FitzGerald, Edward

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: The First and Fourth Renderings in English verse

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, no date, circa 1930s. Later edition. Pp. 96; 12 tipped-in color plates by Willy Pogany, numerous un-numbered text-figures. Publisher’s original pale green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover and with a gilt peacock motif centered on the front cover, sm 4to (10 x 7 1/4 inches), housed in a dark green illustrated card box. Repairs to the corners of the card box, the volume is in fine condition..

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Book number: 9718

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Frank, Louis F. (Frank-Kerler)

Pionierjahre der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Familien Frank-Kerler in Wisconsin und Michigan 1849-1864. Geschildert aus Briefen. Gesammelt u. herausgegeben.

Milwaukee, WI: privately printed by Dr. Louis F. Frank, 1911. First edition. Pp. 529 (1), i-xi; numerous un-numbered black-and-white photos and other illustrations. Publisher’s original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, thick sm 4to. An important genealogy of German American families in Wisconsin and Michigan. The text is in German. Inscription to Robert Gate on the title page. Light edge wear to cloth; a tight copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 9705

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Ghosh, Asok K.

The Paleolithic Culture of Singhbhum.

Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1970. First edition. Pp. 68; 42 full page plates (line-drawings and photos). Original green printed stiff wrappers, sm folio. Singhbhum is part of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Name-stamp of former owner on the front wrapper. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 4746

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Gill, Edmund D.

Geological evidence in Western Victoria relative to the Antiquity of the Australian Aborigines.

Melbourne: Brown, Prior, Anderson Pty. Ltd., 1953. First edition. Pp. 25-92; 15 text-figures (including 1 large folding map), 4 full page photo-plates. Original printed gray-green wrappers, sm 4to. Memoirs of the National Museum Melbourne, no. 18. Documents three periods of aboriginal occupation of the Lake Colongulac area of western Victoria. The whole issue (169 pages) of Mem. Nat. Mus. Melbourne, no. 18 is offered here; this issue contains 9 other articles. The journal title is written in the spine. From the library of archaeologist Douglas Osborne with his name sticker on the front wrapper. Tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 4677

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Keywords: History archaeology archeology paleontology geology Australian Aborigines Western Victoria Australia Osborne Gill

Gosling, Betty

Sukhothai: Its History, Culture, and Art.

Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1991. First edition. Pp. xiv, 123; 24 color illustrations, 104 black-and-white text-figures. Publisher's original color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), lg 8vo (10 x 7 3/4 inches; 250 x 190 mm). The ancient city of Sukhothai in north-central Thailand has often been called ""the cradle of Thai culture."" Spanning the period from the mid-thirteenth to the mid-fifteenth centuries, this important center of development laid the laid the political, cultural, and artistic foundations for the modern day Thai state. The facts concerning the founding, growth, and decline have been shrouded in mystery but drawing on twentieth-century study of scores of abandoned stone inscriptions and archaeological research, Gosling develops a rich picture of the political, religious, and cultural life of the Sukhothai period (modified from the rear cover). No ownership marks and no signs of use. A bright and clean copy in the fine condition..

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Book number: 5902

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Grahmann, Rudolf and Movius, Hallam

The Lower Palaeolithic Site of Markkleeberg and Other Comparable Localities near Leipzig.

Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1955. First edition. Pp. (2), 509-678, (1); 75 text-figures (mostly fine line-drawings, many full page). Original printed brown wrappers, 4to. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, volume 45, part 6. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 5681

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Keywords: Archaeology archeology Palaeolithic Markkleeberg Leipzig Germany Europe Grahmann Movius

Griffin, P. Bion and Estioko-Griffin, Agnes (editors)

The Agta of Northeastern Luzon: Recent Studies

Cebu City, The Philippines: San Carlos Publications, 1985. First edition. Pp. xiv, 189; 14 black-and-white photo-plates, 19 text-figures. Publisher's original full green pictorial cloth with white cloth spine, spine is lettered in black and front cover is lettered in white, front cover illustrated with three spears, 8vo. This is the hardbound first edition. This edited volume is an ethnography of the Agta Negritos found in the Cagayan province east of Tuguegarao mostly at the headwaters of the river flowing through the municipality of Penablanca. It also has chapters on woman as hunters, the ecology in ideology, and the rain forest habitat among others. This volume is no. 16 in the Humanities Series of San Carlos Publications. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Small bump to top rear outer corner; a bright and clean copy in fine condition..

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Book number: 8242

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Hafez, E.S.E. (editor)

Adaptation of Domestic Animals

Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1968. First edition. Pp. viii, 415; frontispiece illustration by Geo. A. Laisner, 177 text-figures (line-drawings and maps), 16 full page black-and-white photo-plates. Publisher's original tan cloth, lettered in white on the spine and with white and brown illustration on the front cover, sm 4to. The work is divided in five sections: I - Ecological and Bioclimatological Aspects; II - Basic Physiological Mechanisms; III - Adaptation to Specific Environments; IV - Species-Specific Adaptations; V - Techniques of Investigations. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 7529

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Harrisson, Tom

The Malays of South-West Sarawak before Malaysia

Kuching, Sarawak: The Sarawak Museum, 1964. First edition. Pp. 341-511; 11 full page photo-plates. Original printed blue wrappers, lg 8vo. The Sarawak Museum Journal, volume 11, nos. 23-24 (new series). The entire volume 335 page issue of the journal is offered with a total of 27 other contributions. This is the original issue of this monograph which was later issued as a book. No ownership marks. One corner with small bump; a very good copy..

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Book number: 4727

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Keywords: History Archaeology archeology Sarawak Malays Malaysia Asia Harrisson

Inthavong, Somphavan

Notes on Lao History.

Vientiane: Lao P. D. R., 1994. First edition. Pp. ii, 38; 7 full page maps, 1 text-photo. Original color pictorial stiff printed wrappers, sm 4to. Some notes on the origin of the Lao peoples based on early historical chronicles. Name of previous owner on the front endpaper. Rare. A fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 5382

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Jablonski, Nina G., editor

The First Americans: The Pleistocene Colonization of the New World.

San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 2002. First edition. Pp. xiv, 331; numerous black-and-white photos, text-figures and maps. Publisher's original gray cloth, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, gilt seal of the California Academy of Sciences on the front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. Wattis Symposium Series in Anthropology, Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences, no. 27. This volume contains 11 chapters by noted authorities in the field on the peopling of the Americas. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine copy in a near fine just jacket..

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Book number: 4981

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Keywords: Archaeology archeology prehistory Native Americans peopling new world North America South America Central America Americas Jablonski ISBN 0-940228-49-1

Johnsgard, Paul A.

The Pheasants of the World

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986. First edition. Pp. xii, (4), 300; 53 color plates from paintings by Henry Jones and Timothy Greenwood, 45 line drawings and figures in the text, 24 distribution maps. Publisher’s original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 4to. Presents the biology, distribution, and conservation status of all 49 species of pheasants. Signed by the author on the title page. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine, as new, copy..

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Book number: 9706

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Kloss, C. Boden

In the Andamans and Nicobars: Adventures in Ethnology and Natural History

Bangkok: White Lotus, 1995. Reprint. Pp. xx, 371, 53 black and white photographic plates, 2 maps, numerous text-figures. Publisher’s white laminated wrappers, pictorial front cover, lettered in black and red on spine and front cover, 8vo. This is a reprint of the 1903 account of two early zoologists’ expedition to discover new species and their encounters with the native peoples of Andamans and Nicobars Islands. Small red Chinese stamp on half-title page. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9074

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Kotturan, George

The Himalayan Gateway: History and Culture of Sikkim

New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Private Limited, 1983. First edition. Pp. 172. Publisher’s blue cloth lettered in yellow on spine, pictorial dustjacket lettered in orange and white on cover and spine, sm 8vo. This volume examines the history, culture, and folklore from the Sikkim region of India. No ownership marks. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9355

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

LaFollette, Marcel Chotkowski

Reframing Scopes: Journalists, Scientists, and Lost Photographs from the Trial of the Century

Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2008. First edition. Pp. xiv, 172, 51 text-figures. Publisher’s quarter teal cloth over tan speckled hardboards, lettered in gilt on spine, teal pictorial dustjacket lettered in white, gray, and red, lg 8vo. This history of the famous Scopes “Monkey Trial” includes previously unpublished photographs and records. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. Neat underling on pages 72, 106, 114, 116, and 123. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9295

Catalogue: Archaeology + History