Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 2nd Edition. xvi + 644 p; many b/w Ills and Tables. Higher postage because book will be posted as parcel via Dt. Post / DHL. POSTAGE: 7,95 Euro (Germany).
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 1983
Anbieter: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, USA
Erstausgabe
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. First Edition. Quarto. 28.5cm. Publisher's clay colored cloth titled in red to spine. Dustjacket. 307pp. Very light wear to the cloth, there is a cosmetic crack or split in the cloth at the head of the front spine joint, presumably a binding defect as there are no signs of other wear, or corresponding wear to the jacket, not affecting the structure of the book; internally clean and fresh; in a bright, strong dustjacket with a little scuffing to the extremities. A very good, clean copy. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator, and anthropologist, bearing his bookplate. A learned examination of the hisotry of natural disasters and volcanic activity affecting the Mayan civilizations at various points in their history, examining sites at places like Ceren, termed "a Mesoamerican Pompei.".