Search Results: indian art of mexico central by covarrubias miguel

Alfred A. Knopf, January 1966. Hardcover. Used - Good/Poor. Worn copy, clean and intact. May have markings that do not obscure the text.

Alfred A Knopf, 1971-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.6000 10.6000 8.1000.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Mild bumping and soiling to boards. Solid binding and clean text. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. International addresses will require extra postage due to size. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 360 pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Covarrubias, Miguel. 360pp.+index; HB quarter-bound white w/gilt &blk.w/gilt&silver-red trim; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. . DJ yellow w/blik&blue-pic.cover; some rub w/wear on edges&corners; some lt. soil. " ...presents the plastic arts of the aboriginal inhabitants of Mexico...." Illustrated by the author w/12pgs.in full color & 149 line drawings & w/album of 64pgs.of photos.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1971. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Third Printing. 360 pages with 12 illustrations in color, 149 line drawings and 64 pages of black and white photographs. Previous owner'sinscription written on front free endpaper, top right-hand corner. Rubbing, soiling and wear to the dust-jacket as a whole, now protected with a Mylar cover. Price clipped. List of Color Plates..

Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Bookplate on front flyleaf. Dust jacket worn, and sunned along edges.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover; Second Printing. Price clipped DJ shows wear and is tattered with open tears; Wonderfully illustrated by the author with twelve pages in color, 64 pages of photos, and one hundred forty-nine line drawings. Lavishly illustrated in color and B&W by Covarrubias, and providing much information about these unique art forms. ; B&W and Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 360,xvii pages .

Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Unclipped. 10x8x1. First ed.; 359 p., plus index and notes, clean and unmarked anywhere; maps, drawings, color plates; binding tight; boards hve only slight wear--light bumping on corners but pictorial d.j. has faint smudging and chipping at corners, crown of spine panel, and small closed tear at lower edge of front panel. 9" x 12." Extra postage.

NY: ALFRED . A KNOPF, 1957. STATED FIRST. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. COVARRUBIAS MIGUEL. A BEAUTIFUL BOOK 12 COLOR PLATES 149 LINE DRAWINGS 64 PAGES OF B/W PHOTOS SOLID CLEAN AND VERY BRIGHT INSIDE AND OUT VERY CLEAN COVER BLACK SPINE WITH PERFECT SIVER DESIGN AND GOLD LETTERING BOARDS ARE GRAY WITH GOLD DESIGN UNMARKED JACKET IS PRICECLIPPED WITH VERY LIGHT SUNFADE TO SPINE ONLY ONE DIME SIZED SPOT ON BACK OF JACKET A VERY NICE FIRST EDITION PROTECTED BY MYLAR JACKET

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. Well illustrated with colour plates and line drawings by the author, quarto, pp xvi, 360, xvii, (3), decorated cloth showing very faint wear, otherwise a good sound copy..

Owners name and Date neatly written on Fly Leaf, else Fine. DW. First Edition. 149 Line Drawings. 360p. 4to. 64 Black and White Photos. Maps.

NY, Knopf, 1957. 'First Edition'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Color Plates and Line Drawings by the Author. xvi, 360, xvii, [3] p., index, illus., maps, 64 b/w & 12 color plates; dj lightly soiled; VG+. Stock#20279.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 360 pages; The dust jacket has chipping, wear, and sunning. Upper spine of jacket has a bit of tape repair on backside. The price is clipped. The book has a small smudge on the bottom front cover. .

New York: Borzoi Books / Alfred A. Knopf. Good in Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Pp xvi, 360, xvii. Color plates and line drawings by the author: 12 color plates, 146 figures in text and 64 photographs. Map. Black cloth spine over cream textured cloth. Board edges toned. All edges dust soiled. The dust Jacket is price clipped, the spine sunned, and there are closed tears along the edge. Now in archival cover. Published posthumously. With the same factual and scholarly approach of previous works, Covarrubias examines Middle America "the intellectual and artistic focus of Indian civilization. Middle America (Mexico and Central America) was the scene of great turbulence, of ever-flourishing and ever-waning cultures; each one different from the other yet attesting to the diffusion, communication, and continuity between them, both temporally and geographically. In detail the types of architecture, jewelry, pottery, sculpture of the Mayans, Aztecs, Toltecs,… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Miguel Covarrubias. 4to. Pp. xvi, 360, xvii. Illustrated with 149 line drawings and 12 color plates by the author, 64 black & white photo plates. Bibliography, index. Black half cloth over natural linen covered boards, titles stamped in gilt and decorations in silver on the spine, decorations stamped in gilt and silver on the cover, Borzoi device in blind on back, top edge dyed pale red. In the color illustrated dust jacket with price intact on front flap, a short closed tear to the upper edge. The multi-talented Mexican's last book. Magnificent presentation typical of this publisher in a well-preserved copy. Dust jacket protected in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

1957. Covarrubias, Miguel. Pre-Columbian Art. Mexico. INDIAN ART OF MEXICO & CENTRAL AMERICA by Miguel Covarrubias. Knopf Borzoi, NY, 1957 (1st). 4to., cloth, DJ, 360 + xviii, 64 plates, plus illustrations in text. VG/VG

Knopf Book. Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover. A FINE FIRST IN DJ.

New York : Knopf, 1957. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: Borzoi books. Physical description: xvi, 360, xvii pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm. Notes: Illus. incl. plates (some col.), elevation, plans, maps and charts.Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-360) and index. Subjects: Indian art Mexico; Indian art Central America; pre-Columbian art; Antiquities; Indian art; Ancient Mesoamerica; Mexico Antiquities.

New York: Alfred K. Knopf, 1957., 1957. profusely illus. (many colour). biblio. index. cloth (discolouration on front end paper & paste down). dw. (edges scuffed, lower right corner slightly soiled). First Edition.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

New York, NY: Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Miguel Covarrubias (Author-Illustrator). Stated First Edition. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Embossed beige linen boards w/black backstrap/NF w/trace push to upper front corner. Illustrated (Red jaguar throne of Chichén-tzá) DJ/VG; intact w/nips, chips, losses, faint creasings to edges & rubs, losses to surface; under mylar. Upper text edge dyed red. Art History. Survey of native arts of the Maya, Aztecs, Olmecs, Toltecs, Tarascan, Mixtecs. Written and illustrated (color plates & line drawings) by the many talented Mexican born artist, ethnologist and historian José Miguel Covarrubias (1904 - 1957). Text in 3 parts and 10 chapters: Part I, The Early Horizon: The Pre-Classic Cultures: Chapter I, The First Agriculturists; II, The "Olmec" Problem; III, The Art Cultures of Western Mexico. Part II: The Classic Period: The Great Theocracies: IV, Teotihuacán - Home… Read More