PERUVIAN ANTIQUITIES

New York:George P. Putnam and Co.  1853. 1st edition. xxii+306pp. Illustrated. Hardcover.  Brown blindstamped boards soiled, sunfaded and shelfworn, with wear along edges, spine ends worn and chipped with small tears to both edges of gutters top and botttom, and edge points worn to boards. Gilt on spine almost completely rubbed.  Page edges soiled.  Internally, endpages age toned and lightly foxed but free of previous owners marks or signatures. There is a blue ink stamped name stamp to copyright page, which bleeds a bit into the title page. Pages throughout are age-toned with an old damp stain to bottom margins, running throughout the book. There are occasional margin notes scattered throughout. The binding is tight and hings intact however the rear free end-page has been removed.