Mexico: Notes in the Margin

Garner, Bess Adams; Frost, H. Lockwood (Illustrator)

Verlag: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press, Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1937

Beschreibung

The author, who founded the Little Theatre of Padua Hills in Claremont, California, to serve the local Mexican immigrant community, offers an intriguing look into Mexican culture in the country itself, exploring little known areas & people in 85+ short vignettes, with pen-and-ink illustrations throughout + decorative endpapers by H. Lockwood Frost, + 32 pages of black-and-white photos taken by the author on her Mexican travels, primarily in the 1930s. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1937, this hardcover small quarto has creamy linen-covered boards stamped with darker brown lettering to front & spine. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, binding strong & square, hinges secure. Pages moderately tanned, heavier to edges, but unmarked save for former owner's name & date in neat pen to half-title page. Corners crisp, mild tanning to extremities. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $3.00 price intact to front flap) is Good+: colorful & bright, with some noticeable chips & short unclosed tears to all edges; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 024186

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Mexico: Notes in the Margin

Verlag: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press, Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts

Erscheinungsdatum: 1937

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Frost, H. Lockwood

Zustand: Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good

Auflage: First Edition First Printing