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	ALSBERG, JOHN Ancient Sculpture from Western Mexico Berkeley, California, USA, Nicole Gallery. 1969, 2nd Printing. Silver-embossed Cloth, 34.5 x 27 cms. scratches on front and back covers - 136 pages - in English - 60 duotone litho. plates - photography by Rodolfo Petschek - pre-Hispanic sculpture of Western Mexico - plastic form in Mexico - evolution of artistic form - regional characterisitics - references and index. Fine. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 79.28 \| £UK 47.75 \| JP¥ 6997] Book number: 004279 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BURNAND, GASTON/LEYENAAR, TED J. J. Ulama - Ballgame - From the Olmecs to the Aztecs Lausanne, Switzerland, Musee Olympique. 1997. (ISBN: 9291600202) Wrappers-, 30 x 24 Cms. 128 pages - in French and English - 59 color plates and over 30 color and b/w figs. - published to coincide with the 1997 showing at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, of objects relating to Ulama, the ballgame played by ancient Mexican Olmec and Aztec civilizations - essay - catalogue - bibliography. New-. CHF 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 36.5 US$ 54.51 \| £UK 33 \| JP¥ 4810] Book number: 006221 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BURRUS, CHRISTINA ET AL Diego Rivera - Frida Kahlo Martigny, Switzerland, Fondation Pierre Gianadda. 1998. (ISBN: 2884430466) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾". 280 pages - in French, with 3 essays in English - 81 color plates of works by Diego Rivera - 49 color and b/w plates of works by Frida Kahlo - 30 pages of photo. repros. mostly plates - dozens of color, duotone and b/w illustrations and figs. - published to coincide with the 1998 showing at the Gianadda Foundation in Martigny, Switzerland of works by the legendary couple of revolutionary early 20th Century Mexican artists, Diego Rivera and his wife Frida Kahlo - eight experts and noted authors, incl. J.M.G. Le ClÃ©zio and Fernando Arrabal, describe Rivera and Kahlo's life and work, their relationship, the time of mutiliation, popular art in Rivera's art and much more - Rivera works on display - essay - Kahlo works on display - photographic documentation - letters to Isabel Campos - chronological synoptic table - Rivera and Kahlo selective bibiliographies - Rivera and Kahlo lists of showngs. New -. CHF 57.00 [Appr.: EURO 37.75 US$ 56.49 \| £UK 34 \| JP¥ 4985] Book number: 003117 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CASANOVA, ROSA ET AL Imaginarios y Fotografia En Mexico 1839-1970 Barcelona, Spain, Lunwerg. 2005. (ISBN: 8497852001) Cloth-, 30 x 28 Cms. 288 pages - in Spanish - around 300 mostly duotone and sepia, a few color, illustrations - the history of Mexico between 1839 and the 1970s as illustrated by photojournalists, featuring people from all classes and walks of life - essays by four specialists on the history and evolution of Mexican photography - chronology and bibliography. New-/New-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.75 US$ 109.01 \| £UK 65.75 \| JP¥ 9621] Book number: 005512 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CASEDEMUNT, TOMAS Death on the Altar Mexico City, Mexico, Editorial RM. 2009. (ISBN: 9788492480265) , 38 x 31.5 cms. edition limited to 1,400 copies - clothbound with color pastedowns on both covers - 70 pages - in English - 30 color plates - images of flowers and other offerings placed by rural Mexicans in honor of their departed loved ones on the Day of the Dead photographed by TomÃ¡s Casademunt. New-. CHF 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 US$ 74.33 \| £UK 44.75 \| JP¥ 6560] Book number: 009291 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	COLLECTIF Aigle et Le Soleil (L') Brussels, Belgium, Europalia 93. 1993. Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 250 pages - in French - a catalogue on 3000 years of Mexican art, published on the occasion of Europalia 1993 dedicated to Mexico - largely illustrated by page-size color photographs on Mexican art in general (sculpture, painting, jewellery). New -. CHF 82.00 [Appr.: EURO 54.25 US$ 81.26 \| £UK 49 \| JP¥ 7172] Book number: 000084 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DEL CONDE, TERESA Tamayo Boston, USA, Bullfinch Press. 1999. (ISBN: 0821226517) Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 254 pages - over 230 illustrations, incl. many color plates, drawings, photos and memorabilia - a handsome book on the works of Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991) who was inspired by folk, pre-Columbian and Cubist art - essays by Teresa del Conde, director of Mexico City's Museum of Modern Art and six other specialists - biography. New -/New -. CHF 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63 US$ 94.15 \| £UK 56.75 \| JP¥ 8309] Book number: 002626 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DIEHL, RICHARD ET AL Olmec World (The) - Ritual and rulership New York, Harry Abrams. 1995. (ISBN: 0810963116) Cloth-, 28.5 x 30 cms. Oblong. 344 pages - in English - 567 illustrations, incl. 282 color plates - published to coincide with the 1995-1996 showings at the Art Museum in Princeton University and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas, of over 250 pieces in ceramic, jade and stone from the Olmec civilization which flourished in Mexico between 1400 and 400 B,C. - essays by 8 specialists on Olmec archeology, art, ritual, culture, shamanism, rainmakers, the tree of creation, mesoamerican cosmology and more - glossary - rocks and minerals employed as carvings - catalogue - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.5 US$ 118.92 \| £UK 71.5 \| JP¥ 10496] Book number: 006220 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	EVANS, SUSAN TOBY Ancient Mexico and Central America - Archeology and Culture History London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2008. (ISBN: 9780500287408) softcover-, 23 x 19 cms. 608 pages - in English - 462 illustrations, incl 80 in color - a comprehensive introduction to pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, from Paleoindian times to the 16th Century, featuring overviews of cultures such as those of the Olmecs, Maya, Zapotecs and Aztecs - reference map, pronounciation guide, biblio. sources of illustrations and index. New-. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 79.28 \| £UK 47.75 \| JP¥ 6997] Book number: 008592 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FUENTES, CARLOS / GLANTZ, MARGO ET AL Juan Rulfo Barcelona, Spain, Lunwerg. 2001. (ISBN: 8477827729) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" Tall Square. 221 pages - in Spanish - 186 full page b/w photographs - a great book on the Mexican photographer Juan Rulfo with an introduction on the artist of six studies of specialists - like Manuel Alvarez Bravo, he captures the Mexican everyday life and reality with a brilliant skill. New -/New -. CHF 76.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 US$ 75.32 \| £UK 45.5 \| JP¥ 6647] Book number: 001901 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GALLAGHER, JACKI Companions of the Dead - Ceramic Tomb Sculpture from Ancient West Mexico Los Angeles, Museum of Cultural History UCLA. 1983. softcover-, 28 x 22 Cms. 128 pages - in English - 10 color plates, color map and around 70 b/w illustrations - published to coincide with the 1983 showing at the Frederick S. Wright Gallery UCLA in Los Angeles of ceramic tomb sculptures from West Mexico - the development of West Mexican cultures1500 BC to AD 900 - Colima, Jalisco and Nayarit - bibliography. New-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.64 \| £UK 24 \| JP¥ 3499] Book number: 006219 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GAY, CARLO & ROBIN Chontal - Ancient Stone Sculpture from Guerrero Mexico Geneva, Swirzerland, Balsas Publications. 2001, First Ed.- Limited/Numbered on 500. (ISBN: 2920002703) Stamped Cloth-Bound, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 150 pages - 215 photographs with captions - high quality, art coated paper - a long-awaited contribution to the understanding of ancient Mexican art showing the interrelation of the Chontal and allied cultures: the Teotihuacan, the Mezcala, the Olmec, the San Jeronimo, the Sultepec and the Corasalso - introducing many previously unknown sculptures - the book is the result of 40 years of research and travel in Mexico and is the complementary book to Mezcala. New -/New - Laminated Color. CHF 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 132.25 US$ 198.2 \| £UK 119.25 \| JP¥ 17493] Book number: 000613 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GAY CARLO/PRATT, FRANCES Mezcala Geneva, Switzerland, Balsas Publications. 1992, Limited 1500/Numbered. (ISBN: 2970002302) Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 276 pages - in English - dedicated to the ancient stone sculpures of Guerrero, Mexico, this book presents the Mezcala culture as preceding the Olmec - numerous photographs and drawings of the Mezcala lapidaries in all their shapes: animal, male or female - the most complete study on the subject containing an important bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 165.5 US$ 247.75 \| £UK 149 \| JP¥ 21866] Book number: 000088 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HAMILL, PETE Diego Rivera New York, Harry N. Abrams. 1999. (ISBN: 0810932342) Gilt Embossed Red Cloth, 26 x 26 Cms. 208 pages - in English - 107 illustrations, incl. 59 in color - American author and journalist Pete Hamill describes the life and art of Mexican muralist Diego Rivera (1886-1957) - the masks of Diego Rivera, in the town of frogs, Europe, Mexico again, the Cubist adventure, renaissance, Chapingo, Russia, Frida Kahlo, the belly of the beast and the long goodbye - notes and index. New-/New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 59.46 \| £UK 35.75 \| JP¥ 5248] Book number: 005622 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HAMILL, PETE Mexico - the Revolution and Beyond New York, Aperture. 2003, First English Edition. (ISBN: 1931788277) cloth-, 33 x 25 Cms. Ill.: Agustin Casasola. 220 pages - in English - 155 duotone illustrations - images of 1900 to 1940 Mexico by AgustÃn Victor Casasola (1874-1938) and others from the nearly 500,000 photographs in the archives of the Casasola brothers - the inauguration of Porfirio Diaz, Emiliano Zapata, Pancho Villa, Diego Rivera marching with Leon Trotsky and other photographs of early 20th Century Mexican life and history - noted American author and journalist describes the Casasola Archive - essays by various specialists. New-/New-. CHF 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63 US$ 94.15 \| £UK 56.75 \| JP¥ 8309] Book number: 005457 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HARBUTT, CHARLES Progreso Paris, France, Paris Audiovisuel. 1986. (ISBN: 2868270468) Soft Cover, 30.5 x 23 Cms. 96 pages - in French - 86 duotone plates - people and places in Merida, Mexico, as seen by former Magnum photographer, New Yorker Charles Harbutt (b.1935) who aims to visually reproduce the cyclical Mayan view of progress. New -. CHF 57.00 [Appr.: EURO 37.75 US$ 56.49 \| £UK 34 \| JP¥ 4985] Book number: 003956 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HOLSBEKE, MIREILLE ET AL Offrandes Pour Une Vie Nouvelle - Sculptures Funeraires Du Mexique Occidental Precolombien Antwerp, Belgium, Musee Ethnographique d'Anvers. 1998. Wrappers-, 28.5 x 24.5 Cms. 216 pages - in French - 130 color plates, 2 maps and 31 b/w figs. - published to coincide with the 1998 showing at the Museum of Ethnography in Antwerp, Belgium, of precolumbian funeral sculptures from Western Mexico - essays by seven specialists - maps, chronology and bibliography. New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 59.46 \| £UK 35.75 \| JP¥ 5248] Book number: 005834 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HOPPENOT, HELENE Mexique - Magie Maya Lausanne, Switzerland, Guilde Du Livre (la). 1954. Softcover, 28 x 22 Cms. no.1,640 of an edition limited to 10,000 copies - set in Garamond corps 12 type and printed on wooden-pulpless paper from the Landquart paper mill - glassine d.j. - 80 b/w heliogravures - a work on Mexico's ancient Mayan civilization - intro. by Jacques Soustelle - text by historian Miguel Covarrubias - list of photographs. Fine-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.64 \| £UK 24 \| JP¥ 3499] Book number: 005304 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	JIMENEZ, VICTOR Juan Rulfo - Oaxaca Mexico City, Mexico, RM. 2009. (ISBN: 9788492480562) hardcover-, 21.5 x 14 cms. editon limited to 1500 copies - 80 pages - in Spanish and English - 50 duotone plates - pictures of the Oaxaca region and its people taken in 1956 by Mexican writer and photographer Juan Rulfo (1917-1986) - intro. - plates - captions. New-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.64 \| £UK 24 \| JP¥ 3499] Book number: 009519 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	KISMARIC, SUSAN ET AL Hector Garcia Turner. 2004. (ISBN: 8475067069) Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 200 pages - in Spanish - over 180 full-page duotone illustrations - great Mexican photographer Hector Garcia presents images of Mexico which range from campesinos in run-down villages and neighborhoods to cabaret artists, young Che Guevara, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, dancers, beautiful women, demonstrators, armed policemen, society people and much more - texts by Hector Garcia, Diego Rivera and 12 others. New -/New -. CHF 76.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 US$ 75.32 \| £UK 45.5 \| JP¥ 6647] Book number: 003604 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MILLE, MARY/MARTIN, SIMON ET AL Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2004. (ISBN: 0500051291) Gilt-Embossed Black Cloth, 29 x 26.5 Cms. 304 pages - in English - 328 illustrations, incl. 233 in color - published to coincide with the 2004 showing at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and the 2004-2005 showing at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco of ceramic censers, stucco heads, jade masks, terracota figurines, stone boxes, great carved limestone lintels and other artworks from the 1,000-year-old Mayan civilization - essays by 14 specialists who describe the Mayan civilization, its rise, customs, the role of women and of warfare and much more - bibliography - glossary - guide to spelling and transliteration - index. New -/New -. CHF 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63 US$ 94.15 \| £UK 56.75 \| JP¥ 8309] Book number: 003843 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MOCTEZUMA, EDUARDO MATOS / OLGUÃN, FELIPE SOLIS Aztecas Madrid, Spain, Turner. 2003. (ISBN: 847506549X) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 424 pages - in Spanish - 360 color repros. incl. many plates - published to coincide with the 2003 showing at London's Royal Academy of Arts which brought together objects on loan from 48 museums and institutions from around the world - Hugh Thomas and 13 other historians describe the Aztec view of the past and the world; the Aztec calendar; Aztec society: economy, war and tributes; Aztec art, codes, philosophy and literature; the Spanish Conquest - showings in Great Britain of pre-Hispanic Mexican art - the human figure; the natural world, gods of life and death, religion, gold and status symbols, the high temple of Tenochtitlan, treasures, indo-Christian art, the codes - family tree of Aztec rulers w/11 figs. - 24 Aztec symbols, glossary and bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 124.00 [Appr.: EURO 82 US$ 122.88 \| £UK 74 \| JP¥ 10845] Book number: 002319 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	NICHOLSON, H. B. ET AL Art of Aztec Mexico - Treasures of Tenochtitlan Washington /New York, USA, National Gallery of Art. 1983. (ISBN: 0894680706) Softcover, 30.5 x 23 Cms. slightly creased along spine and back cover upper corner - 190 pages - in English - 85 color and duotone illustrations - published to coincide with the 1983 showing at the National Gallery of Art in Washington of archeological treasures found in the former 14th-to-16th Century Aztec capital of Mexico:Tenochtitlan - the discovery of Aztec art - catalogue - Aztec deities, glossary and bibliography. Very Good. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 59.46 \| £UK 35.75 \| JP¥ 5248] Book number: 004364 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ORTEGA, RAUL Fiesta (De) - Celebraciones Tradicionales En Chiapas Madrid, Spain, Turner. 2003. (ISBN: 847506583X) Wrappers. 134 pages - in Spanish - over 100 full-page duotone photographs - images of traditional celebrations in the heavily indian Mexican province of Chiapas by noted Mexican photographer RaÃºl Ortega (b.1963) - costumes, cockfights, horse races, cantinas, dusty village squares and more - essay by Elena Poniatowska. New -. CHF 62.00 [Appr.: EURO 41 US$ 61.44 \| £UK 37 \| JP¥ 5423] Book number: 003072 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	RAMIREZ VASQUEZ, PEDRO Musee Du Peuple Mexicain (Le) Paris, France, Editions Vilo. 1968. Cloth, 31.5 x 26.5 Cms. printed in Switzerland - 258 pages - in French - book conception by BÃ©atrice Trueblood - over 250 duotone and color illustrations - published to coincide with the opening of the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City which displays a comprehensive overview of Mexican art, anthropology, archeology and architecture since prehistoric and Meso-American times - essays by 4 specialists. Fine. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.5 US$ 118.92 \| £UK 71.5 \| JP¥ 10496] Book number: 004797 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.

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	ALSBERG, JOHN Ancient Sculpture from Western Mexico Berkeley, California, USA, Nicole Gallery. 1969, 2nd Printing. Silver-embossed Cloth, 34.5 x 27 cms. scratches on front and back covers - 136 pages - in English - 60 duotone litho. plates - photography by Rodolfo Petschek - pre-Hispanic sculpture of Western Mexico - plastic form in Mexico - evolution of artistic form - regional characterisitics - references and index. Fine. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 79.28 \| £UK 47.75 \| JP¥ 6997] Book number: 004279 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BURNAND, GASTON/LEYENAAR, TED J. J. Ulama - Ballgame - From the Olmecs to the Aztecs Lausanne, Switzerland, Musee Olympique. 1997. (ISBN: 9291600202) Wrappers-, 30 x 24 Cms. 128 pages - in French and English - 59 color plates and over 30 color and b/w figs. - published to coincide with the 1997 showing at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, of objects relating to Ulama, the ballgame played by ancient Mexican Olmec and Aztec civilizations - essay - catalogue - bibliography. New-. CHF 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 36.5 US$ 54.51 \| £UK 33 \| JP¥ 4810] Book number: 006221 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BURRUS, CHRISTINA ET AL Diego Rivera - Frida Kahlo Martigny, Switzerland, Fondation Pierre Gianadda. 1998. (ISBN: 2884430466) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾". 280 pages - in French, with 3 essays in English - 81 color plates of works by Diego Rivera - 49 color and b/w plates of works by Frida Kahlo - 30 pages of photo. repros. mostly plates - dozens of color, duotone and b/w illustrations and figs. - published to coincide with the 1998 showing at the Gianadda Foundation in Martigny, Switzerland of works by the legendary couple of revolutionary early 20th Century Mexican artists, Diego Rivera and his wife Frida Kahlo - eight experts and noted authors, incl. J.M.G. Le ClÃ©zio and Fernando Arrabal, describe Rivera and Kahlo's life and work, their relationship, the time of mutiliation, popular art in Rivera's art and much more - Rivera works on display - essay - Kahlo works on display - photographic documentation - letters to Isabel Campos - chronological synoptic table - Rivera and Kahlo selective bibiliographies - Rivera and Kahlo lists of showngs. New -. CHF 57.00 [Appr.: EURO 37.75 US$ 56.49 \| £UK 34 \| JP¥ 4985] Book number: 003117 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CASANOVA, ROSA ET AL Imaginarios y Fotografia En Mexico 1839-1970 Barcelona, Spain, Lunwerg. 2005. (ISBN: 8497852001) Cloth-, 30 x 28 Cms. 288 pages - in Spanish - around 300 mostly duotone and sepia, a few color, illustrations - the history of Mexico between 1839 and the 1970s as illustrated by photojournalists, featuring people from all classes and walks of life - essays by four specialists on the history and evolution of Mexican photography - chronology and bibliography. New-/New-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.75 US$ 109.01 \| £UK 65.75 \| JP¥ 9621] Book number: 005512 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CASEDEMUNT, TOMAS Death on the Altar Mexico City, Mexico, Editorial RM. 2009. (ISBN: 9788492480265) , 38 x 31.5 cms. edition limited to 1,400 copies - clothbound with color pastedowns on both covers - 70 pages - in English - 30 color plates - images of flowers and other offerings placed by rural Mexicans in honor of their departed loved ones on the Day of the Dead photographed by TomÃ¡s Casademunt. New-. CHF 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 US$ 74.33 \| £UK 44.75 \| JP¥ 6560] Book number: 009291 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	COLLECTIF Aigle et Le Soleil (L') Brussels, Belgium, Europalia 93. 1993. Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 250 pages - in French - a catalogue on 3000 years of Mexican art, published on the occasion of Europalia 1993 dedicated to Mexico - largely illustrated by page-size color photographs on Mexican art in general (sculpture, painting, jewellery). New -. CHF 82.00 [Appr.: EURO 54.25 US$ 81.26 \| £UK 49 \| JP¥ 7172] Book number: 000084 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DEL CONDE, TERESA Tamayo Boston, USA, Bullfinch Press. 1999. (ISBN: 0821226517) Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 254 pages - over 230 illustrations, incl. many color plates, drawings, photos and memorabilia - a handsome book on the works of Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991) who was inspired by folk, pre-Columbian and Cubist art - essays by Teresa del Conde, director of Mexico City's Museum of Modern Art and six other specialists - biography. New -/New -. CHF 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63 US$ 94.15 \| £UK 56.75 \| JP¥ 8309] Book number: 002626 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DIEHL, RICHARD ET AL Olmec World (The) - Ritual and rulership New York, Harry Abrams. 1995. (ISBN: 0810963116) Cloth-, 28.5 x 30 cms. Oblong. 344 pages - in English - 567 illustrations, incl. 282 color plates - published to coincide with the 1995-1996 showings at the Art Museum in Princeton University and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas, of over 250 pieces in ceramic, jade and stone from the Olmec civilization which flourished in Mexico between 1400 and 400 B,C. - essays by 8 specialists on Olmec archeology, art, ritual, culture, shamanism, rainmakers, the tree of creation, mesoamerican cosmology and more - glossary - rocks and minerals employed as carvings - catalogue - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.5 US$ 118.92 \| £UK 71.5 \| JP¥ 10496] Book number: 006220 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	EVANS, SUSAN TOBY Ancient Mexico and Central America - Archeology and Culture History London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2008. (ISBN: 9780500287408) softcover-, 23 x 19 cms. 608 pages - in English - 462 illustrations, incl 80 in color - a comprehensive introduction to pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, from Paleoindian times to the 16th Century, featuring overviews of cultures such as those of the Olmecs, Maya, Zapotecs and Aztecs - reference map, pronounciation guide, biblio. sources of illustrations and index. New-. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 79.28 \| £UK 47.75 \| JP¥ 6997] Book number: 008592 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FUENTES, CARLOS / GLANTZ, MARGO ET AL Juan Rulfo Barcelona, Spain, Lunwerg. 2001. (ISBN: 8477827729) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" Tall Square. 221 pages - in Spanish - 186 full page b/w photographs - a great book on the Mexican photographer Juan Rulfo with an introduction on the artist of six studies of specialists - like Manuel Alvarez Bravo, he captures the Mexican everyday life and reality with a brilliant skill. New -/New -. CHF 76.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 US$ 75.32 \| £UK 45.5 \| JP¥ 6647] Book number: 001901 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GALLAGHER, JACKI Companions of the Dead - Ceramic Tomb Sculpture from Ancient West Mexico Los Angeles, Museum of Cultural History UCLA. 1983. softcover-, 28 x 22 Cms. 128 pages - in English - 10 color plates, color map and around 70 b/w illustrations - published to coincide with the 1983 showing at the Frederick S. Wright Gallery UCLA in Los Angeles of ceramic tomb sculptures from West Mexico - the development of West Mexican cultures1500 BC to AD 900 - Colima, Jalisco and Nayarit - bibliography. New-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.64 \| £UK 24 \| JP¥ 3499] Book number: 006219 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GAY, CARLO & ROBIN Chontal - Ancient Stone Sculpture from Guerrero Mexico Geneva, Swirzerland, Balsas Publications. 2001, First Ed.- Limited/Numbered on 500. (ISBN: 2920002703) Stamped Cloth-Bound, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 150 pages - 215 photographs with captions - high quality, art coated paper - a long-awaited contribution to the understanding of ancient Mexican art showing the interrelation of the Chontal and allied cultures: the Teotihuacan, the Mezcala, the Olmec, the San Jeronimo, the Sultepec and the Corasalso - introducing many previously unknown sculptures - the book is the result of 40 years of research and travel in Mexico and is the complementary book to Mezcala. New -/New - Laminated Color. CHF 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 132.25 US$ 198.2 \| £UK 119.25 \| JP¥ 17493] Book number: 000613 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GAY CARLO/PRATT, FRANCES Mezcala Geneva, Switzerland, Balsas Publications. 1992, Limited 1500/Numbered. (ISBN: 2970002302) Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 276 pages - in English - dedicated to the ancient stone sculpures of Guerrero, Mexico, this book presents the Mezcala culture as preceding the Olmec - numerous photographs and drawings of the Mezcala lapidaries in all their shapes: animal, male or female - the most complete study on the subject containing an important bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 165.5 US$ 247.75 \| £UK 149 \| JP¥ 21866] Book number: 000088 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HAMILL, PETE Diego Rivera New York, Harry N. Abrams. 1999. (ISBN: 0810932342) Gilt Embossed Red Cloth, 26 x 26 Cms. 208 pages - in English - 107 illustrations, incl. 59 in color - American author and journalist Pete Hamill describes the life and art of Mexican muralist Diego Rivera (1886-1957) - the masks of Diego Rivera, in the town of frogs, Europe, Mexico again, the Cubist adventure, renaissance, Chapingo, Russia, Frida Kahlo, the belly of the beast and the long goodbye - notes and index. New-/New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 59.46 \| £UK 35.75 \| JP¥ 5248] Book number: 005622 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HAMILL, PETE Mexico - the Revolution and Beyond New York, Aperture. 2003, First English Edition. (ISBN: 1931788277) cloth-, 33 x 25 Cms. Ill.: Agustin Casasola. 220 pages - in English - 155 duotone illustrations - images of 1900 to 1940 Mexico by AgustÃn Victor Casasola (1874-1938) and others from the nearly 500,000 photographs in the archives of the Casasola brothers - the inauguration of Porfirio Diaz, Emiliano Zapata, Pancho Villa, Diego Rivera marching with Leon Trotsky and other photographs of early 20th Century Mexican life and history - noted American author and journalist describes the Casasola Archive - essays by various specialists. New-/New-. CHF 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63 US$ 94.15 \| £UK 56.75 \| JP¥ 8309] Book number: 005457 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HARBUTT, CHARLES Progreso Paris, France, Paris Audiovisuel. 1986. (ISBN: 2868270468) Soft Cover, 30.5 x 23 Cms. 96 pages - in French - 86 duotone plates - people and places in Merida, Mexico, as seen by former Magnum photographer, New Yorker Charles Harbutt (b.1935) who aims to visually reproduce the cyclical Mayan view of progress. New -. CHF 57.00 [Appr.: EURO 37.75 US$ 56.49 \| £UK 34 \| JP¥ 4985] Book number: 003956 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HOLSBEKE, MIREILLE ET AL Offrandes Pour Une Vie Nouvelle - Sculptures Funeraires Du Mexique Occidental Precolombien Antwerp, Belgium, Musee Ethnographique d'Anvers. 1998. Wrappers-, 28.5 x 24.5 Cms. 216 pages - in French - 130 color plates, 2 maps and 31 b/w figs. - published to coincide with the 1998 showing at the Museum of Ethnography in Antwerp, Belgium, of precolumbian funeral sculptures from Western Mexico - essays by seven specialists - maps, chronology and bibliography. New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 59.46 \| £UK 35.75 \| JP¥ 5248] Book number: 005834 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HOPPENOT, HELENE Mexique - Magie Maya Lausanne, Switzerland, Guilde Du Livre (la). 1954. Softcover, 28 x 22 Cms. no.1,640 of an edition limited to 10,000 copies - set in Garamond corps 12 type and printed on wooden-pulpless paper from the Landquart paper mill - glassine d.j. - 80 b/w heliogravures - a work on Mexico's ancient Mayan civilization - intro. by Jacques Soustelle - text by historian Miguel Covarrubias - list of photographs. Fine-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.64 \| £UK 24 \| JP¥ 3499] Book number: 005304 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	JIMENEZ, VICTOR Juan Rulfo - Oaxaca Mexico City, Mexico, RM. 2009. (ISBN: 9788492480562) hardcover-, 21.5 x 14 cms. editon limited to 1500 copies - 80 pages - in Spanish and English - 50 duotone plates - pictures of the Oaxaca region and its people taken in 1956 by Mexican writer and photographer Juan Rulfo (1917-1986) - intro. - plates - captions. New-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.64 \| £UK 24 \| JP¥ 3499] Book number: 009519 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	KISMARIC, SUSAN ET AL Hector Garcia Turner. 2004. (ISBN: 8475067069) Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 200 pages - in Spanish - over 180 full-page duotone illustrations - great Mexican photographer Hector Garcia presents images of Mexico which range from campesinos in run-down villages and neighborhoods to cabaret artists, young Che Guevara, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, dancers, beautiful women, demonstrators, armed policemen, society people and much more - texts by Hector Garcia, Diego Rivera and 12 others. New -/New -. CHF 76.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 US$ 75.32 \| £UK 45.5 \| JP¥ 6647] Book number: 003604 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MILLE, MARY/MARTIN, SIMON ET AL Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2004. (ISBN: 0500051291) Gilt-Embossed Black Cloth, 29 x 26.5 Cms. 304 pages - in English - 328 illustrations, incl. 233 in color - published to coincide with the 2004 showing at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and the 2004-2005 showing at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco of ceramic censers, stucco heads, jade masks, terracota figurines, stone boxes, great carved limestone lintels and other artworks from the 1,000-year-old Mayan civilization - essays by 14 specialists who describe the Mayan civilization, its rise, customs, the role of women and of warfare and much more - bibliography - glossary - guide to spelling and transliteration - index. New -/New -. CHF 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63 US$ 94.15 \| £UK 56.75 \| JP¥ 8309] Book number: 003843 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MOCTEZUMA, EDUARDO MATOS / OLGUÃN, FELIPE SOLIS Aztecas Madrid, Spain, Turner. 2003. (ISBN: 847506549X) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 424 pages - in Spanish - 360 color repros. incl. many plates - published to coincide with the 2003 showing at London's Royal Academy of Arts which brought together objects on loan from 48 museums and institutions from around the world - Hugh Thomas and 13 other historians describe the Aztec view of the past and the world; the Aztec calendar; Aztec society: economy, war and tributes; Aztec art, codes, philosophy and literature; the Spanish Conquest - showings in Great Britain of pre-Hispanic Mexican art - the human figure; the natural world, gods of life and death, religion, gold and status symbols, the high temple of Tenochtitlan, treasures, indo-Christian art, the codes - family tree of Aztec rulers w/11 figs. - 24 Aztec symbols, glossary and bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 124.00 [Appr.: EURO 82 US$ 122.88 \| £UK 74 \| JP¥ 10845] Book number: 002319 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	NICHOLSON, H. B. ET AL Art of Aztec Mexico - Treasures of Tenochtitlan Washington /New York, USA, National Gallery of Art. 1983. (ISBN: 0894680706) Softcover, 30.5 x 23 Cms. slightly creased along spine and back cover upper corner - 190 pages - in English - 85 color and duotone illustrations - published to coincide with the 1983 showing at the National Gallery of Art in Washington of archeological treasures found in the former 14th-to-16th Century Aztec capital of Mexico:Tenochtitlan - the discovery of Aztec art - catalogue - Aztec deities, glossary and bibliography. Very Good. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 59.46 \| £UK 35.75 \| JP¥ 5248] Book number: 004364 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ORTEGA, RAUL Fiesta (De) - Celebraciones Tradicionales En Chiapas Madrid, Spain, Turner. 2003. (ISBN: 847506583X) Wrappers. 134 pages - in Spanish - over 100 full-page duotone photographs - images of traditional celebrations in the heavily indian Mexican province of Chiapas by noted Mexican photographer RaÃºl Ortega (b.1963) - costumes, cockfights, horse races, cantinas, dusty village squares and more - essay by Elena Poniatowska. New -. CHF 62.00 [Appr.: EURO 41 US$ 61.44 \| £UK 37 \| JP¥ 5423] Book number: 003072 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	RAMIREZ VASQUEZ, PEDRO Musee Du Peuple Mexicain (Le) Paris, France, Editions Vilo. 1968. Cloth, 31.5 x 26.5 Cms. printed in Switzerland - 258 pages - in French - book conception by BÃ©atrice Trueblood - over 250 duotone and color illustrations - published to coincide with the opening of the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City which displays a comprehensive overview of Mexican art, anthropology, archeology and architecture since prehistoric and Meso-American times - essays by 4 specialists. Fine. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.5 US$ 118.92 \| £UK 71.5 \| JP¥ 10496] Book number: 004797 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.