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The Cities of Ancient Mexico: Reconstructing A Lost World
by Jeremy A. Sabloff
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0500050538
- ISBN 13
- 9780500050538
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thames & Hudson, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good +/fine. Very good + first edition in a fine dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gold T&H device on cover and gold foil title stamping on spine. White endpapers, label remnant on first free end paper. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. With 152 illustrations, including maps and drawings, black & white plates. 224 pp. including index. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 246
- Title
- The Cities of Ancient Mexico: Reconstructing A Lost World
- Author
- Jeremy A. Sabloff
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0500050538
- ISBN 13
- 9780500050538
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Maya, central America, temple, pyramid, Pakal, Mexico, glyphs, language, archaeology, anthropology, Palenque, uxmal, copan, exploration, trade, urbanization, cities, urban, migration, architecture, buildings, temples, pyramid, pre-columbian
- Bookseller catalogs
- Latin America & Mexico;
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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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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Marginalia
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- Fine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
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