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OBRAS SELECTAS DEL ARTE PREHISPANICO (Adquisiciones recientes).
by Arroyo de Anda, Luis Aveleyra
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Mexico, D.F.: Museo Nacional de Antropologia, (1964)., (1964).. Good. - Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 9-3/4 inches wide], gray buckram titled in black on the front cover, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped & the tail of the spine is faded. The dust jacket is rubbed, darkened & chipped with pieces out of the head & tail of the spine & the top edges of the panels. Several tears have been repaired with scotch tape internally. Unpaginated. Prelims & introductory material plus profuse black-and-white plates from photographs by Irmgard Groth-Kimball, with captions on the facing pages. The paper on the rear pastedown is partially detached & the rear hinge is starting. There is a price-sticker partially obliterated in ink on the front endpaper. The bottom corners of the leaves are lightly creased. Good.
First edition.
"Edicion commemorativa de la inauguracion del nuevo edificio del Museo Nacional de Antropologia".
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9347
- Title
- OBRAS SELECTAS DEL ARTE PREHISPANICO (Adquisiciones recientes).
- Author
- Arroyo de Anda, Luis Aveleyra
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Mexico, D.F.: Museo Nacional de Antropologia, (1964).
- Date Published
- (1964).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ART; ARCHEOLOGY; PRECOLUMBIAN; MEXICO; OBRAS SELECTAS DEL ARTE PREHISPANICO; MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA; ACQUISITIONS; PLATES; PHOTOGRAPHER; IRMGARD GROTH-KIMBALL; LUIS AVELEYRA ARROYO DE ANDA; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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