New York: Phaidon Press Inc., 2015. Revised Edition. Hard Cover.
Revised edition. A couple minor blemishes along edges. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
655, [1] pp. 30,000 Years of Art is an accessible, chronological introduction to art history from 28,000 BC to the present day. Providing.....
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991. Large Hardcover.
A near fine copy in a near fine jacket.
xv, 287 pp. "Argues that scenes found on late classic sculpture represent cave rituals performed by the Mayan elite and discusses the Mayan world view and the role caves played in it."
Washington, D.C. American Chemical Society, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A couple tears and creases along top edge of volume 1 jacket, article taped to front jacket flap, edges faintly foxed, jackets rubbed.
ix, 254; 389 pp. Two volume set. Color and black-and-white photographs, graphs, charts, and diagrams.....
New York: 1895. Soft Cover.
Front wrapper loosening but still holding, small chips and small tears to wrapper edges.
91 pp. Extracted from Bernard's Elements de Palontologie, Paris, 1895. From Fourteenth Annual Report N.Y. State Geologist, 1895, pp. 127-217. In the last years of the 19th century, Félix Bernard (1863–1898).....
Rutland, Vermont / Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1962. Large Hardcover.
Lacks slipcase. Jacket heavily rubbed with large chips and tears. Boards lightly soiled, top page ridge foxed.
xii, 219 pp. Tipped in color plates. This was the porcelain manufactured for the European market under the auspices of the.....
UK: The London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, 1918. Stapled Binding.
Ink mark on front wrapper.
75-104 pp. Reprinted from The Transactions of The London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, 1918. Marylebone is a district in the West End of London, in the City of Westminster. Oxford Street forms its southern boundary.....
Philadelphia: E. Ferrett & Co., 1845. First American Edition. Trade Paperback.
First American edition. Lacks rear wrapper, edges rubbed with minor loss from corners and significant loss along spine edges, lightly foxed throughout.
203, [1], 12 pp. Printed wrappers. An analysis of mid-19th century fossil discoveries, focusing on the work.....
Buffalo, New York: Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 1919. Stapled Binding.
Small sticker ghost on front wrapper, minor general wear.
59 pp. Eusthenopteron is a genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian (often called lobe-finned fishes) which has attained an iconic status from its close relationships to tetrapods. Early depictions of this animal.....
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985. Rome, Stuart. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Top corner faintly bruised.
240 pp. Includes 245 illustrations, 81 plates in full color. "Essays on Mayan culture, iconography, sculpture, ceramics, and architecture are accompanied by photographs."
Alberta Canada: Red Deer College Press, 1991. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Signed by author with inscription: "To D. Jefflyn Priest with my best wishes." An excellent copy.
160 pp. The only book available that examines one of the great mysteries of evolution the origins of flight in the animal kingdom.....
San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books, 1994. 1st Printing. Soft Cover.
First printing. Top corner of rear cover creased.
160 pp. In this informative and spectacularly photographed volume, Mo Fini and Lucy Davies have drawn upon their extensive research into the traditional handicrafts of South America and the artisans who create.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback.
Cover faintly toned, pages toned.
xi, 237 pp. A distinguished anthropologist records those events of his early childhood and youth which shaped his ideas and attitudes towards life.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1995. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Book club edition. Ink name on endpaper, jacket faintly rubbed.
288 pp. "Revealing the work of modern archaeologists, who use technology and scientific methods more than shovels, this survey of recent findings includes the earliest Bronze Age shipwreck, ancient.....
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1997. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Light jacket edge wear. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
294 pp. A highly visual introduction to some of the most important archaeological discoveries of this century, ranging over Egypt the Classical world.....
Old Saybrook, Connecticut: Konecky & Konecky, 1987. Reissue. Large Hardcover.
Reissue. Minimal wear to corners. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
45 pp., ~500 plates, including 28 in full color. In 1801 the army of Napoleon invaded Egypt. In the course of his conquest, he commissioned a......
New York: Walker, 1975. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Jacket price clipped, ink gift note.
Combines information uncovered from archaeological research with the explanations of poets and charlatans since the Druid revival to provide insight into the significance of the megalithic monuments of the British Isles.
Natchez, Mississippi: Margaret S. Hendrix, 1972. Third Edition. Stapled Binding.
Third edition. An exceptional copy.
32 pp. Illustrated with photos and diagrams. Longwood, also known as Nutt's Folly, is a historic antebellum octagonal mansion located at 140 Lower Woodville Road in Natchez, Mississippi, United States. Built in part by enslaved.....
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1999. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback.
2nd printing. Two dog-eared pages. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
xlix, 482 pp. In Puritan New England, with its abiding concern for things not of this world and its distrust of forms and ceremonies, one art.....
Simla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1968. Hard Cover.
Hinges weakening, 1/2 inch chip from jacket corner, jacket lightly soiled, jacket repaired and reinforced with tape and plain white paper on reverse.
vii, [5], 205 pp. Foreword by Niharranjan Ray. Illustrated with maps and figures, including a fold-out graphic depicting.....
Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Museum, 2006. Large Softcover.
An excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
v, [1], 147 pp. Black-and-white photographs, maps, illustrations, and diagrams, throughout. Three academic papers on the paleontology of American bison in the region of what is now the state of.....
Albany: Weed, Parsons & Company, Public Printers, 1850. Revised Edition. Hard Cover.
Revised edition. Ink name and date on front endpaper, spine faded, a few pages lightly foxed.
183, [3] pp. 8vo. Original cloth, gilt titles and decorations on spine, blind-stamped design on front and rear boards. Color plates, maps.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. Upper Palaeolithic Artists; Knight, Charles R.; Christman, Erwin S.; et al. Second Edition. Hard Cover.
4th printing of second edition. 3 inch tear along one seam of fold-out map, hinges weakening, corners a bit rubbed, bookplate remnant on front endpaper.
xxvi, 545 pp. Fold-out.....
New York / New Haven: The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press, 2011. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Near fine in very good jacket. Jacket faintly toned. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
xii, 275 pp. With illustrations of more than 180 objects created.....
Rochester, New York: Engineering Bureau, Department of Environmental Services, 1994. Wolf, Tobias A. Spiral-Bound Softcover.
Wrappers a bit soiled.
An archaelogical survey of an important historic district in Rochester, New York, illustrated with color photographs, fold-out charts, diagrams, etc. Brown's Race Historic District is located along the south rim of.....
Rochester, New York: Engineering Bureau, Department of Environmental Services, 1994. Wolf, Tobias A. Spiral-Bound Softcover.
Wrappers lightly soiled.
An archaelogical survey of an important historic district in Rochester, New York, illustrated with color photographs, fold-out charts, diagrams, etc. Brown's Race Historic District is located along the south rim of the.....