Maya Hieroglyphic Writing Introduction by Thompson Eric (38 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Blue Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. 22nd Printing. Printing year not specified; printed circa 2010? 85 pages have pencilled annotation(s) and/or annotation mark(s) made by an unidentified Harvard University anthropologist. Volume has some wear. xxii, [2], 347 p., followed by 64 figures. Large, heavy volume [otob: 3] Size: Oversize.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. In very good condition; light soiling to boards; slight rubbing top edge of spine; bottom edge of spine puckered inward; small chip top edge of title page; light to moderate toning to clean interior; binding sound. Fifth printing of Third Edition. 347 numbered pages + 64 black-and-white full page figures with keys. Olive cloth boards with green and black stamped decoration on front board and decoration and lettering on spine. 11.5 x 8 7/8 in. Inv. KP069.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. large paperback in very good minus condition. a couple pages have underlining in pencil.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. First printing of the 2nd edition xxii + 345pp., including appendices, references, glossary and index, with an extensive unpaginated section of 64 b/w reproductions of hieroglyphics. Large book-may require extra shipping costs.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very good, clean, tight condition. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Light wear only to dust jacket. 347 pages + plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Inside boards and endpapers have whaat looks like tape residue. ; Civilization Of The American Indian Series; B and w illus.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 339 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 3rd Edition. This book is a comprehensive book that provides an in-depth exploration of the ancient Maya civilization's writing system. This book offers a detailed analysis of the hieroglyphic script used by the Maya people to record their history, culture, and beliefs. This copy is a fourth printing (1971) of the third revised edition of the 1960 original. It is in excellent condition with a tight, straight binding and bright, price-clipped dustjacket in clear, mylar covering. Because of the size-- 11.5" x 9.25" and weight 3# 10 oz, shipping rates will be adjusted. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping/.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

5th Printing. [xxii] 347p., plus 64 plates of b/w figures with facing captions, lightly chipped dj, quarto format.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine hardcover in a Near Fine dj (prior owner's name/address stamp to title page). 3rd printing of the Second Edition. Illustrated with 64 figures and 12 tables. 347pp.+ 64 plates. A nice copy - clean text, tight binding, and a clean and bright dj. Dj covered in protective mylar. Please note that the actual shipping rate will apply for this large and heavy book. No international shipping.

Condition: Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 3rd Edition. In protective plastic wrapper - DJ NF Weighty item, so postag surcharge may apply especially air mail.

4°. XXII, 347pp. With 1 frontispiece and 64 plates. Orig. cloth with dw.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Some wear and discoloration to covers, paper age-toning mostly around the edges, otherwise text clean and solid ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 347 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st University of Oklahoma Press Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. B&W illustrations. Top of DJ has a small chip missing. Uncommon.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardback. No dustjacket. Reprint edition. Very Good condition. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book.

Couverture souple. Condition: Comme neuf.

Leinen. Condition: Gut. 4°. 347 S., 64 Bl. Beigegrüner Original-Leinenband mit glyphenartiger Titel- und Rückenillustration und Rückenbeschriftung. Sprache: Englisch, Mit 65 ganzseitigen Abbildungen und 22 Tabellen. Dritte Auflage dieser Einführung des berühmten Anthropologen. - Einband leicht berieben und bestaubt, im Fussschnitt etwas geschwärzt. Innen von sauberer Erhaltung. 1520 Gramm.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xvii+347+[64] with frontispiece, figures, map and index. Quarto (11 1/2" x 9") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Publication 589 Carnegie Institution of Washington. First edition. In this series of essays Thompson reviews extant knowledge on Maya writing, gives rich comment, and reworks anew the entire field in search of material that may give clues to decipherment. His approach is revealed in the following quotation. "In this volume I have tackled the problem of decipherment in what I deem to be a new way, although one which has in it elements which have been tried before. It is my conviction that we shall interpret the glyphs only by relying heavily on the beliefs, the religious symbolism, the mythology, and to a lesser extent the everyday activities of the Maya, because such concepts surely are imbedded in each glyph . . . Argument must be from the known to the unknown, and for that reason many pages are given to elucidating the meanings of the day names and other signs, the names and functions of which are known. All these phases are discussed, linguistic clues are investigated, and the pictorial and graphic qualities of the glyphs themselves are analyzed at length. Thus the author makes an intense dual study of both the ethnology of the ancient Maya and of the morphology of the hieroglyphs, in a search for inter-linkages that may lead to further understanding. Thompson shows that the several calendars, endlessly repeating and interlocking like the gears of a complicated clock, were not just soulless counting devices: The Maya conceived of the divisions of time as burdens which were carried through all eternity by relays of bearers . . . Time was not portrayed as the journey of one bearer and his load, but of many bearers, each with his own division of time on his back. This concept accounts for a host of ethnological ideas suggested in the codices and the stone inscriptions, and mentioned in the books of Chilam Balam. Each period, such as the day, the 260 day cycle, and the katun, had its own group of bearers, usually gods; and the occasion of transfer of the burden of that particular series was an event of note. Period endings were the resting places of the porters. The outstanding example of this Maya idea was the importance of the endings of the twenty-year katuns, commemorated by important ceremonies and the erecting of monuments. At such times the bearer of the incoming katun became a powerful diety, while his predecessor was relegated to comparative obscurity until the cycle repeated itself. Regarding the religious nature of the Maya calendar, the author says, Nowhere else in the world, have the periods of time, from the day upward, been not only deified, but given active personalities and the most important parts on the divine stage. . . The fourth Maya day was the day of the maize god . . . The sun god is not only the sun, he is the day Ahau, he is the number 4. Thus even the numeral itself may be deified. Thompson believes that this thesis of spiritual inter-linkage of living calendars with the Maya pantheon indicates a basic philosophy of the priests. It serves not only in interpretation of the hieroglyphic texts, but also gives an insight into the thought and action of the Maya. Condition: Corners gently bumped with some light edge wear, spine age darkened else a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. THOMPSON, J. Eric S. Maya Hieroglyphic Writing Introduction. Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C. 1950. 12"x9", 345pp, 64 plates. Provenance: Smithsonian Institution, in a heavy buckram binding with reinforced hinges, making this a very sturdy and very usable copy. VG condition.

Original-Broschur. Condition: Gut. leichte Gebrauchspuren, Deckel leichter Knick, etwas altersgebräunt, etwas bestossen Size: 4°. Buch.

Washington: Carnegie Institute of Washington, Publication 589, 1950 Med.4to. xvii,347pp. 64 plates, map, biblio., index. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ].