamphlet for Whole Earth catalogs laind in. Quite scarce thus, with pahphlet. More
México: N.P., 1940. Paperback. Small quarto in color illus offwhite wraps; 246 pages : illustrations, plates (some color), music ; 23 cm. In Spanish. Very well illustrated. Uncommon. || Indigenous dance -- Mexico. Native American dance and ritual. Choreography, Music, Baile. Rhythm || "El principal objeto de este libro es..... More
Mexico: Secretaría de Educación Pública; Talleres graficos de la nacion, 1928. Hardcover. Quarto in offwhite printed & illus paper-backed boards; 351 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles, music ; 24 cm. "Cien aires nacionales mexicanos para piano": pages [237]-341. In Spanish. Numerous b&w photo reproductions of historical interest. "Cien aires nacionales..... More
[San Francisco]: Pacific House, 1940. Hardcover. Loose elephant folio in printed cardboard case, with cloth tie and wood dowel; 31 cm. Six full-color high quality (probably stone lithograph) pictorial maps of the Pacific; four maps are 38 x 25 inches, and two are smaller, at 25 x19 inches. Six lovely..... More
México: Sociedad de Investigaciones Históricas de México, 1966 - 1972. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. 19 white-orange volumes, 2-stapled binding: 12 p (one issue), and 18 issues at 16 pages each. In Spanish. Scarce, and more so thus, as 19-issue run. Publication dates: July 1966, November 1966..... More
[Barcelona]: Ediciones Nobel, [2000]. Hardcover. Gold octavo, color illus to front board, colored endpapers, 222 pages, color illustrations ; 24 cm. In Spanish. Nice color illustration to front board of monk and two patients. Publisher order card included. No DJ. || Medicine, Medieval. Plants, Herbals, Botany, Ethnobotany. More
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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974. hardcover. Three folio volumes in original white cardboard box with printed paper title label to box front; in a smaller secondary, two-part loose-folding 'box', as issued. The book: decorative red & beige rustic cloth, xxxiii, 281 pages illustrations in b/w and color, 31 cm..... More
New York: New Directions, 1958. First English language edition. Hardcover. Octavo in gold-grey DJ, 255 pages ; 21 cm. A classic of modern Japanese fiction. It is the story of an adolescent who must learn to live with the painful fact that he is unlike other young men. Mishima's protagonist..... More
México: N.P., Circa [1900s]. First Mexico edition (unstated). Paperback. B&W illus duodecimo, pocket book, 188 pages ; 18 cm. Footnotes. In Spanish. Scarce thus in Series: Colección de raros y exquisitos. Scarce. || Naked women to covers. Erotic literature; erotica, Lesbiansim. More
México, D.F. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado, 1992. Primera ed. Hardcover. Octavo in white color illus DJ, cactus illus, 314 pages, color illustrations ; 22 cm. In Spanish. Only 3,000 copies. || Medicinal plants..... More
México, D.F. Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2003. Primera ed. Paperback. Red octavo, 297 pages, chiefly color illustrations (some b&w) ; 23 cm. In Spanish. Scarce. Only 2,000 copies. || Folk art -- Mexico, Symbolism. More
Mérida, Yuc. Impr. Oriente, 1946. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Brown duodecimo, pocket book, 2-stapled binding, 16 pages, b&w illustrations, 17 cm. In Spanish. Rare. We locate no copy in WorldCat. || Folklore, Mayan. More
México: Fundación Activa, 2002. Primera ed. Hardcover. Folio in red-green-blue multicolored DJ, 302 pages, chiefly color illustrations (some b&w) ; 30 cm. Beautiful photos of the synagogues in Mexico. Loose mylar sleeve to rear pastedown. 5,000 copies printed. || Architecture -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century. Judaism; Judaica. More
México, D.F. Lince Editores, 1971. 1st Mexican edition. Hardcover. Black octavo, gilt to spine, gilt and gilt design to front board, 284 p, b&w illus ; 22 cm. In Spanish. Limited edition. Presumably signed and inscribed by translator (difficult to read but appears tp be that of Malke Donatti). #80/93..... More