Search Results: Titles starting with D from Alla

NEW ~ Illustrated scientific descriptions of the tremendou variety of Brazilian birds--from Emu to Hummingbird--by accomplished scholar Eurico Santos, author of the 11 volume Zoologia Brasilica of which this is vol. 4. 396pp. Maps. Il. Notes. Bibliography. Em portugues / Portuguese. Light shelf wear to cover: rubbing, tiny dents in plastic coating. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ History of Portuguese expansion in the Amazon region during the seventeenth century with transcribed primary sources dating to 1615-63 many concerned with Indigenous enslavement. This documentary appendix comprises roughly half of the volume. Prefacio de Joaquim Verissimo Serrao. 509pp. 16 illustrations most color. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Em portugues / Portuguese. Light shelf wear - bend in front cover. Interior pages fine. Hard to find. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

History of resistance and rebellion by enslaved Africans in Brazil with chapters on rebellions and quilombos (maroons) in various regions (many corresponding to modern Brazilian states) by Jose Alipio Goulart. Colecao Temas Brasileiros 13. 294pp. Illustrations. Bibliography. Transcribed documents. Em portugues / Portuguese. Purchased used in Brasil. Cover worn, discolored especially edges & spine. Erasure on front end paper. Interior pages in fine condition, some uncut. One of the most curious physical characteristics of this book: the paper color is gray! In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ 282 pp. Series: Dialogos. Illus. Map and graphs. "Addressing such intriguing subjects as slave marriage, curanderismo, violence, and resistance, Proctor provides a newly complete picture of slavery in colonial Mexico." Relies on extensive research in civil and religious court records. Notes, bibliography, and index. 1 lb.

NEW ~ Author traces the history of the Danza de Moros y Cristianos de Naolinco from its origins in Islam-Christian conflicts in the Old World to its introduction and practice in Mexico. Details numerous aspects of mask making, the dance, various characters, lyrics, and performances. Many photographs of specific danzas, masks, costumes, practitioners, and so forth. 288pp. Glossary. Bibliography. Excellent condition. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Once relatos ambientados en los Andes y Lima por Edgardo Rivera Martinez. "La musica, la danza, la poesia, asi como lo sobrenatural o lo fantastico, se hallan presentes, de una u otra manera, en la mayoria si no en todos." 142pp. En espanol / Spanish

NEW ~ Now classic study of the fiestas, religious practices, and culture of the Tarahumara of Chihuahua, Mexico, highlighting the role of the Matachine dances. 548 pp. Color photographs, maps, and bibliography. En espanol / in Spanish.

NEW ~ Novela de Maria Luisa "La China" Mendoza (Guanajuato, 1903 - D.F., 2018): Periodista y escritora, estudio letras en la UNAM y escenografia INBA. PN Periodismo y Premio Diaz de Castillo, 1972, por Cronicas de Chile. 212pp. SEP Lecturas Mexicanas II, # 23. Edicion de letra grande / Large type. Minor shelf wear to covers. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ "Un mito maya en espanol y en tseltal, de la tradicion oral de la zona norte de Chiapas, que nos invita a escuchar la voz de los hombres descendientes del maiz." A Maya myth recounting the origins of maize, the sacred food--bilingual in Spanish and Tseltal (maya of northern Chiapas, Mexico). 20 pp.

NEW ~ light shelf wear. 59 pp. 1500 ejemplares / edition of 1500. EN ESPANOL / IN SPANISH 4 oz.Federico Campbell nacio en Tijuana, Baja California, en 1941.

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 ~ Literary autobiography by Mexico's accomplished writer Maria Luisa Mendoza (Guanajuato, Gto.) In the original Spanish. En espanol. 55pp. Illustrations. New copy, with Alla stamp on end paper. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Literary autobiography by accomplished Mexican author Aline Pettersson (Mexico, D.F. 1938). 64pp. Illustrations. In Spanish / en espanol. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ 65 escritos de Julio Torri (Saltillo 1889 - CDMX 1970), escritor, abogado desde 1913, en 1933 Doctor de Letras UNAM. En 1908 se traslado al DF y el ano siguiente fundo con Henriquez Urena, Vasconcelos, Antonio Caso, y Alfonso Reyes el Ateneo de la Juventud. Academia Mexicana de la Lengua. En espanol / Spanish. In the SEP Lecturas Mexicanas series of paperbacks with larger typeface and sewn binding. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ "De hombres y dioses compila una serie de trabajos selectos presentados en el 47o. Congreso Internacional de Americanistas, celebrado en Nueva Orleans, Louisiana, Estados Unidos, que tienen como denominador comun el tema de la religion de los pueblos indios de Mexico...." 326 pp. Seven essays with illustrations and bibliographies. En espanol / in Spanish.

NEW ~ Prologo: Patricia Galeana Herrera, Directora General del INEHRM. Introduccion: Federico Lazarin Miranda, Coordinador del posgrado en Historia de la Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa. Ocho ensayos historicos. Eight essays from U.S. diplomatic precursors through the military invasion of Veracruz, including "La dictadura huertista y sus politicas navales," "El incidente de Tampico y los primeros planes de la invasion," "El desembarco y la ocupacion del puerto de Veracruz," "En defensa de la patria: el caso de la Escuela Naval Militar," "Carranza, los Estados Unidos y la evacuacion de Veracurz." 440 pp. En espanol / Spanish. 3 lbs. oversize - may result in additional shipping charge.

NEW ~ slight shelf wear, erasure on front endpaper. 124 pp. 2000 ejemplares / only 2000 printed in this first edition. Coleccion: Voces de Yucatan. EN ESPANOL / IN SPANISH 6 oz.Short stories. "Hasta hoy nadie describio a Yucatan como en este libro. Mundo magico, pero dolorasamente real...."

NEW ~ 426 pp. Signed by the author. Tiraje 500 ejemplares / edition of 500. Cover some wear. EN ESPANOL / IN SPANISH 1.25 lbs. Rare

NEW ~ Exposicion del Museo Nacional de Historia Noviembre 2009 - Febrero 2010. Color portraits primarily of elites and political figures (such as Benito Juarez) in Mexico showing the transition from Spanish colonial to national identity with essays by the authors. Full-page color illustrations of paintings by MIguel Cabrera, Jose de Paez, Pelegrin Clave, Joseph Mariano, Juan Cordero, Edouard Pingret, and many others. Ils. Col. 213 p. An attractive book in Spanish on quality paper. Edition of 2000 / 2000 ejemplares. Brand new. Removed from plastic wrap to access publishing information. RARE

NEW ~ During the seventeenth-century Dutch occupation of northeast Brazil, Mauricio de Nassau amassed a collection of cultural objects from Brazil -- in this attractive publication with 44 color illustrations, Mariana de Campos Francozo presents the history of this important ethnographic and anthropological material. 287pp. Illustrations. Bibliography. Em portugues / Portuguese. Brand new book. In stock. Usually ships in three days.