THE CITY OF THE SACRED WELL BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE DISCOVERIES AND EXCAVATIONS OF EDWARD HERBERT THOMPSON IN THE ANCIENT CITY OF CHI-CHEN ITZA WITH SOME DISCOURSE ON THE CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAYAN CIVILIZATION AS REVEALED BY THEIR ART . . .

Willard, T.A. [Theodore Arthur Willard], 1862-1943. [Edward Herbert Thompson, 1860-1935.]

Published by New York & London: The Century Co. [The Century Company], 1926.

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Full title - THE CITY OF THE SACRED WELL BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE DISCOVERIES AND EXCAVATIONS OF EDWARD HERBERT THOMPSON IN THE ANCIENT CITY OF CHI-CHEN ITZA WITH SOME DISCOURSE ON THE CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAYAN CIVILIZATION AS REVEALED BY THEIR ART AND ARCHITECTURE, HERE SET DOWN AND ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS. Presumed first edition (no direct statement provided (single date upon copyright page). xvi, 293 pages. Hardcover: H 21.25cm x L 14.5cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking) save for clipped text portion from a flap now affixed to front free endpaper. Green cloth rubbed; some scuffing/bumping at board edges and spine ends; some flaking/dulling to spine's gilt lettering but all still legible. Deckle fore-edge. Candle, book, and owl-themed personal bookplate of St. Louis physician, naval historian, and author E. Lee Dorsett (Edward Lee Dorsett, 1883-1967) on front pastedown; a few scattered spots of light foxing/toning and soiling to interior leaves which, overall, remain clean. A few slight stress points at quires but otherwise binding is firm.

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• Title: THE CITY OF THE SACRED WELL BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE DISCOVERIES AND EXCAVATIONS OF EDWARD HERBERT THOMPSON IN THE ANCIENT CITY OF CHI-CHEN ITZA WITH SOME DISCOURSE ON THE CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAYAN CIVILIZATION AS REVEALED BY THEIR ART . . .
• Publisher: New York & London: The Century Co. [The Century Company], 1926.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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