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[TRAVELS AND VOYAGES]. [BLOM, Frans (1893-1963), archaeologist in charge of expedition]. Tribes and Temples A Record of the Expedition to Middle America Conducted by The Tulane University of Louisiana in 1925. New Orleans: The Tulane University of Louisiana, 1926 [though actually 1927]. 4tos. Illustrated with full-page and folding plates, including some in color. [238]; 239-[552] pp. Publisher’s full green cloth over limp boards, front boards and spines lettered in gilt, pictorial front endleaves in volume 1 (binding worn, soiled, bumped, text toned, foxed, volume 1 with inkstamped name of previous owner, South American traveler Dolores Morgadanes, in several places). A very good copy of this rare account of an archaeological expedition in Central America. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES PRINTED ON SPECIAL PAPER; THIS COPY SIGNED BY BLOM ON THE TITLE-PAGE OF VOLUME 1. Blom was an accomplished archaeologist and adventurer, likened to the fictional Indiana Jones (Restless Blood, 2017, p. 8 from the introduction by Michael Coe).