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Maudslay (Anne Cary & Alfred Percival) A Glimpse a first edition title in red and black errata slip folding colour map numerous plates plans and illustrations mostly photogravure one or two chromolithographed of textiles some light offsetting original cloth-backed pictorial boards uncut boards slightly rubbed and soiled and lower corners bumped but still a very good copy 4to 1899. *** Alfred Maudslay was one of the first to study the Mayan ruins. In 1892 he married Anne Cary Morris and for their honeymoon the couple sailed to Guatemala where they worked for two weeks on behalf of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University. The present volume is an account of their travels and archaeological work designed to accompany Maudslay`s Biologia Centrali-Americana.

A possibly African leather strop, together with a snakeskin parasol with ivory handle and a possibly Mayan head (4).

A Mayan black pottery vessel of globular form, the shoulders in the form of a stylized reptile, h. 20 cm and a Middle Eastern inlaid metal vase of tapering form

MAYAN STONE FIGURE in the form of a head protruding from a stone building with columns 45cm high

An Early Mayan Clay Face Jug, the neck and bulbous body adorned with protruding face masks and raised on three footed feet. (6½ ins) 16.5 cms in height.

A GOOD MAYAN STUCCO HEAD the face with protruding cheek bones and exaggerated large open eyes, the nose of convex shape, wearing a plain notched head band, with a rough encrusted surface. Late classic, A.D. 550-950, Copan. 9.5ins high.

Schmidt. Stone Sculptures of Copán & Quiriguá first English edition translated by A.D.Savage plan and 20 plates by Heinrich Meye accompanying descriptive letterpress small marginal puncture hole through first few leaves contemporary dark green half morocco a little rubbed repaired folio New York 1883. ***The Mayan ruins in Honduras and Guatemala..

A Mayan Pottery Bowl, Yukatan Peninsular, Mexico, with rounded base, the body painted with a series of U-shaped designs in brown on a cream background, 18.5cm diameter, chips to rim; a Mochica Figural Whistling Pot, North West Peru, the double chambered body in the form of a warrior with feline face, holding a club and a shield 16cm high; a Pre-Inca Pot, Bolivia, in the form of a woman, her globular body with pointed breasts and painted with bands of geometric designs, her head forming the neck of the vessel, 19cm high; a String of Pre-Inca, Bolivia Blue Sodalite Beads, each of cylindrical form; a similar string of stone beads (5)

A Chinese ceramic stem wine cup, 7.5 cm high, believed to be from the Ming dynasty and an earthenware bowl, probably Mayan, 17 cm diameter, museum standard repairs.

Maudslay Glimpse at Guatemala 1899 first edition half-title title printed in red and black 44 plates (2 chromolithographed of textile samples) 12 plans and maps 1 large folding colour map errata slip illustrations bookplate of Sherborne Library original cloth-backed binding bound in at end internally crisp and clean contemporary vellum gilt gilt arms to upper cover some soiling and spotting to vellum still a very good copy 4to 1899. ***Alfred Maudslay was one of the first to study the Mayan ruins. In 1892 Maudslay married Anne Cary Morris. For their honeymoon the couple sailed to Guatemala. There they worked for two weeks on behalf of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University. The present volume is an account of their travels and archaeological work. .

A South American Mayan carved hardstone model of coiled snake, 8cm., wide.

Spirits; Unkai Shuzo Long-Term Stored Soba Shochu Mayan No Tsubuyaki, KWV 15 YO Brandy, Brandy `Narciso`, White El Dorado Rum, Sierra Tequila Milenario Extra Aejo, Blanton`s Original Single Barrel Bourbon, Black Bottle Blended Scotch Whisky, Absinthe Mansinthe, Nocello Liqueur, Tequila Leyenda del Milagro Reposado, New Grove Old Tradition 3 Year old Rum.

Spirits; Old Forester Signature, Grant`s 18 YO, Dreiling Aqua Vitea, Unkai Shuzo Long-Term Stored Soba Shochu Mayan No Tsubuyaki, Leopold Bros Absinthe Vert, Angostura 1824, Joseph Cartron Crme de Fraise des Bois, Pampero Aniversario, 42 Below Kiwifruit Flavoured Vodka, Calvados Chteau du Breuil Fine, KWV Imoya VSOP Brandy,, Marques de la Concordia Crianza Rioja 2005.

A 20th Century Mexican silver necklet comprising of twenty one stylised Mayan panels each set with a single cabochon amethyst stone, terminating in tongue and box fastener, length 42cm.

GERALD FRENCH, Mayan Architecture, signed on board, inscribed verso, 23 1/4" x 29 1/4", stained frame

A Moche stirrup vessel in the form of a crouching man, with some original painted finish, a Mayan mould made clay figure, two ancient pottery lamps and two other pottery items, 18 cm max.

A Pre-Colombian anthropomorphic pottery bowl with male anatomical details, Mayan, 550-900 A.D., repaired, 5 3/4in diameter; a terracotta figure, holding a toad, his headdress with bird finial, some damage, 10 3/4in high; and an Aztec flat back idol, 16th century, 4 1/4in high. (3).

A South American Mayan style jade head/bead, two other jade items and numerous other stone terracotta items including pipes, beads, implements and vessels, many pieces fragmentary and various ages.(a lot)

Mayan terracota fertility piece, in the form of a man and woman in embrace, with pipe shaped handle, 25cm long, head of woman broken and restuck.