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.
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.
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.....
Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period, 700 B.C. to A.D. 100
Brooklyn Museum / Arno Press, 1969. 4To Hardcover. 197pp + photo plates. Gray boards, green lettering on front board, golden lettering on spine. Text and photography is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with lightly bumped corners. Ex Libris: has library labels, stamps, card pocket.....
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.
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.....
Mexican Memoir; A Personal Account of Anthropology and Radical Politics in Oaxaca
Bergin & Garvey, 2001. 1st. 8Vo Hardcover. 149pp. Glossy black boards, white lettering on spine and front board. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Moderate overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, waterstains on textblock edges.
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.....
High Jungles and Low
University of Florida Press, 1953. 8Vo Hardcover. 226pp. Green boards, brown lettering and graphic on spine and front board, unclipped jacket. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Moderate overall book shelf/timewear, boardwear, light foxing and blush on textblock edges, some.....
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.
The Archaeology of Identity: Approaches to Gender, Age, Statues, Ethnicity and Religion
Routledge, 2005. 1st. 8vo Hardcover. 171p. White pages are unmarked. Tightly bound with secure hinges. Grey boards are crisply pointed with foxing on edges and text-block.
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.
Indian and Slave Royalists in the Age of Revolution: Reform, Revolution, and Royalism in the Northern Andes, 1780–1825
Cambridge University Press, 2016. 8Vo Hardcover. 276pp. Text is unmarked on bright pages. Glossy boards have minimal surface wear and lightly bumped corners. Binding is tight and square.
The Ancient Future of the Itza: The Book of Chilam Balam of Tizimin
University of Texas Press, 1982. First. 4To Hardcover. 220pp. Text is bright and unmarked. Bound in clean red cloth boards with pointed corners. White unclipped jacket shows minimal surface wear. Binding is stiff and square. Hinges are secure. Light foxing present on text-block, dust jacket and front end-papers.