Masks of the Spirit: Image and Metaphor in Mesoamerica Tapa dura - 1990

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 254 pages. Hardcover. White canvas boards with gilt titles to spine. Full color & b/w illustrations throughout, maps to endpapers. Dust jacket with light wear to edges, small spot of soiling & some sticker residue. Clean & unmarked copy. Record # 6670029

University of California Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. Hardcover. Fair/fair. Folio. xxii, 254 pp. Bound in full natural cloth, in illustrated dust jacket. Maps on endpapers, illustrations throughout, some in full color. Includes bibliography and index. Fair copy, water staining is evident at upper corner of front endpaper through page 16 and from page 247 to rear endpaper, also at bottom margins of all pages and lower edge and spine of binding, some fraying to bottom edge, in Fair dust jacket with water staining to lower spine and rear cover, two tape repairs to verso, some scarring and wear to back cover and extremities.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1989. HEAVY. xxi, 254pp, index, bibliography, notes, 16 col & 78 bw ills, endpaper maps. Or off-white cloth in pictorial jacket. As new. SIGNED and inscribed by both authors on title page. Examines and interprets the important role played by masks in Meso-American spirituality beginning with the pre-Columbian civilizations (Olmec, Maya, Aztec and others). Traces the Mesoamerican system of cosmological thought and its expression in the metaphor of the mask, from its ancient base in Shamanism through its merging with the Christianity of the Conquistadors, to its reflection in the use of masks by 2 of Mexico's most important contemporary painters, Rufino Tamayo and Francisco Toledo. A well written scholarly work on a fascinating subject.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

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University of California Press, 1990-01-18. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!