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Arte Precolombino de Mexico y de la America Central by: Toscano, Salvador Forward: Toussaint, Manuel
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Arte Precolombino de Mexico y de la America Central by: Toscano, Salvador Forward: Toussaint, Manuel

Hardcover. Mexico City, Mexico, Instituto de Investigaciones Esteticas, 1st, 1944, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 556 pages, hardcover. Tan cloth covers are in fair condition, with bumping to the corners and one small tear on the spine. Interior pages are clean and bright, with some uncut pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This volume is about the history of pre-Colombian art in Mexico. This is a large format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34069
Price: $30.00 

Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers by: Hernandez, Anabel Transl. Bruce, Iain
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Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers by: Hernandez, Anabel Transl. Bruce, Iain

Hardcover. Brooklyn, NY, Verso, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 362 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been lightly bumped at the top and bottom of the spine, but is still in very good condition overall. Red paper cover boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Contains a bind-in halfway through with B&W photography. This book by one of Mexico's leading journalists is a definitive history of the drug cartels. It explains how Mexico became a base for the mega-cartels of Latin America, and exposes the depth of corruption in Mexico's government and business elite. Clean copy. Record # 34297
Price: $14.00 

 

Ancient Mexico: An Introduction to the Pre-Hispanic Cultures


Peterson, Frederick, Jos

Hardcover. New York, NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st U.S.A., 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 313 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Cover boards bound in red cloth, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, has some tanning, covered in protective plastic, no rips. Some tanning from age to pages and edges, doesn't affect text or illustrations. In very good shape for its age. Books presents a coherent picture of ancient Mexico from the days of the early elephant hunters to the Spanish Conquest, and deals with all the major groups: Aztecs, Maya, Totonacs, Olmecs, Toltecs, Tarascans, Mixtecs and Zapotecs.

Record # 32162


Price: $23.00 

 

River of Traps - A Village Life


deBuys, William and Alex Harris

Hardcover. Albequerque, University of New Mexico, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos of life in the Sangre de Cristo mountains of northern New Mexico. 235 pgs. crease to rear dust jacket flap.

Record # 100967


Price: $50.00 

 

Valley of Mexico, The - Studies in Pre-Historic Ecology and Society


Wolf, Eric R. (Ed.)

Albuquerque , University of New Mexico, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 337 pages. B&W charts, diagrams.

Record # 304856


Price: $20.00 

 

Treasures of Mexico - from the Mexican National Museums


Hammer, Olga/Jeanne D'Andrea

Softcover. Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 206 pages. Illustrated with color (one section) and black & white reproductions of works of art from throughout the history of Mexico. Includes works by artists: Jose Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, Jose Guadalupe Posada, Juan Cordero, Juan Correa, and many more. Also includes examples of religious icons, Mayan sculpture, and pottery from all eras. Cover is coming loose from book interior (repairable). Light wear to covers.

Record # 603714


Price: $10.00 

 

Palace of the Governors, The by: Shishkin, J. K.

Softcover. New Mexico, Museum of New Mexico, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 56 pages. Museum catalog. Green stapled wrappers with red graphic illustration, numerous b&w plates. Very slight wear to wrappers, pages crisp and unmarked; overall, a very clean, tight copy. Record # 807746
Price: $12.00 

 

History of the War Between United States and Mexico


Jenkins , John S

Hardcover. New York, Derby and Miller , 1st, 1851, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 526 pages. Illustrated frontispiece. B&w illustrations throughout. Gilt titles and decoration on spine. Blind stamp decorations on front and back cover. Foxing to several pages. Edge wear to top and bottom edge. Else clean, tight copy.

Record # 857332


Price: $63.00 

Christian Texts for Aztecs: Art and Liturgy in Colonial Mexico Lara, Jaime
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Christian Texts for Aztecs: Art and Liturgy in Colonial Mexico


Lara, Jaime

Softcover. Notre Dame, IN, University of Notre Dame, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 362 pages. Spiral bound softcover. Color illustrations throughout. Covers show a little use/shelf wear: creases, a bit of soil, small rip at bottom of front cover. In very good condition, clean and bright inside.

Record # 30943


Price: $50.00 

 

Thomas Gage's Travels in the New World


Thompson, J. Eric S. (Editor/Introduction)

Hardcover. Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma Press, Reprint, 1969, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 379 pages. Hardcover. Green cloth cover boards, white title on spine. Top edge dyed. Some light marks (pencil) in a few places. Pages bright. Edges have some foxing. Dust jacket unclipped, has some tanning/foxing (see image). Gage's account of life in Seventeenth-century Mexico and Central America makes superb reading and is for the most part accurate.

Record # 33491


Price: $23.00 

 

History of the Conquest of Mexico


Prescott, William H.

Hardcover. NY, A.L. Burt, rep., n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Complete in one volume. 467 + 490 pages.

Record # 58513


Price: $20.00 

Conquest of Mexico, The Thomas, Hugh
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Conquest of Mexico, The


Thomas, Hugh

Softcover. Pimlico, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 812 pages, b&w illustrations. Light wear to covers and edges of spine. Old UK price sticker on rear cover. Neat, tight copy.

Record # 454090


Price: $30.00 

Moctezuma's Mexico: Visions of the Aztec World Moctezuma, Eduardo Matos
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Moctezuma's Mexico: Visions of the Aztec World


Moctezuma, Eduardo Matos

Hardcover. Niwot, Colo., Univ Pr of Colorado, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 188 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear and scuffing to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 458738


Price: $15.00 

I Speak of the City: Mexico City at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Tenorio-Trillo, Mauricio
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I Speak of the City: Mexico City at the Turn of the Twentieth Century


Tenorio-Trillo, Mauricio

hardcover. Chicago , The University Of Chicago Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 528 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white pictures. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 468947


Price: $38.00 

 

Early Novel of the Southwest, The: A Critical History of Southwestern Fiction 1819-1918


Gaston, Jr., Edwin W.

Hardcover. New Mexico, University of New Mexico Press, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 318 pages. Dust jacket edge wear and fade, price clipped and minor foxing on edges, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853836


Price: $18.00 

 

Yesterday in Mexico: A Chronicle of the Revolution, 1919-1936


Dulles, John W.

Hardcover. Austin, University of Texas Press , 2nd printing, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 805 pages, b&w photos. Light edgewear and sun-fade to dust jacket with a few small tears to the upper edge. Faint foxing to top edge. Neat. tight copy.

Record # 856033


Price: $38.00 

 

Viva Mexico!


Flandrau, Charles Macomb

Hardcover. New York , D. Appleton and Company, 1st, 1908, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 294 pages. Blue cloth with silver titles and gilt top stain. Previous owner's signature on title page, slight rubbing to boards and light fade to spine, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 857020


Price: $38.00 

 

Guanajuato


deVarona, Esteban A.

Softcover. Mexico, Union Grafica, 2nd, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Text in English. & black & white photographs by author. A travel history & quide to this Mexican town circa 1950

Record # 53709


Price: $15.00 

 

Mexico Today and Tomorrow


Trowbridge, E.D.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st , 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Red Cloth with spine fade

Record # 53869


Price: $25.00 

 

Two Strikes and Out


McMahon, William E.

Hardcover. NY, Country Life Corp., Rep., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Ex-lib end paper markings. An indictment of Mexico's policy on fiscating foreign property in the 20's and 30's.

Record # 59026


Price: $12.00 

 

Mexico's Progress Demands its Price


Warner, Louis H.

Hardcover. Boston, Chapman & Grimes, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Library stamping to front end papers otherwise nice condition.

Record # 59027


Price: $28.00 

 

Bernal Diaz Chronicles, The - The True Story of the Conquest of Mexico


Idell (Ed.), Albert

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, Rep., 1957, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Slight slant to spine, light soil, to rear cover edge, internally VG. Dj worn, chipped. 414 pages.

Record # 61398


Price: $15.00 

 

Conquest - Montezuma, Cortes, and the Fall of Old Mexico


Thomas, Hugh

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, Book Club, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. 812 pages.

Record # 64181


Price: $25.00 

 

Mexico's Dilemma


Ackerman, Carl W.

NY, George H. Doran, 1st , 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illustrations. 281 pages. Some pencil markings to text. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf.

Record # 68608


Price: $25.00