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The Eagle, the Jaguar, and the Serpent: Indian Art of the Americas. North America: Alaska, Canada, and the United States
by Covarrubias, Miguel
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/very good
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 4to. xviii, 314, xii, [2] pp. Bound in quarter black cloth over natural cloth, stamped in gilt and red on cover and spine, in illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated with full-color plates, black and white in-text illustrations, and black and white photographs. Includes bibliography and index. First Edition stated on copyright page. This is the first volume in what was to be a three-volume work on the aboriginal arts of the Americas, but Covarrubias passed away in 1957 and the third volume, covering South America, was never completed. Very Good+, minor age-toning to endpapers, internally clean and bright, hinges tight, small patch of foxing to upper right corner and along top edge of front cover, otherwise bright and clean, in Very Good dust jacket, previous owner has used black marker to mask wear at head of spine, a few water stains and minor sunning to spine, rubbing and wear to all extremities, a few short tears to edges.
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- Bookseller
- Garnet Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002948
- Title
- The Eagle, the Jaguar, and the Serpent
- Author
- Covarrubias, Miguel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Precolumbian Art and History; Art;
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- Gilt
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