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New York: Oxford University Press, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. 177 pages; 6 1/4 x 9 1/2" Board corners are lightly bumped; spine is slightly worn and lettering faded; newspaper article glued to last page from The Free Press, 1959 with yellowing to rear pastedown; light foxing to top page edge.

New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Spot of white paint to the top page ends. DJ has some chips and edge tears with creases and is now in a mylar cover. Private bookplate on front endpaper. .

Oxford University Press, 1950. hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 9x6x0. 1950 edition. Wrapped dust jacket has a good bit of edge chipping, some scratches, and uneven sunning. Navy blue cloth boards have light wear. Binding is good. Pages are clean and unmarked, with toning. 177 pages. LO

NY:: Oxford University Press,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. Introduction by Aldous Huxley. Black and white illustrations. Second printing. INSCRIBED by the author. Foxing on endpapers, else very good in a very good (moderate edge wear) dust jacket. .

New York, NY: Oxford Univ Press, 1950. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Text/Bright, sound, As New. Gilt embossed blue linen boards/VG; push to upper front corner, faint discoloration to edges, and evidence of water spill leading front edge. DJ/VG; strong & sound w/nips, chips, closed tears & small losses to edges, and staining from front boards to inner front fold; under mylar. Biography of English artist and architect Frederick Catherwood (1799 - 1854) best known for his drawings of the ruins of the Maya civilization rendered when he explored Mesoamerica with American explorer, writer, and diplomat John Lloyd Stephens (1805 - 1852). They were pivotal figures in the rediscovery of Maya civilization; their Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatán and Incidents of Travel in Yucatán remain classics. This biography includes reproduction of Catherwood's series of twenty-five lithographic "Views of Ancient Monuments. Strong… Read More

New York.: Oxford University Press. With color frontis., many b & w illustrations, reproduces 25 of Catherwood's lithographs on Mayan works. Introduction by Aldous Huxley. A very nice, clean copy, with slight edge chipping on DJ, water ring inside dj. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1950.

NY, Oxford Univ Press 1950.. 8vo cloth; xx,177pp, plates & ills. a very good copy. . The restoration of the near forgotten architect, traveller, archaeologist. It includes, in a humble form, a reprint of his 'Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America ..'

Good. 1946. Unknown Binding. Oxford, 1950. Cloth lightly rubbed. Grim looking dj laid in. .

Oxford University Press. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1950.

(CATHERWOOD) VON HAGEN, Victor Wolfgang. FREDERICK CATHERWOOD ARCHT. New York: Oxford University Press, 1950. 8vo. Cloth. Frontispiece, xix, (i), 177 pages, plates. First edition. With an introduction by Aldous Huxley, Catherwood's explorations are document with illustrations. Review pasted on front free endpaper, rear hinge interna cracked, minor wear at extremities of spine.

Introduction by Aldous Huxley. New York: Oxford University Press, 1959 Med.8vo xviii,177pp. colour frontispiece and 25 plates, 16 illustrations, appendix, biblio., index, chipped dw. A signed presentation copy of the first edition from Von Hagen to the author John P. Lane. A very nice copy in the publisher's cloth with the dust-wrapper. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

New York, Oxford University Press, 1950. Cloth. With coloured frontispiece, 16 plates and illustrations and 24 views of ancient monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan. XIX,177 pp.Frederick Catherwood (1799 - 1854) explored the buried civilizations of Rome, of Greece, of Egypt, the burned-out civilizations of Transjordania, the cultures that rimmed the Mediterranean, and the buried cities of the Mya in Yucatan.