4to. Unbound sheets in gray board portfolio with string tie. 91 b/w photographic sheets, several with multiple images prefaced by 121 pages of descriptive annotations in both Spanish and English. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES. The second volume of a series written and illustrated by Boos on the ceramic sculptures which appear on the funerary urns of the Precolumbian Zapotec (Oaxacan ) Culture of southern Mexico. Very good: the photographic plates and descriptive pages are fine. Portfolio overs fully intact but with browning to the fold-overs, slight surface wear to both panels, some spotting and wear... View More...
1st ed, folio, black cloth, gilt titles. Xv [3] 173 pp. A look at the architecture and landscape architecture of early Mexico. From 1925-1929, Garrison and Rustay set out to record a select number of examples of the 'minor domestic architecture' of Mexico. They recorded a limited number of individual buildings through a mixed presentation of photographs, perspective and measured drawings, elevations, floor plans and details to produce a highly useful tool for architects designing Hispanic buildings. Profuse photographic plates, line drawings, and plans. While the book is still in print, the fi... View More...
1st ed., small 4to, softcover. 30 pp + 63 b/w photographic plates with tissue guards, including two large folding plates -- the first of which is torn at the attachment. Otherwise a good copy in original wrappers. Covers cracked at spine ends, moderate staining. Except for the damage to the first plate, the text block is very good. A very clean tight copy; prior owner’s name stamp at upper right of title page. with no other noticeable flaws. View More...
4to. Unbound sheets in gray board portfolio. 32 b/w photographic sheets, several with multiple images prefaced by approximately 50 pages of descriptive annotations in both Spanish and English. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES. The first volume of a series written and illustrated by Boos on the ceramic sculptures which appear on the funerary urns of the Precolumbian Zapotec (Oaxacan ) Culture of southern Mexico. Plates and sheets are fine. Very good: the photographic plates are virtually pristine, with just a bit of toning to the binding edge of several of the descriptive pages. Covers fully intact but w... View More...
The scarce four-page prospectus for Charlot's first "Picture Book: 32 Original Lithographs" published in 1933. Containing an original lithograph of plate 25 - "La Malinche", although with a few design and color differences than the image in the book. The prospectus is unusually signed in pencil by Charlot, making it a doubly scarce find. Fine condition. View More...
Nine volumes, 12mo full leather. Most volumes consist of contemporary historical accounts, translated and republished into the Spanish of the time. Contents (full Spanish titles reproduced below): Volume I: History of the Conquest of Mexico. Volumes II, III, IV and V: Royal Commentaries of the origin of the Incas of Peru. Volumes VI and VII: La Florida del Inca, by Hernando de Soto Volumes VIII and IX: Chronological General History of Florida Each volume is between 400-700 pages. Interiors are generally clean and tight; minor foxing to a couple of volumes. Covers are rubbed with so... View More...
20 b/w printed plates, 8-1/2x11, each pencil signed by the artist. Limited to 25 sets in decorated portfolio.
Dr. Friedrich “Fritz” Kocher (1904 - 1973), was a German born painter who relocated to Los Angeles in 1929. He received a number of awards both in his native Germany and from California arts groups. Group exhibitions included the California Arts Club [1935-1937); Society for Sanity in Art; California Palace of the Legion of Honor [San Francisco, 1945]; Painters & Sculptors of Los Angeles [1947, 1954]. Early European exhibitions were held in Dresden - 1925, Karlsruhe - 1928, and Freib... View More...
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Banco de la Republica, Bogota - Colombia : 1944
Seller ID: k190320d
1st ed., loose leaf with string tues, 50 color photographic plates, three explanatory texts: El museo del oro, El oro de los indios colombianos, El trabajo indigena del oro. First edition, in Spanish, of a catalog of the collection of pre-Columbian gold artifacts from indigenous cultures of Columbia. Burgundy card covers. A very good copy; the text block and plates are fine with some discoloration to end papers. Covers have light wear to edges, bumped corners.
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1st ed., folio, cream cloth. 196 pp. plus map, two folded plans, and 87 full-page photographic plates by J. Cederquis, mostly b/w but some in color. Each plate has multiple objects depicted, printed on one side and each preceded by an identifying sheet containing the plate number and a brief description.
. Profusely illustrated with more photos and drawings in the text. Not to be confused with Hartman’s later work, published by the Carnegie Institute, “Archeological Researches on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica.” This first work covers his researches on the east coast and on the highland ... View More...
Second edition. Two volumes bound in one. Vol I 433 pos; Vol II 398 pgs. Portrait, one map, and 11 plates in volume 1; portrait, 34 plates an map in volume II. Publisher's blind-stamped calf, gilt spine, marbled edges and end papers. Heavily rubbed with wear to edges. Prior owner's name in gilt on front cover. Front hinge cracked. Vintage Ex-lib with labels on front paste-down blacked out and a library inventory label on deep. Text block clean and tight with scattered light foxing throughout. View More...
1st ed. 4to, magenta boards. cxxxiv pp. 47 full-page plates (recto only) of Mexican masks, mostly b/w but several in color. Precolumbian to recent folkloric, with text by artist Roberto Montenegro. Limited to 2500 copies. Condition: Fair; text block is near fine -- clean, bright, and tight. Covers worn, sunned, with random damp-staining occasionally affecting the end papers but not affecting the text block itself. View More...
1st ed. Tan wrappers with black lettering. 529 pp., numbered continuously between the two volumes. Vol. I has100 full-page plates and 116 figures and Vol. II 105 full-page plates and 183 figures. One of the great early studies of pottery of this Central American region with copious historical background and discussions of culture, customs, tribes, languages, religion, etc. Condition. Vol 1 Fair: Covers worn, cracks to spine, all corners rubbed. Text block is clean and unmarked, but loosely shaken and cracked at several locations. Vol 2: Poor; similar condition but covers are partially detac... View More...
8vo, softcover. 297 pp. , 288 pp. Include articles by Miguel Covarrubias: Tlatilco-El Arte y la Cultura Preclasica del Valled de Mexico; El arte “olmeca o de La Venta. Story by Miguel Angel Asturius: Los brujos de la tormenta priveral. Condition: Fair; light wear to covers, some soiling; light cracks on spine; text blocks lightly shaken but intact. View More...
2d edition, in two volumes. 8vo, softcover. 738 pages in total. Spanish translation by Justo Sierra O'Reilly. With 127 plates and illustrations and one large folded map. An mportant archaeological study of Yucatan with extensive historical and ethnographic references. CONDITION: Vol 1: Good+; a clean tight copy with some discoloration to covers. Vol 2 is Poor; partially disbound, but intact, with discoloration and cracking to spine. #####
Imprenta del Museo Nacional de Arqueología 1937 - 1938, México. Traducción castellana de Justo Sierra O'Reilly. Con 127 ilustraciones dentro y fuera del te... View More...
1st ed., 4to, illustrated boards. 285 pp. No. 518 of 800 copies. A comprehensive survey of PreColumbian, colonial and post-colonial silverware, object d’art, silver equipment and tack used by the gauchos, silver articles associated with mate and smoking. With historical data about mining in Peru, Chile, Uruguay and Brazil and alphabetical lists of silversmiths and their dates. Text in Spanish. Condition: Good: Covers are sound but worn on all edges and corners, discoloration to front and back panels. Text block is clean with no marks or tears but lightly shaken. Remnants of original glassine... View More...
12 1/2'' x 9 1/2''. xxxi, 367, [1] pp. No. 169 of an edition limited to 1000 copies. Profusely illustrated with 597 b/w and color photographs, 2 maps.
Original boards, dust jacket. Text in Spanish. Fair: Clean, bright, unmarked interior, with no damage to text block. Covers shaken and lacking spine. Dust jacket present but toned and tattered. Signed and inscribed by Wasserman on title page. View More...
1st ed. Folio, red cloth, 248 pp.; 236 color plates and15 in b/w of fabric designs -- plus bibliography. An Important publication on Peruvian textiles from a private collection. A fine copy in VG-near fine d/w and slipcase. The book itself is as-new. The dustjacket has some light edgewear, especially at top of spine. The cardboard slipcase has a few nicks and very small stains. View More...
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 1958-1961. 1st editions, 4to, blue wrappers. were conducted Excavation and research of the Mayan ruins at Tikal were conducted under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the government of Guatemala from 1956 through 1969. These are the reports of the first years of excavation and fieldwork. Numerous illustrations and plates throughout. In three volumes: Vol I is Numbers 1-4, 1958; 150 pp; Very Good -- a clean, tight copy with sun fading to edges of covers; Volume 2 is Number... View More...
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