Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids
Columbia University Press, 2005. Softcover. 8vo. 313 pages. Text is clean and unmarked with color and monochrome images. Minimal wear to cover.
ANTHROPOLOGY
Books about the study of human societies, cultures and their development
Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
Wiley-Blackwell, 2021. 1st. 8Vo Softcover. 348pp. Text is unmarked on white pages. Bound in clean, glossy covers with lightly bumped corners. Binding is tight, hinges are fully attached. Spine remains uncreased. Supplements not included.
Anthropology of Nepal: Peoples, Problems and Processes
Mandala Book Point, 1994. 1st. 8Vo Hardcover. 459pp. Text unmarked on white pages. Bound in orange cloth with pointed corners. Binding is tight and square. Jacket is glossy and unclipped with a sunned spine and minor edgewear. Front endpage is wrinkled from possible water damage.
Weeping Violins: The Gypsy Tragedy in Europe
Thomas Jefferson University Press, 1996. 1st. 8Vo Hardcover. 135pp. Bright pages are unmarked. Black boards have lightly bumped corners, gilt gilt lettering and minor scuff on front panel. Binding is tight and square, hinges are secure.
Children's Singing Games in Five Sets
Arno Press. Hardcover Ex-library. Ex-library copy in good condition with some minor wear to the cover and usual library markings.
The Batterer As Parent
Los Angeles: Sage, 2012. Second Edition. Softcover. 8vo. 326pp. Pages are clean and umarked. Glossy printed wraps with white text. Binding is secure and corners pointed.
Replenishing the Earth: The Settler Revolution and the Rise of the Anglo-Word, 1783-1939
Oxford University Press, 2009. 1st edition. 5th Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 573pp. White pages unmarked. Black cloth covered boards with gilt titled spine are lightly shelf worn. Binding secure. Faint foxing to text block. Jacket unclipped with minor creasing to margins and superficial wear to rear panel.
Relics & Reproductions: Identifying Reproduction & Altered Ancient American Artifacts
Homestead Publishing, 2003. 8Vo Softcover. 222+pp. Text is unmarked with colorful images throughout. Covers are clean with minor shelf wear. Binding is tight and square. Previous owner's sticker on front end page on the top left corner and embossing on the bottom right of front cover page.
The Acadians: The Historical Basis for Longfellow's Poem of Evangeline
Ferris & Leach, 1906. 1st. 8Vo Hardcover. 160pp. Text unmarked with a mild patina and a few b/w photos. Bound in clean olive green boards with pointed corners and portrait paste-down on front. Inscription present on front endpage. Binding square and tight.
The Life and Work of Gunther Anders: Emigre, Iconoclast, Philosopher, Man of Letters (Studien Verlag)
StudienVerlag, 2015. Paperback. 4to. In English. 202p. A short section of the first chapter has been highlighted, interior otherwise unmarked. Binding secure and wraps moderately edge worn. Some scuffing to rear.
Ancient Theatres...Theatres worth Seeing
Itanos Publications, 1996. Hardcover. 4to. 248 pages. Limited to 1500 copies. Text is clean and bright with glossy color images throughout. Front hinge is cracked, but binding is secure. Text block has a slight sag. Dust jacket is intact with minor wear including rubbing at the edges and two small.....
Never in Anger: Portrait of an Eskimo Family
Harvard University Press, 1970. 8Vo Softcover. 379pp. Text is sparsely underlined on bright pages. Bound in illustrated covers with lightly bumped corners, a mild upcurl and a small tear on top of spine. Binding is tight, hinges are fully attached. Spine is lightly creased. Foxing and scuff on text-block.
Utopia: A picture story : 88 silk batiks from the Robert Holmes à Court Collection
Heytesbury Holdings, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. 243 pages. Black cloth boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Color and monochrome photographs throughout. Some white speckling and marks on boards. Corners are bumped. Dust jacket has some wear to corners and edges with a bookstore sticker on the back...
Martians and Madness: The Complete SF Novels of Fredric Brown
The NESFA Press, 2002. 1st. 8Vo Hardcover. 633pp. An ex-library copy with the typical markings inside book and on jacket. Text is bright and unmarked. Bound in navy blue cloth boards with silver gilt lettering and crisply pointed corners. Illustrated jacket is glossy and protected in mylar; price remains unclipped.....
Osiris & The Egyptian Resurrection, 2 Vols.
Putnam, 1911. 4To Hardcover. 4049pp + 440pp. Red boards, embossed gilt golden lettering and graphics on spines and front boards. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Tissue guards and fold-out inserts are intact. Textblock is square with bumped corners. Moderate overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, some abrading and edgewear on boards.....
Gender Trouble
Routledge, 2008. Reprint. 8Vo Softcover. 236pp. Binding is stiff and square; hinges are secure. Covers are clean with pointed corners. Text is bright with pen notations and highlighting throughout. Bookstore stamp on front end-paper.
The Research Potential of Anthropological Museum Collections: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
New York Academy of Sciences, 1981. Vol. 376. 8Vo Softcover. 585pp. Text is unmarked with b/w photos. Matte red covers are pointed with minimal wear. Binding is tight and square, spine is unbroken. Slight corner bump on bottom edge.
Oh, What a Blow that Phantom Gave Me!
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973. 1st. 8Vo Hardcover. 192pp. Text unmarked on bright pages with b/w photos. Red cloth boards are pointed with gold gilt lettering and minor scuffing on the front. Binding is tight and square. Glossy jacket is clipped with a vertical crease on lamination. Foxing is present.....
Origins of the State: The Anthropology of Political Evolution
Institute for the Study of Human Issues, Inc. (ISHI), 1978. 8Vo Paperback. 233pp. Light highlighting in first few chapters, rest of text is clean. Front hinge is creased but binding is secure. Cover shows light wear from handling. Half-title page contains faded bookstore stamp. Bottom right corner has some water.....
Empire and Others: British Encounters with Indigenous Peoples, 1600-1850
University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. 8Vo Paperback. 400pp. Text has minimal underlining on a single page otherwise text is clean. Covers are glossy with lightly bumped corners and minor shelf wear. Back panel has some sticker residue. Binding is tight and square, spine is unbroken. Faded bookstore stamp on bottom.....
Picture Writing in Ancient Egypt
London: Griffith Institute, 1958. Hardcover, 4to. 55 pages, plus several plates and other illustrations in back. Pages are clean and unmarked. Black boards with white text across spine. Black pictorial dust jacket with white text/imagery. Spine of jacket is sunned and edges have rubbing with light chiping to foot of.....
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Documentext, 1970. 8th printing. Paperback. 8vo. Paperback in pictorial wrapper. 350p. Interior unmarked. Binding secure. Few small scuffs around text block. Wrapper lightly surface worn with wrinkled crown.
Windover: Multidisciplinary Investigations of an Early Archaic Florida Cemetery
University Press of Florida, 2002. 4To Hardcover. 392p. White pages are unmarked. Beige paper boards are clean and crisply pointed. Binding is firm, hinges are secure. Lacks a jacket. Minor chipping on spine edge.
Windover: Multidisciplinary Investigations of an Early Archaic Florida Cemetery
University Press of Florida, 2002. 1st edition. Hardcover. 4to. Text unmarked on white pages. Paper covered boards in half blue cloth are clean and pointed; firmly attached to a squared and gilt titled spine. Includes dust jacket in near fine condition, unclipped with lightly rubbed edges.
Best of the Best, Identification and Price Guide, Volume 3: Indian Artifacts of the Deep South
Flint River Trading Post. 8vo Softcover. 275pp. Illustrated pages are clean. Binding is tight and square. Covers are worn with rubbed edges, bumped corners, creasing near hinges, and sticker residue. Spine is rubbed. Back cover has old price sticker.