Covarrubias illustrator (32 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Corner wear on decorative boards, yellow cloth spine lightly rubbed green field w/ gilt lettering, dust jacket missing, tight binding, clean text Prompt, reliable service, shipped next business day. Int'l mailed via first class or priority.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 2nd. Hardcover in slip case. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Slip case split. The Heritage Press operated from 1937 - 1982 and was created by George Macy. Heritage reprinted the lovely volumes of the Limited Editions Club. Heritage was established to give these works a wider audience by making them more affordable and widely available. Every book was selected by Heritage's editors as a classic in its field, chosen from the world's best-known and most enduring literature.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Considerable shelf wear to edges and corners of dust jacket, with several tears less than 1" in length along the top edge. Binding remains intact and pages are mostly clean and unbent. Good used reading condition. Used Book.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good(-). 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good(-). 4th Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 133 pages/illus with beautiful With col.frontisp and 43 col.illus by Miguel Covarrubias and 16 b/w plates. Here, translated into English for the first time, is Caso's brilliant account of the Aztec people, their art, customs, religion, and practice of magic. The author surveys the gods that appear in the codices and archaeological remains and the purposes they fulfilled with respect to nature and society. Illustrated with color figures taken from the codices. Covarrubias, Miguel (illustrator) (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 40 pages. 8.50x0.25x8.50 inches. In Stock. Covarrubias, Edgar (illustratore).

Leather Bound. Condizione: Like New. Some scratches on gold page ends.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. None. With an introduction by Raymond Weaver an 16 lithographs by Covarrubias. Bound in quarter brown cloth and marbled boards. With the Heritage Club Sandglass laid in. All fine, clean, and unmarked except for mild rubbing to entry corners.

xxiv, 295 pages, Hardcover: H 26.75cm x L 18.5cm. Gray-blue full leather binding; vibrant gilt stamping to both boards; spine with four raised bands and gilt lettering/decoration to compartments. All edges gilt. Swen-in silk ribbon page marker. Salmon silk moire endpapers. Interior leaves are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A fine copy. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.5 pounds (1.58 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.…

Unknown. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Leather Bound. Condizione: Like New. This is a navy blue leather-bound volume featuring 22kt gold accents, illustrations, moiré fabric endsheets, gilded page ends, and a satin-ribbon page marker. Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S. and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War.".…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition, First Thus. Stated First Edition. Text/Bright, clean, Near New. Illustrated bicolor boards/VG; strong & sound; showing marked fading to fuschia linen portion. DJ/None. Fold-out map precedes text, and Glossary to rear. Paintings and drawings by author; photographs by Rose Covarrubias, the author and others. In the words of Mexico-born artist, caricaturist, ethnologist and art historian Miguel Covrrubias (1904 - 1957), this is a study of the varied aspects of "the life, art, traditions, archaeology, and history" of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico, the land area of which represents the shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. 12 chapters in two parts: I, The Atlantic Slopes; and, II, The Pacific Plains. Miguel Covarrubias (Author-Illustrator); Rose Covarrubias (Photographer) (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. Fine gray cloth quarter-bound to spine over illustrated boards. Book is tight, square, sharp-cornered and free of any flaws or markings inside and out. Book is Near Fine with fantastic color illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. Original slipcase is tight and square but does have some small shelfwear and cracks to corners of top. No Sandglass with book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition, First Thus. Stated First Edition. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Embossed beige linen boards w/black backstrap/NF w/trace push to upper front corner. Illustrated (Red jaguar throne of Chichén-tzá) DJ/VG; intact w/nips, chips, losses, faint creasings to edges & rubs, losses to surface; under mylar. Upper text edge dyed red. Art History. Survey of native arts of the Maya, Aztecs, Olmecs, Toltecs, Tarascan, Mixtecs. Written and illustrated (color plates & line drawings) by the many talented Mexican born artist, ethnologist and historian José Miguel Covarrubias (1904 - 1957). Text in 3 parts and 10 chapters: Part I, The Early Horizon: The Pre-Classic Cultures: Chapter I, The First Agriculturists; II, The "Olmec" Problem; III, The Art Cultures of Western Mexico. Part II: The Classic Period: The Great Theocracies: IV, Teotihuacán - Home of the Gods; V, The Valley of Oaxaca; VI, The "Rubber Land": The Gulf Coast; VII, The Maya. Part III, The Historical Period, VIII, The Toltec Renaissance; IX, The Mextecs; and, X, Tenochtitlán - Seat of the Aztec Empire. Fine copy in lesser dust jacket. Miguel Covarrubias (Author-Illustrator) (illustratore). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1930. 1st Edition. Fine hardback book. Very Good dust jacket. A square, tight and clean copy. No marks. No bumped corners. Jacket not price-clipped, but is chipped at top of spine and on back panel. 160pp. 8vo. (RA). Covarrubias (illustratore). …

Leather Bound. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition thus. Crisp, unread, unmarked copy; slight fading to the edge of the velvet cover of end pages. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images unmarked. Gilt has minor scuffing.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Ex-library.

Leather Binding. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Copy #1278 pf 1500 numbered copies signed by illustrator Miguel Covarrubias. A very good copy in original full brown leather stamped in blind; publisher's slipcase (light wear to slipcase; top of spine has a black stain).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Good+; 1/8" missing off the bottom of the spine; small tears and wear to the top of the spine; tanning to spine; light soil to covers; else Fine. Hinges sound, spine straight, pages clean and bright, illustrations vibrant. No slip cover. First Thus. Limited Edition # 500 out 1500 signed by illustrator Miguel Covarrubias. May require increased shipping price for priority and international orders. Signed by Illustrator(s). Book.…

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Signed. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION; number 694 of 1500 copies signed by illustrator Miguel Covarrubias on limitation page. Two volume set. Good+ boards in covered in woven-paper with red paper onlay, bound in red cords; some biopredation to spines; internally very clean. Housed in worn and soiled remnants of slipcase. …

First English language edition limited to 2000 copies INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY WILLIAM SPRATLING. 32 pages of text followed by 64 pages of plates. Hardcover: H 28cm x L 21cm. Dust jacket rubbed, spine paper faded and chipped at head with shallow chip at heel, large chip at bottom of front panel, strong vertical crease to rear panel with short closed tear at bottom edge; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Black cloth with gilt stamped lettering on spine and gilt stamped figure on front board. Color illustrations of the Gulf Coast of Mexico by Luis Covarrubias on both sets of endpapers. Frontispiece. Preface by Gordon F. Ekholm. Archaeological notes by Alfonso Medellin Zenil. Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo. 21 illustrations within the text (including frontis) followed by 64 black/white or sepia-toned plates. MORE HUMAN THAN DIVINE is an uncommon book in which Spratling examines pre-Columbian Mexican ceramics, the images and styles of which greatly influenced Spratling's silver designs. Although it is unmentioned in the book, many of the photographed pieces were part of Spratling's personal collection which he donated to UNAM, an act which was not entirely charitable since various Mexican authorities were more than upset at Spratling's persistent dabbling in illegal artifact trading. A very good+ copy in a very good- dust jacket free of any of the usual internal foxing with Spratling's undated inscription upon the half-title page. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. …

dj. First Edition. Hardcover Octavo; VG/VG; Yellow spine, Black text; DJ shows moderate shelf wear; rubbing and minor wrinkles on corners, edges, and spine, significant rubbing on covers; small damp stains on spine, DJ is darkened due to age tone and sunning, price clipped on left inside sleeve, otherwise in excellent shape, completely intact with mylar cover; Text block age toned but clean, text and illustration legible and clear, pages durable; pp 323. LP consignment. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #4. 1282583. FP New Rockville Stock. …

New York : Condé Nast Publications, Inc., July, 1932. Large quarto (325 x 250 mm), original pictorial wrappers featuring a superb front cover illustration, American Independence: 1932 Model by Covarrubias, 64 pp, illustrated in colour and black-and-white; spine worn, contents in fine condition, cover with slight crease to corners. This issue includes American Independence: 1932 Model by Jay Franklin, various articles about New York social life, short stories, advertisements and photography. …

New York : Condé Nast Publications, Inc., September, 1932. Large quarto (325 x 250 mm), original pictorial wrappers featuring a superb front cover illustration, Franklin D. Roosevelt by Covarrubias, 68 pp, illustrated in colour and black-and-white; spine worn, contents in fine condition. This issue includes Amelia Earhart - the woman who flew the Atlantic alone by Jean Oberlé, various articles about New York social life, short stories, advertisements and photography.…

New York : Condé Nast Publications, Inc., June, 1933. Large quarto (325 x 250 mm), original pictorial wrappers with creases to corners featuring a superb front cover illustration of At the Wailing Wall of Gold by Covarrubias, 64 pp, illustrated in colour and black-and-white; with original 35-cents price tag, spine worn, contents in fine condition. This issue includes Burlesque - the 1933 version, various articles about New York social life, short stories, advertisements and photography.…

New York : Condé Nast Publications, Inc., April, 1931. Large quarto (325 x 250 mm), original pictorial wrappers featuring a superb front cover illustration, by Jean Carlu, 112 pp, illustrated in colour and black-and-white; spine worn, contents in fine condition, cover with slight tear between spine and cover This issue includes President Hoover Caricature by Garretto, various articles about New York social life, short stories, advertisements and photography.…

New York : Condé Nast Publications, Inc., October, 1931. Large quarto (325 x 250 mm), original pictorial wrappers featuring a superb front cover illustration by Covarrubias, 104 pp, illustrated in colour and black-and-white; spine heavily worn, contents in fine condition. This issue includes Going to Jerusalem by Paul Morand, various articles about New York social life, short stories, advertisements and photography.…

Hardcover in slipcase. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition; Limited edtion. Color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 409 pages; 1935 The Limited Editions Club. Slipcased hardcover. Limited edition; copy #1242 of 1500 printed. Snugly bound and neat in genuine tappa bark covered boards with Polynesian-inspired spine decoration designed by Miguel Covarrubias. Illustrated throughout with 24 color panels by Covarrubias, who has signed the limitation leaf at rear. Publisher's decorative paper covered slipcase sharp and neat. Prospectus card and monthly LEC "Letter" #75 laid in at front. Just a hint of toning to the spine surface of the binding. A well preserved and very attractive copy. NF . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. ; Signed by Illustrator.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Deluxe Limited Edition. Folio, [two volumes], xxix, [1], 350pp; [8], 351-688pp. Stiff boards covered in bark-paper bound together with red cords, title on red label attached to front covers. Clean text, no marks or notations. Bright illustrations. Light soiling to spine of both volumes, text blocks sound. Original red paper board chemise with red cloth spine, title printed on label attached to spine, toning to interior and exterior of spine, stain on label. Housed in publisher's original red cardboard slipcase, shelf wear, chipping along edges, seams reinforced with archival tape repair, now stable. From a limited edition of 1500 copies, this being number 59, signed by the illustrator, Miguel Covarrubias in Volume II. A nice example. From the Limited Editions Club, All Men Are Brothers, translated by Pearl S. Buck, signed by the illustrator, Miguel Covarrubias. (illustratore). Signed.…

Condizione: Very Good. New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. 4to. viii, 180 pp. With 8 full page plate and illustrations in text. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in navy blue, illustrated pink dust jacket lettered in blue. Some fading and rubbing to extremities of boards. Sizable chips to jacket with partial loss to first letter of title on front cover and loss to one letter on spine, jacket spine and margins faded, some spotting, price-clipped. Very Good/Good. Scarce in jacket. 2nd printing, same month as the first.…

Condizione: Very Good. **THIS IS THE 1929 SECOND PRINTING of the FIRST EDITION** xvii, 236 pp., color frontis., 9 b&w plates; original brown cloth (hardcover), lacks the jacket, spine and cover margins slightly faded, else very good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.…