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"Mujer y Sociedad". Exposición Colectiva de Miembros Del Salón de la Plastica Mexicana en Coordinación Con el Dept. De Sociología y el Centro de Estudios Sociológicos de la Facultad de Ciencias Politicas y Sociales de la Unam.

México, UNAM, Del 21 de Febrero al 13 de Marzo1984, 24p. b/w plates, wrps. Women artists.

Bookseller reference : 39705

( Brazil-Religion) Reflexiones Imparciales de Un Brasilero Sobre el Mensage Del Trono, y de las Respuestas de las Camaras Legislativas Del año 1836 en la Parte Relativa Al Obispo Electo Para la Diosesis Del Rio Janeyro y la Santa Sede Apostolica. .

<b> . Bound with: Accesorio Histórico-Canónico-Legal a las Reflexiones Imparciales de Un Brasileiro (1838).</b> Buenos Aires, Imprenta de la Libertad, 1837, 2 vols. bound in one 100;20,36p ind., tbl., quarter cloth, marble boards, manuscript label tipped in spine 19cm worn binding Church-State dispute during the 1st Empire.

Bookseller reference : 74830

(Chile-Mining) Teniente Topics. Vol. I. 1915-1916.

Sewell, Rancagua, Chile, Teniente Publishing Company, June 1915 - Dec. 1916, Vol. I Nos. 1 - 12, v.p., b/w plates, advts., ports., illus., diags., tbls., leather spine with raised bands and gold stamping. 25.5cm. First year complete of monthly publication by Braden Copper Mines in Chile. Much on Chilean affairs, with Chilean as well as American sections, touching on history, sports, social, science, etc. Many photos.

Bookseller reference : 64123

(Mexico) [Album of 38 Manuscripts of Musical Transcriptions] Mostly Mexican compositions

(c. 1844), (180)p mus. nots.,10 color illuminated leaves of "Suspiro de Amor" plus 34 musical compositions and 4 opera selections, quarter leather with marbled paper. Oblong folio 21.5x31.5cm (Worn binding with patches of marbled paper missing) Highlight of the the album is the "La Unión Nacional, Himno patriótico by Dn. Jose Ma. Esteva puesto en música por el profesor Dn. Joaquin Ma. Aguilar. Dedicado por ambos al Ejercito Expedicionario sobre Tejas. Veracruz en 1884". (7pp). Contents include many pieces arranged for piano and vocal selections by several different hands may be original. Other piceces include: "Vals, compuesto por S.M. la Reina Gobernadora. "El Veracruzano" por J.M. Rufino, septiembre 1844; "Romance" de Señoritas Velascos y Carballo.

Bookseller reference : 75613

(Mexico-Railways) Tratado Sobre Caminos Comunes Ferrocarriles y Canales. Construcción de Puentes, Ordinarios, Oblicuos, de Madera, de Fierro y Suspendidos; Teoria Del Vapor y Su Aplicación a las Locomotrices y Navegación Obra Redactada por Orden del

<b> Ministerio de Fomento por P. Almazan.</b> México, Imprenta Literaria, 1865, 320p. 2vols. in 1bls., grphs., ind., quarter calf, Plus 16 fldg. plans (fine láminas) 21cm. (light foxing on some pages; a little wear on endpapers, boards, spine Detailed account of the construction of railroads and canals in Mexico, including a discussion of problems and theories involved in railroad transportation.

Bookseller reference : 68299

(Us-Mex War): American Cemetery Near the City of Mexico: Message from the President of the United States Tramsmitting Dispatch. . . . 32 Congress, 1st Session; [H. OF REPS.]; Ex. Doc. No. 84

Washington, 8p 22cm United States Congress, March 23, 1852, 10p plan, meas. draw., illus. endpapers, 3/4 leather rebound with gold stampings on spine 24cm Despatch to US Congress addressed to the Secretary of State by the minister of the US at Mexico, relative to the cemetery which has been constructed in the neighborhood of Mexico City, as a place of sepulture for the remains of the officers and soldiers of the United States who died or were killed in the vicinity during the US-Mexican war. Includes plan of the ground lot located in the street Rio (del) Consulado sold by Concepción Sevilla de Manero, widow of Colonel José Maria Manero. Very scarce

Bookseller reference : 87348

100 Artistas Del Ecuador Galería Diners. Dirección Editorial: Inés María Flores. Introducción: Hernán Rodríguez Castelo. Texts: Hernán Rodríguez Castelo, et al.

Quito, Dinediciones S.A., 1992, 285p. color plates, bios./chron., bibl., illus. endpapers, pict. d.w. ISBN: 9978-954-08-2. 100 prominent, contemporary, Ecuadorian aritists are represented with color plates of each artist and extensive descriptive and biographical texts. Includes a good introductory essay on the art movements/tendencies in Ecuador from the 1950's-1990's. Excellent reference.

Bookseller reference : 42300 ISBN : 9978954082

12º. Catalogo de Ilustradores de Publicaciones Infantiles y Juveniles.

México, CONACULTA, 2002, 140p color plates, bios., ind., pict. wrps. 28cm ISBN: 970-18-8437-X. Art from illustrators of children's books from festival in Mexico. Includes prizewinners such as Claudia Legnazzi Lameiro, "Así quieres las ciudades?" (b. Argentina, 1956), El Milagrito [Yazmín Nájar, Alfonso Ordóñnez y Adrián Rubio], "Querida hija I", and Héctor Raúl Morales Mejía (b. Mexico 1972) "Kayom y Najá en la selva lacandona." Numerous full-page color plates. LIMITED EDITION OF 1000.

Bookseller reference : 69552 ISBN : 970188437X

160 años de Fotografia en Mexico. Colección Artes visuales Océano Conaculta

México, Océano; CONACULTA, 2004, 704p b/w, sepia and color plates, ind., bios., bibl., color pict. boards 22.7 x 28.1cm ISBN: 9706517413 . Major survey of Mexican photography from the 19th century to 2001 Este libro es una cronología de obras fotográficas desde la mitad del siglo XIX hasta el siglo XX. Diversos fotógrafos, que tienen alguna incursión artística en México, se encuentran aquí. Incluye también una breve antología de la obra fotográfica de México a manera de explicación de los motivos y corrientes artísticas del momento.

Bookseller reference : 76092 ISBN : 9706517413

1963 Aproximações Do Espirito Pop 1968. Waldemar Cordeiro, Antonio Dias, Wesley Duke Lee, Nelson Leirner Curadoria. Cacilda Teixeira da Costa

São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna, 24 de abril a 22 de junho de 2003, 176p b/w, color and duo-tone plates, gloss., bibl., ind., notes, color pict. fldg. wrps. 27cm Pop art movement and avant-garde artists in the 1960's in Brazil. Brings together works produced during a short-lived and yet prolific period in Brazilian art: 1963-1968. Curator and art historian, Cacilda Teixeira da Costa, presents works created during the early years of the military dictatorship in Brazil, a time when Pop Art emerged and became a worldwide hit. The period is represented by 4 leading artists: Waldemar Cordeiro (b. Brazil 1925, d. 1973), Antonio Dias (b. Brazil 1944), Wesley Duke Lee (b. Brazil 1931), and Nelson Leirner (b. Brazil 1932). Pop art grew out of the Concrete movement in Brazil (especially Cordeiro's semantic concrete art)and the New Figuration movement . Excellent section devoted to the various movments, and groups of the period. Important reference on period. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT

Bookseller reference : 68953

19th Century Mexican Theater Poster “Teatro Del Relox”: Gran Funcion de Pastorela. Las Bodas de Anárda con el Mayoral Dantéo

México, N.p., 6 de Enero de 1858, 1 folio, illus 43.5x17cm Original, vintage, Mexican theater poster dated January 6, 1858 and advertising the presentation of the theater play “Las Bodas de Anárda con el mayoral Dantéo."

Bookseller reference : 76219

22 Artistas en el Tarot.

Santiago de Chile, Galería de Arte Isabel Aninat, 6 de mayo al 6 de junio de 1999, (30)p b/w and color plates, illus., cat., illus. wrps 26cm An exhibition of large format paintings inspired on the esoteric symbols (Major and Minor Arcana) of each card of the Tarot deck. Artists included: María Inés Lagos, Ivan Daiver, Ulrich Welss and Magdalena Vial among others.

Bookseller reference : 74268