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Mexico City: Banamex, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. mustard cloth lettered in blind. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 319 pages. 32 x 24 cm. Illustrated with color plates on high quality glossy stock (Phoenix Imperial crema semiate de 150 gramas). Articles by experts. Bibliography. Index of illustrations. Text in Spanish.

Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. quarter blue cloth and illustrated boards. Fine. 320 pages. 27 x 21.5 cm. 76 color plates by Kahlo with descriptive text, and a multitude of additional black and white and color plates. Selected Bibliography. Lenders to the Exhibition and Index.

Mexico City: Published by the author, 1945. First edition. leather_bound. Orig. gilt stamped brown leather, slight edge rubbing. Very good. 252 [4 leaves] in text. 30 x 22.5 cm. Printed volume is copy 84, noted as "Es Propiedad de Autor." Tipped in at the end of the volume is a large fold-out full color lithograph: an advertising poster with brochure from La Galeria de Arte Mexicano who exhibited the first edition. Contains 206 original drawings plus the final published work, created as a gift presentation. The drawings, each signed and numbered by Molina, include the published, and numerous unused images in the final work, rendered in ink, graphite, watercolor, and wash; some drawn directly on bound leaves, others on India or onionskin and mounted or tipped-in, most with captions penciled in, and page placement sketched out. The story, a picaresque tale, chronicles the adventures of the titular character as retold upon return to his hometown of Santa Clara de Cobre. A film adaptation was made in… Read More

Mexico City: Central de Publicaciones, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated tan cloth. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 303 pages. 30 x 31 cm. 29 color plates, more than 200 black and white illustrations: photographs, drawings and plans. A study of modern Mexican architecture with a special tribute to architect Guillermo Rossell de la Lama. Bright, fresh copy.

Mexico City: Ferrocarril Mexicano, 1919. First edition. leather_bound. Orig. full brown calf string ties, front cover pictorial inset image of Nervo and his name in blind with back cover also decorated in blind. fine. Unpaginated, approx. 80 pages. Oblong 8vo, 23.5 x 17 cm. Eleven full page color lithographs by Ledesma. A curious, elegantly printed souvenir of a major railroad company, Ferrocarril Mexicano displaying the works of two major Mexican notables, a poet and artist -- Ledesma the painter, printmaker, sculptor, graphic artist, and Nervo, noted as one of the most important Mexican poets of the 19th century. Ledesma was only nineteen years of age when he produced a host of color lithographs herein, most with tissue guards. Nervo's poetry was known for its use of metaphor and reference to mysticism, presenting both love and religion, as well as Christianity and Hinduism. The poetry is embellished with decorative borders, printed in black, red and sepia on quality stock. Large fold-out map at… Read More