Maya Architecture by George Oakley Totten - 1926

New York: Burt Franklin, 1973. Large hardcover (no jacket), reprinted from the original edition in the University of Virginia library. Boards are marked; spine ends and corners are bumped; slight wear to front spine side. Page block and first few pages are foxed. Small mark on FEP. With extensive imagery; all content is clear. TS. Hardcover. Good. Used.

Washington, DC: The Maya Press, 1926. Hardcover. Folio. Teal blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and extensive front board gilt decorations. 250pp. Frontispiece, extensive full-page plates (some color), line drawings and floor plans. Very good overall. Binding a bit edgeworn and corner bumped, with spine lettering rubbed; bit of edgewear and closed tears to preliminary leaves, with some text page edges worn. A tight and decent first edition of this hefty, largely pictorial survey.

Washington: The Maya Press, 1926. Cloth. Near Fine. 16.5" by 12". Not Stated. The second edition of George Oakley Totten's interesting look at Mayan architecture, profusely illustrated throughout, including with colour plates. The second edition of this work. This work is an informative and extensive look at Mayan architecture. Maya architecture spans several thousand years, and is a unique and intricate style. Written by George Oakley Totten. Totten was one of the most prolific and renowned architecture in America's Gilded Age. He continuously experiments in his work, building mansions and buildings that are now used as embassies and chanceries. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and one-hundred and four plates, eight of which are colour. With a bookplate to the front pastedown, 'Marshall Dill, 501 Marina Blvd, San Francisco, California'. This is possibly the Stanford University history professor, Marshall Dill. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front free endpaper,… Read More