Mexican Copper Tools: The Use of Copper by the Mexicans before the Conquest; and the Katunes of Maya History, a Chapter in the Early History of Central America, with Special Reference to the Pio Perez Manuscript
by Valentini, Philipp J.J
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Spine scuffed with wear at ends, slight bubbling of cloth, paper at hinges just starting, text clean, binding tight, overall sti
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About This Item
Worcester: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1880. First edition thus. Blue cloth stampefd in blind, beveled edges. Spine scuffed with wear at ends, slight bubbling of cloth, paper at hinges just starting, text clean, binding tight, overall still good to very good.. 102 pp. Illus. with 13 b/w in-text drawings and 1 map. Sm. 4to. Stephen Salisbury, Jr., trans. Inscribed by the translator, Stephen Salisbury and reprinted from the "Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, April 29, and October 21, 1879."
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- Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Mexican Copper Tools: The Use of Copper by the Mexicans before the Conquest; and the Katunes of Maya History, a Chapter in the Early History of Central America, with Special Reference to the Pio Perez Manuscript
- Author
- Valentini, Philipp J.J
- Format/Binding
- Blue cloth stampefd in blind, beveled edges
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine scuffed with wear at ends, slight bubbling of cloth, paper at hinges just starting, text clean, binding tight, overall sti
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Press of Charles Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- Worcester
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- Indians of the Americas, , Latin America, Mexico, Indians of the Americas, Latin Americana, América Latina, Hispanoamericana, Latinamericano, Central America, Antiquities, Maya, Copperwork , Mesoamerica,
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Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
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East Jewett, New York
About Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
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