Search Results: Pre-Columbian / Incan from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Cleveland, OH: World Publishing Company, 1961. 617 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Topstained blue. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. First Edition, First Printing. Dust jacket worn at extremities. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Illustrated by Alberto Beltran.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Beltran, Alberto. 8vo.

New York and Washington D.C.: Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers, 1967. Cloth, 287 pages, illustrations, maps; 21 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Previous owner's signature, etc./front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Dust spotting/top edge, age toning. Dust jacket price-clipped on the front flap. . 2nd. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Indianaopolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.; Library of Liberal Arts, 1939. Cloth, 336 pages, frontispiece, illustrations, portrait, folded map; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to boards, expected browning. Stated First Edition. A solid copy, lacking the DJ.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. 8vo.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1954. Cloth, 186 pages, [5] leaves of plates, 209 illustrations (some colour), maps; 27 cm. Exhibition Catalogue. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. First Edition. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. Another copy available. The Inca and others. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers; Monuments of Civilization Ser., 1977. Cloth, 189 pages, illustrations (some colour); 33 cm. First published, 1972, under title: Civilta andine. Translated from the Italian. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. First U.S. Edition. Dust jacket, age toned, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. An attractive copy.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Collectible.

Washington D.C.: National Geographic Insight, 2001. Cloth, 159 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm .Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, with title faded on spine (?), protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "In 1995, Pablo Corral Vega began a journey that would take him the entire length of the Andes, the 5,000-mile chain of mountain ranges that extend from Patagonia to the shores of the Caribbean. For Corral Vega, who grew up in the shadow of the mountains in Ecuador, the journey was more than an adventureit was a quest for identity. Corral Vega presents the Andes and South America as a continent of geographic extremes and remarkable human diversity, and his journal entries--in which he describes his encounters with the inhabitants of Spanish America who live on the Andes slopes--imbue these photographs with even greater depth. Readers are granted rare insight into the peoples who live by the grace… Read More

Baltimore: Penguin Books; Pelican History of Art Ser., 1962. Cloth, xxxv, 396 pages, illustrations, 168 plates, maps; 27 cm. Issued in a slipcase. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. Slipcase with moderate shelfwear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Authoritative. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: THE MEXICAN CIVILIZATIONS. The early valley of Mexico; Valley of Mexico after A.D. 1000; The Gulf coast; Southern Mexico; Western Mexico; THE MAYA AND THEIR NEIGHBOURS. The Maya tradition: architecture; The Maya tradition: sculpture and painting; From the Toltec Maya to the Spaniards; The neighbours of the Maya; THE ANDEAN CIVILIZATIONS. The northern Andes: Columbia and Ecuador; The central Andes: early northern Peru; The upper North: Mochica and Chimu; Central Peru; The south coast valleys; The southern highlands.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc.; Art of the World Ser., 1961. Cloth, 274 pages, illustrations (part mounted colour), maps; 24 cm. Translation of Alt-Amerika; die Hochkulturen der Neuen Welt. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. Dust jacket, with moderate edgewear, protected in a mylar cover.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

New York: Museum of Primitive Art, 1964. 56 pages, [87] illustrations, maps; 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held November 20, 1963 through February 2, 1964 at the Museum of Primitive Art, New York. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

New York and London: Thames and Hudson; World of Art Ser., 1996. 224 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Spine slightly cocked/lean. Age toning. Another copy available. "An examination of the wealth of art and architecture created by the different cultures of the ancient Andes. Illustrating the varied examples of sculpture, textiles and other media, the book discusses how the art provides a wider knowledge of the people that created it." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Early and Chavin art; Paracus and Nasca; Moche art and architecture; Tiwanaku and Wari imperial styles; late intermediate period styles; Inca art and architecture.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York and London: Thames and Hudson; World of Art Ser., 1996. 224 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. "An examination of the wealth of art and architecture created by the different cultures of the ancient Andes. Illustrating the varied examples of sculpture, textiles and other media, the book discusses how the art provides a wider knowledge of the people that created it." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Early and Chavin art; Paracus and Nasca; Moche art and architecture; Tiwanaku and Wari imperial styles; late intermediate period styles; Inca art and architecture.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York and London: Thames and Hudson; World of Art Ser., 2002. 224 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm. Reprint 2006. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. "An examination of the wealth of art and architecture created by the different cultures of the ancient Andes. Illustrating the varied examples of sculpture, textiles and other media, the book discusses how the art provides a wider knowledge of the people that created it." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Early and Chavin art; Paracus and Nasca; Moche art and architecture; Tiwanaku and Wari imperial styles; late intermediate period styles; Inca art and architecture.. 2nd. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Museum of Cultural History, 1978. 12 pages, illustrations, map; 28 cm. UCLA Museum of Cultural History pamphlet series, vol. 1, no. 2. Exhibited at the UCLA Museum of Cultural History, Fall, 1978. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. CONTENTS: Bevat: The pre-Inca cultures, by Lynn Cordner; The Inca empire and the colonial period, by Terry Le Vine; Contemporary Peru, by Nancy Bloch.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1995. 160 pages, illustrations (some colour), map; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "In this informative and spectacularly photographed volume, Mo Fini and Lucy Davies have drawn upon their extensive research into the traditional handicrafts of South America and the artisans who create them. Combining historical perspectives and cultural insights with descriptions of present-day techniques, the authors examine the full range of this vast area's indigenous arts and crafts: contemporary pottery inspired by ancient cultures, such as the Moche; jewelry and metal work in a multitude of forms; enduring textile traditions of the Wayuu, Aymara, and Kuna Indians; painting on clay, leather, and glass; wood carving and decoration of dried gourds; and other extraordinary crafts from around the continent. Full-color photography illustrates each of the crafts described, and a comprehensive reference section offers detailed advice on collecting and conserving these… Read More

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1998. Cloth, 240 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Firm binding, clean text. A gently browsed, clean copy, from a private library, with ownership markings on the front free endpaper only. First U.S. Edition. Dust jacket price-clipped on the front flap. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Cusco: Centro de Estudios Regionales Andinos "Bartolome de Las Casas"; Christian Nonis, 2002. 166 pages, colour illustrations, colour maps; 21 cm. Second English Edition. Guias del sol, 1. Good+. Firm binding, creased spine. Clean inside copy.. 2nd. Paperback. Good. 8vo. Guidebook.

London: Tauris Parke Books, 1989. Cloth, 127 pages, colour illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. CONTENTS: Map of Cusco Region; Introduction; 1 Tahuantinsuyo; Map of Modern Cusco; Imperial Cusco; Map of Inca; Cusco Sacsayhuaman and beyond; 2. The Sacred River The Upper Vilcanota The Sacred Valley Ollantaytambo; 3. Lost Cities; The search for vilcabamba Machu Picchu; The Innca; Trail Map of Manchu Picchu; 4. City of New Castle; Colonial Cusco Huaro and Andahuaylillas; Travellers Information; Chronology; Further Reading.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1985. 396 pages, [6] leaves of plates, illustrations; 22 cm. Civilization of the American Indian Series, vol. 69. Tight, clean copy. "A great account of a classic Indian civilization, this book tells the story of a people who, hatched in a small pocket of the Peruvian sierra, rose in the end to become the architects and chief beneficiaries of an empire they called Tahuantinsuyo, the Four Quarters. Tahuantinsuyo, with Cuzco as its highly respected seat of government and the official residence of the ruling Inca, was a sacred empire. Its territorial aggrandizement was a function of its religious mission, while, reciprocally, its thirst for power dictated what were to be the lineaments of its most holy beliefs. When the sense of divine mission began to fail, the empire incontinently collapsed. But the history of the Inca Empire was more than just a prelude to the Spanish conquest under Francisco Pizarro in 1532. The swift creation of the remarkable state is… Read More

London and B: Hermes House, 2010. Pictorial boards, 256 pages, colour illustrations, colour maps; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "An expert and authoritative reference to the great civilizations of the ancient Andes and South America, with more than 500 colour photographs, site plans, maps and illustrations. This book takes you to the very heart of the Inca civilization." - Publisher. CONTENTS: 1: The ancient Andean World; Living in the landscape; From villages to cities; Building an empire; The world of work; Daily life; Religious beliefs; 2: Ancient Andean art; Architecture; Ancient Andean cities; Stone and clay sculpture; Ceramics; Fibrework, costume and featherwork; Metal, wood, stone, shell and bone.. Hardcover. Fine. 4to.

West Palm Beach, FL: Norton Museum of Art, 1994. 49 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. An exhibition organized by the Norton Museum of Art, November 19, 1994 to January 8, 1995. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.