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1987329848Sire Records 1987. Record. Very Good record and jacket. Sire Records unknown
1940JG7121Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press 1940. Foreword by Henry E. Sigerist; Taupe cloth gold spine title on burgundy printed label gold cover device & facsimile manuscript pages with lovely color botanical drawings; A near fine copy with garden club bookplate inside front cover in a good or so orange dust jacket with small Dewey label on moderately sunned spine; 341 pages. 9.25"x12". The Johns Hopkins Press hardcover
1869332990Mexico: Tip. de la V. de Murguia e hijos 1869. First Edition. 122 of 124pp missing title-page which is replaced by facsimile. 12mo. Quarter green morocco and boards spine partially perished. First Edition. 122 of 124pp missing title-page which is replaced by facsimile. 12mo. Tip. de la V. de Murguia e hijos unknown
BN262403Ethnobotany and Aztec sexuality Farfán José A and Elferink Jan G <br/><br/>Ethnobotany and Aztec sexuality Farfán José A and Elferink Jan G Ethnobotany and Aztec sexuality Farfán José A and Elferink Jan G unknown
1900221191900. Archive of 15 stereoview photographs of Mexico published by the Keystone View Company around the turn of the twentieth century documenting Mexican urban architecture Indigenous labor archaeological sites and monumental landscapes during a period of modernization and expanding foreign visual interest in the country. Produced for the international stereograph market the images present Mexico through interconnected views of colonial civic grandeur rural labor systems and Indigenous historical sites reflecting contemporary American and European fascination with both modernization and ethnographic spectacle in Latin America. The archive documents visual and commercial systems of early photographic tourism and ethnographic representation through stereographic imagery printed captions and descriptive texts revealing how Mexico was interpreted and circulated to foreign audiences through mass-produced educational photography. At the same time the photographs preserve valuable visual evidence of everyday labor urban space transportation and architecture during the late Porfirian period.<br /> <br /> Archive consists of 15 original stereoview photographs measuring approximately 3.5 x 7 inches primarily silver gelatin prints mounted on curved gray or tan cardstock with printed captions and descriptive text on versos. Subjects include monumental architecture archaeological ruins agricultural labor transportation scenes and volcanic landscapes across Mexico. Several stereographs depict the historic center of Mexico City including views of the Metropolitan Cathedral with its twin bell towers and baroque façade the National Palace and distant perspectives of Chapultepec Castle framed by broad boulevards and landscaped public space. Rural and labor scenes include Indigenous and mestizo workers harvesting maguey plants for pulque production mule teams transporting water and figures posed beside adobe structures in village environments. One stereograph presents the terraces and volcanic slopes of Popocatépetl emphasizing the dramatic topography associated with Mexico's central highlands. Another depicts the pyramid complex at Cholula surmounted by a Catholic church accompanied by printed Keystone commentary interpreting the site as evidence of Christian conquest over Indigenous religion. The versos retain substantial printed explanatory text characteristic of Keystone educational stereographs combining geographic description historical narrative and ethnographic framing for consumers of stereoscopic travel imagery.<br /> <br /> The archive reflects the growing role of stereography in shaping international perceptions of Mexico during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when photographic publishers marketed immersive visual experiences of foreign landscapes and cultures to middle-class audiences in the United States and Europe. Keystone's stereographs frequently combined documentary photography with interpretive narratives emphasizing archaeology modernization colonial history and rural labor contributing to broader visual constructions of Latin America during the Porfirian era. Particularly notable are the images juxtaposing Indigenous life Catholic architecture and pre-Columbian ruins which reveal contemporary tensions between modernization nationalism and colonial historical memory in visual culture. Minor expected wear and occasional toning to mounts; photographs generally sharp and well preserved with captions and versos legible throughout. Overall very good condition. A visually rich archive of early stereographic photography documenting Mexico's landscapes architecture and social life at the turn of the twentieth century. unknown
1330128257.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
191061499Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co. 1910. 8vo. 398 2 pp. Colour frontisp. 4 colour plates. Brick-red embossed publisher’s cloth colour plate front cover orange lettering front cover & spine illustrated map endpapers minor edgewear light dustsoiling & darkening to spine rubbing head & foot of spine slight bumping to corners still VG- copy signed by author on recto of the frontisp. First edition inscribed of this lost race fantasy novel set against the backdrop of a group of American Southwest explorers hunting for and discovering a lost tribe of Aztecs presumed to be living in the Grand Canyon with Aztec Warriors led by Prince Izon. Harold & Edwin Betts were both well known for their paintings and illustrations of the Grand Canyon and the Navajo and Hopi Reservations. Bleiler Checklist of Fantastic Literature p. 167. A.C. McClurg & Co., hardcover
0332325385.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0332684288.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
