THE MEXICAN HISTORICAL NOVEL 1826-1910

New York; Instituto de las Espanas en los Estados Unidos, 1939.  First Edition. Softcover. xiv+337pp+10pp adverts. Very Good condition. Wrappers lightly soiled with small chip from front cover edge.  Internally clean, tight and bright. "in Mexico historical fiction...has had a considerable following...explanation....to be found in the fact that ideals of liberty and justice...have been constantly on the defensive in a grave struggle for survival. ....It was with the hope of making available a study of this branch of the literature of Mexico that this treatise was undertaken."