Search Results: Authors starting with R from Alla

NEW ~ Lavishly-illustrated, hardcover quality production in Portuguese that investigates Jewish influence in Brazilian history. Begins with background on Jews in Iberia, but especially focuses on the seventeenth-century. Part I: research by Prof. Elias Lipiner "A Colonia Judeica no Brasil Colonia"; Part II: essays and other texts by rabbis Isaac Aboab da Fonseca and Mosseh Rephael d'Aguilar. Edited by Rabino Y. David Weitman. 309pp. Illustrations. Chronology. Indices. Additional ISBN, Imprensa Oficial do Estado de Sao Paulo: 9788570602251. Fine condition, slight wear to dust jacket. In stock. Usually ships in three days. Hard-to-find publication.Oversize volume, weight will incur additional international shipping charges.

NEW ~ Originally published in English as Wandering Peoples: Colonialism, Ethnic Spaces, and Ecological Frontiers in Northwestern Mexico, 1700-1850, this translation by Arturo Valencia Ramos brings Cynthia Radding's award-winning study to Spanish-language audiences. 470 pp. Maps and tables. Notes and bibliography. Edition of 1000 / 1000 ejemplares. Erasure on front end paper. En espanol / Spanish. In stock. Usually ships in 3 days.

Anthropologist Carlos Rafael Cabarrus observed and studied religious beliefs, practices, and identity among Indigenous Maya of the Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. 168pp. Although pre-owned, this book is in near-new condition--no markings, pages clean, cover in very good shape. 168pp. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

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.

NEW ~ Indigenous Huave oral accounts recorded by the author in San Mateo del Mar during the 1970s, then transcribed and revised. Introduction consists of a brief ethnography of the Huaves, along with a description of the author's methodology. Stories are organized by subject matter. 286pp. Maps. Bibliography. En espanol. First and only edition of 1000 / 1000 ejemplares. Light shelf wear--pencil and erasure on front end paper. Shop inventory--purchased from the publisher in Mexico, D.F. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Very Good+ Cover slightly scuffed, faded at spine. Paper faded. 181pp. B&W Illus. SPANISH / ESPANOL. Transcribed documents concerning the construction of the Mexico City cathedral.

NEW ~ First edition of this novel by award-winning Nicaraguan author Sergio Ramirez; illustrated with photos by Rosanna Lacayo. "Sergio Ramirez ha dicho que esta es su novela mas querida porque es la historia de su infancia, de su familia en Masatepe, el pueblo donde nacio." 236pp. Since 1980 Alla has been supplying Spanish language books to universities and individuals. Shop inventory, minor shelf wear. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ By Mexican author Rafael Ramirez Heredia (Tampico, Tamaulipas, 1942 - Mexico, D.F., 2006). In the original Spanish. En espanol. Coleccion: Literatura Contemporanea Seix Barral, 37. Economical edition. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ El famoso cuento titular y cinco mas. Rafael Ramirez Heredia (Tampico, Tamaulipas, 1942 - Mexico, D.F., 2006): periodista, cronista taurino, dramaturgo, escritor. Estudio contaduria ESCA (IPN) pero pronto paso de "contador de cuentas, a contador de cuentos". El Rayo Macoy gano el Premio Internacional de Cuento Juan Rulfo en Paris (1984). La novela La Mara el Premio Dashiel Hammett (2005). SEP Lecturas Mexicanas, Segunda Serie 51. 125pp. Letra grande / large type. Light shelf wear such as rubbing to wrappers and edges, pencil erasure on front end paper. Purchased from the publisher in the late 1980s. In stock. Usually ship in three days.

NEW ~ 102 pp. Illus. B&W and color photographs. Contemporary photography exhibition (2013) catalogue, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. EN ESPANOL / IN SPANISH 12 oz.

NEW ~ Lexografia. Dictionary with definitions and examples from publications such as newspapers and magazines. Es "una adecuada muestra del espanol hablado en el Peru, que incluye palabras de las mas diversas areas de la vida, la naturaleza y la actividad humana. Se incluyen determinadas voces como novedades, que no estan en el Diccionario de la Real Academia Espanola...." 249 pp.

NEW ~ ". . . un recorrido por la historia de una agroindustria mexicana, la industria pulquera, que paso de una epoca de esplendor, al finalizar el siglo XIX y en la primera decada del siglo XX, a su ocaso como gran negocio, hacia 1930, influyendo en ello el movimiento revolucionario y el inicio del reparto agrario en el altiplano central del pais." Illustrations. Bibliography. 507 pp. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

Comprehensive historic and anthropological overview of the Matlatzincas of the Valle de Toluca, Mexico, until 1650. Two main sections: prehispanic and colonial with subsections on social organization, economy, religion, calendrics, and so forth. 142pp. Maps (2 foldout), charts, bibliography. En espanol / Spanish. Edition of only 1000/ 1000 ejemplares. Interior pages are unmarked and in excellent condition, light shelf wear to cover. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Includes DVD. Fascinating ethnographic study of the Otomi (Comonfort and San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico) festive practice of printing colorful religious symbols on tortillas. Texts based on interviews. Coleccion Arte y Culturas Populares de Guanajuato numero 4. Trilingual: Spanish, Otomi, English. Traduccion espanol-otomi: Yolanda de Leon de Santiago. Traduccion espanol-ingles: Paige Mitchell. 280 pp. 196 illustrations. Bibliography. Edition of 1000 / 1000 ejemplares. Cover worn along edges/interior in fine condition.

NEW ~ Eight short stories by Mexico's Rafael Ramirez Heredia set in a topical port. Signed by the author on the dedication page: "Alla RRH 2005." New copy with pencil on front end paper. 189pp. In the original Spanish. En espanol. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Literary autobiography by prize-winning Mexican author ("y aficionado a los toros, a los tragos y al canto popular mexicano") Rafael Ramirez Heredia (Tampico, Tamaulipas, 1942). 64pp. Illustrations. En espanol / Spanish. Hard to find. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ 82 pp. Illus. B&W and color photography. Contemporary photographic exhibition (2014) catalogue from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Series: Memoria del futuro. Artes visuales. EN ESPANOL / IN SPANISH 10 oz.

NEW ~ UNAM ISBN: 9786070253942. 410 pp. First 1992 edition only 148 pp. New prologue by Patricia Galeana. Edition of 1000 / 1000 ejemplares. "En medio de una oleada de asesinatos politicos registrados en el Mexico de la segunda y tercera decadas del siglo XX, entre militares y civiles ansiosos por entronizarse en la silla presidencial, la historia tradicional registra algo insolito: la entrada en escenda de una mujer, de una monja...."

NEW~ Very Good. Boards scuffed and shelf worn, tear in top of spine at back. Alla stamp on front endpaper. 265 pp. Series: SomoSur 5 SPANISH (with English summaries). Argentine architectural projects by SACRISTE, CAVERI, HAMPTON, RIVOIRA, GRAMATICA, GUERRERO, MORINI, PISANI, URTUBEY, LACROZE, MIGUENS, PUPPO, FAIVRE, ROMAN, MOSCATO, SCHERE, CARRETTONE, DECARO, SANCHEZ, SORONDO, URIBURU, CASIRAGHI, CASSINA, GRANGELLA, NET, MOSCATO, JOUSSE, TOZZI

NEW-very good. Some cover wear; pencil. SPANISH.