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Archaeology of Southern Mesoamerica, Parts 1 and 2. [Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volumes 2 and 3]
by Gordon R. Willey; Robert Wauchope
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
London: University of Texas Press, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A very good first edition in a very good dust jacket. Orange cloth boards with black and silver titling on spine. Corners, head and tail of spine mildly rubbed. On Part One, binding beginning to pull away at headband. Part two has tiny ink marks on dust jacket and first free endpaper. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunning, some rubbing and showing wear at top and bottom of dust jacket. Brown paper dust jacket, which has offset and toned the end papers on both volumes. Illustrated with photos, table, graphs, drawings and plates. Quarto, 7 1/2 x 11 inches tall. 560; 524 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 266
- Title
- Archaeology of Southern Mesoamerica, Parts 1 and 2. [Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volumes 2 and 3]
- Author
- Gordon R. Willey; Robert Wauchope
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Aztec, maya, tenochtitlan, palenque, Copan, Tikal, gods, religion, archaeology, anthropology, mesoamerica, mexico, central america, olmec, calendar, astronomy, religion, culture, pre-columbian
- Bookseller catalogs
- Latin America & Mexico;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
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About Uncommon Works
Not your ordinary book store! Uncommon Works specializes in rare, odd, unique, and handmade books, with a focus on the Maya, Latin America, Native America, and the Spanish Conquest. You'll find rare, first editions and first or early printings. You'll even find a few first printings of living authors for sale. We provide services and referrals for book mending, repair, restoration, and binding.
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- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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