Mexico from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Boston: Shambhala Redstone Editions, 1993. First Edition. 12mo (16cm). Black cloth, stamped in lavender foil on spine and front cover; 160pp; chiefly illus. In published two-part box, with four reproduction postcards, one facsimile pamphlet and two folded broadsides laid in, as issued. Complete and Fine, with just trivial surface rubbing to the box.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); dark blue cloth spine over blue paper-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [4],5-316,[4]pp. Fine in an unclipped dustjacket (priced $12.95) with light foxing to verso, mild edgewear, and a closed tear on bottom of rear flap; Very Good… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); red cloth spine over black paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [ii],[8],9-296,[6]pp. Small spot on 31-32pp., else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $16.95) with faint wrinkle on bottom of rear panel; Near Fine. Castaneda's seventh novel creates a "sorcerer's world" through… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); black cloth spine over paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [8],9-286,[2]pp. Fine in an unclipped dustjacket (priced $17.95) with trivial wear, else Fine. Castaneda's eighth novel. [82113].

New York: Louis Carrier & Co, 1928. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22.25cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in red on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; [8],9-415,[1]pp, with photographic frontispiece and 27 illustrations. Crown gently nudged, hint of foxing to title page, with gift inscriptions on front pastedown and front endpaper; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced… Read more about this item

New York: Harper Collins, 1998. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24.5cm); blue and light cream paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in blue on spine and decorative element embossed on front cover; dustjacket; 225pp; black & white photographs throughout. A Fine copy in an unclipped dustjacket (priced U.S.A. $25.00, Canada $35.50), Near Fine. Castaneda's tenth book, a practical manual to… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); maroon cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 316pp. Small ink stamp on rear pastedown, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $9.95) with light sunning, tiny scuff to rear panel; Near Fine. The American anthropologist's fifth novel.… Read more about this item

New York: Vantage Press, Inc, 1970. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); olive green paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-176pp. Pinpoint wear to base of spine, with a small rubbed spot with minor board exposure to lower rear board edge; Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, uncilpped (priced $3.95), with light wear to… Read more about this item

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1969. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); orange cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in blue and black on spine; dustjacket; [vi],[2],3-202pp. Some offsetting to joints from binder's glue, else Near Fine. Priceclipped dustjacket shows light surface wear and a few tiny tears; Near Fine. Collection of twelve short stories in the author's native… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1849. First Edition. First printing. Small octavo (20cm). Publisher's blind-embossed boards, spine titled in gilt; x,[10]386pp. A straight copy, structurally sound with minimal external rubbing; spine cloth sun-faded but gilt still bright and legible; text moderately foxed throughout - still Very Good overall, and better than usually seen. With the contemporary ownership signature of a… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1848. Twelfth Edition. Two octavo volumes (23cm). Publisher's vertically-ribbed green cloth, stamped in gilt on fronts and spines; plain endpapers; I: [i]-iv,[2],[v]-[x],[9]-424pp; II: [x],[7]-474pp; vol. I with frontispiece, map, 21 lithographic plates, and in-text wood engravings; vol. II with bifold frontispiece and 45 plates and wood engravings. An attractive set, lightly rubbed with minor… Read more about this item

Mexico: Blas Vanegas Arroyo, 1919. Broadside, printed in black on newsprint (measuring 40cm x 60cm), with text in six columns, large engraving at center, beneath five smaller ones. Faint horizontal fold smoothed out at center, a few tiny tears along margins, expected toning; Very Good or better. Well-preserved example of this large Calavera broadside attributed to Manuel Manilla (see… Read more about this item

Paris: Harrison of Paris, 1934. First, Limited Edition. Number 78 of 895 numbered copies. Second state, with corrected text on p.52, that leaf a cancel. Octavo. Red cloth, titles stamped in gilt on spine; t.e.g.; unprinted acetate jacket and publisher's slipcase; 81pp. A Near Fine copy, a shade sunned on spine as usual. In the original slipcase, slightly toned… Read more about this item

N.p., n.d. [Hopedale: 1848?]. 16mo (15cm). Sewn self-wrappers; 12pp. A worn copy, stain on first leaf bleeds (with diminishing effect) through entire text; marginal loss to final leaf, not costing text; still, complete and Good. Issued without imprint, but likely printed at Adin Ballou's Hopedale Community, where Wright was a resident (but see note below). Date of composition is… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1935. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.5cm); blue cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and in blind to front cover; blue topstain; dustjacket; xx,163,[1]pp. Gentle sunning to spine ends and upper board edges; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), gently sunned, lightly shelfworn and dust-soiled, with… Read more about this item

Washington DC: Smithsonian, 1993. First Edition. Oblong quarto. Cloth boards in dust jacket; xix, 296pp. Bilingual text in English and Spanish. Illus. in b&w and color throughout. A tight, clean, near-new copy. Minor shelf wear to jacket, spine mildly sunned. Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Published in conjunction with exhibition of the same name at Yale University Art… Read more about this item

Santa Ana, CA: Friis-Pioneer Press, 1982. First Edition. First printing. Signed by both authors on front free endpaper. Octavo. Brown cloth hardcover; gilt spine and cover titles, 247pp. A fine copy, free of markings or notable wear.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. First Edition. First Printing. 8vo. 22cm x 15cm. Publisher's dark blue cloth. Dustjacket. Titled in gilt and orange to spine and front board, clean and strong, in a bright, striking pictorial dustjacket. A near fine copy. 287pp. Internally clean. Scarlet endpapers. A classic of esoteric exploration, magical enlightenment, and some specifically Mexican mysticism.… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1940. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Green cloth hardcover; dustjacket; maroon top-stain; 642pp. Tight, straight and unmarked, with top-stain deep and unfaded; Near Fine. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.75 on front flap), lightly sunned and edge-rubbed with a short closed tear to upper margin of front panel; Very Good. An epic novel of… Read more about this item

New York: Coward-McCann, 1957. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 320pp; illus. Tight, square, and Near Fine in the original dustwrapper, priced on front flap, slightly soiled and edgeworn, Very Good. Account of American imperial adventures throughout the Caribbean and Latin America in the years between the Mexican-American War and the Civil War. Includes… Read more about this item