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WILLARD, T.A. (Theodore Arthur) THE WIZARD OF ZACNA. A Lost City of the Mayas. Remarkable Adventures of an Ahmen, Wizard and Mystic of Yucatan, in an Unknown Country to Which the Ancient Mayas had Fled, Leaving Their Great Stone Cities Silent and Desolate to be Overgrown with Fore
Cleveland, Ohio: The Evangelical Press, Publishers. [1930].
Re-issue. Originally issued in Boston by The Stratford Company (1929), this edition utilizes the sheets of the 1st edition with a new title page and binding. Octavo, original black cloth stamped in red. 319 pp. Frontispiece and three additional blac k & white plates in the text. This copy bears a lengthy and somewhat messy inscription on the title page by Dr. W. Stuart Carnes, Lecturer, Archaeologist, & Explorer, Canton, Ohio. "Billy Heury / I hope you enjoy reading this / book as much as I e n j oyed / being with the author, Tam Willard / on four expeditions into the / land of mystery and romance - Yucatan. / I have spent many happy hours / with Thompson (who) discovered / the Sacred Well & explored it. / I have many articles taken f r om t he Sacred Well by Thompson / W. Stuart Cairnes" (followed by his rubberstamp). The inscription refers to the Sacred Well (or Cenote) of the Mayans at Chichén Itzá, dredged by Edward H. Thompson from 1904-1912, where he recovered artifact s o f gol d, cop per and carved jade. The well was also used for human sacrifices and many human remains were discovered. Willard also wrote THE CITY OF THE SACRED WELL (1926) about Thompson's discoveries. Dampstain to top page edges, evidence of a labe l remo ved fro m rear endpaper; very good. Lost race, hidden city. A detailed account of the customs, dress and religious rituals practiced by a community of Mayans in the city of "Multun", in a hidden valley in Yucatan. The inspiration for t his n ov el or igin ated from a statement by John L. Stephen who explored and surveyed this country in 1840 for the first Nicaraguan canal planned by the U.S. Government. Mr. Stephen recounts in his writings that an old priest told him that some yea rs ear lie r he h ad se en fr om a high mountain top a populated city with temples and glistening towers which he believed to be the secret hiding place of the remnants of the ancient Mayan race.
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45.00 CDN
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