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BEAUTIFUL MEXICO. Its Story, Legends, and Scenic Charm
by Quinn, [Elizabeth] Vernon; [Hugo Brehme, photographer]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Durham, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1924. xviii, 398 pages, plus color frontispiece and 19 double-sided plates, all from photographs. One full-page map printed with the text. Original dark green ribbed cloth lettered in gilt with a mounted color plate on the front cover. 22 x 15 cm. Very good plus in good plus dust jacket. The rear hinge is cracked but holding well. Some moderate foxing to pages facing plates and minor foxing to the margins of a few of the plates themselves, but in no place affecting the images. Still a bright and attractive copy. The scarce jacket has a dime-sized chip where the spine and front panels meet, a few smaller edge chips, several short, closed tears, and some minor soiling. FIRST EDITION. An attractively illustrated introduction to Mexico designed for the traveler or general reader. Many of the plates reproduce the photographs of Hugo Brehme (1882-1954), a German who emigrated to Mexico in 1908, who is "considered to be one of the founders of Mexican pictorialist photography" (Online Archive of California). His contributions to this book include the color frontispiece which is replicated on the front cover and the dust jacket.This was the second book by Elizabeth Vernon Quinn (1881-1962), preceded by her “Beautiful America“ (1923). As with most of her books, she here adopts a male persona by omitting her first name. Quinn published many other books, mostly for children, including works on geography, gardening, and card games.�
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000838
- Title
- BEAUTIFUL MEXICO. Its Story, Legends, and Scenic Charm
- Author
- Quinn, [Elizabeth] Vernon; [Hugo Brehme, photographer]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- latin america photography
- Bookseller catalogs
- ART & ILLUSTRATED; LATIN AMERICA;
Terms of Sale
Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
We offer a full refund, including the purchase price and the original shipping cost, in the event an item is not as described in the listing, provided that we receive the returned item within 30 days after delivery. We will refund the purchase price, but not the shipping, for any other reason, within ten (10) days of delivery, provided we are given prior notification of the return (please email or phone) and all items are returned in the condition in which they were received.
About the Seller
Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Durham, North Carolina
About Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
An online shop focusing on Americana, particularly books pertaining to the South, and offering rare, scholarly, and antique books on a variety of other subjects. Proprietor David J. Eilenberger worked for over five years at respected firms in the A.B.A.A. before establishing the company in 2010. In addition to books, we are interested in acquiring broadsides, ephemera, 19th-century photographs, and manuscripts. Member Independent Online Booksellers Association since 2017.
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- Plate
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- Cracked
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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