tribes temples record expedition middle (5 Ergebnisse)

Thin Boards / Cardstock. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Olive covers have gilt title. Boards show some scuffing, rippling, bumping, edgewear. Corners are bumped, scuffed. See photos. Spine has gilt text and is faded, with crushed ends. See photos. Binding is secure. Pastedowns and feps have some light staining, Volume I has a map at front cover, a ruler strip at back cover. Inscribed and signed by Frans Blom on ffep Volume I. Foldout maps are present. Illustrations, black and white photographs and line drawings, are bright and clear. Interior is gently age-toned, with some smudges. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges are foxed.** PS2025.0918** 536 pages. 7.75 x 10.5 inches** Two volumes, First Edition of this archaeological report from Mexico and Cental America. Publisher's flexible green cloth bindings, with gilt-stamped titles and yapp edges. With 7 plates, 5 maps, and 374 in-text illustrations. Moderate edgewear and rippling to the boards, more so at the corners and tips, foxing is limited to text block edge. Overall, a Very Good copy.** This is one of the first scholarly reports on a number of sites associated with the Olmec civilization in the modern-day Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco. Frans Blom (1893-1963) was a Danish explorer and archeologist known for his work in Mesoamerica. During 1925, he traveled with American anthropologist Oliver La Farge (1901-1963) to what is now known as the Olmec heartland under the auspices of Tulane University.** This copy is inscribed by Frans Blom, "To Norman and Mira Armour, thanking for their friendship." Norman Armour (1887-1982) was an American diplomat who grew up in New Jersey and whose career in the U.S. Department of State extended across both World Wars. In Russia at the time of the Russian Revolution, Armour escaped from the new Soviet regime, along with his future wife, the nobly born Mira.** On the verso of the title page is a note stating, "An edition of fifty numbered copies of this book has been printed on special paper." This is not a numbered copy; the copies in commerce appear to match this one in editorial points.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #010329"**. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2 vol. set. Green semi-fleixble cloth boards with gilt lettering. Light shelf wear, minor bumping at corners. NOT ex-lib. Pages/boards clean, NO foxing or markings. Bindings sturdy, both volumes.

hardcover. Zustand: very good(-). First. 5 maps, 7 plates, 374 text Illus. 2 volumes. 4to, original flexible green cloth, corners bumped on both volumes, spine ends rubbed on both volumes, otherwise very good. New Orleans: Tulane University, 1926, 1927. First Edition.

First Edition. Two Volumes. Two Quartos (27cm); flexible green cloth-covered boards, with titlings staped in gilt on spines and front covers; map endpapers; 237pp; 239-536pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations, including fold-out map illustrations. Both volumes have modest shelf-wear, with light soil and rubbing; overall Very Good. Two volumes, with sections on the Maya country, Palenque, the Ocosingo Valley, and the Chuchumatanes, Guatemala. [89141].