Viva Mexico!
by Charles Macomb Flandrau
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. The vanishingly scarce first edition of Charles Macomb Flandrau's account of life in Mexico prior to the 1910 revolution. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this fascinating work.After an extended visit to his brother William's Mexican coffee plantation, Flandrau authored this work. It has been celebrated for its insight into social customs and political life in Mexico under the president Porfirio Diaz, who was overthrown in the revolution of 1910. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with fading to fore edge of front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 877F49
- Title
- Viva Mexico!
- Author
- Charles Macomb Flandrau
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1908
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- mexico Charles Macomb Flandrau Mexican president Porfirio Díaz mexico Charles Macomb Flandrau
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.