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Evanston, Illinois:: Northwestern University, 1994. 6" wide by 9.25" tall. Bright, shiny, clean, tight. No owner's name or bookplate. Spine is square and flat. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked. Contributors include Rosario Castellanos, Joyce Carol Oates, Charles Baxter, Jesus Gardea, Ilan Stavans, Mixuno Ruriko, Eileen Cherry, William L. Giannoti. Features: VOICES FROM CHIAPAS, a 73-page section of writings from the Mexican state of Chiapas. There is also a 31-page photo-essay by Diane Rosenlum: THE NAKED TRUTH ABOUT WOMEN. Illustrated throughout with Depression-era prints from BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? an exhibit at the Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Spring 1994. . First Edition. Softcover.. Fine condition./No Jacket, as issued.. Illus. by Tony Fitzpatrick cover art.. 280pp. + 8 pages of ads.. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1965. First printing. Clean, unmarked copy with light scattered foxing to page edges. Full cloth binding. 201pp. Dust jacket is rubbed, original price intact on front flap. New mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.

The true first edition published in Spanish in Mexico. Signed by the distinguished Romance Languages scholar Jose Buergo, whose copy this was. As issued, in orange stiff paper covers. A pristine copy except for minor tea stains to top foreedge not extending to text. Octavo.

First printing of first edition. Good in a Good dust jacket. Book is sound and solid. Blue cloth boards nudged at upper rear corner and with a faint dampstain at heel of spine (not reciprocated on jacket). Previous owner name on front endpage, small stain on page fore-edge of prelims. Dust jacket with chipping and short tears at edges. 201 pages.

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. Octavo.

Athens: University of Georgia, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. fine. Fine in rose colored cloth without dust jacket as issued. Fewer than 500 copies were issued in hardcover. Beautiful copy free of all markings.

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. Octavo.

Mexico: Ediciones de "América" Revista Antológica, 1950. First Edition. Good. An early book of poems (her third or fourth?), published in an edition of 300 copies. Castellanos was a major Mexican literary figure in the 20th century, part of the Generación de los 50. She died in 1974, at 49 years old, while serving as the Mexican ambassador to Israel. 65 pages. First edition (first printing). This copy has been bound in full dyed calf, preserving the original front and rear wrappers. The leather binding is faded and worn at the edges. This copy is inscribed to noted Mexican playwright Emilio Carballido, another member of the Generación de los 50. The inscription is hard to read, but it is something like, "Para Emilio Carballido, uno de nuestros más sólidos valores. Con el afecto de su amiga, Rosario." [Roughly: For Emilio Carballido, one of our most valuable talents. With affection, from his friend, Rosario.] Very scarce signed, and especially so as an association copy.