NATALIA REVILLA: EL PORVENIR ES EL PASADO QUE VIENE = THE FUTURE IS THE PAST THAT COMES.; Encuentros cercanos #2. Editores Nancy La Rosa, Miguel A. López, Juan Salas
Lima: Ediciones Delmasacá, 2012. b/w plates, duo tone pict. fldg. wrps. LIMITED EDITION OF 600. "ENCUENTROS CERCANOS is a collection of artists' books and texts on visual arts. published in Lima."--Colophon. Monographic publications of visual artists, or written essays."--Colophon. Monographic publications of visual artists, or written essays. "The drawings of Natalia Revilla (b. Lima 1981) explore violence through a... Read More
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ALBUM DE ANIMALES MEXICANOS.; Ilustraciones de Gabriel Fernández Ledesma
México: Ediciones de la Secretaría de Educación Pública, 1944. (Rebound with facsimile wrapppers). color plates, illus., b/w charts, wrps. CLASSIC illustrated book . Book is interesting in how it is printed, in the French leaf fashion, i.e. where each page is a double page joined at the foredge, and in this case clearly from recycled paper since one... Read More
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ASI ES MEXICO.; Texto de Eduardo de Ontañon
México: Departamento de Turismo de la Secretaria de Gobernacion; Asociacion Mexicana de Turismo, 1935. draws., illus., illus. wrps. Illustrated tourist guide of Mexico, with gastronomical and historical information.
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LIRA POPULAR: POESIA POPULAR IMPRESA DEL SILO XIX; Colección Alamiro de Avila. Serie Iconografia Chilena
Santiago de Chile: IV. Selección y prólogo: Micaela Navarrete A. Santiago de Chile, Editorial Universitaria, Archivo de Literatura Oral y Tradiciones Populares, Departamento de Extensión Cultural, 1999. plus 17 b/w facs. of illus. plates, loose-as-issued in fldg. pict. portfolio. 19th century Chilean broadsides, very similar to those in Mexico by Posada. Facsimiles of originals.
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PAPERMIND. THE AFTER 8 FANZINE. EXOTIC DESDE CULO DEL MUNDO. MARZO 08, NÚM 5; Participants: Ini, Yisa, Traffic Budo, $000.000.00, Brocoli, Manuel Cordova, Ojozudrdo, Lovv, Nicole Penjean, Cesar Scotti, Ocio, Jose Zubicueta, CartelSebucsca, Pinto Z, Victor Hugo Bravo, Mateo Goycolea, Coco, Jlio Carrasco, Claudia Gacitua, Mato
Barcelona, 2008. Special issue devoted to Chile. The fanzine is normally produced in Spain. Several totally independent projects of several totally independent subjects, within a same drawer. We hoped that you open it. Edition of 100. Jorge González, artista y gran promotor del arte en nuestro país, Lanzamiento del número ESPECIAL de CHILE de PAPERMIND "The after 8 fanzine",... Read More
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J. TORRES-GARCÍA, 1874-1949: EXPOSICIÓN ANTOLÓGICA
Madrid: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, 1973. facs, cat., b/w and color plates, ports, bibliographical references (page 61), color pict. fldg. wrps. Catálogo de la exposición que reunió 122 obras del artista uruguayo.
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LACA-LACA: CALACAS Y CALAVERAS. HOMENAJE A POSADA
México: [publisher not identified], 1991. b/w plates, pict. spiral-bound cardboard wrps. LIMITED EDITION OF 2/50. PRESENTATION COPY. Illustrated by noted late 20th century contemporary artist with Day of the Dead skulls and skeletons.
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JOAQUIN TORRES GARCIA: ESCRITOS.; Selección analítica y prólogo, Juan Fló. Colección Ensayo y testimonio
Montevideo: Editorial Arca, 1974. (very good copy). b/w plates, facs., draws., bibliographical references, ind., wrps. A selection of mostly brief fragments of larger texts written by master artist Joaquin Torres-García (b. Uruguay 1874-1949),"that ordered by topic, provide a precise but not impoverished scheme of the thoughts of the painter. The criterion used was, given great continuity Torres García,... Read More
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LIBRO DE LECTURA PARA USO DE LAS ESCUELAS NOCTURNAS PARA TRABAJADORES.; Primer Grado. Serie S.E.P.
México: Comisión Editora Popular de la Secretaría de Educación Pública, 1938. (partly detached spine, chipping and some soiling on boards, missing section in T.p., some water stains in pages, not affecting text). b/w ills., facs., plus ind., color pict. boards. School text book written for adults attending night classes for the equivalent of first grade in Mexico during... Read More
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CARMEN CALVO; La Casa Misteriosa de Carmen Calvo./The Mysterious House of Carmen Calvo
México: Museo de Arte Moderno, INBA, 1998. b/w and color plates, cat., bio/chron., illus. endpapers. Frt. cover sculpture in shadow box, black-cloth cover. Work of Calvo (b. 1950, Valencia, Spain) who launched her career in the 70s. She is interested in painting and especially in its three-dimensional possibilities and interventions. Her "Hall of Mirrors" was featured at the 1996... Read More
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AUGUSTO DE CAMPOS: POEMAS; Antologia bilingue.. Selección traducción y estudio crítico: Gonzalo M. Aguilar
Buenos Aires: Instituto de Literatura Hispanoamericana, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1994. b/w plates (1 fldg.), bibl., pict. wrps. SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE TEXT. Collection of poems from Agusto de Campos (b. 1931, Brazil) who launched the literary magazine "Noigandres" and is associated with the Concrete Poetry movement.
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GUADALAJARA
México: Departamento de Turismo de la Secretaria de Gobernacion; Asociacion Mexicana de Turismo/Mexican Tourist Association, 1944. b/w plates, frontis., plan, map, illus., color pict. wrps. Travel guide for the city of Guadalajara featuring its folklore, architecture and history, containing the same photographic illustrations as the Spanish edition.
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CRUZADA, LA REVISTA DE LOS NIÑOS. AÑO 1, NO. 54.; (cover reads No. 53)
México: J.A. Romero Editor, 1939. color and b/w plates. Weekly publication with chromo color cover.
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A VANGUARDA NO URUGUAI: BARRADAS E TORRES-GARCÍA
São Paulo: Banco do Brasil, Centro Cultural, 1996. bios./chrons., b/w and color plates, cats., pict. fldg wrps. TEXT IN ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE. An exhibition put on by the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo of the works of these two Uruguayan vanguard artists. Text includes critical essays by Julio María Sanguinetti and Angel Kalenburg on these two artists.... Read More
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DOS CUENTOS MAZATECOS; Versión Castellana de Carlos Antonio Castro G.
Chiapas: Ciudad Las Casas, 1956. b/w and color illus., wrps. Limited edition of 350 copies.
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POESIA VISUAL ARGENTINA.; Recop: Juan C. Romero; Fernando G. Delgado. Ensayos de Gonzalo Aguilar, Roberto Cinoni, Fernando Davis, Patricia Delman, Belén Gache, Jorge Santiago Perednik y Juan Carlos Romero
Buenos Aires: Vortice Argentina Ediciones, 2006. color plates, ind., color wrps. Visual poetry of 34 Argentinean artists: Rodrigo Alvarez, Carolina Andreetti, Laura Andreoni, María Rosa Andreotti, Alejandra Bocquel, Andrea Cárdenas, Mónica Christiansen, Roberto Cignoni, Claudia del Rio, Lilian Escobar, Rosa Farfán, Fernando Fazzolari, Paula Ferraresi, León Ferrari, Luján Fúnes, Fernando García Delgado, Viviana Macías, Claudio Mangifesta, Maribel Martínez, Norberto... Read More
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DEFENSORES DE LA PATRIA; Cuadernos del Niño Mexicano
México: Ediciones de la SEP, 1943. color plates, color pict. wrps. Concise stories of Mexican heroes and defenders illustrated by noted Mexican artist Gabriel Fernández Ledesma.
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JARDINILLOS DE NAVIDAD Y AÑO NUEVO.; Navidad del 44
Mex: Editorial Stylo, 1944. color fldg. pict. wrps. FRONT COVER READS: "JARDINILLOS: POSADAS." Charming cover illustration for special edition of Christmas "Posada" story, songs from 1840. PRESENTATION COPY by Editorial Stylo. Appears to be a special gift book created by the editorial house for Christmas of 1944.
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TORRES GARCÍA
Montevideo: Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, 1974. b/w and color plates, b/w ports., cat., illus., diags., bio., color pict. wrps. Fine exhibition catalogue with much historical data.
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CARTILLA MAYA-ESPAÑOL; Para los Monolingües Mayas de Yucatán, Campeche y Quintana Roo
Mexico: Secretaría de Educación Poblica, Instituto de Alfabetización en Lenguas Indígena, 1946. wear and tear on spine; Wrappers detached. b/w illus., pict. wrps. Illustrations by Angelina Beloff and Gabriel Fernandez Ledesma. Ilustrations were part of the Open Air School program of regional education. MAYAN AND SPANISH TEXT.
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GUADALAJARA.; Edicion en español
México: Departamento de Turismo de la Secretaría de Gobernación, Asociacion Mexicana de Turismo, 1944. b/w plates, frontis., plan, map, illus., color pict. wrps. Travel guide for the city of Guadalajara featuring its folklore, architecture and history, illustrated with b/w photographs of many of the attractions cited.
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MANIOBRAS ARTILUGIOSAS, PARA UN ARTE DESAPLICADO. GLOSARIOS DE ABREVIATURAS
Bogotá, 2003. Plastic laminate with text and threads over the explanation of the "tejido frivolite" EDITION OF 3.
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RAUL LUNA: ROUPA DE TRABALHO
São Paulo: Contra Editora, 2013. b/w plates, wrps. OCLC: 862739303. Artist book created by Raul Luna. This is devoted to censorship "Contra is a collaborative publishing platform created by designer and editor Guilherme Falcão that deals with visual culture. Believing that graphic design is, by definition, an area of free transmutation of contents, we edit publications combining restlessness with... Read More
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EL CANTO DE LA VICTORIA: ESCENA CHINACA EN 1867
México: Secretaría de Educación Pública, 1927. Very Good, top right corner of front wrap chipped away.. six full-color plates, two done in striking Art Deco style, the others reproducing paintings from the French Intervention period showing Mexican historical types and dress. Program issued for a theatrical play, dealing with the nationalist defeat of Maximilian's interventionist government, produced as... Read More
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Carnation Catalog and Beauty Book. No. 26A. A High-Class Line of Creams, Face Perfumes, Talcum Powders, Toilet Waters, Perfumes and Other Toilet Requisites, Flavorings, Spices, Medicines and Other Household Articles
St. Louis: Carnation Toilet Co, 1895. Wraps. Stapled. Good. N.d. Circa 1890s. 8vo. 19 by 13.5 cm. 32 pp., plus wraps. No copies of this catalogue show up on OCLC First Search. The only company catalogue that does appear on OCLC is a 1922 catalogue held by the Missouri Historical Society. This catalogue is obviously considerably earlier, both... Read More
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