The Fall of the Aztecs
by Glubok, Shirley
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1965. First Thus. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Good. Tillett, Leslie. Large-format HC, VG/G. 114 pages. Binding is cream-coloured cloth with drawings in mustard-yellow; corners slightly bumped, edges slightly worn. DJ has illus. in yellow & red, edges chipped & worn, small tears at top of spine. Illus. endpapers. "Illustrations by the conquered. Text by the conquerors." Text is from Bernal Diaz' account of the conquest of Mexico by Hernan Cortes. Illustrations are from Aztec drawings of the period. An interesting collaboration and an attractive book in vg overall condition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Reading Rat (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RRAB059
- Title
- The Fall of the Aztecs
- Author
- Glubok, Shirley
- Illustrator
- Tillett, Leslie
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- History Aztec Bernal Diaz Mexico Tenochtitlan Montezuma
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- History Politics; Aboriginal Native Peoples Indian Inuit;
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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- Cloth
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- VG
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