[Lincoln, Abraham]. [African Troops] Scarce U.S. Senate executive document transmitting a message from Abraham Lincoln and accompanying State Department correspondence concerning the French deployment of Black troops to Mexico during the American Civil War. Issued by the 37th Congress (3rd Session) in February 1863, the report reflects the convergence of.....
Boucard, Adolphe. Travels of a Naturalist (1894), a narrative of scientific travel and observation documenting Indigenous communities, natural environments, and colonial-era societies across North and Central America. The work reflects nineteenth-century naturalist traditions in which field observation, specimen collection, and ethnographic description were intertwined, offering detailed accounts of Indigenous lifeways.....
Velázquez Chávez, Agustín. Índice de la Pintura Mexicana Contemporánea / Index of Contemporary Mexican Painting. Mexico: Ediciones Arte Mexicano, 1935. First edition. Quarto (11 x 8 in.). 225 pages. Parallel text in Spanish and English. Illustrated with tipped-in color and monochrome lithographs reproducing works by leading Mexican painters of the.....
[Western Americana] Archive of 6 photo-postcards with of the American West. Early 1900s. black and white RPPC real photo Postcards show a range of western towns in Iowa, New Mexico, and South Dakota. 5 x 3.5 inches. Images show a mix of horse drawn carriages and early automobiles in main.....
Adams, Ansel. Photographs of the Southwest. 1976 volume presenting a selection of Ansel Adams’ landscape photographs created between 1928 and 1968 across the American Southwest, inscribed and signed by the photographer. Adams emerged as one of the most influential figures in twentieth century American photography and environmental advocacy, widely recognized.....
Wagner, Arthur L.; Kelley, [Assistant Adjutant-General]; Jerrold, J.D. The United States Army and Navy: From the Era of the Revolution to the Close of the Spanish-American War, 1899, presenting a comprehensive late nineteenth-century account of American military development, with direct relevance to the study of warfare, institutional organization, and expansion.....
[Mexico] [Border Wars] United States and Mexican Border War photograph archive, circa 1914-1916, documents military operations and occupation scenes produced during the period of armed confrontation between the United States and revolutionary Mexico in the years surrounding the Mexican Revolution. Created during the escalation of cross border conflict that followed.....
Large photograph archive, circa 1910s–1930s, documenting U.S. and Mexican military presence along the Rio Grande border and in Sinaloa during a period of revolution, intervention, and military modernization. The photographs depict soldiers, fortifications, and daily military activity across multiple locations, providing primary-source visual evidence for the study of U.S.–Mexico border.....
[Western Americana] Sonnichsen, C.L. The El Paso Salt War. Texas: Texas Western Press, 1961. Signed First Edition Hardcover with Original Dust Jacket. 68 pages. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and Typographer . Measures 6.25" x 9.5". An elegant creation including illustrations by Jose Cisneros and typography by Carl Herzog, featuring ten.....
Camp Mabry and Texas personal photo album documenting prewar military camps, domestic and civic life in Austin and San Antonio, Arkansas political rally activity, and Mexico in 1936 and 1937, with direct evidence of how one compiler moved between troop grounds, private homes, city streets, and cross border travel before.....
[Chicano] [Literature] Beals, Carleton. The Stones Awake: A Novel of Mexico. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1936. First Edition Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 464 pages. Measures 5.75" x 8.5". An epic panorama of revolution-torn Mexico seen through the eyes of Esperanza, from the little mountain village of Milpa Verde. The.....
Mexican Literature. Fuentes, Carlos. Aura. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 1975. Stated first bi-lingual edition, first printing. Translated by Lysander Kemp. 8vo; 145 pp. Original black cloth board with purple title on spine. Pictorial dust jacket with black and white photograph of Fuentes on back. Mylar wrapping. This magical.....
[Mexican Literature] Fuentes, Carlos. The Old Gringo: A Novel. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. October 1985. First edition, first printing. 8vo; 199pp. White cloth over orange boards stamped in gold, with decorated dust jacket. Set in the midst of the Mexican Revolution, the novel follows several characters of different.....
[Mexico] [Native American] Oglesby, Catharine. Modern Primitive Arts of Mexico, Guatemala, and the Southwest. New York: Whittlesey House, 1939. First edition. Hardcover book in original cloth binding with original illustrated dust jacket. 226 pages. A fascinating exploration of the arts and crafts of indigenous people throughout the Americas. The volume.....
Central American real photo postcard archive documenting banana transport, coastal exchange, Indigenous portraiture, civic gathering, and urban life in the early twentieth century, showcasing how agriculture, commerce, and public life operated under export driven development and foreign economic pressure. Images depict produce moved toward rail and port networks, carts and.....
[Western Americana] McCarthy, Cormac. Cities of the Plain. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First edition, first printing hardcover in original dust jacket with mylar-wrap. 298 pages. Measures 6.25" x 8.75". The third and final book of McCarthy's Border Trilogy follows John Grady Cole and Billy Parham of the previous.....
[Chicano Journal] Jose Armas, Donaldo Urioste, Francisco Lomeli et all. De Colores Journal Of Chicano Expression And Thought: Vol. 3 No. 4. Albuquerque, New Mexico: Pajarito Publications. 1977. First Edition. Soft cover. 85pp. Minor shelfwear, some interior annotations. Overall very good condition.
Rivera, Diego. Mexican History: Diego Rivera’s Frescoes in the National Palace of Mexico City. A Descriptive Guide with 16 Illustrations. Mexico City: R. S. Silva, Government Authorized Tourist Guide, 1949. First edition. Printed by Policolor, Mexico City. 16mo. Original illustrated paper wraps featuring Rivera’s Quetzalcoatl motif printed in terracotta, staple.....
This Photo Album captures a series of trips across California, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Panama, and other U.S. and North American travel documents the coastal and cross-border tourist experience of an American social group during the 1930s through the early 1950s.The album records a continuous itinerary of domestic and international.....
[Latin American] [Poetry] Fitts, Dudley. An Anthology of Contemporary Latin-American Poetry or Antologia de la Poesia Americana Contemporanea. Norfolk, Conn: New Directions, 1942. First Edition. 8vo, 667pp. Original cloth covered board with decorated dust jacket and mylar wrapping. Published as an introductory survey of Latin American poetry following the death.....
Mexican rural life and travel photo archive depicting labor, domestic service, market exchange, bullfighting training, and coastal development during the decade of the Mexican Revolution. Between 1910 and 1920, armed conflict, foreign oil investment, rail travel, and American tourism brought outsiders into contact with village economies, urban markets, and port.....
Grandes Viajes, Editorial Novaro’s historical travel comic devoted to exploration, navigation, and imperial expansion, ranging from Charles Marie de La Condamine in South America to Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld in the Arctic and from Portuguese voyages to the adventures of Captain Dieppe. Four issues of no. 21, 66, 69, and 77.....
Mallorquí, José. El Coyote. These mid-twentieth century Spanish-language pulp narratives document the adaptation of the Western genre within Hispanic literary traditions, centering a Californio protagonist navigating questions of land, class, and political authority in nineteenth-century Alta California. Published between 1946 and 1948, the series follows César de Echagüe, a landowner.....
Mallorquí, José. El Coyote. These mid-twentieth century Spanish-language pulp narratives document the adaptation of the Western genre within Hispanic literary traditions, centering a Californio protagonist navigating questions of class, colonization, and identity in nineteenth-century Alta California. Published between 1945 and 1946, the series follows César de Echagüe, a landowner who.....
González Obregón, Luis. El Pensador Mexicano: Diálogos sobre cosas de su tiempo, sacados del olvido. México: Cultura, 1918. First edition. T. VI, Num. 6. Illustrated cover by Valerio Prieto. 8vo, Original printed wrappers with an elaborate red-ink architectural design featuring an illustration of Mexico City’s Metropolitan Cathedral. A rare issue.....
