Search Results: Authors starting with S from Alla

NEW ~ Argentina's prize-winning author Ernesto Sabato (Rojas, Buenos Aires 1911 - 2011). Fisico (U. de la Plata); trabajo Laboratorio Curie, Francia, sobre radiacion atomica. En 1945 publico Uno y el universo y abandono su vocacion cientifica. Escribio El tunel (1948), Sobre heroes y tumbas (1961), y Abaddon el exterminador (1974). Premio Cervantes 1984. Economical edition in Coleccion Literatura Contemporanea 17. 480pp. Slight shelf wear possible. In stock at Alla ~ we usually ship in three days.

NEW ~ Jamie Sabines (Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico, 1926 - Mexico, D.F., 1999) poeta de vertiente "coloquialista" de lenguaje cotidiano y clara expresividad. SEP Lecturas Mexicanas, Segunda Serie #27. Esta edicion agotada contiene casi todo su obra. 305pp. En espanol / Spanish. Light shelf wear. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Premio Jabuti 1998, Ensaio e biografia ; Livro do ano 1998, Categoria nao-ficcao, Camara Brasileira do Livro. Biography of Brazil's celebrated author of children's books, also credited with initiating a publishing revolution in the country. New archival research reveals a complex man of his times. 392pp. Photographs and period illustrations throughout. Bibliography. Em portugues / Portuguese. Quality production. Light shelf wear to cover, fading. Price in pencil on front end paper.

NEW ~ Autor-ilustrador Javier Saez Castan vive en la provincia de Alicante. Humorous.

NEW ~ Attractive facsimile of this colorful manuscript from 1805 housed in the Archivo General de la Nacion in Mexico. Religious literature from the final years of the Spanish colonial era, including visual poems and colorfully illustrated pages. 301pp. Color. Facsimile with an informative introduction. En espanol. Hard to find. Light shelf wear to dust jacket. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Gustavo Sainz (Mexico, D.F., 1940 - Bloomington, IN, 2015): Narrador, ensayista y guionista. Premio Bellas Artes Narrativa (2003); Premio Villaurrutia con su novela La princesa del Palacio de Hierro (1974). SEP Lecturas Mexicanas, Segunda Serie 19. 357pp. Illustrations. En espanol / Spanish. Slight shelf wear to wrappers, pencil erasure on front end paper. Purchased from the publisher in the 1980s. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

Art historical study of the sixteenth-century church and convent at Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico. Instituto de Investigaciones Esteticas, Cuadernos de historia del art, n. 18. 144pp. 12 Illustrations and 20 Fotos. Bibliography. En espanol / Spanish. Interior pages unmarked. Un-read, but cover is worn, bent. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

A Spanish-language account of time among the Otomi of the Valle del Mezquital, Estado de Hidalgo. Not a formal ethnography, but rather a first-person account by Elisa Osorio Bolio de Saldivar who, influenced by musicologist Vicente Mendoza, composer Carlos Chavez, and others, went there to study Otomi music. Here she recounts her observations: devotees of Santo Nino, the market and school, the curandero, fiestas del Senor de Jalpan, Otomi theater, and so forth. 1943. Edicion numerada de 200: numero 31. Colofon. Very hard to find. Purchased used at Libreria Navarro, Mexico, D.F. in 1980s. Pages cut. Pencil on cover and first end paper. (See photo) Interior and binding fine. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Survey of technology and design in ancient Mexico, with sections on arquitectura domestica, mobiliario, indumentaria, herramientas, transporte, metalurgia, matematica & so forth. El temazcal, el atlaltl, sacbes, chinampas, and many other examples of pre-contact technology, with examples of post-contact changes, such as using pig skins for equipales. 223pp. Illustrations throughout. Bibliography. En espanol / Spanish. Minor shelf wear. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Near Fine. Cover rubbed, shelf worn. 636 pp. Illus. SPANISH / ESPANOL 1.75 lbs.

NEW ~ Near Fine. First three hefty volumes of five--an anthology of Peruvian theatrical works. Vol. I, 581 pp. #504; Vol. II, 581 pp. #349; Vol III in plastic wrap. SPANISH / ESPANOL 7 lbs. Weight may result in additional shipping charges.

NEW ~ 1a edicion del gran cuentista Guillermo Samperio (Mexico, D.F., 1948 - 2016). Publico 50+ libros de cuento, novela, ensayo, poesia y cronica. Escritura lucida sobre varios estratos sociales. Premios: Premio Casa de las Americas, Cuento; Bodegon gano 1er Premio El Chopo (UNAM) 1977. SEP Lecturas Mexicanas, Segunda Serie 38. 168pp. Minor shelf wear to cover, edges. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Hardcover / Cartone'. Argentina, Literatura Infantil. 10 oz. Spanish / espanol.

NEW ~ Prologo de Isabel Campos Groenaga. Cocina indigena hnahnu (Otomi) de la Valle del Mezquital, Hidalgo. Map. Photos. Bibliography. 127 pp. "Naturaleza y cocina... integra momentos historicos de una tradicion culinaria recuperada en imagenes etnograficas que dan cuenta de la biodiversidad y de la cultura hnahnu." En espanol / in Spanish.

NEW ~ Informative Spanish-language "guide" to the history of the Mexican city of Guanajuato, founded on wealth from Marfil and Valenciana, mines established in the sixteenth century. Photographs of plazas, fountains, churches. 97pp. Hard to find. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ slight cover scuffing, shelf wear. Pencil price front endpaper. 90 pp. B&W photographs. 1000 ejemplares. COLECCION CIUDAD DE LOS PALACIOS. SPANISH / ESPANOL. Esquina Argentina y Guatemala next to the Templo Mayor, Mexico City.

NEW ~ Literary criticism ~ chapters on well-known Chicano, border, fronterizo, transfronterizo literature, includes Miguel Mendez, Denise Chavez, Cristina Rivera Garza, and others. 269 pp. Edition of 500 / 500 ejemplares.

NEW ~ Literary criticism about the contradictions, ambiguities and oppositions in the life and work of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, with references to Octavio Paz and others. 180pp. Charts. Illustrations. Bibliography. En espanol / Spanish. Hard to find. Edition of only 200 / 200 ejemplares. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ A collection of essays on the history of Jesuit haciendas throughout Ibero-America from California and Zacatecas to Venezuela, Peru, Paraguay, and Brazil that focus primarily on slavery, the economy, and evangelization. Contributors: Manuel M. Marzal, Iris Gareis, Jean-Pierre Tardieu, Francisco de Borja Medina, Luis Arnal Simon, Ignacio de Rio, Jose del Ray Farjardo, Edda O. Samudio A., Pavel Stipanek, Maria Eugenai Codina, David Rodriguez, Miriam Salas Olivari, Ana Maria Soldi, Alicia Polvarini de Reyes, Guillermo Bravo A., Luis Alejandro ALvero, Felipe Gonzalez Mora, Sandra Negro, Jessica Esquivel Coronado, Carmen Ruiz de Pardo, Victor Hugo Limpias Ortiz, Rosana Najjar, Beatriz Vasconcellos Franzen. 571 pp. Illus. Maps. 500 ejemplares / edition of only 500. EN ESPANOL / IN SPANISH 2.25 lbs. Heavy weight cover. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW~good. Shelf worn, bent back corner of cover. Price in pencil inside front cover. SPANISH. 296pp. "Premio mejor trabajo de investigacion-compartido IV Bienal de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de Costa Rica, octobre 1998".