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172599hardcover. Numbers I - XXIV. Each volume is illustrated in b/w throughout the text. Published by Andre Grabar & Jean Hubert. 4to. The first 3 volumes are bound together in green cloth all others are in the original brown printed wrappers. Paris: Imprimerie Nationsale - Editions Klincksieck 1945-1975. Very good to near fine condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
1896A0544iv187-194. Number 1 Prehistoric Ruins of Copan Honduras: A Preliminary Report of the Explorations by the Musueum 1891-1895. iv-48 pages figures plates and appendix; Number 2 Cave of Loltun Yucatan: Report of Explorations of the Museum 1888-89 and 1890-91. 22 pages with maps figures and plates; Number 3 The Chultunes of Labna Yucata Report of Explorations by the Museum 1888-89 and 1890-92 20 pages with figures and plates; Number 4 Researches in the Uloa Valley Honduras Report on Exploration by the Museum 1896-97 44 pages with color frontispiece figures map and plates; Number 5 Caverns of Copan Honduras Report of Explorations by the Museum 1896-97 12 pages with map figures and plate; Number 6 The Hieroglyphic Stairway Ruins of Copan 38 pages with figures and plates; index bound in front. First edition. Folio 14" x 11 1/2" bound in three quarter leather with black label and gilt lettering to spine. First edition.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Binding loose some rubbing to extremities internally a very good copy. Peabody Museum Press hardcover books
1943255054Cambridge: Peabody Museum 1943. First. hardcover. very good-. Illus. 4 volumes in one. 4to contemporary brown cloth original wrappers bound in ex-lib cloth lightly soiled otherwise very good. Cambridge: Published by the Museum 1943-1947. First Editions.<br/><br/> Four papers published by the Peabody Museum on Peru: 1. Kidder Alfred. Some Early Sites in the Northern Lake Titicaca Basin. 2. Rowe John H. An Introduction to the Archaeology of Cuzco. 3. Tschopik Marion H. Some Notes on the Archaeology of the Department of Puno Peru. 4. Newman Marshall T. Indian Skeletal Material from the Central Coast of Peru. With a Synopsis of the Archaeology bt Gordon R. Willey. Ex libris from the Smithsonian Institution National Museum with their withdrawal stamp.<br/><br/> Peabody Museum unknown books
191335409Mexico: Imprenta del Museo Nacional de ArqueologÃa Historia y EtnologÃa 1913. First edition. Paper wrappers. A good set most wrappers soiled and worn a half dozen wrappers detached one lacking dampstain to top edge of one issue marginal only. 59-290; 272; 152 pp. Illus. with numerous reproductions photos drawings and figures some folding. 4to. Robelo's comprehensive treatise on Nahuatl grammar begins with t.I num 7 and runs for 16 issues in 18 parts over 272 pages; the title changes to JardÃn de las raÃces aztecas for a few issues. The work is divided into eighty-eight lessons structured around groups of words derived from the same root with each section supplemented with copious notes Robelo had published a work with the same title in 1911 in the Anales del Museo; and a 16 page pamphlet with a similar title appeared in 1912. Also includes: Catálogo general de la Biblioteca del Museo Nacional de ArqueologÃa Historia y EtnologÃa starting in t.I num. 6. running 152 pages; all published. Plus a number of other important articles: Jorge Engerrand "Nuevos Petroglifos de la Baja California" 8 plates w. 13 figs. some color and "Nota Complementaria acerca de los Petroglifos de la Baja California" 2 plates with 32 figs; Carlos Macias "Los tehuantepecanos Actuales" 7 plates with 28 photographs; "Justo Sierra" with a bibliography of his work; Cecilio Robelo Epifania de Cristobal Colon Fantasia Esperita; Jorge Engerrand "Informe sobre una Excursion a la Baja California" 3 plates w. 13 figs; Cecilio Robelo "Mexico-Tenochtitan"; Cecilio Robelo "Teotihuacan"; In all twenty-one consecutive issues Tom I: Num. 4-12 and Tom II: Num. 1-12. Lacking the first three numbers of the first volume but with the additional volume "Anexo informe general acerca de los trabajos llevados a cabo en el establecimiento 1911-1912." León-Portilla: Tepuztlahcuilolli impresos en náhuatl II 2325 for náhuatl. Jones 2364 for Catálogo. Imprenta del Museo Nacional de ArqueologÃa, Historia y EtnologÃa unknown books
1993A059716 facsimile hand written pages with diagrams and three fold out diagrams of Palenque. Folio 12 1/2" x 8 1/2" bound in velum with black label and gilt lettering to cover. Testimonio's Tabula Americae. Limited to 980 copies of which this is 169. Spanish artillery Captain Antonio del RÃo's ca. 1745-ca. 1789 discovery of tangible evidence of an amazingly rich Maya past and this printed report were the beginning of the study of this truly lost civilization. In May 1786 upon the order of the Spanish Crown Governor and Brigadier General of the Royal Audencia of Guatemala Don José EstacherÃa sent RÃo to Chiapas to investigate rumors of an ancient city near Santo Domingo del Palenque and determine the origin of its inhabitants. Rio was preceded by other visitors to Palenque the most recent being two brief forays by José Antonio Calderón a local official and Spanish architect Antonio Bernasconi whose sparse observations prompted the order for the full-scale investigation by RÃo. The Spanish captain made up for his lack of antiquarian training with his zeal hiring seventy-nine Maya locals to assault with crowbars and axes the abandoned tree-engulfed seventh-century city of Palenque. In his report RÃo describes and comments on the hieroglyphs he saw. RÃo sent his manuscript report to Guatemalan Governor José EstacherÃa and it was preserved in Madrid. Almendáriz's original drawings were recently found in a private European collection and published: Estampas de Palenque not included here Madrid: Testimonio 1993. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars the author's manuscript and Waldeck's drawings re-emerged in a still mysterious manner to be published in England. Publisher Henry Berthoud bought the manuscript from a mysterious Dr. McQuy McQueen in Jamaica at the end of April 1822. Capitalizing on public interest in American indigenous cultures as well as in Romantic ruins Berthoud published Rio's work in hopes of a popular bestseller which might otherwise have been lost.Condition:A Fine copy. Testimonio CompañÃa Editorial books
184719213Gotham New York: Published by Gas Green & Ginger Shinglesign Square 1847. First edition. Wrappers somewhat dust-soiled a bit creased and worn with a small tear from the blank rear wrapper near the gutter; a very good copy. Original printed yellow wrappers 7.5 x 4.5 inches 24 pages. This but a sample of the game / Of humbug play'd by those who came / From English urinated scum-- / Debauch'd by brandy beer and rum-- / Bankrupt in character and sense / Though lacking naught in impudence." From the New York City bookseller and sometime politician and author of his own travel book on Egypt a scathing satirical attack in verse against the English-born Egyptologist and adherent to the racist theory of polygenesis George R. Gliddon. Sabin 16362n: "Two fierce poetical satires on Park and Gliddon bearing the titles of 'Humbuggiana' and the 'Spawn of Ixion' . . . are also attributed to Mr. Cooley. Published by Gas, Green & Ginger, Shinglesign Square, unknown books
182326881London 1823. hardcover. very good. Most are reprints from the journal Archaeologia. 11 plates including 1 in color 2 folding maps. 198pp. 4to contemporary manuscript inscriptions. 3/4 burgundy morocco rubbed. London 1823-1855. Very good.<br/><br/> Articles by members of the Society of Antiquaries including F. W. L. Thomas & J. Y. Akerman.<br/><br/> unknown books
189732456Philadelphia: MacCalla & Company 1897. First Edition. Paperback. Very good in original printed wrappers. Octavo. 5.875 x 9.125 in. 120 pp. Illustrated with ten plates including reproductions of black & white photographs charts and figures. Eminent archaeologist and ethnologist Matthew Stirling's copy with his ownership signature on first page. <br/><br/> MacCalla & Company paperback books
026927London: Offices of the Society. 1902-1906. Xolv. XXIV-XXVIII. Total of five volumes bound in brown cloth with gilt spine lettering b/w illus. maps and plans some folded. Offices of the Society unknown books
185219206Buffalo: A. M. Clapp & Co. Book and Job Printers 1852. A later version of this popular pamphlet. Somewhat soiled and a bit worn; a very good copy. Original printed tan wrappers 8.38 x 5.5 inches 16 pages. We will not say as the Athenians said of their nation that the first inhabitants of America were created when the sun was first lit up in the sky but we suppose they early reached this continent from the east." From the indefatigable lecturer on the topic of the supposed early Norse settlement of New England first published as early as 1839 as A Lecture on the Discovery of America by the Northmen Five Hundred Years before Columbus; Davis drew extensively on his own excavation of mounds in the Ohio Valley as well as other relics and ancient accounts to suggest Norse settlement of America from an early date. The Norse roots of Queen Victoria and the vigor of the Scandinavian stock are taken as given and in passing. With numerous testimonials to the interest and entertainment value of Davis's lectures. Sabin 18792 this edition. A. M. Clapp & Co. Book and Job Printers, unknown books
195617805Louvain: Université de Louvain Institut Orientaliste 1956. Softcover. Near Fine. Volume I: xvi 192 pp illustrations. Volume II: xxxiv 163 pp xxiii illustrations. Orignal printed wrappers. Both volumes have unopened pages light shelf wear; else clean and sound. Text is in French. DNB: "In 1926 Philby settled in Jiddah Saudi Arabia founded a trading company Sharqieh Ltd and became a close friend and an unofficial adviser of Ibn Sa'ud. Business exploration writing and Ibn Sa'ud's councils were henceforth the pattern of his life. Commerce however was only his bread and butter: his true interest was exploration. Over the next thirty years he made a series of remarkable journeys of which the greatest was his crossing of the 'empty quarter' in 1932. On these journeys he travelled by camel and later by car. By day he collected place names temperatures compass bearings barometric pressures rocks fossils flora and fauna and ancient inscriptions. At night he wrote them up in his diaries squatting in the sand by lamplight and hiding his work from his suspicious Arab escort. These journeys and the many books articles and lectures in which he described them are a monument to his scholarship industry and endurance and won him high honour with the Royal Geographical Society the British Museum Kew Gardens and academic societies all over the world." Université de Louvain, Institut Orientaliste paperback books
190712817Washington D.C.: United States Government Printing Office 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. xxix 296 pp of text including index followed by 129 plates. The bulk of the volume is taken up by two papers by Fewkes: "The aborigines of Porto Rico and neighboring islands" and "Certain antiquities of eastern Mexico." Bound in original olive green cloth with gilt illustration on the front board. Binding tight contents unmarked. Cloth is rubbed through to the boards at the corners as well as the fore edge of the front board. Due to size shipping charges will be more than standard for priority or international orders. United States Government Printing Office hardcover books
195314363Chetumal Quintana Roo: Imp. Oriente 1953. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. Number 210 of a limited edition of 500 copies signed by the author on the limitation page. xxxii 295 pp in original illustrated wrappers. Yapped edges of wraps are edgeworn else a fine bright copy. Includes a brief bibliography and frontis portrait of the author. Etymological dictionary of Mayan place names. Text in Spanish. Imp. Oriente unknown books
191037793London: School of Archaeology in Egypt Etc. . 1910. Hard cover. Very Good. No dust jacket. ; Vii 50 p. Xlvii pl. incl. Map 32 x 25 cm. . School of Archaeology in Egypt [Etc. ] hardcover books
200814017New York: Thames and Hudson 2008. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in a fine pictorial dust jacket. Octavo. 272 pages. With 167 illustrations 27 in color. Signed both by Mayan scholars David and the late George Stuart. Quite scarce so signed. <br/><br/> Thames and Hudson hardcover books
198515341Mexico: Gobierno del Estado de Michoacan; Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo 1985. Hardcover. Good. 9 x 13 inches oblong. 169 pp 62 plates architectural drawings. B/w illustrations from photographs in the text. Blue cloth stamped in gilt no dust jacket. Rubbing to extremities with a small split in the cloth at the head of the spine. One page detached and laid in all else very good: clean tightly bound unmarked. Oversized: shipping cost will be more than standard for priority or international orders. Gobierno del Estado de Michoacan; Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo hardcover books
2001262273Science Press 2001. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/near Very Good dust jacket. Binding sound; moderate edgewear to dust jacket including several closed tears. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar cover. No markings to text. Very Good binding / near Very Good dust jacket. Science Press unknown books
199923408Oxford: Oxbow Books. As New. 1999. Hardcover. 1900188627 . Number 1 in The Archaeology of Mediterranean Landscapes series. Illustrated . First edition. As new in glossy pictorial boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Oxbow Books hardcover books
2020185046Cambridge MA / New York NY: Peabody Museum Press / Aperture 2020. 1st edition. Hardcover. VG corners slghtly bumped. Red cloth covers white lettering. 485 pages : illustrations some color. "To Make Their Own Way in the World is a profound consideration of some of the most challenging images in the early history of photography. The fifteen daguerreotypes-made in 1850 by photographer Joseph T. Zealy portray Alfred Delia Drana Fassena Jack Jem and Renty men and women of African descent who were enslaved in South Carolina. Since 1976 when the daguerreotypes were rediscovered at Harvard University's Peabody Museum the photographs have been the subject of intense and widespread study. To Make Their Own Way in the World features essays by prominent scholars who explore topics ranging from the photographs' historical context and the "science" of race to the ways in which photography created a visual narrative of slavery and its effects. Multidisciplinary deeply collaborative and with more than two hundred illustrations including new photography by contemporary artist Carrie Mae Weems this book frames the Zealy daguerreotypes as works of urgent engagement"--<br/><br/>Contents: Foreword / Henry Louis Gates Jr. -- Preface / Jane Pickering -- Introduction / Molly Rogers -- Gallery: The Zealy daguerreotypes -- Part I. Photographic subjects. This intricate question: the "American School" of ethnology and the Zealy daguerreotypes / by Molly Rogers -- The life and times of Alfred Delia Drana Fassena Jack Jem and Renty / Gregg Hecimovich -- History in the face of slavery: A family portrait / Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham -- Portraits of endurance: Enslaved people and vernacular photography in the Antebellum South / Matthew Fox-Amato -- Part II. Photographic practice. The curious art and science of the daguerreotype / John Wood -- Business as usual Scientific operations in the early photographic studio / Tanya Sheehan -- Mr. Agassiz's "photographic saloon" / Christopher Irmscher -- Part III. Ideas and histories. Of scientific racists and Black abolitionists. The forgotten debate over slavery and race / Manisha Sinha -- "Nowhere else" : South Carolina's role in a continuing tragedy / Harlan Greene -- "Not suitable for public notice" ; Agassiz's evidence / John Stauffer -- The insistent reveal: Louis Agassiz Joseph T. Zealy Carrie Mae Weems and the politics of undress in the photography of racial science / Sarah Elizabeth Lewis -- Part IV. Memory and projection. Gallery: While sitting upon the ruins of your remains I pondered the course of history / Carrie Mae Weems -- In conversation with Carrie Mae Weems / Deborah Willis -- Exposing latent images: Daguerreotypes in the museum and beyond / Ilisa Barbash -- Teaching feeling: Daguerreotype reflections / Robin Bernstein with Keziah Clarke Jonathan Karp Eliza Blair Mantz Reggie St. Louis William Henry Pruitt III and Ian Askew.<br/><br/>Edited by Ilisa Barbash Molly Rogers Deborah Willis ; with a foreword by Henry Louis Gates Jr. Peabody Museum Press / Aperture hardcover books
200327890Athens: American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. Corinth: Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens: Volume XX. Illustrated. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . American School of Classical Studies at Athens hardcover books
1969022031La Serena: Museo Aruqeologico de La Serena 1969. 470p. b/w illus. tables stiff boards ex libris. Museo Aruqeologico de La Serena unknown books
1994998Los Angeles: University of California 1994. Softcover. Very Good. xx 124 pp with illustrations maps bibliography in original wrappers. Very light shelf wear to wrappers a few small less than 1 cm red marks on front cover; else clean and sound. Organized into two sections: Rock Art Dating and Interpretations and Analysis. University of California paperback books
19271622London: Seeley Service & Co 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 348 pp illustrations publisher's catalogue with index. Light general wear to boards including a short less than 1 inch tear at base of spine name on front free endpaper minimal toning to illustrations and surrounding pages; else clean and sound. No dust jacket. The title page describes this volume as "an account of the treasure-hunt for the buried art wisdom & history of the Ancient East from the Nile to Babylon the adventures disappointments & triumphs of the hunters & the knowledge thus acquired of the Ancient World." Seeley, Service, & Co hardcover books
190614823New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1906. Hardcover. Good. Early reprint first published 1901. xxvi 487 pp indexed extensively illustrated with hundreds of photographs of artifacts. Original pictorial cloth boards bumped and frayed at the corners. Binding sound. Previous owner's notes on front free endpaper small amount of underlining on about 25 pp. Includes chapters on languages and dialects picture writing basketry and pottery textiles sculpture architecture weapons mining and metallurgy music agriculture customs and ceremonies mythology organization and government. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
200223028NY:: Routledge. Near Fine. 2002. Paperback. 0415135885 . Illustrated. A later paperback printing. Short closed edge tear to upper corner of rear cover else near fine in pictorial wraps. . Routledge, paperback books