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NEW ~ Very Good+ 402 pp. Translation from French. This is the second Spanish edition, corrected by the author. Produced under the director of Juan Rulfo, Subdirector de Publicaciones del INI. SPANISH / ESPANOL 1.25 lbs.

NEW ~ Roberto Da Matta's study of Brazilian popular culture during the dictatorship--a sort of "urban anthropology"--translated to Spanish by Tatiana Sule for this first Spanish-language edition. 352pp. In Spanish / en espanol. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ A graphic interdisciplinary history of water (springs, wells, rivers, etc.) and its usage in the Mexican state of Michoacan based primarily on visual depictions, from prehispanic codices and colonial paintings to modern maps, as well as archival documents. Beautifully illustrated coffee table type book. 429pp. Illustrations throughout, mostly color. Maps, charts. En espanol / Spanish. Anexos and indices. Light rubbing to dust jacket (see photo). In stock. Usually ships in three days. Heavy weight will require additional shipping charges.

NEW ~ Instituto de Investigaciones Historicas, Serie Cultura Nahuatl, Monografias: 27. Prologo de Miguel Leon-Portilla. A selection of 33 painted maps produced using European and Indigenous map-making traditions and representing places in Central Mexico: Malinalco, Ixtlahuaca, Puebla, and Hidalgo. Housed at the Archivo General de la Nacion (Mexico). Editors' analysis in vol. I, 222pp.; foldout reproductions of the maps in vol. II. En espanol. Edition of 1000. Two paper cover volumes in a maroon cloth slipcase. Vol. II back cover slightly creased at spine to allow for foldout maps. Slipcase some wear, has publishers sticker. Weight and size will incur additional international shipping. Hard to find! In stock. Usually ships in three days.

Two-volume classic study of the Indigenous Chamula of los Altos de Chiapas, number 14 of INI's Clasicos de la Antropolgia Mexicana series. Illustrations by Mexican modernist Alberto Beltran. Vol I, 401pp, with foldout map; Vol II, 250pp. Photographs. Bibliography. Edition of 2000 / 2000 ejemplares. En espanol / Spanish. Light shelf wear to covers, vol. 2 cover dented. Pages unmarked, clean. In stock. Usually ships in three days. Two volumes will incur additional international shipping charges.

NEW ~ Cayapa language in Ecuador. First edition in two volumes: 254 pp.; 302 pp. Near Fine. Alla stamp on front endpaper. No ISBN. En espanol. 3.5 lbs. Weight may result in an increase to international shipping charges.

NEW ~ George Pierre Castile's classic study of change, adaptation, and "acculturation" among Indigenous Purepecha (Tarasco) in Cheran, a pueblo in the Mexican state of Michoacan. INI: Subdirector: Alfonso Villa Rojas; Jefe de Publicaciones: Juan Rulfo. Traduccion de Antonieta S. M. de Hope y Maria Elena Hope. 218pp. Map, charts, 36 B&W photos. 9pp. Bibliography. Hardcover copy with light shelf wear to dust jack. Purchased from INI in Mexico, D.C. in consultation with Juan Rulfo. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ The Chilam Balam of the Yucatan are texts that recorded Maya knowledge and thought, including calendrics, religion, medicine, history and colonial culture. This attractive edition includes a facsimile of the Ixil manuscript, a side-by-side transcription of the Mayan text with the Spanish translation, and an analytical essay by Laura Caso Barrera. Presentacion de Pilar Gonzalbo A. 185pp. Illustrations. Bibliography. Brand new copy. In stock at Alla, Santa Fe, NM. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Chocolate (cacao) in ancient Mexico with pre-hispanic, colonial, and modern texts in Spanish, with English and French translations. 96 pp.

NEW ~ First published in 1947, anthropologist Ruth Landes' pioneering English-language study of the Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomble in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Written as a first-person observational story, the text is both readable and informative. Introduction by Sally Cole. 251pp. Photographs. Glossary. Slight shelf wear. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

Hardcover copy of the Mexican Aztec or Mexica pictographic Codex Mendoza, with Nahuatl text accompanying the images and glyphs. Book text in French. Translation from the Spanish by Dominique Bourne. Color illustrations throughout. 121pp. Bibliography. Book in near fine condition, light wear to dust jacket. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

Translation to Spanish from Nahuatl and Introduction by Primo Feliciano Velazquez. Preface by Miguel Leon-Portillo. 161pp. Indices. Facsimiles in appendix (unnumbered pages.) 2nd ed. of the 1945 1st edition. En espanol / Spanish. Interior pages are unmarked and clean, yellowing with age. Cover shows shelf wear, especially at corners and edges. Hard-to-find edition of this classic text of Mexican Indigenous history. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Near Fine. Slight damage at bottom of spine. 193 pp. Illus. Bilingual commentary on facing pages ESPANOL / SPANISH & MAYA. Attractive production. Bilingual commentary text first 77 pages, then a centerfold of the codex, and the remainder color reproductions of codex pages. 14 oz.

NEW ~ Two volumes in slipcase. Vol. 1, paper cover, 293 pp. Vol 2, hardcover, facsimile of codex. History of the encomienda and governors of Tepetlaoztoc; maps relating to the geographical limits and natural surroundings. SPANISH / ESPANOL 2000 ejemplares / edition of 2000. Over 5 lbs. Weight and size may result in an increase in international shipping costs. In stock. Usually ships in 3 days.

NEW ~ Documentation related to a 1565 legal case involving indigenous Nahua, Matlatzinca of Tlacotepec, Mexico. Hardcover with slipcase. 74 pp. Two foldouts. SPANISH / ESPANOL 1000 ejemplares / edition of 1000. In stock. Usually ships in three days. 2.5 lbs. Oversize. Will incur additional international shipping charges.

NEW ~ Facsimile of Mexican codex about Indigenous Matlatzinca people and land. Transcription of Nahuatl text with Spanish translation. Also Matlatzinca language texts. Hardcover maroon cloth book in slipcase. Fine. 101 pp., plus facsimile of codex. 3 lbs. Weight and oversize may result in increased shipping costs. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Facsimile edition of the amate codex from Techialoyan de San Francisco Xonacatlan, northeast of Toluca in the state of Mexico. Includes an informative contextualization of the codex, as well as a transcription of the Nahuatl text. Hardcover maroon cloth book in slipcase. SPANISH / ESPANOL Fine. 150 pp., plus facsimile of codex. Illus. Maps. 5 lbs. Weight and oversize format may result in increased international shipping costs. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Facsimile of the pictographic codex from Huixquilucan in the Sierra de las Cruces west of Mexico City. Also known as the Codice Hemenway. Painted on amate paper with script in Nahuatl dating to 1532. Spanish text. Paleography. 105pp., plus facsimile. Bibliography. Hard cover cloth book in a cloth slipcase. Edition of 2000. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

New ~ Two-volume set of significant documents for the history of colonial Mexico. Vol. I (544pp.) includes Fray Toribio de Motolinia's valuable "Historia de los indios de Nueva Espana." Tercera edicion facsimilar. First edition 1858-1866. New copy imported from Mexico by Alla, Santa Fe, NM. In publisher's original plastic wrap. In stock. Usually ships in three days. Multi-volume set and weight complicates international shipping--additional charges necessary.

NEW ~ Anxious to document and preserve the Nahuatl language of the Costa de Michoacan, INI conceived of a project to work with the Indigenous community of Coire, municipio de Aguila, and decided to focus on Colola, the second-largest population. This book, bilingual in Spanish and Nahuatl, documents the inhabitants' oral history recounting the foundation of the community, as well as violent land struggles, recent events, cultural practices, and a few brief biographies. LIBRARIANS TAKE NOTE: WorldCat lists this book in only TWO libraries: University of Arizona and Stanford and incorrectly lists it as bilingual in Spanish and "Tarascan." 77pp. Photos. Light shelf wear. In stock. Usually ships in three days.