Mexico City: Self-published by the author as AAA, SA, 1966. Magazine. 16p., 9x11.75 inches, text in Spanish, color illustrations from drawings and paintings, lightly-worn magazine format in stapled yellow pictorial wraps. Prehistoric Mexico. Cover image of cavemen attacking a non-woolly mammoth. More
Cat.No: 224999
Bergamo: Instituto Italiano d' Arti Grafiche, 1963. Magazine. 134p., massive softbound journal in color wraps; profuse color, b&w and sepia exhibit photography on unglazed alkaline paperstock, 13.5x10 inches, a handsome big book with externals in rough condition, expect edgewear, corner-creasing and abrasions to spine panel. First leaf is detached, so..... More
Cat.No: 236508
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1957. Hardcover. 192p., illustrated with quite a large number of b&w photos and doublespread endsheet maps, hardbound in papered boards with cloth backstrip decorated with a gilt line, and enclosed in the dust jacket. Author Bjerre contributes a brief foreword. Book itself is in..... More
Cat.No: 296609
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1950. Paperback. Thesis. xix, 217p., illustrated with appended fold-out "language maps" (one of which huge), two clear photoportraits of the author's progenitor-scholars, and many in-text tables. Softbound in 9.5x6 inch plain printed buff wraps. Worn condition with corner-tip turnings, an inked ownership to front cover, mild dust-soil..... More
Cat.No: 297981
Koln: Dumont Buchverlag, 1994. Hardcover. 276p., numerous illustrations from b&w site & exhibit photography, diagrams, and a colorphoto section. Hardbound in sand-color boards titled brown and white, an entirely sound, clean and unmarked copy. More
Cat.No: 261565
Rome: Quasar, 1977. 424p., b&w and color plates on coated paper throughout, 11.5x9.5 inch cloth boards in decorated dj; a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 166336
Liverpool: Eaton Press at Liverpool, the University Press, 1950. Pamphlet. 19p., softbound, a stapled pamphlet in 8.5x5.5 inch staple-fastened pale grey wraps. Front cover bears a quarter-inch marginal tear and faint crimping next to spinefold, otherwise sound, and entirely clean and unmarked. More
Cat.No: 120272
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1949. Pamphlet. 26p., sewn signature softbound in 9x5.5 inch cinnamon-brown wraps, yapp-edged, the edges a little crimped all around, tiny damp-stain, clean, sound and unmarked within, a very good copy. T. Hobhouse Memorial Trust Lecture No. 19. More
Cat.No: 300513
Berkeley: Committee for African Studies, Inst. of International Studies, UC Berkeley, 1964. pp 161-183, 5.5x8.5 inches, maps and figures, very good in original stapled wraps. Reprint No. 179. More
Cat.No: 115993
Victoria: the gallery, 1980. Paperback. 56p., profuse b&w exhibit and site/artist photography, softbound in 9x8.5 inch glazed alkaline paperstock in colorphoto wraps. A fine copy: sound, clean, unmarked. Non-sacred artifacts, such as wall-hangings, betel-nut mortars, comb, jewelry, boat figurehead, and suchlike. More
Cat.No: 300108
Tokyo: Sophia University, 1970. Hardcover. xvi, [214]p., rubricated title page and other finepress features, a handsome large (10x6.5 inches) hardbound in papered boards, raw linen backstrip with black spine-label gilt. An ex library copy: externally find a tiny blank rectangle at the heel where a label disappeared, plus some disruption..... More
Cat.No: 217931
New York: Andre Emmerich Inc., 1968. Paperback. 103p., illustrated with doublespread map on monochrome leaves, numerous color and b&w exhibit photos with a few explanatory diagrams, all pix and text printed on high-gloss alkaline paperstock and softbound in 9x6 inch color cardstock wraps. Covers mildly edgeworn with a minute corner-tip..... More
Cat.No: 292725
New York: Copernicus, an Imprint of Springer-Verlag, 1997. x, 234p., figures in the text and a small color-photo section, first edition clothbacked boards gilt in glossy dj; a fine unblemished copy. More
Cat.No: 172417
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1948. 31p., presswork on laid-lined paperstock, sewn pamphlet in 9x6 inch plain printed grey wraps, signatures are only partially opened (not too badly), former owner pooped out. Thread is sound, covers a little crimped and toned, clean and unmarked within, a good to very..... More
Cat.No: 256320
London: John Murray, 1955. Hardcover. xiv, 241p., plentifully provided with portrait and activity photos, hardbound first edition in 9x5.5 inch red cloth boards spine-titled in bronze. This titling is so dim as to be illegible; perhaps dull bronze on medium scarlet was a poor design choice. Lacks the jacket, spine..... More
Cat.No: 298454
Bern: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1958. Hardcover. 144p., profusely illustrated in color photography (strictly in color) printed recto facing verso texts, presswork on semi-glazed alkaline paperstock, all texts in the German language. Hardbound in 11x9 inch maroon cloth boards lettered and decorated in white. Lacks the jacket, but in nice square..... More
Cat.No: 300110
Richmond VIC: Hutchinson of Australia, 1973. Hardcover. 361p., illustrated with original b&w photographs and a few line maps, hardbound first edition in 9.5x6 inch raspberry cloth boards gilt and enclosed in the colorphoto dust jacket. Casing is mildly edgeworn with crimps at top and tail of backstrip, quite sound and..... More
Cat.No: 297146
Nitra: Archeologický ústav Slovenskej akadémie vied, 1993. 147p., paperback,rRubberstamp on front endpaper indicates the book was rejected as a duplicate by Tozzer Library at Harvard. "Grain in archaeobotanical finds in Slovakia." Analysis of grain from the traces of ancient food preparation. More
Cat.No: 238484
New York: E.P.Dutton & Co., Inc, 1965. Hardcover. First American edition: 256p., illustrated with numerous photo sections, mostly b&w with several dynamite color shots, Hardbound in red cloth boards lettered orange and green and enclosed in the dust jacket. Book itself bears scattered spots of foxing to fore-edge, and the..... More
Cat.No: 300105
New York: National Travel Club, 1936. Hardcover. xiii, 205p., illustrated as called for plus a doublespread line map bound in at rear, first American edition black cloth boards gilt & blind, and enclosed in the dust jacket. A nice production, with tinted top edge and well-reproduced pictures, very good condition..... More
Cat.No: 296577
New York / Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1985. Hardcover. xxix, 786p, a "most comprehensive study available", hardbound in 10.5x7 inch brown brocade cloth boards gilt and enclosed in the dust jacket. The sole significant flaw we find shows up in part four of text (pages 450-500) which bears occasional pale yellow hi-liting..... More
Cat.No: 289373
New York: Alvin Johnson / Institute of Semito-African Studies, [c1947]. Pamphlet. [16p. including covers], 8.5x11 inches; covers, illus., and maps are two-toned (blue and red), wrappers toned along the edges, tiny tear on rear wrapper edge, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 282251
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1946. Hardcover. Reprint of the Houghton edition, first Garden City issue; 249p., thickly illustrated with four large photosections well-reproduced (and listed with captions), hardbound in brown cloth boards lettered in dark green, top edge tinted green, and enclosed in the dust jacket. These..... More
Cat.No: 296512
Portland ME: Bailey and Noyes, 1869. Hardcover. viii, 535p., illustrated with twenty-two monochrome maps, most folded, all fine; these feature onlay detailing in red, expertly applied. Hardbound in 9x5.5 green cloth boards panelled in blind, titled in bright gilt. Textblock shaken with overlapping of one section upon the other, front..... More
Cat.No: 272689
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. Hardcover. xxii, 829p., illustrated with contemporary b&w snapshot photography, a vivid color section of masks, and several line maps. Levy started out in Tahiti and somehow gravitated to Kathmandu Valley. Hardbound in 9x6 inch blue cloth boards gilt and enclosed in the dust jacket..... More
Cat.No: 292506
