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The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
by Leon-Portilla, Miquel
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0807054992
- ISBN 13
- 9780807054994
- Seller
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Austin, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Beacon Press, 1962. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover.
Synopsis
The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico is a book by Miguel León-Portilla, translating selections of Nahuatl-language accounts of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. It was first published in Spanish in 1959, and in English in 1962. The most recent English edition was published in 2007. The English-language title, "The Broken Spears", comes from a phrase in one version of the Annals of Tlatelolco, xaxama[n]toc omitl.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32178
- Title
- The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
- Author
- Leon-Portilla, Miquel
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0807054992
- ISBN 13
- 9780807054994
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1962
Terms of Sale
Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2013
Austin, Minnesota
About Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller
We have been selling books for over 15 years. We specialize in Americana, First Edition Literature, Golf, History, Railroad, Chess Medical, Western Americana, Mysteries, Economic History, Poetry, Aviation, Ornithology, Minnesota, Horses, Genealogy and Military Books.
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.