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New Publications:


2010 The Power of Song:Music and Dance in Mission Communities of Northern New Spain                $ 70.35                                                                                                                                                      
by Kristin Mann, published by the Academy of American Franciscan History and Stanford University Press (www.svp.org) also available at www.bn.com

2010 The Inquisition in Colonial Latin America: Selected Writings of Richard E. Greenleaf                  $ 25.00
Edited by James D. Riley.


2008 Inventario del Fondo Francisco del Museo de Antropologia e Historia de Mexico, Volume II     $ 30.00
      by Francisco Morales, OFM. Mexico, 2008.

2008 Gregor Janknecht and the Franciscans in 19th Century United States and Europe                      $9.95
      Essays by Kirsten Rakemann Schmies and Stephan Scherfenberg,trans.by Stephan Scherfenberg

2006 Francis in the Americas: Essays on the Franciscan Family in North and South America
Edited by John F. Schwaller        $30.00

2006 Situating Mission Santa Clara de Asis: 1776-1851,Documentary and Material Evidence of Life on the Alta California Frontier: A Timeline. 
By Russell Skowronek with Elizabeth Thompson                                                                                                  $35.00

2006 United States Documents in the Propaganda Fide Archives: A Calendar. Volume 13.
Edited by William Short,OFM.                                                                                                                               $50.00

2001 United States Documents in the Propaganda Fide Archives: a Calendar. Volume 12
Edited by Finbar Kinneally et al, Washington, DC.  (Special Sale!)                                                                     $25.00


Recent Publications:

2001 A Guide to Nahuatl Language Manuscripts held in United States’ Repositories.
John Frederick Schwaller. Berkeley, CA, 2001.                                                                                                    $25.00

2000 “After the Year Eighty” : the Demise of Franciscan Power in Spanish New Mexico.
Jim Norris. In co-operation with the University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, 2000.                              $30.00


Guides to Archives and Repositories

United States Documents in the Propaganda Fide Archives: a Calendar. Volumes 1-12.
Finbar Kinneally et al, eds. Washington, DC.                                                                                    
BACKSTOCK SALE                                                                                                                   
Volume 12 $50.00                                                                                                                                                            set of 11 $100.00
Volumes 1-11, $20 ea.
Index to Vols 1-7 $20.0                                                                                   
Guia del Archivo Franciscano de la Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico.
Ignacio del Rio. With Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexido, Mexico, 1975.                                                 $25.00

Inventario del Fondo Francisco del Museo de Antropologia e Historia de Mexico, Volume I
Francisco Morales, OFM. Mexico, 1978.                                                                                                              $25.00


Biographies

Fermin Francisco de Lasuen (1736-1803): a Biography.
Francis F. Guest, OFM. Washington, DC, 1973.                                                                                                  $40.00

Hispanic Catholicism in Transitional California: The Life of Jose Gonzalez Rubio OFM (1804-1875).
Michael Charles Neri. Berkeley, CA, 1997.                                                                                                            $30.00

Life of Fray Antonio Margil, OFM.
Eduardo Enrique Rios. Trans. Benedict Leutenegger, OFM. Washington, DC, 1959.                                         $25.00

A Bio-bibliography of Franciscan Authors in Colonial Central America.
Adams, Eleanor B. 1953. Washington, DC, 1953.                                                                                                 $15.00


Translations: Chronicles, Letters, Codices

The Apostolic Chronicle of Juan Domingo Arricivita: The Franciscan Mission Frontier
in the 18th Century in Arizona, Texas and the Californias.
Trans. George P. Hammond & Agapito Rey. Ed. Vivian C. Fisher. Berkeley, CA, 1996.                 2 volume set $50.00

Alonso de Benavides’ Memorial of 1630
Trans. Peter P. Forrestal, CSC. Ed. Cyprian J. Lynch, OFM. Washington, DC, 1954.                                          $30.00

The Oroz Codex.
Translated  and edited by Angelico Chavez, O.F.M. Washington, DC,  1972.                                                     $35.00

Writings of Fermin Francisco de Lasuen.
Translated and edited by Finbar Kenneally, OFM. Washington, DC, 1965.                                   2 volume set $50.00

Writings of Mariano Payeras.
Translated and edited by Donald Cutter. In cooperation with Bellerophon Books, Santa Barbara, CA, 1995.      $29.00

Writings of Junipero Serra Volumes I-IV.
Ed. Antonine Tibesar, OFM. Washington, DC 1955-1966.                                                             Vols 3 & 4 $50.00 ea
Vols 1 & 2 are out of print (volumes 1 and 2 are now available as a pdf, see below)

Zumarraga and his Family: Letters to Vizcaya 1536-1548
A collection of documents in relation to the founding of a hospice in his birthplace.
Ed. Richard Greenleaf. Trans. Neal Kaveny, OFM. Washington, DC, 1979.                                                        $30.00


Nahuatl Series

A Guide to Nahuatl Language Manuscripts held in United States’ Repositories.
John Frederick Schwaller. Berkeley, CA, 2001.                                                                                                    $25.00

Nahua Confraternities in Early Colonial Mexico: the 1552 Nahuatl Ordinances of
Fray Alonso de Molina, OFM.
Trans. and ed. Barry D. Sell, with Larissa Taylor and Asuncion Lavrin. Berkeley, CA 2002                         $25.00                                                                                                                                                                              
2003 Sahagun at 500: Essays on the Quincentenary of the Birth of Fr. Bernardino de Sahagun.
Edited by John F. Schwaller                                                                                                                                  $35.00



Franciscan Historical Classics

Cronica Franciscana de las Provincias de Peru.
Fray Diego de Cordova Salinas, OFM. Ed. Lino G. Canedo, OFM. Second Edition. Mexico, 1957.                    $100.00

Cronica de los Colegios de Propaganda Fide en la Nueva Espana.
Fray Isidro Felix de Espinosa, OFM. Ed. Lino G. Canedo, OFM. Second Edition. Madrid, 1964.                        $100.00
  paperback   $50.00  

Indexes

The Americas cumulative index Volumes I-XX.
Ed. Jane Herrick. Washington, DC, 1967.                                                                                                            $20.00                                                                                                                                                      paperback     $8.00                                                                                                                                                             
The Americas cumulative 27 year index 1964-1991.
TAm Vol. XLVIII No. 1. (July, 1991)                                                                                                                        $15.00


Monographs and Essays

“After the Year Eighty ” the Demise of Franciscan Power in Spanish New Mexico.
Jim Norris. In co-operation with the University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, 2000.                              $30.00

Coronado’s Friars: the Franciscans in the Coronado Expedition.
Angelico Chavez, OFM. Washington, DC, 1968.                                                                                                  $20.00

Economic Aspects of California Missions.
Robert Archibald. Washington, DC, 1978.                                                                                                    $60.00

Ethnic and Social Backgrounds of the Franciscan Friars in Seventeenth Century Mexico.
Francisco Morales, OFM. Washington, DC, 1973.                                                                                               $30.00

Franciscan Presence in the Americas (1492-1900)
Essays on the Activities of the Franciscan Friars in the Americas.
Ed. Francisco Morales, OFM. Potomac, MD, 1983.                                                                                     $35.00

Formative Years of the Missionary College of Santa Cruz, Queretaro: 1683-1733.
Michael B. McCloskey, OFM. Washington, DC, 1955.                                                                                           $25.00

Junipero Serra and the Northwestern Mexican Frontier (1750-1825)
Studies presented at the Chicago Serra Program. Ed. Antonine Tibesar OFM.
Reprinted from TAm Vol. XLI, No. 4 (April, 1985)                                                                                          $25.00

Motifs of Franciscan Mission Theory in Sixteenth Century New Spain
Edwin Edward Sylvest, Jr. Washington, DC 1975.                                                                                                 $30.00

Vasco de Quiroga and his Pueblo-Hospitals of Santa Fe.
Fintan B. Warren, OFM. Washington, DC  1963.                                                                                                 $30.00


A Spanish Frontier in an Enlightened Age:
Franciscan Beginnings in Sonora and Arizona, 1767-1770.
Kieran McCarty, OFM Washington, DC, 1981.                                                                                                    $30.00

Zumarraga and the Mexican Inquisition: 1536-1543.
Richard E. Greenleaf. Washington, DC, 1961.                                                                                                      $25.00

Out of Print Books These volumes are out of print. However they are available on CD as a pdf.                             Writings of Junipero Serra, Volume I
   Ed. Antonine Tibesar,  OFM Washington, DC, 1955                                                                                          $5.00
                        
Writings of Junipero Serra, Volume II
Ed. Antonine Tibesar,  OFM Washington, DC, 1955                                                                                               $5.00                                                                                                





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