New York - London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936.. 1936.. Good. - Large octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt with vignettes stamped in blue within gilt rectangles on the spine. The covers are bumped & rubbed with some light staining & with a score mark to the rear cover. There are a few small stains to the spine. xviii & 586 pages. The book is cracked at the frontispiece. The edges of the endpapers & prelims are darkened. There is an owner's name & date on the front endpaper. Color frontispiece & black- and-white illustrations. Good. <p>Later printing.

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Bookseller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 28967
Title: ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS OF THE ANDES
Author: Means, Philip Ainsworth
Book Condition: Used - Good
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York - London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936.
Date Published: 1936.
Keywords: ARCHAEOLOGY; ARCHEOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; PERU; PHILIP AINSWORTH MEANS; HISTORY OF PERU; TIAHUANACO II; INCAS; ANDES; ANDEAN TEXTILES; WEAVING; DYEING; TEXTILES; TAPESTRY; CHIMU; NAZCA; POTTERY; ILLUSTRATIONS.
Bookseller catalogs: Archaeology;

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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.

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About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.

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Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....