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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.
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..
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 .
London:: Reader's International,, (1992). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First thus. Originally published in Spanish in 1957, this is considered the masterpiece of Mexico's most important woman novelist of the 20th century. Set against the Mexican Revolution in Chiapas, the southern Mexican state where Castellanos spent her childhood, and which has a strong Mayan presence. Translated from the Spanish and with a preface by Irene Nicholson. Includes a glossary of unfamiliar Spanish and Indian words. 272 pp, Uncommon in hardcover and especially so in this condition.
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. .
NY: VANGUARD.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1960. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First American edition. Very good+ to near fine in price-clipped otherwise very good+ dust jacket. (Trace of faint soiling at top edge and at bottom edge of rear cover. Couple very tiny chips & short edge tears in jacket. ) .
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
Date published: 1988
1988. [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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