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Hardcover. Condition: Good. VERY NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE COVERS, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINES. 510 PAGES AND 530 PAGES EACH BOOK. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. VERY LIGHT FOXING IN FRONT AND BACK INSIDE COVERS OF Volume I. FRANCISCO PIZARRO FRONTISPIECE PICTURE VOLUME ONE, PEDRO DE LA CASCA, VICEROY OF PERU IS FRONTISPECE VOLUME II. WONDERFUL DETAIL AND INFORMATION AS ONLY PRESCOTT CAN WRITE. EACH BOOK DIVIDED INTO BOOK SECTIONS AND CHAPTERS. William Hickling Prescott (May 4, 1796 January 28, 1859) was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. Despite suffering from serious visual impairment, which at times prevented him from reading or writing for himself, Prescott became one of the most eminent historians of 19th century America. He is also noted for his eidetic memory. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. NO DATE-CIRXCA 1900.VG CLEAN TIGHT HARDBACK WITH WEAKENED ISIDEHINGE NOT AFFECTING TIGHTNESS OF BOOK.

64 pages official Baseball rules 1933 small stain edges of pages, good plus (wes Mcknight's name). photo's (illustrator).

Condition: Very good condition. xii, 586 / 624 / 620 pp. LCC: 99054801.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Volume II, Number 1. This issue edited by Thomas M. Cranfill. Small quarto. 202, 117, [57 illustrations] pp. Printed wrappers with modest rubbing and wear, spine with some vertical creasing and tiny nicks at the base neatly strengthened, very good and sound. A large and interesting issue, featuring a portion from *The Labyrinth of Solitude* by Octavio Paz; "Mexicanism: The Theory and the Reality," by Ramón Xirau; "Mexico's Position in Latin America," by Antonio Castro Leal; "The Physiognomy of the *Apretado*," by José Portilla; "The Mexican Idea of Death," by Emilio Uranga; An Interview with José Vasconcelos by Samuel Kaplan; "A Memoir of Alfonso Reyes," by Walter Starkie; "Tomorrow in Ancient Mesoamerica," by John Paddock; "Agrarian Reform and Economic Development," by Edmundo Flores; "Half a Century of Education in Mexico," by Francsico Larroyo; "The Provincial University in Mexicoa Personal View," by Joe B. Frantz; "Art Today in Mexico," by José Miguel García Ascot, and "Riches and Severity: An Episode in Mexican Architecture," Henry W. Wells, among others. "The Muse in Mexico: a Mid-Century Miscellany," edited by Thomas M. Cranfill, features 16 portraits of Mexican artists by Hans Beacham, 117 pages of Mexican poetry and prose, and over 50 pages of black and white reproductions of Mexican art.…

Softcover. Condition: Fair. First edition. Fair with front wrap missing, rear wrap detached but present, wear along the spine, pages slightly age toned.