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Alla

Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Alla specialises in Academic & Scholarly, Afro Latin America, Anthropology, Art & Photography / Arte & Fotografia, Foreign Language, Latin America, Libros En Espanol, Mexico, Spanish

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Alla: Latin America ~ libros * musica * arte. The largest selection of new and out-of-print Spanish language titles in the U.S., featuring extensive collections in literature, history, archaeology, anthropology, natural history, art (fine & folk), architecture, cinema, and music, including scores and recordings (lp, cd, & cass.). Portuguese, French, & English also. U.S Southwest, Chicano, and Latinx. New titles are uploaded throughout the year. Located in the heart of Santa Fe, New Mexico, since 1980. Open for browsing 1:00-6:00pm, Monday - Saturday! Check out our new catalogue EL ATENEO ~ multiple copies for your Spanish-language book club, tertulia, or classroom! Exhibiting iconic photographs by Mexican master Manuel Alvarez Bravo.

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102 W. San Francisco Street, Ste. 20
Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA
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DICCIONARIO JURIDICO MEXICANO (4 VOLS)

by INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES JURIDICAS

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9684522347
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NEW ~ Mexican legal dictionary in 4 volumes. In some senses more of an encyclopedia in that each entry is numerous paragraphs long and includes information such as etymology of the term or concept, its origin and historical usage, as well as examples of contemporary applications and legal interpretations. A brief bibliography follows each entry. A total of 3,272pp. A recomemnded reference for legal scholars as well as historians, journalists, politicians, diplomats, etc. Examples: "Conciliacion," "Dignidad de la personal humana," "Enfiteusis," "Poder ejecutivo," "Territorio bajo tutela," "Razon de Estado." En espanol / Spanish. 9684522347 In stock. Usually ships in three days. Heavy weight and multiple volumes will necessitate increased international shipping charges.

CHIAPAS Y GUATEMALA EN DOCUMENTO INDIGENA PREHISPANICO (LIBRO I - III)

by FERNAN PAVIA FARRERA

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NEW ~ Three scholarly collections of important prehispanic sixteenth-century documents (codices) relating to the indigenous and colonial history of Mexico and Guatemala in three volumes. Introductory essays, transcriptions, and facsimile photographs in color with descriptions. Bibliographies. Indices. Vol I, 307pp. with color photographs; Vol II consists of 515pp. text and separate book with the color facsimile of the Codice Mendoza (Bodleiana de Oxford) edited by Jose Ignacion Echeagaray 114pp.; Vol III, 286pp. En espanol / Spanish. Volumes are unused; some shelf wear. Vol. I cover worn with vertical creases, other Vols in fine condition. Very hard to find. No ISBN. Imported. In stock. Usually ships in three days. Weight and multiple volumes will necessitate additional shipping charges.

DEL FUEGO Y DEL AGUA

by SUSANA BACA ; FRANCISCO BASILI ; RICARDO PEREIRA

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NEW ~ Blacks in the formation of Peruvian popular music in a small 119pp. booklet with accompanying CD by Susana Baca, all in a folding artesanal burlap cover. Published for the 1492-1992 Quinto Centenario. Released by the Biblioteca Nacional, Lima, Peru. In original sealed plastic and stamped by the Biblioteca, number 162. En espanol / Spanish. Rare! In stock. Second photograph shows interior of a different copy. Usually ships in three days.

BIBLIOTECA DEL NINO MEXICANO

by HERIBERTO FRIAS ; JOSE GUADALUPE POSADA ; HELIA EMMA BONILLA REYNA ; MARIE LECOUVEY

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6077585726
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NEW ~ Boxed set of 110 booklets on the history of Mexico for young readers, with 440 illustrations designed by the remarkable Jose Guadalupe Posada. Edicion facsimilar. Originally published between 1899-1901. Includes an Estudio Introductorio by Helia Emma Bonilla Reyna and Marie Lecouvey. "Los 110 pequenos fasciculos que constituyen la serie Biblioteca del Nino Mexicano narran de forma panoramica, apasionada, novelesca y aun fantasiosa la historia del pais." Published on the occasion of the Centenario Luctuoso 1913-2013, 100 Anos Posada. En espanol / Spanish. Brand new. Purchased directly from the publisher. Hard to find! In stock. Usually ships in three days.

LEYENDAS DE KARUKINKA

by NICASIO TANGOL

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9681612558
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Legends of the Indigenous Ona of Tierra del Fuego researched by Chiloe native Nicasio Tangol -- anthropologist and poet. 125pp. Map. Photographs accompany this mythology of the tall hunting and fishing Ona. En espanol / Spanish. We acquired the book from FCE for Alla inventory. The book is unused, but the paper has yellowed significantly, cover rubbed, bend to back upper corner & erasure on front end paper. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

OYEME CON LOS OJOS : POESIA VISUAL NOVOHISPANA

by JORGE GUTIERREZ REYNA [ANTOLOGIA]; MATEO PIZARRO [ILUSTRACIONES]

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6075168354
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NEW ~ Boxed set: Anthology of Spanish-language visual poems by literary figures in colonial New Spain printed individually on seventeen folded-page inserts (approx. 12.5 x 9.5"), accompanied by 83pp. book with prologo y notas by Jorge Gutierrez Reyna (approx. 6 x 4.5"), both set in a maroon and tan clam-shell box (with ribbons). A jewel for any aficionado of visual poetry. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

TESORO MEXICANO : VIEWS OF NATURE BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW WORLD

by GIORGIO ANTEI / LUCIA TONGIORGI TOMASI / GIUSEPPE OLMI / ET AL

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NEW ~ Hardcover English edition. Beautifully illustrated essays analyzing Indigenous and European views of the natural world, centering on Francisco Hernandez' sixteenth-century expedition to New Spain. Period illustrations from sources such as The Herbarium, Florentine Codex, Cruz-Badiano Codex, and other such manuscripts. 255pp. Quality production. Color illustrations throughout, printed on textured paper. Brand new, removed from plastic to access publication information. Minor dents to dust jacket. In stock. Usually ships in three days. Heavy volume will incur additional international shipping charges.

GRANDES MAESTROS DEL ARTE POPULAR DE IBEROAMERICA - 3 TOMOS & DIRECTORIO

by CANDIDA FERNANDEZ DE CALDERON (COOD.)

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6077612561
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NEW ~ Richly-illustrated, high-quality publications in Spanish documenting the traveling art exhibition "Great Masters of Iberoamerican Folk Art: The Fomento Cultural Banamex Collection." The collection includes some 450 artisans from 22 countries in Latin America--representing cultural expressions in ceramics, textiles, metals, and other materials, of the highest aesthetic and technical standards, produced within diverse social contexts. A three-volume set plus the Directorio de artesanos. Each of the three large tomos are hardcover with sewn binding in a slip cover box. The Directorio de artesanos is a separate hard cover book. ISBN: tomo I, 9786077612568; tomo II, 9786077612605; tomo III, 9786077612902. OCLC 934189293. New oversize volumes in publisher's original plastic wrap. En espanol / Spanish text. Gorgeous reference work for museum and university libraries. In stock. Usually ships in three days. Weighs ~30 lbs. (roughly 7" linear shelf space), which will incur additional international shipping charge…Read more

CARPINTEROS DE LA SIERRA EL MOBILIARIO TARACEADO DE LA VILLA ALTA DE SAN ILDEFONSO, OAXACA (SIGLOS XVII Y XVIII)

by GUSTAVO CURIEL (EDITOR, AUTHOR) / CARLA AYMES / HILDA URRECHAGA / DENNIS CARR ET AL

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6073015739
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NEW ~ A two-volume set on ornate furniture made in La Viila Alta de San Ildefonso, Oaxaca, Mexico, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Gorgeous marquetry by colonial ebanistas with images of interest to historians and art historians. Vol. I: Nine scholarly chapters in Spanish on various aspects of production, such as carpentry, painting on wood, iron fittings, wood types, and so forth, with an Introduction, Appendices and Bibliography. Color illustrations. ISBN: 9786073015754; Vol. II: Catalogo razonado organized by type (escritorios, cajas, baules, bufetillos, papeleras, sillas, etc). Color illustrations. ISBN: 9786073015752. Each volume has 521pp. En espanol / Spanish. Each volume weighs 5lbs, so additional shipping charges may apply. In stock. Usually ships in 3 days.

MARIPOSAS DE MEXICO

by BEUTELSPACHER BAIGTS, CARLOS ROMMEL

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9684350600
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NEW ~ An entomological classic. In addition to an introduction and 128pp text with scientific descriptions of Mexican butterflies and maps of their locations by accomplished UNAM professor, the end section includes 20 color plates by Californian William H. Howe. First edition of 2000. In Spanish / espanol. Oversize. Some shelf wear of bottom corners. In stock. Weight & oversize will necessitate additional international shipping charges. Usually ships in 3 days.

JOSE GUADALUPE POSADA EDICION CONMEMORATIVA

by RAFAEL TOVAR Y DE TERESA, MERCURIO LOPEZ CASILLAS, ET AL

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6077585580
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NEW ~ Trilingual Spanish-English-Japonese tribute to the great Mexican graphic artist Jose Guadalupe Posada. Color images throughout on antique-color paper recalling the late-nineteenth, early-twentieth century heyday of Posada's broadside images and prolific production for publisher Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. 282 pp. Chronology. Indices. Bibliography. CONACULTA ISBN: 9786075161938. Brand new book purchased from the publisher in Mexico. Weight and size may incur additional international shipping charges. In stock. Usually ships in 3 days.

MEXICO VISTO POR EL CINE EXTRANJERO

by EMILIO GARCIA RIERA

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9684111630
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NEW ~ A six-volume collection covering the portrayal of Mexico in twentieth-century international film by Emilio Garcia Riera, a prolific scholar of Mexican cinema. Vol. I 1894-1940, 288 pp, 1987; Vol. II 1906-1940 Filmografia, 216 pp, 1987; Vol. 3 1941-1969, 238 pp, 1988; Vol. 4 1941-1969 Filmografia, 252 pp, 1988; Vol. 5 1970-1988, 190 pp, 1990; Vol. 6 1970-1988 Filmografia, 223 pp, 1990. Illustrations. Purchased in Mexico from the publisher as a set in 1991. Minor shelf wear: covers slightly rubbed. Weight may incur additional shipping charges. In stock. Usually ships in 3 days.

ARQUEOLOGIA DE LA INDUSTRIA EN MEXICO

by VICTORIA NOVELO, COORDINACION

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9688015024
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NEW ~ Museum catalogue from exhibit at the Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares in Coyoacan, Mexico, documenting nineteenth-century industries in Mexico. Eleven essays cover mining, manufacturing, transportation, and the like, with accompanying photographs and bibliographies. Introduction by Victoria Novelo. The essays cover the historical background of each topic -- glass, textile, and paper factories, mining, railroads, electricity, iron works, sugar mills, and more; poignant black-and-white photographs document abandoned machinery, ruined and overgrown factories. 274pp. Ilus. Minor shelf wear, scuffed cover. NOTE: Beware of dealers ignorant of the binding of their books.

JUAN O'GORMAN, 100 ANOS : TEMPLES, DIBUJOS Y ESTUDIOS PREPARATORIOS

by ROBERO VALLARINO, JULIETA ORTIZ GAITAN, GLORIA VILLEGAS MORENO ET AL

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9685234477
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NEW ~ Harcover, large-format, beautifully-illustrated catalogue of the Palacio de Cultural Banamex exhibit celebrating the 100th anniversary of this Mexican Modernist's birth. Essays in Spanish with images from the exhibit. Bibliography. Ils. Col. 245 p. Edition of 3000 / 3000 ejemplares. 4.5 lbs. will incur additional international shipping charges.

EL IMAGINARIO DE LA SEGUNDA INTERVENCION NORTEAMERICANA

by BLANCA GARCIA GUTIERREZ, LETICIA RIVERA CABRIELES, EUGENIA RODRIGUEZ AVILA, ET AL

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6079276526
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NEW ~ The second U.S. invasion of Mexico (1914) during the Mexican Revolution and its representation in rare photographs, graphics, and art. Excellent visual resource for historians and public museums. Presentacion: Almirante Secretario de Marina Vidal Francisco Soberon Sanz. Prologo: Patricia Galena, Directora General INHERM. Ilustraciones: fotografia e arte. 380 pp. En espanol / Spanish. Oversize volume. 6 lbs weight will incur additional international shipping charges.

MEMORIA EN LAS PIEDRAS

by ZOILA LAPIQUE BECALI

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9597126079
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NEW ~ A richly-illustrated history of nineteenth-century Cuban lithography--technology, individual lithographers, and the subject matter of the images, from maps to costumbrismo to political commentary to cigar box labels. Prologo: Eliseo Diego. 217 p. Il. map. fot. Minor shelf wear."La historia de la litografia en la Cuba colonial, sus iniciales balbuceos y su posterior articulacion al acontecer economico, politico y cultura de la isla, son abordados con amena minuciosidad en el presente volumen, que rinde tributo a quienes plasmaron en las piedras litograficas un capitulo imprescindible de la memoria de la nacion." Publicaciones de la Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad de La Habana.

PERU: PARQUES NACIONALES Y OTRAS AREAS DE CONSERVACION ECOLOGICA, TOMO I: KUNTURSUYO: EL TERRITORIO DEL CONDOR; TOMO II: UTURUNKUSUYO, EL TERRITORIO DEL JAGUAR

by BARBARA D'ACHILLE, CON LA COLABORACION DE ANTONIO BRACK EGG, Y WALTER H. WUST

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997240000X
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NEW ~ 2 Vols. Hardcover with dust jackets. Vol. I, Kuntursuyo: 2a edicion, 354 pp; Vol. II, Uturunkusuyo: 1a edicion, 361 pp. Articulos publicados originalmente en el diario El Comercio, de Lima. The essays in these hefty volumes cover both major national parks and lesser-known sacred sites of ecological conservation in Peru in all geographical regions--coastal, Andean, and Amazonian. En espanol / Spanish. Brand new--removed from original plastic to access publishing information. Weight over 8 lbs may result in additional shipping charges.

EL VOLCAN DE FUEGO DE COLIMA

by MAURICIO BRETON GONZALEZ

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6079136201
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NEW ~ This book documents the history of over five centuries of spectacular eruptions of the towering Volcan de Fuego, Colima, Mexico, with spectacular B&W and color photographs, maps, and illustrations. Bibliografia / bibliography. Glosario de terminos. 156 pp. Edition of only 100 hardcover copies, 1000 paperback. Solo 100 ejemplares con pasta rigida. RARE.

RARAMURI OSERIWARA ESCRITOS EN RARAMURI

by PATRICIO PARRA

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9701890124
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NEW ~ Premio Nezahualcoyotl de Literatura en Lengas Indigenas 2000. Cuentos Raramuri oseriwara (Escritos raramuri). Bilingual Raramuri - Espanol. Edition of 1000. 190 pp.

GRAMATICA RARAMURI

by DAVID BRAMBILA, S.J

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NEW ~ 644pp. Brief preface by Zacarias Marquez Terrazas, Departamento de Investigacion Historica de la Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, 2010. David Brambila, S.J. colaboracion de Jose Vergara Bianchi, S.F. Preface to first ed. Norogachi, 1953. Eighty chapters with an appendix.

PARADIGMA APOLOGETICO Y NOTICIA DE LA LENGUA HUASTECA CON VOCABULARIO, CATECISMO Y ADMINISTRACION DE SACRAMENTOS

by CARLOS DE TAPIA ZENTENO

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9688374067
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NEW ~ Estudio bibliografico y notas de Rafael Montejano y Aguinaga. Edicion de Rene Acuna. Instituto de Investigaciones Filologicas. Filologia, Gramatica y diccionarios 3. Edition 2000 / 2000 ejemplares. Some shelf wear, worn dust jacket.

EL CUADERNILLO DE LA LENGUA DE LOS INDIOS PAJALATES (1732) POR FRAY GABRIEL DE VERGARA Y EL CONFESONARIO DE INDIOS EN LENGUA COAHUILTECA

by FRAY GABRIEL DE VERGARA; EUGENIO DEL HOYO; LINO GOMEZ CANEDO

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NEW ~ Uncut pages. Transcription and facsimile. Introduction with a biographical sketch of Fray Gabriel de Vergara by Lino Gomez Canedo, Academy of American Franciscan History. Apendice: Material linguistico del Confesionario de Indios que no figura en el Manual del Padre Garcia. (Fray Gabriel de Vergara wrote the "Cuadernillo" at la Mision de la Purisima Concepcion del Rio de San Antonio (Tejas [Texas]) in 1732.) Publicaciones del Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. Serie: Historia 3. Materiales para la Etnohistoria del Noroeste de Mexico 1. Edition of 500 / Tiraje de 500 ejemplares. Minor shelf wear. 86 pp.

HOY GRANDIOSO ESTRENO! EL CARTEL CINEMATOGRAFICO EN MEXICO

by CARLOS BONFIL , COORDINADOR

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NEW ~ 307 pp. Illus. Over a century of Mexican film posters from the late nineteenth-century to the early twenty-first. Presentacion: Carlos Bonfil. Eight essays: "Los primeros anos de la promocion filmica," Federico Davalos Orozco; "Historias de la cartelistica de la Epoca de Oro," Francisco Peredo; "La obra de los artistas espanoles para el cine mexicano," Rogelio Agrasanchez jr.; "Cuando Cabral es la estrella de la pelicula," Rafael Barajas Duran El Fisgon; y mucho mas! 1000 ejemplares / edition of 1000. 2.5 lbs.

DICIONARIO YORUBA (NAGO) - PORTUGUES

by EDUARDO FONSECA JUNIOR

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NEW ~ light shelf wear. 436 pp. 1.5 lbs.
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