Michael D Coe Foreword (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. (1977) 246 pp. Original dark green leatherette covers, very bright and clean. Top of spine a bit bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block. DJ lightly soiled w/ modest edge wear. Illust. w/ color photos and b/w drawings. Contents very nice.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (1977) 246 pp. Original dark green covers, very bright and clean. Spine ends a bit bumped. DJ has approx. 1" closed tear, and approx. 1/4" closed tear, at top edge of front panel. Illust. w/ color photos and b/w drawings. Contents very nice.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. William M. Ferguson & John Q. Royce (Authors-Photographers) (illustrator). First Edition, First Thus. EX-LIB/REFERENCE. No loan pocket. Text/BRAND NEW. Dark green boards/Fine. DJ/VG; strong & sound w.edge & surface rubs. Superb color photography, accompanied by text, allows a visual perspective of architectural grandeur and a play of color and light that often escapes the naked eye. Beneficial reading before visiting the ruins.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, 1st prntg. William K. Sacco (photographs). Nicholas Fox Weber (Josef Albers Foundation). dark blue cloth, Pre-Columbian motif imprinted to front, clean & bright, bndg crisp, no bumps, Unclipped color photo illus dj, no creases or tears, exc unread, gift cond; tan eps, interior unmarked, 72 objects in color, 223 in b/w, 176 pp. 9.5"x 12.5". 3lbs 2oz. The artists Josef & Anni Albers left Germany & Bauhaus in 1933, taught at Black Mountain College, NC. Their Mesoamerican Pre-Columbian art collection resides at Yale Peabody Museum.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 358 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, worn at extremities, protected in a mylar cover. *** CONTENTS: Matting in the Maya cultural area; References to the mat in the Maya calendar; The mat in Maya hieroglyphic writing; Maya literary references to the mat as symbol of authority; Linguistic references to the mat, as symbol of government; The lords of the mat; The diffusion of the lordly titles; The fall of the lords of the mat; The mat, the seat of the Maya prince; Mat and thrones; Mats and jaguars; Motifs of basketry and matting; Cords, ropes, bundles and prisoners; The mat-symbol; The mat-symbol on Maya monuments; The mat-symbol in ceramic art; The mat-symbol on murals and in the codices; Minor artifacts other than ceramics; The interpretation of the mat-symbol; Appendices. 1. The distribution of the mat-symbol; 2. Pop-hieroglyphs; 3. Maya ceramic objects included in the study; 4. Miscellaneous artifacts and murals included in the study; 5. Maya monuments referred to in the study. Size: 4to.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. (1963) 78 pp. of text+104 pp. of plates. Original brown wraps w/ title in gilt. Binding very bright and clean. Modest edge wear. Light soiling to edges of text block. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Contents nice.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Justin Kerr (Photographs) (illustrator). (1986) 336 pp. Original red cloth covers, very bright and clean. Light dusting to top edge of text block. DJ has modest edge wear. Illust. w/ 123 color plates, 50 b/w illustrations and 200 drawings. Contents very nice.

Oversize Paperback. Condition: Poor. Reading copy only. This is a well-worn book with wear to cover and creases to spine and waviness to pages. Pages are unmarked and intact. 8 1/2"w x 11"h. 224 pages. Many color photographs. Keywords: Mesoamerica, Olmec, Maya Lowlands, Coastal Lowlands, Mexican Highlands, Andean Area, Archaeology, Metalwork, Stone Sculpture, Masonry Archtecture 2.

23.5X31 cm. xxi+257 pages. Hardcover, in good condition. The book is in : English.