RARE collection of historical essays on Nuevo León, or New Leon, one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, compose the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. The author is Roel Santiago Melo (1885-1957), a prominent Mexican lawyer, politician, writer and historian. Contains many b&w illustrations and maps (some of them are fold-out). 230x155mm. VI+314 pages. Illustrated Softcover. Cover and spine browning and slightly wrinkled. Cover corners/edges and spine edges/hinges bumped and worn/wrinkled. Ex-libris sticker on front inner cover. Binding slightly loose and visible between front inner cover and title-page. Pages 207-212 bottom corner and fore edge creased and tattered. Page 81-84 upper edge partly torn - NO damage to text. Few pages fore edge slightly bumped/wrinkled. Page edges browning. Pages yellowing and rough-cut as published. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book on the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo Leon is in good condition.