Flute of the Smoking Mirror
by Gillmor, Frances
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Red pictoral dust jacket is not price-clipped, no creasing or sunning, moderate chipping to spine head; otherwise in good condition. Purple clothboards with decorative patterns on front cover & title along spine in dark purple lettering; in very good condition. Tight binding, clean interior. This is a loosely fictionalized biography of Aztec poet-king Nezahualcoyotl. Frances Gillmor was a journalist, novelist, and anthropologist, and responsible for setting up the University of Arizona Folklore Archive. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 6" - 9" tall; 184 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024894
- Title
- Flute of the Smoking Mirror
- Author
- Gillmor, Frances
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Place of Publication
- Albuquerque, NM
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Pre-columbian History, Mexico, Aztecs
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Back of Beyond Books
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Moab, Utah
About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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- First Edition
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- New
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- Spine
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- Chipping
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- Jacket
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