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Stated First Edition. 1931 Unpaginated 140 pp. and 48 full-page, black & white drawings with prose descriptions. 3 preliminary leaves, 49 plates. Bound in colorful pictorial paper covered boards with identical matching jacket. Jacket has a top tear on the back mended. Bright, distinctive endpapers Count D'Harnoncourt, was known for his vast collection of Mexican antiquities and his writing of children's books. This work became his best known and was intended for an adult audience. Each rich drawing is accompanied with social commentary. The one called "Formal Call", shows the suitor meeting with the parents of Rosita as his suitability is considered before courtship can begin. The delightful image Bullfight Fans shows three men discussing the decline of bullfights. The Matador is not as good in the past, the bull is inferior to those, he comments as the three friends have been saying for twenty years.

Pictorial boards. Illustrated throughout. To the half title page it is signed by D'Harnoncourt with a sketch and "Viva Mexico". Laid in loose is a photograph of the author receiving an award. A penciled notation on the back. To the back it is stamped, "Kal Weyner, Carnegie Hall, N. Y." The book is in excellent condition with only minor wear to the lower edges. The dust jacket is chipped at the corners, chipping also along areas of the upper edges and upper spine end. Some darkening to the spine. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Signed by Author