Search Results: Hispanic from Callaghan Books South

The Museum of Modern Art and the Mexican Government, 1940. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very large, sturdy softcover, heavy stiff wrappers with red background, four small photo-illustrations of art objects on front wrapper, list of other publications on back, 199 heavy lightly browned stiff pages, profusely illustrated, many in beautiful color. A tipped-in errata sheet as frontispiece, extensive information on artists, a bibliography, maps of Mexico and a chronological table. Light wear to bottom front edge and top front edge nearer spine, slight surface wear at spine top and bottom edge, long spine edges. Good.

Hauppauge, NY, U.S.A.: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated, 1990. Soft cover. Very Good. Very large, heavy softcover, 614 pages. White wrappers with colorful Spanish flag on front wrapper and back wrapper, the verb "haber" and all its forms on back wrapper. Tiny scratches at bottom front edge, micronick at spine top left edge and spine bottom right edge, crease at top and bottom back tips. Very Good.

Gateway Edition, 1956. Mass Market Paperback. Fair. Translated with Intro. by Anthony Kerrigan. Mass-market paperback, green, black with diamond design on front wrapper, spine and back wrapper, olive-green background, list of Gateway editions on back wrapper, 216 lightly browned pages, light water stain on final page. Slight wear to tips, long right edge and top back tip, light wear to other edges. Fair.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Beacon Press, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Fine. (1st) Smaller, thinner book, black cloth spine, smooth light brown boards, embossed title on front, very bright silver lettering on spine, light brown color inside covers and adjacent end papers, sticker inside front cover, 130 pages. DJ glossy and colorfully designed, praise on back from Sandra Cisneros, Denise Levertov and others. Very Fine DJ/Near Very Fine book.

Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1984. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Very Good. Minor, Wendell. (1st) Large book, dark yellow boards, black embossed lettering very fine on spine, green ink note at top of first front end paper, 432 lightly browned pages. DJ has glossy color-illustration of skyscrapers (rascocielos) near beach at top front, a train passing a village at bottom front illustrated by Wendell Minor, light yellow background with black design at center front, yellow spine, b/w photo of Brawley who is of Anglo-Mexican ancestry. DJ has small piece of tape over tiny tear at bottom front tip, microtear, micronick and thin chip at top back edge, 1/4" tear at bottom back edge, lightly browned at back left. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

The Noonday Press, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Heavy book, 335 pages. Large red stamp on first front end paper: Review Copy, also ink last name at top. Yellow-brown cloth, stained at bottom spine and nearby front and back, contents not affected. DJ heavy paper beneath mylar, red background with illustration of Marti statue with arm raised on front, DJ has ring stain near top back left, white back very slightly browned,very slight wear and tiny nicks to most edges. Intro. by Federico de Onis. Good+ DJ/Very Good+ book.

Mexico City: Lasser Press, 1983. First Thus . Trade Paperback. Very Good. Text in Spanish. Trade paperback, 521 pages. Creased near bottom front tip, light smudge along long edge, very tiny tear at spine bottom left edge. Se habla espanol. Very Good copy. .

Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge, 1952. Cloth. Very Good. Text in Spanish of Puerto Rican literature with works by Manuel A. Alonso, Jose Julian Acosta, Alejandro Tapia, Santiago Vidarte, Jose G. Padilla, Ramon Maria, Mario Braschi and more. Slightly smaller book, black cloth, gilt title and author very fine at top front, light green lettering on spine fine, back badly stained to blue with three tiny spots, 343 lightly browned pages, micro-scratch near top tip of early pages. Two very tiny tears at top front edge. Near Very Good.

Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: Harvard University Press, 1982. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Translated with Intro. by Alan S. Trueblood. Poems in English and Spanish. DJ jacket colorfully illustrated with work "Homage to Antonio Machado" by Joan Miro, 1966. Heavy book, 316 pages. "Regarded by many as the finest poet of 20th Century Spain." (1875-1939) 250 poems. DJ has microtear at spine bottom edge, tiny nick at spine top left edge, tiny surface wear spot at spine bottom left edge. Fine+ DJ/Very Fine book.

Buenos Aires: Rueda y Brachet-Cota Editores, 1983. Soft cover. Fine. Softcover, thick, 340 pages with b/w photograph of Peron on front, very tiny wear spot to top front tip. Near Very Fine.

E. P. Dutton, 1984. Soft cover. Fine. (5th) Very large sturdy softcover, glossy dark purple wrappers with silver lettering and borders at bottom front wrapper, a small photo of Borges at top back left, 368 pages. Creased at top back tip. Near Very Fine copy.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Cambridge University Press, 1985. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Very Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (1st) Very large, very heavy (4.5 lbs.) book, light blue cloth, light blue inside covers and adjacent end papers, micronick from paper clip at top of first front end paper, 456 heavy pages, profusely illustrated with photos, maps and charts, some in color. DJ has color photo of Bolivian sheepherders with snowcapped mountains in background, four small color photos on back of people. DJ has light surface wear to bottom front tip, very light scratches and tiny dent on back. DJ and book, both Near Very Fine. Se habla espanol.

Ithaca NY: Ediciones Latin America Bookstore, 1984. Limited/Numbered . Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Roncalla, Fredy Amilcar. Text in Spanish and also English. Very large stapled softcover, heavy red wrappers with sketch of tree with face at center front wrapper, poems on light brown heavy paper, 101 of 200 numbered copies. On second front end paper in ink above b/w photo of Roncalla: "A Misti el amigo de su amigo. Fredy, Ithaca, Decembre 1984." LIghtly faded along front left edge, very light crease at top back right. Near Fine.

Spain: Editorial Planeta, 1978. Hardcover. Fine/Very Fine. Text in Spanish. Smaller, sturdy book, dark blue covers, white lettering very fine on spine, Miami bookstore address label taped at top of first front end paper, 238 pages plus facsimile of prayer sheet of Gironella. DJ beneath mylar has circular yellow decal announcing 3d edition, 28,300 copies sold on front. Otherwise, DJ and book, both Very Fine. Se habla espanol, por supuesto!

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Noonday Press, 1991. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (3d ptg.) Large, thick softcover, colorfully designed wrappers with several small snapshots, one of Germans soldiers gathering up civilians, 462 pages. Very Fine.

Alfred Knopf, 1983. 2d Ptg. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Fine. (2d ptg.) Tr. by Gregory Rabassa. Sturdy book, quality brown cloth with title embossed on front, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 120 pages. DJ glossy beneath mylar, a colorful illustration on front of bride, a bouquet of eyeballs and a knife on front, small b/w photo of Marquez on back. DJ and book, both Very Fine..

Madrid: Selecciones Austral, 1983. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Intro. by Joaquin Marco. Text in Spanish. Small but thick commercial paperback, very tiny near-chip at spine top left. Frontispiece photo of author. Fine +.

Houghton Mifflin, 1953. Original Wrappers. Fine. (Book 3: Graded Spanish Readers) Smaller, original cloth-bound wrappers, dark red with black ornate illustration and design to front left and right, 109 lightly browned pages. Includes text, exercises and glossary. Very Fine.

Barcelona: Artulen Muchnik Editores, 1990. Soft cover. Fine. Original title in French: Je mange, donc, je maigris." Large softcover with flaps, glossy white wrappers, color photo of wine, fruits and vegetables on front wrapper, b/w photo of Montignac inside front flap, 216 pages, text in Spanish. Tiny brown spot at bottom of pages 214 to final end paper. Fine.

Editorial Thomas Y. Crowell, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bobri. (4th) Larger, thinner, squarish book, glossy black boards with light and dark blue design and two illustrated white astronauts on front, illustrations throughout in basic colors describing the moon. DJ has same colors and illustration as book, tears and wear to edges and tips. Text in Spanish. Near Good DJ/Near Very Good book.