Search Results: Pre-Columbian Art and History from Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera

Banco de la Republica, Bogota - Colombia. 1944. 1st ed.. 1st ed., loose leaf with string tues, 50 color photographic plate s, three explanatory texts: El museo del oro, El oro de los indio s colombianos, El trabajo indigena del oro. First edition, in Spa nish, of a catalog of the collection of pre-Columbian gold artifa cts from indigenous cultures of Columbia. Burgundy card covers. A very good copy; the text block and plates are fine with some d iscoloration to end papers. Covers have light wear to edges, bump ed corners. .

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Good. Softcover. 1958-61. 1st ed.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology , 1958-1961. 1st editions, 4to, blue wrappers. were conducted Ex cavation and research of the Mayan ruins at Tikal were conducted under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Ar chaeology and Anthropology and the government of Guatemala from 1 956 through 1969. These are the reports of the first years of exc avation and fieldwork. Numerous illustrations and plates througho ut. In three volumes: Vol I is Numbers 1-4, 1958; 150 pp; Very Go od -- a clean, tight copy with sun fading to edges of covers; Vol ume 2 is Numbers 5-10, 1961,, 225 pp; a good copy; interior is cl ean and tight; covers faded at edges, chipped at spine ends. Volu me 3 is Number 11, 1961, consisting of a 26-page monograph and 10 large folded maps. The maps and monograph are fine, virtually pr istine. The blue portfolio covers are faded with… Read More

Mexico: National Museum of Archeology . Fair-Good. Softcover. 1937-1938. 2d edition. 2d edition, in two volumes. 8vo, softcover. 738 pages in total. Spanish translation by Justo Sierra O'Reilly. With 127 plates and illustrations and one large folded map. An mportant archaeologic al study of Yucatan with extensive historical and ethnographic re ferences. CONDITION: Vol 1: Good+; a clean tight copy with some d iscoloration to covers. Vol 2 is Poor; partially disbound, but in tact, with discoloration and cracking to spine. ##### . el Museo Nacional de Arqueología 1937 - 1938, México. Traduccià ³n castellana de Justo Sierra O'Reilly. Con 127 ilustraciones den tro y fuera del texto y 1 gran mapa plegado. Importante estudio a rqueológico sobre Yucatán con amplias referencias históricas y etnográficas. .