Xelahuh: In the Land of the Green Quetzal Feather
Morton, Frederick
Published by Hollis & Carter, 1959
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Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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This is the first UK edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. Dust Jacket price-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Anthropology; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 3640: Storage For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right. Seller Inventory # 3640
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Title: Xelahuh: In the Land of the Green Quetzal ...
Publisher: Hollis & Carter
Publication Date: 1959
Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition.
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Xelahuh: In the Land of the Green Quetzal Feather
Published by
Adventurers Club, London, 1959
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Lazy Letters Books, Market Rasen, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Crisp and tight. Lightly chipped, stained jacket. The author's life in Guatemala. Seller Inventory # 8873
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Xelahuh: In The land of the Green Quetzal Feather
Published by
Hollis & Carter, London, 1959
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Fritz Berger (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very good tight condition, illustrated, owners signature, green boards, dustwrapper has some wear, soiling. Seller Inventory # 004102
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Xelahuh: In the Land of the Green Quetzal Feather
Published by
The Adventurers Club, London, 1960
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Jim's Old Books, Kirkwall, United Kingdom
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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Berger, Fritz (illustrator). Adventurers Club edition, no publication date given but was originally published by Hollis & Carter in 1959 so this would be a slightly later edition, say 1960? Slight creasing to edges of dustwrapper, some foxing to white panels of same, slight bumping to spine ends of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author, an explorer, naturalist and archaeologist, spent many years in Guatemala. 208pp, numerous b&w drawings. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 009434
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Xelahuh - In The Land of the Green Quetzal Feather
Published by
The Adventurers Club, London
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: West End Books, Colwyn Bay Conwy North Wales, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Fritz Berger (illustrator). 1st Edition. Zelahuh is a girl's name. It means in the Quinche Indian tongue "the wonderful highland town" and for Friedrich Morton the name and the girl who bore it are the embodiment of the land he portrays so vivdly in this book Contents include "Snakes, Animals, Insects, Fish, Murderous Volcanoes, Love and Hate in the Tropics, Tropical Plants and the Finquero's Epilogue.Green cloth hardback with black lettering on spine. Sunned endpapers, foxing on page edges otherwise clean tight copy in good condition, 208pp Illustrated Dust Jacket, back of jacket is marked otherwise nice bright cover also in good condition. Published by The Adventurers Club Book#06499. Seller Inventory # 06499
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XELAHUH in the Land of the Green Quetzal Feather
Published by
The Adventurers Club, London England, 1959
Used
Hardcover
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Fritz Berger (illustrator). First Thus. In this fallen Eden of Guatemala, Fredrich Morton shows human being sstruggling to live in an environment where it is easy to die, yet the enduring image is of a land of beauty, strangely innocent and noble,here lays bare the harsh beauty and ever present menace of Guatemala-its limitless plains, its stifling jungles, and beyond them the great ridge of the Cordilleros. Keywords: travel America Guatemala adventure history community tradition wildlife nature jungle plain river Maya Indian illustrated with line drawings foxing to end pages and edges browning and small tears to D/J(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Seller Inventory # 026409
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Xelahuh In the Land of the Green Quetzal Feather
Published by
Adventurer's Club, London, 1959
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Illustrated by Berger, Fritz (illustrator). Translation of 1950 Edition. Explorer, archaeologist and naturalist, Friedrich Morton spend many years of the Guatemalan lowlands; and recreates this world. 208 pages, DJ edges slightly worn, 3 faint spots, faint sticker scuff (in mylar sleeve).; 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 ''. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 75250
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Xelahuh In the land of the Green Quetzal Feather (Guatemala)
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Hardcover
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
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Hard back binding in publisher's original apple green paper covered boards, blocked and lettered black back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 208 pp with monochrome illustrations throughout. Lower spine end turned-in, ghosting to free end papers, ink name and tiny stamp dated 1960 to front free end paper. Near Very Good condition book in near Very Good condition dust wrapper with foxing to front panel, age darkening to spine, nicks to lower spine end, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. CENTRAL AMERICA. Seller Inventory # 109817
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Xelahuh - In the Land of the Green Quetzal Feather
Published by
Adventurers Club, London, 1959
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Transformer, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good_. Fritz Berger (illustrator). BCE. 208pp. Light green cloth, black titles. Book nearly as new, faintly foxed edges. Internally, prisitine. In original pictorial jacket, about vg but with tanned spine. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Fritz Berger. About the author's life in Guatemala, with a good deal on the wildlife of the jungle. 350g. (Spain, Spanish, Hispanic, South America, Latin America, Travel, Guatemala, Wildlife) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # C07219
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Xelahuh In the Land of the Green Quetzal Feather
Published by
The Adventurers Club, London, 1959
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Book Souk, Porstoy, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Fritz erger (illustrator). 1st Edition. 360 grams. Seller Inventory # 012543
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