Smoking Gods: Tobacco in Maya Art, History, and Religion
by Robicsek, Francis
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0806115114
- ISBN 13
- 9780806115115
- Seller
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Menifee, California, United States
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About This Item
Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1978. hardcover. Good/Good. 12x9x1. 1978 University of Oklahoma Press (Norman, Oklahoma), 9 1/8 x 12 1/8 inches tall blue cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, silver Mayan design to front cover, silver lettering to spine, color pictorial endpapers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs and line drawings, xxv, 233 pp. plus 42 unnumbered leaves of plates. Slight smoky odor. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Prior owner ink gift inscription t blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a moderately rubbed and edgeworn dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP47~ [5.5P] A review of the role of tobacco and smoking among the ancient Maya Indians of Central America. The book covers tobacco smoking, smoking of other substances, the role of smoking in Maya society, the gods who are associated with smoking, and smoking as portrayed in Maya art.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Flamingo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SP47-0432-13533
- Title
- Smoking Gods: Tobacco in Maya Art, History, and Religion
- Author
- Robicsek, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0806115114
- ISBN 13
- 9780806115115
- Publisher
- Univ of Oklahoma Pr
- Place of Publication
- Norman
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 12x9x1
- X weight
- 88 oz
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Flamingo Books
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Menifee, California
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