Signed! T.A. Willard City of Sacred Well HC 1926 Chichen Itza Mayan Archaeology

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No Reserve Auction for 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
By T.A. Willard
The Century Co.
1926
No Number Line.
Signed on the first blank page, “With compliments of the Author T.A. Willard”
No DJ.
Not Ex Lib!
Boards in good condition with some edge and corner wear and some scuffing.
Corners somewhat bent/bumped and starting to fray.
Small (approx ¼”) bumps/splits to top/lower right corners of front board.
Small (approx ¼”) bumps with some thinning to top/lower left corners of front board.
Some shelf wear to bottom edges of boards.
Small (approx 1/8”) bump/scrape to top left corner of back board.
Small (approx ¼” and approx 1/8”) bumps to lower left corner of back board.
Small (approx 1/8”) tear to top right corner of back board.
Small (approx 3/8”) scrape/thinning to top right corner of back board.
Small (approx ¼”) bump/scrape to lower right corner of back board.
Some sticker residue toward lower right of back board.
Small bumps and some chipping/tearing to top/bottom edges of spine.
Small (approx 1/8”) scrape toward top right of top of spine.
Small (approx 3/16”) scrape/scuff toward bottom of spine.
Spine still straight and tight (although somewhat loose at the top).
Small (approx ¾” x approx ¼”) tear to lower right corner of photo page of Edward H. Thompson (to the left of the title page).
Previous owner wrote, “this book is the property of MR. Harrington (sp?) above author signature on first blank page.
Pages clean with no writing (except as noted).
This will ship in a sturdy, cardboard box.
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