New York, New York: Marsilio Publishing, 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. American First. Some edge wear to boards; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; dust jacket is protected by a Brodart sleeve..
Mexico: Joaquin Mortiz, 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good+/near fine. Red cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 368pp., not illustrated. Book has mild edgewear, faint front lean to spine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ has faint shelfwear. Text in Spanish.
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1960. First American Edition. 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition, First printing. Hard cover 8vo in black cloth w/silver and blue spine titles. Fine and unmarked book in Very Good unclipped DJ w/short tears and small chips, now in clear protective cover.
Rivelin Press, Bradford, and Ecuatorial Magazine, London, 1981. First Edition (of 250 copies). . Stapled Wraps. Very Good/Very Good. 27 pp. Poems. Crown and corners bumped, heel lightly bumped, page edges a bit tanned. Jacket edgeworn, bumped at head and heel of spine and folds, with tiny tears at folds. Size: 8vo
Readers International. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1993. Reprint. Hardcover. 093052389X . Black boards with gilt lttering. Green, white, and red jacket with black lettering. A tight and clean copy. Some foxing to the top page edges. Interior pages clean and unmarked. Photos upon request. International shipping billed at cost.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 272 pages .
Columbia, Louisiana: Readers International, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5" x 8 1/4. VERY GOOD / DJ VERY GOOD. Former library book. Translated from the Spanish with a Preface by Irene Nicholson. 272 pp, including a "Glossary of Unfamiliar Indian and Spanish Words." Pages are clean, unmarked, and undamaged except for typical library treatments on the front endpaper. Boards covered with black paper, gilt titling on spine is still bright. Dust jacket encased in library mylar sleeve, protecting it. Overall in great condition.
Rivelin Press / Equatorial, 1981. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 28 pages. A posthumous collection of poems by the Mexican writer, her first collection in English. Translated by Maureen Ahearn. An edition of 250 copies. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in plain wrappers (chapbook). In a near fine with a bit of fading to the back panel of the pictorial jacket.
The Vanguard Press. Black cloth boards with silver and blue lettering. Top outer page edges are tinted yellow. Blue end papers. Binding is tight and square. Pages are clean. Light surface soiling ot outer page edges and jacket. First American edition. Translated by Irene Nicholson. Original Mexican edition published in 1957. The dust jacket has been price clipped, has a couple tears along side edges and wear at spine ends. A haunting and moving novel combining the myth of the nine ancient Mayan villages of Souther Mexico with the reality of a modern Indian uprising during the time of the agrarian reforms instituted by President Cardenas. . Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 1960.
Very good condition. Pages are unmarked, boards straight, no spine creasing, 'withdrawn' stamp on front endpaper and lbel sticker on bottom end of spine, back endpaper has been glued to back dust jacket flap. Dust jacket in very good condition with minor shelf wear.
Mexico, D.F.: Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. Stated first edition in the original beige cloth with cream and red dust jacket with woodcut design. The celebrated Mexican novelist's major novel of conscience, this copy is from the personal collection of renowned Romance Languages scholar Jose Buergo, with his signature. Book s fine and unmarked. Jacket has a small closed tear on back panel and a few tiny edge nicks, but is otherwise fine, clean and protected by a plastic cover.
272 pages with glossary. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with white lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Translated into Irene Nicholson. First edition into English. First published in Mexico in 1957.In the remote towns and haciendas of the high country of Chiapas, the 1910-1917 Mexican Revolution had little impact until the reforming government of Lozaro Cardenas during the 1930s began pressing for Indian rights and education. A 7-year-old girl watches as the old order -- where a few powerful land-owning families and their male heirs could dominate a region politically and even sexually -- breaks down.Condition: Previous owner's name to front pastedown, heal corners gently bumped. Jacket with corners and spine ends lightly chipped, light edge wear else very good in like jacket.
A Rosario Castellanos Reader: An Anthology of Her Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays, and Drama
Castellanos, Rosario;Ahern, Maureen
A Rosario Castellanos Reader: An Anthology of Her Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays, and Drama
Castellanos, Rosario;Ahern, Maureen
Publisher: Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Univ of Texas Pr
Date published: 1988
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Univ of Texas Pr, 1988 hardback book in near fine condition,dust jacket is very good-plus. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.
Stated First edition. Square spine, clean, no writing, no folded page corners. Black mark on bottom page edge. Dust jacket clean with no rips, protected by mylar cover.
Philadelphia 1988 1st Fortress Press. ISBN 0-8006-3103-X. Castellanos, who died in 1974, was one of major figures in Mexican literature. Edited with critical introduction by Maureen Ahern. Translated by Ahern and others. Hardcover. Octavo, 378pp., maroon cloth. Near Fine, slight soiling on fore-edges, in Good DJ, a few closed tears and small chips. .
Mexican Feminist Rosario Castellanos: an Anthology of Her Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays, and Drama
Castellanos , Rosario
Mexican Feminist Rosario Castellanos: an Anthology of Her Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays, and Drama
Castellanos , Rosario
[Chicano], [Mexico] [Women History] Castellanos, Rosario. A Rosario Castellanos Reader: an Anthology of Her Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays, and Drama. Edited and translated by Maureen Ahern. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1988. First edition. 378 pages. Hardcover book in original dust jacket. This volume brings together the works of Rosario Castellanos one of the most important Mexican literary voices of the 20th century, . The volume itself showcases some of her most important writings on cultural and gender-based oppression in Mexico. Though an ardent feminist, Castellanos focused not only on gender oppression in Mexico but also the plight of its indigenous people and this aspect of her work is showcased through the collection. Many of these works also appear in this volume for the first time in English. Book and dust jacket in very good condition. This volume presents a fantastic insight into the trajectory and diversity of Castellanos' work.
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