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Mexico: Imprenta Imperial de D. Alejandro Valdés, 1821. Still very good.. 21pp. Small quarto. Removed from a sammelband. Contemporary numeration in upper margin of title page. Light tanning and foxing. The author of this speech, José Miguel Ramirez, was a colonial representative from Mexico in the Spanish Cortes. The work comprises an appeal to reform the Spanish Constitution so that it might function more effectively in Spanish America. A very interesting, last-ditch plea that died after leaving his pen, as Mexico achieved independence just three months after he gave this address in June 1821. OCLC notes four copies in U.S. libraries. Garritz 5198. Sutro 270.

Nada no Sen Kabushiki Kaisha, 1979. Very Good. Nada no Shusen Shu. Kyoto: Nada no Sen Kabushiki Kaisha, 1979. Illustrated. Folio. Book condition: Very good with slightly bowed front board and lightly rubbed edges. One of a series of catalogs advertising kimono patterns 901 to 1040 by the renowned Nada company. Full-page color photos show models wearing each kimono and swatches of cloth for 107 of the designs are mounted to pages. Prices for each design were handwritten by the company. Picture on rear cover depicts Hiroshige's ""Nihonbashi"" woodblock print.