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Madrid: Espasa-Calpe(Clasico Castellano, 7), 1964. First edition. Paperback. 246p., indices, wrps. A detailed biography of Torres Villarroel's life. More
Madrid: Espasa-Calpe(Clasico Castellano, 7), 1964. First edition. Paperback. 246p., indices, wrps. A detailed biography of Torres Villarroel's life. More
Madrid: Editorial Gredos (Biblioteca Románica HIspánica, Estudios y Ensayos, 43), 1959. First edition. Paperback. 558p., bibl., indices, wrps. (spine wear). Fernando de Herrera, called "El Divino", was a 16th-century Spanish poet and man of letters. He was born in Seville. Much of what is known about him comes from Libro..... More
México: ESPIGA, Editorial Seneca, 1942. Paperback. 195p., wrps. "Las Paredes Oyen" is an expression that came out of France in the second half od the 16th century. According to the stories of history, Catherine de Medici had constructed acoustic conductors in the walls of her palaces in order to listen..... More
México: Fondo de Cultura Económica (Letras Mexicanas), 1966. Second edition. Hardcover. 1096p., bibl., wrps. boards (dj browned and chipped, 2 x 3 inch piece missing rear ). The fine pen of Villaurrutia (1903-1950), a poet, before anything else, also dealt with literary criticism, storytelling and dramaturgy. His verses are highly..... More
Xalapa: Universidad Veracruzana (Colección Rescate, 25), 1988. Second edition. Paperback. 203p., wrps. In the development of education in Mexico, and in Veracruz in particular, disturbing and alternative educational approaches were generated that sought to shape education so that it would contribute to social change; there were those who had initiatives..... More
New York: Appleton Century Crofts, Meredith Publishing Company, 1966. Paperback. 203p., wrps. More
Mexico, D.F. Siglo Veintiuno Editores, 1967. First edition. Paperback. 224 p., wrps. (vertical crease on front cover ). A key figure in the Latin American literary renaissance, Octavio Paz focuses here on literature and art, drugs, the murder of God, and ethical and political problems. In the first part of..... More
Tabasco: Editorial Joaquín Mortiz (Serie del Volador), 1965. 6th ed. Paperback. 187p., photos, wrps (small stain on lower cover). Gazapo is the novel of a teenager who has just left his family. Restricted by the life of the city, he is involved in the ups and downs of three difficult..... More
México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, 1972. First edition. Paperback. 104p., maps, indices, wrps. More
Oaxaca: Editorial Oasis (Colección Las Formas de la Voz 2), 1984. First edition. Paperback. 236p., photos, indices, wrps. "Un Infierno Llamado Veracruz", in which he narrates with his exquisite prose and privileged information, reported by a professional journalist, moments of violence and blood that lived the state resulting from the..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 260p., wrps. This volume of stories vividly captures the pathos and grandeur of the years that followed the American Civil War, when bitterness stalked the land and the Indian was still a power to be reckoned with. More
México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad Universitaria, Centro de Linguistica Hispánica, 1972. First edition. Paperback. 177p., maps, tables, indices, wrps. Current state of Spanish in Mexico - The alleged archaism of American Spanish - Around the decaying vowels of Mexican Spanish - The final -r of Mexican Spanish and..... More
France: J.C. Lattés, Edition Spéciale, 1973. Paperback. 252p., indices, wrps. A Bag of Marbles is a Second World War autobiographical novel by the French Jewish author Joseph Joffo. It tells the story of his flight, as a small boy, with his brother Maurice to escape from Nazi occupied France to..... More
Xalapa: Universidad Veracruzana, 1988. Second edition. Paperback. 177p., tables, graphics, indices, wrps. Between 1975 and 1976 at the Institute of Economic and Social Research and Superior Studies of the UV, as part of an investigation into the socioeconomic development of Veracruz in the 19th century, the performance of primary education..... More
Xalapa: Universidad Veracruzana,Dirección Editorial, 1986. First edition. Paperback. 93p., photos, bibl., indices, wrps. These pages tell the story, almost forgotten, of a strike that broke out in the year 1900. Its origin dates back to the arrival in the country of two large groups of laborers from all regions of..... More
México: Secretaria de Educacion Publica (Lecturas mexicanas 76), 1986. Later printing. Paperback. 183p., illus., facsimiles, wrps. Profusely-illustrated description of vanguard art movement of the 1920's by Germán List Arzubide, (1898-19998); one of the last survivors of the 1910- 20 Mexican revolution. He fought alongside Emilio Zapata, and was wounded and..... More
Buenos Aires: Losada (biblioteca Clásica y Contemporánea), 1954. Fifth Edition. Paperback. 170p., indices, wrps. A master of the horror story in the tradition of Poe and Maupassant, Horacio Quiroga has long been recognized as one of the greatest exponents of Latin American modernism. The blood-curling stories in this collection are..... More
México: Cultura SEP (Lecturas Mexicanas 33), 1983. First edition. Paperback. 277p., indices, wrps. "Santa Anna", the resplendent dictator, recreates the public personal reasons for unanimity. It is the story of a man who was able to continually defraud, lose and regain the trust of his people. Therefore, it is the..... More
Boston: Ginn & Company, 1961. Paperback. 127p., wrps. Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo was a Spanish Basque essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, professor of Greek and Classics, and later rector at the University of Salamanca. James R. Stamm is the author of Dos Novelas Cortas, published by Wiley. More
Xalapa: Universidad Veracruzana (Colección Rescate, 26), 1988. Paperback. 242p., indices, wrps. This volume collects texts by the author that have been considered of general interest; most of them appeared in newspapers and magazines and, until the publication of this book, were very difficult to locate. There are many topics covered..... More
Xalapa: Universidad Veracruzana (Colección Rescate, 4), 1984. First edition. Paperback. 90p., photos, indices, wrps. The poet Josefa Murillo, who was born in Tlacotalpan on February 29, 1860 and died on September 1, 1898 in Tlacotalpan, on the banks of the river, and who only made one trip, to Orizaba, read..... More
Lawndale: Neat-O Comic, 2011-2015. First printing. Paperback. [128]p., illus., wrps. Black Fist and Brown Hand follows the “exploits” of two urban heroes attempting to protect their community from: racism, sexism, discrimination, exploitation, B.E.T., Hipsters, Mitt Romney’s sons, & auto tuned hip-hop music!! Oh, No! The evil villain Pale Face is..... More
Lawndale: Neat-O Comic, 2019. First printing. Paperback. [32]p., illus., wrps. One is searching for love. The other, excitement. Only one problem: they’re both dead. Die Cute tells the story of Elvis, a music junky who is on a mission to confess his feelings to the love of his life, and..... More
Lancaster: Unique Realm, 2019. Second Printing. Paperback. 24p., illus., wrps. More
Lancaster: Unique Realm, 2019. Second Printing. Paperback. 24p., illus., wrps. More