Search Results: Latin America & Mexico from Uncommon Works

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good +/missing. A very good plus first edition, as stated. Buckram boards with green image of South America and green title stamping on spine. Previous owner's bookstamp on first free endpaper. Map endpapers. Deckled page edges with mild toning. Binding is tight, sturdy and square. Missing dust jacket. map and black and white plates all present. vxiii, 415 pp., Octavo.

Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. Very good +. Very good+ first printing. In orginal wraps, front cover showing toning at sides. Front top corner is bumped. Foldout intact and fine. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. Otherwise interior pages are clean, bright and unmarked. 142 pp. Octavo, 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches tall.

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.

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. A fine first edition in a very good plus dust jacket. Brown pictorial cloth boards. Orange endpapers. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. Pages clean and bright. Sunning to dust jacket spine, no other flaws. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. Illustrated with black and white photos, drawings and tables. 194 pp. Sarah Blaffer analyzes the position of anomalies in societies in this stidy of a norm-offending, yet norm-reinforcing, specter who by his character and actions demonstrates the proper sex roles for Zinacantec men and women. A black, winged, super-sexed demon also figured in ancient Maya mythology. He was the bat deity known in Nahuatl as Tlacatzinacantli—the source of the name Zinacantan. This bat was associated with blood and death and with other sacrificing creatures, the buzzard and the hummingbird.

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.

New York: Scribner, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. Fine/fine. A fine first edition in a fine dust jacket. With photos by MacDuff Everton and Justin Kerr. Pristine cream paper boards under black quarter cloth binding. Cream endpapers. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. Illustrated with drawings, maps, glyphs, and black and white photos throughout. 431 [1] pp. Octvao.

Albany, NY: Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, State University of New York, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. Very good +. A very good+ first printing. Blue paper wraps with Maya glyph bottom right. Binding is sound, pages intact and unmarked. Sunning to spine and cover faded, not affecting titling. Illustrated in black and white. 195 pp. Quarto, 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall.

Cambridge: Harvard University; Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Stiff wraps. Near fine. A near fine first printing. In original stiff, vibrant red paper wraps, with titling in gold on cover and spine. Spine mildly sunned. From the private library of Larry Southwick. No tears, folds, creases or markings to cover or pages. Top edge toned. Interior pages are clean and bright. Illustrated with drawings, maps, and photos. 63 pp. Folio, 12 x 15 inches tall.

Cambridge: Harvard University; Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Stiff wraps. Near fine. A near fine first printing. In original stiff, vibrant red paper wraps, with titling in gold on cover and spine. Fading to back cover and spine from exposure. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near binding on title page. Top edge toned. No tears, folds creases to cover or pages. Interior pages are clean and bright, save for one page with pencilled marginalia. Illustrated with tables and photos. 62 pp. Folio, 12 x 15 inches tall. Scope: all... except codices and pottery vessels....Thus, inscriptions on jade, shell, bone, wood, stucco, and painted walls are taken to fall within the purview of the Corpus, in addition to those carved in stone, which form the largest category." pg. 1:7

Cambridge: Harvard University; Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Stiff wraps. Near fine. A near fine first printing. In original stiff, vibrant red paper wraps, with titling in gold on cover and spine. Spine mildly sunned. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near binding on title page. No tears, folds creases to cover or pages. Top edge toned. Interior pages are clean and bright. Illustrated with drawings, maps, and photos. 64 pp. Folio, 12 x 15 inches tall.

Cambridge: Harvard University; Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Stiff wraps. Near fine. A near fine first printing. In original stiff, vibrant red paper wraps, with titling in gold on cover and spine. Spine and line along top of cover mildly sunned. From the private library of Larry Southwick. No tears, folds, creases or markings to cover or pages. Top edge toned. Interior pages are clean and bright. Illustrated with drawings, maps, and photos. 63 pp. Folio, 12 x 15 inches tall.

Cambridge: Harvard University; Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Stiff wraps. Near fine. A near fine first printing. In original stiff, vibrant red paper wraps, with titling in gold on cover and spine. Spine mildly sunned. From the private library of Larry Southwick. No tears, folds, creases or markings to cover or pages. Top edge toned. Interior pages are clean and bright. Illustrated with drawings, maps, and photos. 54 pp. Folio, 12 x 15 inches tall.

Cambridge: Harvard University; Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Stiff wraps. Near fine. A near fine first printing. In original stiff, vibrant red paper wraps, with titling in gold on cover and spine. Spine mildly sunned. From the private library of Larry Southwick. No tears, folds, creases or markings to cover or pages. Top edge toned. Interior pages are clean and bright. Illustrated with drawings, maps, and photos. 67 pp. Folio, 12 x 15 inches tall.

Cambridge: Harvard University; Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Stiff wraps. Near fine. A near fine first printing. In original stiff, vibrant red paper wraps, with titling in gold on cover and spine. Spine mildly sunned. From the private library of Larry Southwick. No tears, folds, creases or markings to cover or pages. Top edge toned. Interior pages are clean and bright. Illustrated with drawings, maps, and photos. 57 pp. Folio, 12 x 15 inches tall.

Cambridge: Harvard University; Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Stiff wraps. Near fine. A near fine first printing. In original stiff, vibrant red paper wraps, with titling in gold on cover and spine. Spine and line along top of cover mildly sunned. From the private library of Larry Southwick. No tears, folds, creases or markings to cover or pages. Top edge toned. Interior pages are clean and bright. Illustrated with drawings, maps, and photos. 61 pp. Folio, 12 x 15 inches tall.

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1982. Third Printing. Hardcover. Near fine. Very good+ third printing. Olive green cloth boards. Head and tail of spine folded and mildly rubbed. White endpapers. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. Edges toned, interior pages clean and bright. Alll foldouts present. Heavily illustrated with drawings, plates, maps, tables, figures. 334 pp. including index.

Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine. Very good first edition. Dumbarton Oaks: "Trustees for Harvard University." Green cloth boards with foil titling on spine. Cream endpapers. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. Pages and covers clean and bright. Book is very mildly cocked. Illustrated with black and white photos, graphs, maps, and drawings. 203 pp. Octavo, 8 x 10 1/2 inches tall.

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1975. Early Printing. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. A very good plus, early printing in a very good dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt llama on cover and gilt title stamping on spine. Foot of spine softly folded. Binding is sturdy and square. Machu Picchu endpapers Previous owner's name on second leaf. profusely illustrated and painstakingly documented. Color plates throughout. Dust jacket showing 1/2 loss on rear left corner, small tears and wear at top and bottom of jacket. Octavo. 200 pp. Loren McIntyre (March 24, 1917 – May 11, 2003), was an American photojournalist who worked extensively in South America. His photographs and writing appeared in National Geographic and hundreds of other periodicals. He has numerous books to his credit, including The Incredible Incas and Their Timeless Land (1975), Exploring South America (1990), Amazonia (1991), and Die Amerikanische Reise (2000) -- Alchetron

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. A fine first edition in a fine dust jacket [Hand S1]. A School of American Research Book. Green cloth with white title stamping on spine. Collector's marginalia near front hinge. Green dust jacket with white Maya glyphs. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. From the private library of Larry Southwick. Copious references, plus maps and illustrations. 526 pp. including index. Octavo. Among other honors, Dr. Sabloff "is a past President of the Society for American Archaeology, a past Chair of Section H (Anthropology) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and past Editor of American Antiquity. He served as Chair of the Smithsonian Science Commission and currently is a member of the National Advisory Board of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, as well as a member of the Committee on Research and Exploration of the… Read More

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine first edition, first printing in a fine dust jacket. Burgundy cloth boards with silver title stamping on spine. Blue end papers. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. Fine dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. Illustrated with drawings, color and black/white plates. 450 pp. including index. Octavo. The Maya records left on stone are chronicled in this work. This is the first printing of the book, the separate Berkeley edition was not released until 2000.