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Mesoamerican Writing Systems: Propaganda, Myth, and History in Four Ancient Civilizations
by Joyce Marcus
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0691094748
- ISBN 13
- 9780691094748
- Seller
-
Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. Near fine/very good. Near fine first edition in a very good dust jacket. Cream paper boards over green quarter cloth binding. Cream paper showing darkening at top edge. Otherwise clean and bright. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. Dust jacket has three tiny closed tears at top edge, and sunning on back cover near spine. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. Fully illustrated with maps, charts, pictures and graphs. 495 pp. including index. Quarto, 10 x 9 1/2 inches tall. Heavy and large, additional shipping will be billed at actual cost. Chapters: Truth, Propaganda, and Noble Speech; The Evolutionary Context of Early Writing; Mesoamerica's Four Major Writing Systems: The Ethnohistoric Background; Not One Calendar, but Many; Rewriting History; Place Names and the Establishment of Political Territories; The Naming of Nobles; Royal Marriages; Euhemerism and Royal Ancestors; Accession to the Throne; Raiding and Warfare; An Anthropological Theory of Mesoamerican Writing
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 217
- Title
- Mesoamerican Writing Systems: Propaganda, Myth, and History in Four Ancient Civilizations
- Author
- Joyce Marcus
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0691094748
- ISBN 13
- 9780691094748
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Maya, calendar, glyph, language, linguistics, symbol, anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, Mexico, Guatemala, mixtec, zapotec, olmec, classic, gods, religion, toltec, aztec, writing, pre-columbian
- Bookseller catalogs
- Latin America & Mexico;
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About the Seller
Uncommon Works
Biblio member since 2014
Gridley, California
About Uncommon Works
Not your ordinary book store! Uncommon Works specializes in rare, odd, unique, and handmade books, with a focus on the Maya, Latin America, Native America, and the Spanish Conquest. You'll find rare, first editions and first or early printings. You'll even find a few first printings of living authors for sale. We provide services and referrals for book mending, repair, restoration, and binding.
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