García Márquez, Gabriel. One Hundred Years of Solitude, 1970, novel that established the Colombian author as one of the central figures of twentieth century Latin American literature and helped popularize the narrative style commonly associated with magical realism. First published in Spanish in 1967, the work recounts the history of.....
Mexican Comics Archive of Los Agachados covering politics, religion, war, and everyday consumer life into cheap mass-circulation satire, and this group preserves that project across ten issues from 1969 to 1974. Created by Eduardo del Río, known as Rius, this collection contains anti-clerical and anti-imperialist argument is already fully formed.....
[Chicano Literature] Anaya, Rudolfo A. Bless Me, Ultima, 1973, a foundational work of Chicano literature exploring Mexican American identity and tensions between Indigenous spiritual traditions and Catholic orthodoxy in the U.S. Southwest. Written during a period of intensified Chicano cultural and political activism, the novel establishes a narrative of cultural.....
El Grito and Grito del Sol, five issues of Berkeley Chicano literary and intellectual periodical publishing from Quinto Sol Publications and Tonatiuh International spanning 1971 to 1976. The archive charts a decisive phase in Berkeley Chicano publishing, when Quinto Sol Publications and later Tonatiuh International used the journal form to.....
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.....
[Mexican American] Downing, Todd. The Mexican Earth. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1940. First edition, first printing. With Illustrations by Howard Willard. 8vo., viii,(2),337pp. Beige colored buckram, spine printed in dark red. Map endpapers. No dust jacket. Black and white illustrations in text. George Todd Downing was a......
Rudolfo A. Anaya. Bless Me, Ultima. Berkeley: Quinto Sol Publications, 1972. Softcover. Second edition of this groundbreaking novel by Rudolfo A. Anaya, widely regarded as the foundational work of Chicano literature. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To Leslie - My best wishes / Rudolfo A. Anaya.".....
[Mexico] TOOR, Frances. A Treasury of Mexican Folkways. New York: Crown Publishers. 1947. First Edition. 8vo; Cloth with original decorated dust jacket. 566pp. Many black and white illustrations and photographs, as well as some color plates. An extensive listing of Mexican art, religious beliefs, ceremonies, folk arts, fiestas, holidays, music.....
[Chicano] [Literature] SOTO, Gary, Rosa M. Carrillo, Rosaura Sánchez, et al. First Chicano Literary Prize 1974-1975 and Second Chicano Literary Prize 1975-1976. Irvine, 1975-1976. Irvine: 1975, 1976. Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Irvine, 1975. First edition. Softcover. 16mo. 178pp. One of Soto's earlier appearances, Soto is a......
[Argentina] [Prose & Poetry] Lofredo, Horacio. Preludios: En Blanco y Negro. San Francisco: Rodolfo Broullon, 1970. Original orange staple bound wrappers with black text and illustrations. 47 pages. 4to. Text in Spanish. First edition. Multiple illustrations of indigenous men and designs. A collection of prose and poetry written by Argentinean.....
[Mexican Literature] Covarrubias, Miguel. Mexico South: The Isthmus of Tehuantepec. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1946. First edition, first printing. 8vo; 427 pp. Features several illustrated plates by the author in full color and black and white scattered throughout with one fold out map. Spine black and illustrated with green.....
[Chicano Literature] ACOSTA, Oscar Zeta. The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1972. First edition trade paperback. 8vo; 199p., multiple black and white illustrations, pictorial wraps. Acosta was a Chicano lawyer, author, and activist who and the model for Dr. Gonzo in Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear.....
[Latinx Literature] Neruda, Pablo. Viajes. Santiago, Chile: Nascimento, 1955. First edition. 212 pages. Spanish. Approx. 7.5" x 10.5". White paper binding with title in blue text with yellow image of a starfish. Essays and reflections by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Sections include "Viaje al Corazon de Quevedo" (Journey to the.....
[Mexico and Chicano][Literature] Romero, Pepe. Mexican Jumping Bean. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1953. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper to “matador Rex Smith” and signed “Pepe Romero / Mexico D.F. 1953.” First edition. Jacket caricature by Ernesto Garcia Cabral. Original binding in original dust jacket illustrated with.....
Castellanos, Rosario. A Rosario Castellanos Reader, 1988, a collected English-language anthology that establishes Castellanos as a central twentieth-century Mexican intellectual addressing gender inequality and Indigenous marginalization. Castellanos’ work emerged in mid-century Mexico alongside debates over nationalism, modernization, and the status of Indigenous communities, and her writing directly confronts the social.....
Anaya, Rudolfo A. Bless Me, Ultima. Quinto Sol Publications: Berkeley, California. First Edition, First Printing. June 1972. 8vo. Black softcover with off-white text and illustration of main character, Ultima. Anaya's novel illuminates the importance of retaining one's cultural identity and traditions amidst the pervasive nature of Anglo-Saxon prejudices and religious.....
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.....
Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. The General in his Labyrinth. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Uncorrected proof for first English edition. 230 pages. Teal paperback binding. An advanced reading copy of Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez's fifth novel. The General in His Labyrinth is a fictionalized account of the last seven.....
[Mexican Literature] Niggli, Josephina. Edited with an introduction by Frederick H. Koch. Mexican Folk Plays. University of North Carolina Press. 1938. First Edition. 8vo, pp223. Bound in yellow cloth board. No dust jacket. Signed by Frederick H. Koch on front cover. "For my fellow playmates. Harry and Ora Doris with.....
[Latinx Literature] Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. News of a Kidnapping. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Uncorrected proof for first English edition. 281 pages. Grey paperback binding. An advanced reading copy of Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez's non-fiction account of a series of kidnappings executed by the Medellin Cartel in the.....
[Latin American Literature] Carpentier, Alejo. The War of Time. Translated by Frances Partridge. Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1970. First edition. 8vo, pp191. Claret cloth in yellow dust jacket. Collection of five fictional novellas and short stories by the Cuban author and musicologist, Alejo Carpentier. Carpentier strongly aligned with Latin American.....
[Chicano] Lobos, Amílcar and Leland Mellott. Quetzal; Poemas Representables del Barrio de San Francisco. San Francisco: Glide Publications/Casa Editorial, 1973. First edition. Paperback. 8vo; 111pp. Bi-lingual texts in Spanish and English with many black and white illustrations. A collection of works from five poets from San Fancisco's Mission District. A......
[ Mexico] [Literature] Iduarte, Andrés. Un Niño en la Revolución Mexicana. Obregon, S.A, 1954. Signed Book. 133 pages. Signed by author on first page. Softcover book in publisher's dust jacket. Spanish-language edition of semi-autobiographical novella from the acclaimed Mexican essayist and intellectual Andres Iduarte. The book, based on the author's.....
[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.....
[Chicano] Cárdenas de Dwyer, Carlota, Luis Valdez, Ernesto Galarza, Tino Villanueva et al. Chicano Voices: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1975. First edition. Trade paperback in orange wraps. Soft cover. 8vo; 189pp. Many illustrations throughout. Part of the "Multi-Ethnic Literature" book series, Chicano Voices covers three generations of Chicano authors with.....
