Palenque: Eternal City of the Maya
by Stuart, David; Stuart, George
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0500051569
- ISBN 13
- 9780500051566
- Seller
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West Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2008. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 272 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Rounding to cloth at heel of spine. No dust jacket. Contains 167 illustrations with 27 in color. Bound in black cloth with silver type face on the spine. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.
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- Bookseller
- Book Bear (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029723
- Title
- Palenque: Eternal City of the Maya
- Author
- Stuart, David; Stuart, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0500051569
- ISBN 13
- 9780500051566
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 272
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Palenque Eternal City Mayan Mexican History
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