Cincinnati: Chase & Hall, 1875. First Edition. 8vo. 199 pp. Bound in original green publisher's cloth, title in gilt on spine with gilt floral ornament and triple ornamental roll in gilt at head and foot of spine. Corners slightly bumped, cloth rubbed away in bottom right corner of front cover..... More
![Otomi Manuscript on amate bark "paper"]. Tratamiento de una ofrenda para pedir la lluvia. [A...](/pictures/thumb/3576.jpg?v=1635137598)
San Pablito Pahuatlán in Puebla state, Mexico: 1975 (or after). Handmade and handbound codex, folded accordion style, with cloth tape "binding," handwritten text in purple, green, and brown felt marker on amate bark paper. 22 numbered leaves with 21 amate bark paper cut-out illustrations. 18 x 14 cm. Text in..... More
![PRESENTATION COPY]. My Winter in Cuba. W. M. L. Jay, pseud. of Julia Louisa Matilda Woodruff](/pictures/thumb/3564.jpg?v=1631807480)
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1871. First Edition. 8vo. 296 pp. + 4 pp. ads at end ("New Books to be Published in the Fall of 1871" which also includes the present title). Original publisher's green cloth, blocked and gilt, abrasions on front fore-corner and upper joint, affecting cloth, other binding..... More
![MAP / CEROGRAPH, 1845]. Mexico. [Inset]: Central America and Yucatan. Sidney Edwards Morse,...](/pictures/thumb/3558.jpg?v=1631745103)
S.l. n.d. [1845]. Engraved map (305 x 410 mm), original outline color, relief shown by hachure. Very slight toning, top margin with four short tears (not touching image), evidence of previous adhesion to matte, horizontal crease and wrinkle. This map appeared as No. 35 in "Morse's North American Atlas," 1842..... More
![1863 AFRICAN SLAVES IN MEXICO]. Message of the President of the United States, Communicating, In...](/pictures/thumb/3500.jpg?v=1622658243)
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1863. First Edition. [3] pp. (final page blank). Extracted from a larger volume. Preserved in a mylar sleeve backed with lig-free board. Little-known report to Congress, referencing the estimated 450 Negro Egyptians who were rounded up off the streets, beaten and forced onto a French..... More
![1592 MANUSCRIPT: AUCTION OF QUICHE MAYA LANDS IN GUATEMALA]. Testimonio del titulo venta......](/pictures/thumb/3476.jpg?v=1622608382)
Coatepeque (i.e. Guatemala): 1592. Folio (320 x 200 mm). 6 fols. + near contemporary wrappers, stitched, front wrapper with all pertinent information in cursive. Formerly folded four times, creating 16 small panels, two of the leaves have clean tears along horizontal folds from fore-edge to gutter margin, others with shorter..... More
Washington DC: 1850. First Edition. Large folding lithograph map with U.S. Army routes in red (659 x 500 mm). Splits at folds on left where attached to text, light browning. Text: 8vo (224 x 140 mm). 14, [2] pp. (including final blank leaf), extracted from a larger volume and repaired..... More
![SPANISH SAMMELBAND 1766-1787]. Sammelband of decrees, provisions, and ordinances issued by the...](/pictures/thumb/3470.jpg?v=1622047862)
Spain (majority in Valencia): 1766-1787. Folio. 178 ff., numbered in 18th-century manuscript. Bound in contemporary vellum (worn), water stained along edges (including textblock), cracked hinges, spine slightly detached from textblock, small tears in vellum on covers and along spine. Ink inscription on front cover reads: "Yo Jose Fuentes" with the..... More
![TEXAS VS. MEXICO IN 1843]. Message from the President of the United States, to the Two Houses of...](/pictures/thumb/3482.jpg?v=1621279383)
Washington DC: Blair and Rives, 1843. First Edition. 8vo. 48 pp., stitched in original self-wraps, edges untrimmed. Final gathering browned on account of the inferior paper stock (in common with at least one other copy known to us), final leaf particularly browned and brittle (chipped), and with two paper repairs..... More
![FETISHIZING BREASTS IN MEXICO 1918]. Manzanas Del Paraiso. Libro de Pasion y de Placer, escrito...](/pictures/thumb/3483.jpg?v=1620152711)
Mexico City: [Escalante], 1918. Second edition. 8vo. [14], 11-61, [2] pp. Contemporary neat green cloth, with the monogram "J.R.R." (Jose Ruben Romero) at the foot of spine. Lacking wrappers. Text evenly browned, upper margins of a few leaves with short tears (not affecting text). NOT ex-library! Scarce and little-known erotic..... More
![SPANISH- AND PORTUGUESE-AMERICAN TREATISES 1493 ET SEQ.] Coleccion completa de los tratados,...](/pictures/thumb/3464.jpg?v=1619493003)
Paris: Durand, 1862. First Edition. Together 13 vols. (from a total of 16). 8vo. Contemporary French quarter morocco over marbled boards, worn (see images), ownership stamps from various sources, various defects, the most egregious being some worming to the outside of the binding of the last volume (not affecting text..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. First Edition. Large framed map (30 x 50 cm). Contemporary hand-coloring with blue wash, creasing where formerly folded. Not examined outside frame. Scale ca. 1:13,000,000. Scarce and important map, framed, and suitable for exhibition and study. The map shows sailing routes through the West..... More
![1625 MAP OF WESTERN MEXICO, extracted from Purchas His Pilgrims]. "Hispania Nova" / "Hondius his...](/pictures/thumb/3435.jpg?v=1615903354)
London: William Stansby, 1625. Folio (32 x 22 cm). Single leaf (pp. 871/872), unmatted, unframed. Letterpress text on both sides (short tear in upper margin, touching a few letters). Engraved map (14 x 18 cm) in excellent state. ORIGINAL engraved map, not a reproduction! Early engraved of the Pacific coast..... More
![MEXICAN CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY]. La Destruccion de Pompeya. Obra escrita por Niceto de Zamacois....](/pictures/thumb/3432.jpg?v=1615760702)
Mexico City: Ignacio Cumplido, 1871. First Edition. 2 vols. 4to (27.8 x 19.8 cm). Vol. I: [4], [i] ii-v [1, blank], [1] 2-248 pp., 12 lithograph plates (including frontispiece portrait of author); Vol. II: [1-3] 4-464, [2] pp., 26 lithograph plates. Total 38 lithograph plates of views and archaeological scenes..... More
![MEXICAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE / SPIRAL PRESS]. Casa Manana. Elizabeth Morrow, William Spratling](/pictures/thumb/3366.jpg?v=1614720302)
Croton Falls, NY: The Spiral Press, 1932. First Edition. 72 pp. Folio. Bound in original navy blue buckram, title gilt on front cover and spine, trifle wear along board edges, covers slightly scuffed, patterned blue and red endpapers. As is true in all copies, the textblock has a faint yellow/brown..... More
