TEMPLES IN YUCATAN: A CAMERA CHRONICLE OF CHICHEN ITZA by Gilpin, Laura - 1948

New York: Hastings House, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. good+. Octavo. 9 1/2 x 7 1/4". Green cloth with circular gilt design to front cover and gilt lettering to spine. 124pp. Clipped corner of front free endpaper. Lacking dust jacket.

New York:: Hastings House,, [1948].. publisher's boards in dust jacket.. Slight use to corners; tight and sound in a price-clipped, slightly foxed dust jacket with some light use at corners. . 8vo,. Illustrated throughout from photographs..

Hastings House, 1948. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Covers edgeworn. Dust jacket edgeworn and foxed.

New York: Hastings House, Publishers, 1948. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Wide Octavo. 124 pp, illus. First Edition, 1948. Signed by the Author Photographer on title page. Lightly bumped front fore-edge board, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 7.25" x 9.5". Green cloth with gilt decoration on front board, gilt lettering to spine, and decorative end papers. Not Price Clipped, but missing rear inner flap. Front-panel flap dj taped on inside with 1" rectangle chip at top edge spine, and a few additional small chips and closed tears to same. Pictorial dj in acetate protector. "Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) was an American photographer. Gilpin is known for her photographs of Native Americans, particularly the Navajo and Pueblo, and Southwestern landscapes. Gilpin began taking photographs as a child in Colorado and formally studied photography in New York from 1916 to 1917 before returning to her home in Colorado… Read More

New York: Hastings House, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. Green cloth, gilt-stamped illustration on upper board, gilt-stamped lettering on spine; photo-illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated throughout. Inscribed and dated (1961) by Gilpin on the half-title page. Spine tips lightly rubbed; faint spots of soiling on top edge of text block, nowhere infringing into the margins or text. Dust jacket chipped along spine and at spine tips; closed tear across front panel; mended with tape on the verso; not price-clipped, in mylar, but rough.

Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Dust jacket has creasing, tearing, some staining, and small portions missing, but otherwise intact and in protective plastic covering. NOT INSCRIBED.

Hastings House, 1948-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 7x5x0. 1948 Hastings House with Gilpin signed label applied to the title page. Price clipped jacket shows very light chip along top edge. B72 Please email for photos.

New York: Hastings House, 1948. 1st. Hardcover. Very good/very good. With 117 photographs in black and white which include the most important temples and other structures. Dust jacket with portions of spine missing and chipped at extremities, otherwise very good condition.

New York: Hastings House, 1948. 1st . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilpin, Laura. 124pp.; HB blk.w/gilt-pic.cover; slight rub w/wear on corners; clean,tight pgs. DJ white w/green-photocover; slight rub. "The 117 photographs include, in detail, the most important temples and other structures, as well as afford intimate glimpses into the life of the present-day Maya.