Washington: Government Printing Office, 1915. First Edition. Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 57. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates and full colour plates. Library binding. With Berkeley Public Library bookplate to front pastedown, small stamp to lower edge of title page, library information written on verso of title page. Previous owner's stamp twice to front endpage, with ink marking. Abrasion to rear endpages from removal of library material. Outer page edges are somewhat soiled; cloth along outer extremities and lower portion of spine is rubbed.

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Bookseller: Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 19995
Title: An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs
Author: MORLEY, SYLVANUS GRISWOLD
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Good +
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Place of Publication: Washington
Date Published: 1915
Keywords: Maya Hieroglyphs

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Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)

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