The Land of Poco Tiempo
by Lummis, Charles F
- Used
- Acceptable
- Paperback
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
University of New Mexico Press, 1969. Softcover. Acceptable. Softcover. 1969 third printing. Fading to spine, corner creases and light age-toning to the wraps.Bumped corner tips. Head and heel of spine are worn. Scraping along spine edges. Cocked. Dirty text block. Binding glue is prone to cracking in the gutters. All pages are attached and book remains readable. An interesting piece of New Mexico history as by experienced Charles Lummis, a Harvard grad who made his way to the "land of pretty soon," and became immersed in the native culture, going on to coin the term "the Southwest," as it pertains to New Mexico and adjacent state. 236 pages.
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- Bookseller
- Quirky Used Books & More (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Land of Poco Tiempo
- Author
- Lummis, Charles F
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Date Published
- 1969
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Acceptable
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...