MEXICO SOUTH: The Isthmus of Tehuantepec
by Covarrubias, Miguel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/Fair
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Cassell and Company Ltd. (No Date) 427+pp. Original cream cloth covers w/ gilt title on blue cloth spine. Binding lightly soiled w/ light dampstain to bottom corner of front cover. Faint sunning to spine ends. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear, tear, and few chips to edges. Illust. w/ paintings, drawings, and photos; fold-out color map at front.. Hard Cover. Good+/Fair. Illus. by Rose Covarrubias (Photographs)/Miguel Covarrubias (Paintings, Drawings, Photographs). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8251
- Title
- MEXICO SOUTH: The Isthmus of Tehuantepec
- Author
- Covarrubias, Miguel
- Illustrator
- Rose Covarrubias (Photographs)/Miguel Covarrubias (Paintings, Drawings, Photographs)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- WORLD HISTORY TRAVEL MEXICO ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC NORTH AMERICA INDIANS OF MEXICO ANTIQUITIES NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED COVARRUBIAS MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS ROSE
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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