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.

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Bookseller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 43625
Title: Maya Architecture
Author: TOTTEN, George Oakley
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: The Maya Press
Place of Publication: Washington, DC
Date Published: 1926
Bookseller catalogs: Books; Native American; Architecture;

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