mexican earth de downing todd (15 résultats)

Trade Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Willard, Howard (illustrateur). xiii, 366pp, index, bibliography, bw ills. Minor edge wear to covers. Covers the essentials of Mexican history from earliest times to present, mainly from the viewpoint of Mexican Indians. Size: 8vo Second Edition, First Paperback Printing.

Etat : Good. Willard, Howard (illustrateur). PLEASE NOTE: FORMER LIBRARY BOOK. IT MAY HAVE IDENTIFYING STAMPS, MARKS, STICKERS, ETC. Former Library book. paperback 100% of proceeds go to charity! Good condition with all pages in tact. Item shows signs of use and may have cosmetic defects.

Etat : Good. Willard, Howard (illustrateur). Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

paperback. Etat : Very Good. Willard, Howard (illustrateur). We have 75,000 books to choose from -- Ship within 24 hours -- Satisfaction Guaranteed!

paperback. Etat : Very Good. Willard, Howard (illustrateur). Paperback. Clean and unmarked. Binding strong. Light wear.

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Etat : New. Willard, Howard (illustrateur).

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 338 page hardcover with illustrations by Howard Willard. Map endpapers. First Edition stated. Dust jacket remnants (front graphic and flap copy) laid in. Full cloth exterior with title in red on spine. Unmarked, tight and clean.

Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 5.75 x 8.5in. viii. 337pp. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD. Shows only marginal handling and tanning of the cloth boards, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of Downing's only work of non-fiction, an in depth cultural, historical, and personal context of Mexico's folk religions, daily customs, and history, written after extensive excursions into the country. Inscribed by Downing to the flyleaf in the year of publication. New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1940. Publisher's original beige buckram boards, spine lettered in dark red; cartographic endpapers, illustrated throughout by Howard Willard, pp. viii, [2], 337. An about very good copy in good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains tight, sturdy and square. Tape ghosting to boards and endpapers, else minimal wear with a clean interior. Jacket shows general shelfwear, with some loss and chips near the spine crown, small dampstain to spine, tape residue and abrasions to jacket extremities and flaps, chip to front flap. Presents well in archival mylar.

Hardcover. Etat : Near fine. With Illustrations by Howard Willard. (illustrateur). First edition, first printing. 8vo. viii,(2),337pp. Beige colored buckram, spine printed in dark red. Map endpapers. Black and white illustrations in text. Light aging else a near fine copy. Signed by the author on a preliminary blank. George Todd Downing was a Native American writer born of Choctaw heritage in Atoka, Indian Territory in 1902. He became Oklahoma's first successful writer of detective novels. 'The Mexican Earth' is his only non-fiction work and was written after extensive excursions in Mexico. Not surprisingly, he identified with the native Indios and his narrative is from the indigenous point of view. Scarce. .

[Mexican American] DOWNING, Todd. The Mexican Earth. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1940. First edition, first printing. With Illustrations by Howard Willard. 8vo., viii,(2),337pp. Beige colored buckram, spine printed in dark red. Map endpapers. No dust jacket. Black and white illustrations in text. George Todd Downing was a Native American writer born of Choctaw heritage in Atoka, Indian Territory in 1902. He became Oklahoma's first successful writer of detective novels. 'The Mexican Earth' is his only non-fiction work and was written after extensive excursions in Mexico. Written in first person prose, The Mexican Earth offers an in depth cultural, historical, and personal context of it's folk religions, daily customs, and history from the Aztec civilization and Spanish conquest to the Empire of Maximilian and the Mexican Revolution. The book expressively narrates the experience from the perspective of a writer who identified with the native Indios and indigenous point of view. Binding and pages are clean and tight. Ex libris bookplate of original owner inside. Minor edge wear and foxing to cover. Overall very good condition.

First Edition. Howard Willard illustrations. Native American author's look at the folklore of Mexico. This copy nicely signed and inscribed at front free endpaper. Downing's signature is very uncommon. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, some fading to spine, half dollar sized chip at top spine end.

[Mexican American] DOWNING, Todd. The Mexican Earth. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1940. First edition, first printing. Signed by author on cover page "For Geraldine and Howard Wolff, in friendship, Todd Downing." With Illustrations by Howard Willard. 8vo., viii,(2),337pp. Beige colored buckram boards. Map endpapers. Decorated dust jacket with mylar wrapper. Black and white illustrations in text. George Todd Downing was a Native American writer born of Choctaw heritage in Atoka, Indian Territory in 1902. He became Oklahoma's first successful writer of detective novels. 'The Mexican Earth' is his only non-fiction work and was written after extensive excursions in Mexico. Written in first person prose, The Mexican Earth offers an in depth cultural, historical, and personal context of it's folk religions, daily customs, and history from the Aztec civilization and Spanish conquest to the Empire of Maximilian and the Mexican Revolution. The book expressively narrates the experience from the perspective of a writer who identified with the native Indios and indigenous point of view. Binding and pages are clean and tight. Minor edge wear and foxing to cover. Bottom right corner of dust jacket missing. Overall very good condition.