New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1934. Hardcover. 255p., illustrated with vignette silhouettes and with numerous b&w photos reproduced fullpage on glazed inserted stock, including a frontis photoportrait of the elder Abel. Casing is rather edgeworn, with a touch of card showing, fray and a short tear at the rims..... More

Cat.No: 300228

Valencia CA: artist / School of Design, California Institute of the Arts, [1974]. Spiral_bound. 10p. artist's book, cardstock leaves printed recto only, b&w collaged images under metallic silver wraps comb-bound, 12x11 inches; the black plastic comb is in good shape, the cover card-leaves are edgeworn with a little silver flaked..... More

Cat.No: 218781

Valencia CA: artist / School of Design, California Institute of the Arts, [1974]. Spiral_bound. 10p. artist's book, cardstock leaves printed recto only, b&w collaged images under metallic silver wraps comb-bound, 12x11 inches; the black plastic comb is in good shape, the cover card-leaves are very good with a tiny bit..... More

Cat.No: 279752

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1954. Hardcover. 256p., illustrated with b&w photos, mostly portraits taken on site, endpaper maps (duplicates), a clean sound copy of the American first edition in pink cloth boards lettered in green and gilt. FYI, our copy lacks the dust jacket. More

Cat.No: 296517

Bethesda: National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, 1973. Paperback. v-viii, 227p., four fullpage line maps the sole illustrations, text reproduced from keyboard-set ms, softbound in 11x8.5 inch plain printed wraps. Mildest edgewear, slight general toning with a slightly faded spine panel, a tiny corner-tip crease, a very good copy..... More

Cat.No: 253773

Bethesda: National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, October 1964 / August 1967. Paperback. 207p., illustrated with just two tiny hand-sketched line maps, text reproduced from keyboard-set manuscript, copyshop-bound in 11x8.5 inch printed wraps with a black plastic comb spine. The spine is kaput, squashed beyond resetting, its ugly splayed..... More

Cat.No: 253882

Seattle [?]: American Anthropological Association, 1968. Pamphlet. 9p., a single staplebound fascicle of standard size, 11x8.5 inch inches, text reproduced from a keyboard-set ms on alkaline paperstock. Good copy, a little edgeworn but clean, unmarked and sound. A "filmer" himself, most often in remote Pacific Island fastnesses, Gajdusek knows pitfalls..... More

Cat.No: 253803

New York: Columbia University Press, 1951. Paperback. 301p., plus a page long vita, folded line-map as frontispiece, softbound dissertation in 9x6 inch plain printed grey wraps. Sound and square with mild edgewear and sunning of extremities, clean and unmarked within, a very good copy of Gordon's book in its fragile..... More

Cat.No: 300024

n.p. Self-published by the author, n.d. Pamphlet. Unpaginated, perhaps 28p., illustrated with b&w drawings (rather good) and printed classic zine-style: saddle-stitched and untrimmed. Slight crimping to covers, sound, clean and unmarked. Valuable details for beginners; for instance, zombies prefer the brains of sober folk (authors speculate that sobriety is better-tasting..... More

Cat.No: 325907

Oakland: Violetta Gaal Publishing, 1995. 174p., text translated into Hungarian, old illustrations photo-reproduced, punchbound and securely fastened with shoelace (a nice clean shoelace). Cover sheet a little crimped; a very good copy. More

Cat.No: 137623

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1946. Hardcover. viii, 441p., illustrated with numerous vignette sketches, no fullpage plates, but the intimate prose well takes care of the reader; also, there is a doublespread line map impressed on front endsheets. Hardbound in 8.5x5.5 inch black cloth boards lettered white, very good condition..... More

Cat.No: 296506

New York: Grove Press/Evergreen, 1988. Paperback. [ii] 184p., small b&w photo section, very good reissue trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Originally published in 1969. More

Cat.No: 245504