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[Mexico] Priv. pub. by the author, 1938-01-01. Edition not stated. Hardcover. Good/No dustjacket as issued. Signed by Author. Shelf wear to binding. Bumped corners, scuffs & long scratch across front board. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Previous owners name & small ink marks on front inside board. Front hinge cracking. Signed by author on half title page. Top corner of text block bumped. Text and images unmarked.

Menasha, WI: The Author. VG+/VG. 1938. 1st. hardcover. 8vo 303pp . Bookplate down end paper. DJ has 1/4" tear and a little soiling. Nice copy. .

Menasha, WI: M.A. Donohue, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8300 shelf. Paste-down to dark blue cloth. Ex-library: Binghamton State Hospital stamp verso both covers & 3 edges, empty library pocket verso back cover. Clean text. Trans. from the Spanish by P. M. Del Campo and P. Cheal. With color frontispiece, b/w photos. Solid 303 pgs

Privately Pub. by the Author, 19, 1938-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . SIgned by the author. Cover is worn and pages are aged and yellowed. Lightly staining/ foxing to the pages/ page edges.

Privately Printed, 1938, 1938. Fine in beautifully bound blue cloth Hardcover with a water-color portrait of a young Mexican girl pasted onto the front cover surroundes by elegant shiny gilt lettering. Comes in a facsimile dustjack et on white stiff paper with slight soiling and very minor edgewear. Illustrated with a water color by the author, two drawings and 34 photographs. 303pp.. Fine/Very Good.

Alfred Louis Deverdun, 1938. First Edition. First Printing. Signed by author on half title page. In blue cloth covers with pasteon illustration by author and gilt lettering on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Moderate wear.Jacket: Intact with price on upper front flap. Moderate chipping of edges. Moderate shelf rubbing. In new protective jacket cover. Photos upon request. . Signed by Author. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Menasha WI: Priv. pub. by the author. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1938. First English Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author; Green cloth covered boards show wear to extremities, head of spine frayed, wear to tail of spine, library marking on spine and title page, missing FFEP, discard stamp on front pastedown. ; Signed by author on half-title page. Gilt titles on front and spine, coloured pastedown illustration on front board ; Ex-Library; B&W Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 303 pages; "Tenochtitlan was a Nahua city-state located on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico. Founded in 1325, it became the capital of the expanding Mexica Empire in the 15th century until it was captured by the Spanish in 1521. At its peak, it was the largest city in the Pre-Columbian Americas. When paired with Mexico the name is a reference to Mexica, the people of the surrounding Aztec heartland. Today the ruins of Tenochtitlan are located in the central part of Mexico City." .

Alfred Louis Deverdun, 1938. hardback. very good condition in cloth with a front pastedown.

[Menasha, WI]: Privately Published By the Author, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 304 pp. Bound in full blue cloth, title in gilt on cover and spine, full-color, illustrated paper label to front cover, in white dust jacket with full-color cover illustrations. Illustrated with Translated from the Spanish by P. M. Del Campo and P. Cheal. Very Good, foxing to endpapers, frontispiece and title page, otherwise clean, previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown, corners bumped and rubbed, in Good dust jacket, chipping to head and tail of spine and extremities, front cover separated at spine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

[no place]: The Author, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 303pp. Translated from the Spanish by P. M. del Campo and P. Cheal. Color frontispiece from a watercolor by the author; illustrated in black and white from drawings and photographs. Spine dulled and worn at the ends, covers heavily bumped in several pages, causing a few small tears in the cloth, foredge with a scratch that causes a bit of internal creasing there, sound and just about very good, lacking the dustwrapper. Signed by the author on the half-title.

Privately Published, 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. Signed by Author(s) Blue cloth boards with mounted illustration on front board. Mild wear to corners and spine ends. Tight binding, no internal markings, minimal wear. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Illustrated with a water color by the author and 34 photographs. Dust jacket is missing several large chips and has an internal tape repair along the front joint. In the Preface, Deverdun writes that his aim is not to provide either a history or a guidebook, but rather to tell readers "something about the many places of outstanding interest in this most beautiful country. The book is divided into three sections, titled Aztecs and Spaniards; Colonial Mexico; and Environs of Mexico City. Signed by Author(s).

[Wisconsin], published by the author, 1938, First Edition. . original cloth, dj (light wear, tear, chipped at spine ends, spine darkened, not price clipped), bookplate of Katherine Engel, very good copy, Signed by author.. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 303 pp, colored frontis, plates from photos and drwgs. . An interesting book dealing with Mexico city and surrounding area, with much on the history of the area and important buildings, parks, palaces, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

[Mexico] Priv. pub. by the author. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1938. Hardcover. Few small edge tears on DJ ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author; Presentation copy; ; Signed by Author .

[Mexico] Priv. pub. by the autho, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Nice black hardcovrr with pasted cover art and frontipiece art of Mexican girl. Ex-hospital copy with little or no use. No dj.

[Mexico] Priv. Pub. By The Author, 1938. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth, with colour-pictorial to front panel. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling and toning. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 303 pages; Description: 303, [1] p. Col. Front. , plates. 23 cm. Subjects: Mexico City (Mexico) --History. Mexico City (Mexico) --Description and travel.

n.p. / [Menasha, Wisconsin]: Privately Published by the Author / [George Banta Publishing Company], 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. [6], 7-303, [1] pp. Navy cloth with gilt lettering and an inset illustration (in color) on the front board, gilt lettering on the spine. Price of $3.00 net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and with several black and white plates and a few full-page illustrations. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Some foxing to the top textblock; jacket has traces of edge wear including a small split to the front fold.

Menasha, WI [place of printing]: Privately Published by the Author, 1938. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 303, [1] pages. Color Frontis illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Some pencil marks noted. Illustrated with a water color by the Author, two drawings, and thirty-four photographs. DJ has an illustrated front and has wear, tears, soiling and chips. Endpaper discoloration. The contents are: Aztecas and Spaniards. Pre-Cortesan history -- The arrival of Cortés -- The tree of the sad night -- The capture of México-Tenochititlán by Cortés -- Colonial Mexico. The beginnings of the present city -- The National Library -- Church of Santo Domingo and the inquisition -- San Ildefonso -- Las Vizcaínes -- The cathedral and the sagrario -- The university -- The national palace -- The treasury of the nation -- El Volador -- "El Zócalo," or Great Square of Mexico City -- The national pawnshop -- The house of tiles -- The Iturbide palace -- Ministry of public education -- The… Read More