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International Grape Boycott Day, May 10, 1969
by Glaser, Milton
1969. Ephemera. Fine. A poster publicizing the grape boycott led by Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers by one of the best-known graphic designers of the era. The artwork depicts a bunch of grapes in the shape of a skull with a Chavez quote at the bottom taken from the Plan of Delano: "We are men and women who have suffered and endured much and not only because of our abject poverty but because we have been kept poor. The colors of our skins, the languages of our cultural and native origins, the...
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NZ$1,021.32
Angela de Hoyos: A Critical Look / Lo heroico y lo antiheroico en su poesía
by Ramos, Luis Arturo
Albuquerque: Pajarito Publications, 1979. First Edition. Trade paperback. Fine. 53 pages plus ads. Literary criticism focused on de Hoyos's poetry. Text in Spanish. First edition (first printing). Fine in wrappers.
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NZ$40.85
Sueño de campana-sorda
by Ratliff, Anjela Villarreal
(Austin): (the author), 2002. First edition. Pamphlet. Fine. Poetry. Ratliff was born in McAllen, Texas, one of ten children in a migrant family. She was raised in California and returned to Texas as an adult, where she founded the Austin Hispanic Writers group. [8] pages. Small format (4 x 5 inches). First edition (first printing). Fine in wrappers (pamphlet). Signed by the author on the title page.
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NZ$30.64
Aguila Inc. Presents in Concert Mariachi Nuevo Aztlán and El Ballet Folklórico Tepatitlán
by Manriquez, C. and S. Manrriquez
Portland, OR: Aguila Inc, 1977. Poster. Near Fine. A very scarce poster for Cinco de Mayo festivities in Portland, Oregon. While there were some 50,000 Latinos in Oregon in the mid-1970s, artifacts of Latinx cultural events from this time period are uncommon and decorative ones are very scarce. Not much is known about the artists, but they produced posters for Colegio César Chávez, an independent Chicano-themed college in Central Oregon that operated in the 1970s. They variously spelled their names...
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NZ$1,021.32
América: O, examen general de la situación política de las diferentes potencias del continente occidental, con conjeturas sobre su suerte futura
by [Everett, Alexander Hill]
Northampton, MA: Publicado por Simeon Butler, 1828. First Thus. Hardcover. Very good. A rather curious Spanish-language imprint from Massachusetts, and not the more typical Philadelphia and New York. This is a translation of the diplomat Alexander Hill Everett's 1827 book, America: Or, a General Survey of the Political Situation of the Several Powers of the Western Continent, with Conjectures on Their Future Prospects. The book was written while Everett was the US ambassador (minister) to Spain....
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NZ$510.66
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Sonnets and Salsa [Revised and Expanded]
by Tafolla, Carmen
San Antonio: Wings Press, 2004. Trade paperback. Fine. 115 pages. A volume of new and collected poems, including the "Sonnets to Human Beings" series, which won the National Chicano Literature Prize (commonly known as the Irvine Prize). Slightly expanded from the 2001 edition. Fine in wrappers.
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NZ$30.64
Daughters of the Fifth Sun: A Collection of Latina Fiction and Poetry
by Milligan, Bryce; Mary Guerrero Milligan; and Angela de Hoyos (editors)
New York: Riverhead Books, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A poetry anthology collecting work from Latina writers, including Denise Chavez, Gloria Anzaldua, Julia Alvarez, Sandra Cisneros, Rosario Ferre, and many others. 283 pages. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine jacket. This copy is signed by seven contributors: Bryce Milligan, Mary Guerrero Milligan, Angela de Hoyos, María Hinojosa, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Carmen Tafolla, and Ana Castillo.
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NZ$102.13
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My Wicked Wicked Ways [Broadside]
by Cisneros, Sandra
Berkeley: Okeanos Press, 1993. First Edition. Broadside. Fine. 5-7/8 by 13 inches. Letterpress printed in two colors. A poem broadside issued by Black Oak Books in conjunction with a reading by Cisneros. First edition (first printing). Fine.
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NZ$40.85
Private Land Claims in New Mexico: Letter from the Secretary of the Interior
by Delano, C. [Secretary]
[Washington, D.C.]: (n.p.), 1874. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. A printed report on three claims to large tracts of New Mexico based on 18th century Spanish land grants: a claim from the Native Zia, Santa Ana, and Jemez pueblos and two claims by old New Mexican families, one near Santa Fe, the other in Navajo territory. Each claim includes a printed transcript of the original Spanish manuscript, an English translation of these documents, and testimony from various witnesses, almost all of whom...
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NZ$306.40
Gordo's Cat
by Arriola, Gus
San Diego, CA: Oak Tree Publications, 1981. First Edition. Trade paperback. Near fine. A late career collection of one-page comic panels featuring a cat. Arriola was the first Mexican American comic artist to make a career out of the profession. Gus Arriola's (1917-2008) newspaper comic strip Gordo was syndicated by United Features. With an introduction by Charles Schulz. 128 pages. Roughly 8-1/2 by 11 inches. Black and white illustrations. Not published in hardcover. First edition (first printing...
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NZ$204.26
To Split a Human: Mitos, Machos y la Mujer Chicana
by Tafolla, Carmen
San Antonio: Mexican American Cultural Center, 1985. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. This book provides a "historical background to illuminate current struggles of Chicanas for the full expression of their human potential"-introduction. 115 pages. First edition (first printing). Very good or better in wrappers (paperback).
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NZ$61.28
Hijo del pueblo: New Mexico Poems
by Quintana, Leroy V
Las Cruces, NM: Puerto Del Sol Press, 1976. First Edition. Trade paperback. Near Fine. [42] pages. The author's first book, published in an edition of only 500 copies. Quintana's poetry relishes the small moments in life and this book shows the development of his unique style. His later books won him two American Book Awards but not the readership he deserves. With an introduction by Frank Waters and drawings by Trini Lopez. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
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NZ$81.71
Splintered Silences / Silencios astillados
by de León, Greta
San Antonio: Wings Press, 2000. First edition. Trade paperback. Very good. 51 pages. One of the winners of the 2000 Premio Poesía Tejana prize honoring new Latina poets from Texas. A bilingual collection of poems, written in Spanish and translated into English by James Hoggard. Published in an edition of 500 signed and numbered copies, the entire print run. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Signed by the author on the colophon.
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NZ$30.64
Poeta del pueblo: Un tributo. Angela de Hoyos, 1924-2009
by [de Hoyos, Angela] Milligan, Bryce
San Antonio, TX: Wings Press, 2010. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. The program of a memorial service for de Hoyos, with a biography and consideration of de Hoyos's poetry by Milligan and an afterword by Carmen Tafolla. Illustrated in color with images of de Hoyos's books, books she published as M & A Editions, and reproductions of her artwork. OCLC locates one copy, at UTSA. 24 pages. First edition. Fine in wrappers.
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NZ$61.28
Woman, Woman
by de Hoyos, Angela
Houston: Arte Público Press, 1985. First edition. Near fine. 69 pages. An early book of poems by this Texas Chicana writer and publisher. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
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NZ$30.64
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Vida [Signed, Numbered]
by Villanueva, Alma Luz
San Antonio: Wings Press, 2002. First edition. Trade paperback. Fine. The poetry of Alma Villanueva, like her prose, is drawn from the gut, her womb, and a vital point in an intelligent woman's mind."-Ana Castillo. Substantial. Small edition of 750 copies; this is one of 50 signed and numbered by the author. 203 pages. First edition (first printing). Fine in wrappers. Numbered, and signed by the author on the colophon.
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NZ$61.28
Silenced Storytellers
by Ratliff, Anjela Villarreal
Austin: Alturas Prss, 2006. Pamphlet. Fine. [8] pages. Poetry. Small format (4 x 5 inches). Second (?) edition; first published in 2002. Ratliff was born in McAllen, Texas, one of ten children in a migrant family. She was raised in California and returned to Texas as an adult, where she founded the Austin Hispanic Writers group. Fine in wrappers (pamphlet). Signed by the author on the title page.
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NZ$20.43
Peace in the Corazón
by García-Zapata, Victoria
San Antonio: Wings Press, 1999. First edition. Trade paperback. Fine. 42 pages. A chapbook in the Poesía Tejana series. This entry was selected by Bryce Milligan and Sandra Cisneros. One of 500 signed and numbered copies, the entire edition. Fine in wrappers. Signed by the author.
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NZ$40.85
Corazón del norte: A Selection of North Texas Latino Writing
by Milligan, Bryce (editor)
San Antonio: Wings Press, 1996. First edition. Trade paperback. Very good. 68 pages. Published for the Bath House Cultural Center, in Dallas. An anthology of 25 young writers. Edition of 500 copies. Very good in wrappers (paperback). "Promotional copy" label on back cover.
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NZ$30.64
Leyes del Estado de California, decretadas durante la vigesima sesion de la legislatura, 1873-74...
by Godoy, Jose F. (translator)
Sacramento: G. H. Springer, 1874. First Edition. Good. One of the last volumes of California laws officially translated into Spanish, here by José Francisco Godoy, the most prolific of 19th century Mexican American writers. Godoy was born in Mexico in 1851. With his family, he moved to San Francisco in 1864, when his father took the position as Mexican Consul in that city. He became a naturalized US citizen in 1873, the same year he won the contract to be the official state of California translator....
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NZ$612.79
Ecos: A Latino Journal of People's Culture and Literature. Vol. II, No. 2
by Cisneros, Sandra [contributor]
Chicago: LAST Publications, 1983. First edition. Pamphlet. A Latino literary journal published out of Chicago. This issue includes a poem "Roosevelt Rd./ 1200 South / Chicago" and a short prose piece, " A Rice Sandwich" by Sandra Cisneros. The poem was part of Cisneros's MFA these but has not been collected in a book; the prose appeared a year later in A House on Mango Street. Covers a bit scuffed, else near fine in wrappers. Signed by Cisneros at her contribution.
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NZ$51.07
The Latino Soul Family: A look into the souls behind the stories
by Ratliff, Anjela Villarreal (editor)
Austin: Alturas Press, 2006. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. Short biographies and poems by some of the contributors to Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul. 66 pages. First edition (first printing). Fine in stapled wrappers. Signed by the editor on the title page.
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NZ$51.07
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Jardín de poesía [Second edition]
by Ratliff, Anjela Villarreal
Austin: Alturas Press, 2011. Second Edition. Pamphlet. Near fine. With seven additional poems from the first edition. One of 200 signed and numbered copies. Ratliff was born in McAllen, Texas, one of ten children in a migrant family. She was raised in California and returned to Texas as an adult, where she founded the Austin Hispanic Writers group. 22 pages. Near fine.
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NZ$40.85
The Laughter of Doves
by Treviño, Frances Marie
San Antonio: Wings Press, 2001. Trade paperback. Near fine. 76 pages. One of the winners of the 2000 Premio Poesía Tejana prize honoring new Latina poets from Texas. The author's third book. The book was published in an edition of 500 signed and numbered copies, however a pair of printing errors resulted in a second printing with a date of 2001 and the destruction of most of the first printing. Second printing. Near fine in wrappers. Marked "author's copy" on the colophon. Also signed by the series...
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NZ$30.64
Apprentice to Volcanos
by Gonzalez, Ray
Fort Collins, CO: Leaping Mountain Press, 1986. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. 21 pages. The author's second (?) book of poetry. Gonzalez has edited many anthologies of Latino literature. Near fine in wrappers (pamphlet). Inscribed by the author in 1986.
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NZ$40.85
