Mexico City: [publisher unknown], 1935. 6.5" x 9" pp. [382] (270 pages contain handwritten entries), black and tan boards with red appliqués stamped "Copiador" [= "Copier"]. This is a Spanish language diary entry containing a compilation of poems written in verse and belonging to various authors. Diary (journal) is dated.....
Mexico City: XEW Radio, n.d. [ca. 1935]. 5" x 8" photograph collection depicting early XEW radio personalities, singers, and bands from the Golden Age of Mexico Cinema entertainment (ca. 1935). Sepia photos are set on heavy, cream-toned pages, slightly curved at the edges; one image has 2 staple marks along.....
Mexico City: XEW Radio, Telesistema Mexicana, Televicentro Guarneros, [1940s-1960s]. Large photography collection depicting the Mexico City entertainment industry with a special focus on XEW/XEQ radio with behind-the-scenes, candid, and staged photographs all gathered in 5 portfolio folders. Collection includes a total of 233 photographs (78: 8" x 10," 111: 5".....
Mexico City: [Juan Domínguez], [1896]. 4" x 6.5" pp. [68], handwritten diary in Spanish language. This is the diary of Juan Dominguez, a self-proclaimed philosopher, Catholic, and poet. Included is a letter to Juan's father, a composition that won the gold and ebony “pencil prize” and a diploma in the.....
![Item #494 Cuentos fáciles [= Easy stories]. Amador Gandía, Reginald Birch Philip Cohen](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/494.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1768857912)
New York: American Book Company, 1932. 4.5" x 6.5", pp. xi, 206; text in the Spanish language. Hardcover bound in light blue/gray cloth boards. Boards are lightly smudged with light scuffing at edges. Owner's signature on front free end paper. Inscriptions throughout, including an inscription on the back paste down.....
Mexico City: United States Embassy, 2004. Hardcover. 4to, pp. 87; Color photographs throughout; red cloth boards in white jacket; jacket is yellowed along spine and top edge; jacket taped to boards; all else good and sound. Text in English and Spanish.
[Los Angeles, California]: Agency for the Performing Arts, ca. 1960. Paperback program, bound with 2 staples. 8.25"x10.75" pp. [10] "Tito Guizar" promotional brochure, color and black and white images. Program includes a list of Guizar's appearances (theaters, supper clubs, hotels, television), including a list of films and other accolades -.....
Mexico: [publisher not identified], [1940s-1960s]. 11" x 14" pp. [158], with additional tip-ins. This is a bound compilation of Rita Hayworth (née Margarita Carmen Cansino) clippings, articles, photographs, and advertisements from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Bound in black boards with the title pasted on the spine and front cover.....
Panama Canal Zone: [unknown], 1954. 8"x10" black and white photographs (set of 12) relating to the building of the Suez Canal. Accompanying the images is an inter-office memo dated May 12, 1954 "To: Borden Mace / From: John Halas" which reads: "Re: SUEZ - the Panama section / This section.....
Mexico City: Compañía Industrial Fotográfica, 1923. 3.375" x 5.25" single black and white photograph of film and television actress, singer, and dancer Delia Magaña (b. 2 Feb. 1903 in Mexico City, d. 31 Mar. 1996 in Mexico City). Magaña was known and beloved for her comedy and humor during the.....
![Item #238 Celia Montalván photograph [signed] (1927), Mexico City. Celia Montalván](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/238.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1737925185)
Mexico City: Compañía Industrial Fotográfica, 1927. 3.375" x 5.37" single black and white photograph of film, stage, and television actress, Celia Montalván (b. 1899 in Mexico City, d. 10 Jan. 1958 in Mexico City). Here is Montalván, posed smiling with a beer, a flapper dress, and copious accessories. The verso.....
![Item #236 Roberto Soto photograph, Mexico City (ca. 1928), [María Guerrero Theater]. Roberto Soto](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/236.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1737925027)
Mexico City: Foto Schlattman Mex. / SN. Juan De Letran S., ca. 1928. 3.25" x 4.5" single black and white photograph of Roberto Soto (b. 7 Jun. 1888 in Zacatecas, Mexico, d. 18 Jul. 1960 in Mexico City). Soto was known and beloved for his comedy and humor during the.....
![Item #313 [Tacos Jazz Band] photograph (signed by band members). Tacos Jazz Band](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/313.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1742668152)
Mexico City: [Tacos Jazz Band], n.d. [1930s]. 10" x 8" black and white photograph with matting (7.25" x 5" photograph alone); includes signatures of all band members on verso. The band name is likely "Tacos Jazz Band" – this is a rare (and potentially only) photo of this band, as.....
Mexico City: Teatro Lirico, 1926. 5.75" x 8.5" pp. [4] bi-fold theater program printed on glossy, sepia tone paper. Text is brown with blue/grey accents. "Teatro Lirico" program is dated 22 October 1926 for the Mexican benefit production of "La Tirana" hosted by Tete Tapia and Ernesto Rubio. Program is.....
![Item #222 Modas [="Fashions" 1940s fashion and design compilation]. unknown](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/222.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1737830159)
Mexico: [unknown], [1940]. First edition. Hardcover bound with grey boards; gold stamping on the cover and spine, black page ribbon. 9.5" x 12" pp. [168]. This is a bound set of Spanish language clippings, advertisements, magazine articles, and dress patterns gathered together in this time capsule of fashions in 1940s.....
![Item #221 Rita Hayworth: 1 [1940s collage, scrapbook]. unknown](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/221.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1736887341)
Mexico: [unknown], [1940s]. Hardcover bound with black boards; gold stamping on the cover and spine, red page ribbon. 9" x 11" pp. [approx. 258], bound compilation of Rita Hayworth (née Margarita Carmen Cansino) clippings, articles, photographs, and advertisements from the 1940s. Hardcover bound with black boards; gold stamping on the cover and spine.....
![Item #232 Set of 16 postcards 1930s Mexico [black & white]. unknown](https://tempobookshop.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/232.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1737828754)
Mexico: [unknown], 1930. 3.5"x5.5" Set of 16 postcards from Mexico, all black & white. Back of postcards are blank. Not dated, but appears to be from the 1930s. Some smudging and soiling, overall in good condition. Various locations with photography that includes: bull fights, fishing, hotels, landscapes, cathedrals, rural areas.....