Mexico South

Alfred A. Knopf, 1946 First Edition (stated) in price-clipped dust jacket SIGNED by Miguel Covarrubias to front endpaper with personalized inscription to former Los Angeles Municipal Court Justice, Judge Benjamin J. Scheinman and dated in year of publication, no markings, gilt-stamped pink & black cloth boards show only trivial shelf wear, jacket is bright & crisp with minimal edge wear,… Read more about this item

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.

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… Read more about this item

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.… Read more about this item

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.

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.

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… Read more about this item

Cassell, No date. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 444 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Cassell, No date. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Covers have slight soiling. Edges of boards have superficial wear. Spine has mild fading. Edges of pages are reasonably browned. Pages are lightly… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New.

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"… Read more about this item

Routledge, 1986-01-04. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Kegan Paul Intl, 1986. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 256 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.50 inches.

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.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Fourth printing. Hardcover. g to vg. Quarto. XXVIII, 427, [9], VIII, [2]pp. Uncut. Original illustrated dust jacket over illustrated cloth with Gold lettering and decoration on spine. Two colored frontispieces, including folded map of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Vignette on title page. Delightful monograph on the geography, ethnology, anthropology, archaeology, history,… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

London: Cassell and Company Ltd , 1946. Profusely illustrated with color frontispiece. 446 pp. Illus. by Covarrubias, including 8 color plates & color fldg. map. 93 plates from photographs, by author and Rose Covarrubias. Biblio. Appendix glossary of seven Indian languages. Index. An account of life in southern Mexico, with much on the Zapotecs and other tribes. The… Read more about this item

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… Read more 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… Read more about this item