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Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. 3rd printing. hardcover. Good-/Good for age. Hardcover, no jacket. Good-/Good for age. Wear and bumping to edges and corners exposing cardboard; rubbing/wear to covers; age toning to covers; some soiling/staining to covers; bumping to head/foot of spine; some soiling/staining to page edges; scuffing to spine edges; pages browning; some slanting to spine; rubbing/fading to spine and front cover stamping and gilt; heavy sunning/fading/water staining to cover cloth; nicking/chipping to some pages due to larger size than covers.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Covarrubias, Miguel & Rose Covarrubias et al.. 427 pp. 8 color plates, 93 black & white plates, many line drawings in the text. Purple cloth sides, black spine, gilt letttering spine - Fine. Sound, clean, unmarked. Dust jacket, corner clipped otherwise - Very Good+

NY: Knopf. VG+/VG+. 1954. 4th ptg. hardcover. 8vo . 427pp . Mild offsetting to rear end papers (from old newsclip?) Tad of edgewear to bright DJ, which has some foxing on its inside. DJ is price-clipped. .

Alfred A. Knopf . Sixth Printing. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1967.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4th printing. GOOD. Covers rubbed, unevenly faded, soiled; spine gently pulled at crown from reading; page edges tanned. xxviii, 427, viii pp., eight color plates including folding map, 93 b/w plates from photographs, text illus. Illustrated by the author. [deV] Size: 8vo

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 9.50 x 6.35 x 1.75 inches. Covarrubias, Miguel. Embark on a cultural journey with ""Mexico South: The Isthmus of Tehuantepec"" by Miguel Covarrubias, featuring Rose Covarrubias as the photographer. This hardcover first edition/sixth printing, published by Alfred A. Knopf in January 1967, is a captivating exploration of the Isthmus in Near Fine/VG+ condition, accompanied by a very good dust jacket.Delve into the heart of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec with this captivating volume by Miguel Covarrubias and Rose Covarrubias. The hardcover first edition/sixth printing, adorned with burgundy cloth-covered boards featuring a sketch of a basketted woman and child, is a visual and literary masterpiece. Quarter-bound in black cloth with gold spine print, the book is in Near Fine/VG+ condition, boasting sharp corners and lightly indented spine ends. The square and tight binding ensures a durable reading experience. Minor abrasion to… Read More

Alfred A Knopf, 1967. Hardcover. Good. 1967. 6th Printing. 427 pages. No dust jacket. Purple and black cloth. Black and white photographic plates and illustrations throughout. Colour pull-out illustrated frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Minor marking to endpapers. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. 3rd printing. Tight and unmarked copy in full cloth binding. xxviii, 427pp. Paintings and drawings by the author. Numerous photos by Rose Covarrubias others. Fold-out map in front. Jacket is moderately rubbed along edges, now in a new mylar covr.. Hardccover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1946.. First edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. A little sunning to the edges of the boards; lower cover dampstained; in a price-clipped jacket which is also dampstained and lightly creased and edgeworn.. Large 8vo,. Paintings and drawings by the author; photographs by Rose Covarrubias, the author, and others.

Cassell And Company Ltd. Hardcover. Very Good. This book aims to present the story of a forgotten, fascinating region, unknown to most Mexicans, a land cut off by forbidding mountain ranges on one side and unexplored jungle on the other, linked to Mexico and to the outer world only by narrow mountain trails, a rickety railroad, and only in the last few years a tri-weekly airplane. The cover is a little worn one side of the spine.

1946. Covarrubias, Miguel. (Covarrubias, Miguel). MEXICO SOUTH - THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC by Miguel Covarrubias. Knopf, NY, 1946 (1st Edition). Cloth, DJ, 427pp., illustrated. VG, no DJ

London, UK: KPI, 1986 444 pages. The cover is lightly worn on edges and corners. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Paper Back. Very Good.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and sunned, usual library stamps and . markings,. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth spine with decorated red cloth boards. Color folding map of Tehuantepec isthmus and many other color and black and white illustrations. Photos. Descriptive survey of the geography and culture of this area of southern Mexico. ; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Cassell. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. It used to be customary to think of Mexico as a barren land - great stretches of semi-desert bristling with with cactus & maguey plants, a place of rattlesnakes & burros; of enigmatic black eyes peering out between straw sombreros & garish sarapes....The present book is not an exhaustive study of any one of the many subjects discussed, much less of the whole Isthmus; it is rather an attempt to give a fairly comprehensive picture of its contemporary situation as conditioned by its historical background..." No date circa 1950s? Includes fold-out map at the front. Deckled edges to pages. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 427 pages. Edges foxed and browned. Covers have some shelf-wear, marking, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Travel & Places; Mexico; Inventory No: 50020. .

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Miguel Covarrubias (Author-Illustrator); Rose Covarrubias (Photographer). Stated First Edition. Text/Bright, clean, Near New. Illustrated bicolor boards/VG; strong & sound; showing marked fading to fuschia linen portion. DJ/None. Fold-out map precedes text, and Glossary to rear. Paintings and drawings by author; photographs by Rose Covarrubias, the author and others. In the words of Mexico-born artist, caricaturist, ethnologist and art historian Miguel Covrrubias (1904 - 1957), this is a study of the varied aspects of "the life, art, traditions, archaeology, and history" of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico, the land area of which represents the shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. 12 chapters in two parts: I, The Atlantic Slopes; and, II, The Pacific Plains.

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.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrated by Covarrubias and others. Fourth printing. Covers faded, Back hinge cracked. Foldout map creased. Dust jacket worn and chipped.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. 427+pp. Original purple cloth covers w/ gilt title on black cloth spine. Edges of covers a bit sunned. Blank endpapers age toned; light scattered foxing. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear, few short tears, and several small chips to edges; spine a bit sunned. Faint dampstain at foredge of rear panel, and top edge of rear flap. Price clipped. Illust. w/ a fold-out color map, paintings, drawings, and photos.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good-/Good+. Illus. by Rose Covarrubias; et al.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mexico South: The Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Knopf, 1946, first edition, a bright vg+ copy in a good to very good full color pictorial dust-wrapper with some chipping and clear tape repair. Profusely illustrated in both color and black & white along with many pages of photos.