Foreword by pablo neruda (4 resultados)

Cloth. Condición: Fair in Good Dust Jacket. First U.S. edition. Folio, 189 pp., color photos throughout, Head and heel of spine and corners of boards bumped with tear at crown, page edges tanned and lightly foxed, some light offsetting to a few pages. Jacket sunned, handled, edgeworn, with jagged tear at crown and several smaller chips and tears.…

very large red hardcover ~ 2º (folio ~ 10"x13"). large "coffee table" book, international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. 1cm tear top of spine, not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing so stated. glossy full color photo frontis. 189p. b&w map of andean region. illustrated throughout with over 100 full color glossy plates, many full page. almost every page illustrated. b&w site plans. chronological chart. glossary. recommended reading. recommended viewing. note on sources quoted. index. ancient history. archaeology. art history. history of architecture. religion. mythology. ~ The incredible splendors of the Andean civilization are vividly presented in this sumptuously illustrated volume, replete with over 100 full~color photographs taken especially for the book. The Andean remains not only one of the more enigmatic of the so~called lost civilizations, it is also one of the most remote. Its origins date back to 9000 B.C., and, throughout long and stormy centuries, great classical cultures flourished before finally being absorbed, physically and culturally, by the Inca Empire. In tracing the close relationships of the monuments to the societies that produced them, and the environment in which they emerged, we confront the theme of the book: that the Andean people were intent on controlling their environment, one way or another. The so~called monuments include great temples and pyramids, terraces and aqueducts, cities and sanctuaries, as well as smaller works: vases, textiles, sculptures, and literary works. The anthologies, running throughout the volume, tell what many of the early sixteenth and seventeenth century chroniclers observed ~ in songs, poems, prayers, and even in the famous drama Ollantay. Other special features include the chronological chart of pre~Hispanic history, a glossary of important words, descriptions of the Andean Indians as seen through Europeans' eyes, and a unique feature of this series~a list of museums in North America that have collections of art and artifacts from the Andean cultures. The recommended reading section and a map of key Andean sites help round out this volume.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st. Cloth, 189 pages, illustrations (some colour); 33 cm. First published, 1972, under title: Civilta andine. Translated from the Italian. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. First U.S. Edition. Dust jacket, age toned, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A massive coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** CONTENTS: Map of principal sites of Andean civilization. EARLY ANDEAN CULTURES. Early man in the Andes; The formative period; Chavin de Huantar; Cerro Sechin; The equatorial cultures; The southern highlands; The classic period; The Mochica culture; The Nazca culture; Tiahuanaco : the site and its culture; The Gateway of the Sun; The Kulpi and the Chullpa; Northern highlands cultures; The Chimu culture and Chanchan; La Fortaleza at Paramonga. THE INCA. Society under the Inca; Origins of the Inca; The Inca dynasty; The last great Inca rulers; Organization of the Inca state; Cuzco : the center of the world; The Temple of the Sun; Sacsahuaman; Roads, tambos, and forts; Technology and architecture; Great Inca sanctuaries; Machu Picchu; Ollantaytambo. APPENDICES. The Andean Indians in Europeans' eyes; Chronological chart of Pre-Hispanic central Andes. Size: Folio. Collectible. …

Soft cover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Slim booklet, stapled binding with Noel Counihan illustration to front. 21 × 15cm, unpaginated (39pp). Peace is Our Answer is a 1950 collection of twelve linocuts by Australian artist and committed peace activist Noel Counihan, inspired by the politics and social hardships he'd experienced during and since the Second World War. They are accompanied by poems by Jack Lindsay, and have prefatory poems by Paul Eluard, Pablo Neruda, and Louis Aragon. Condition: This copy is in very good condition for age. There is an old, small water stain to the covers at the top of the spine but this has not penetrated to the pages. Slight tanning to the covers but they are otherwise in good order. The contents in clean condition and the inner binding secure.…