Fine Books & Manuscripts
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Lot 118
BINGHAM, Hiram (1875?1956). Machu Picchu: A Citadel of the ...
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
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BINGHAM, Hiram (1875?1956). Machu Picchu: A Citadel of the Incas. New Haven: Yale University Press for the National Geographic Society, 1930. Royal 8vo. Numerous illustrations from photographs and drawings, in?text diagrams, folding plan of the ruins of Machu Picchu. Publisher?s red buckram?backed boards, top edge gilt; original unclipped dust jacket (gently dust soiled with tiny chip at front joint, else fine); original slipcase. Provenance: Robert Fleming gifted to Donald Hudson Dryer, architect (rubberstamp with penciled notation of gift); Fleming was the financial accountant for the National Geographic Society. LIMITED FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies of Bingham?s account of his discovery of the Inca citadel. A fine copy in the RARE DUST JACKET.
