Osborn, Henry Fairfield

Man Rises to Parnassus: Critical Epochs in the Prehistory of Man.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1928. Second edition. Pp. xix, 250, (1); 81 text-figures (black-and-white photos, maps). Publisher's original burgundy red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, original printed red dust jacket, lg 8vo. Based on six lectures on early humans given to students to students at Princeton University. No ownership marks. A near fine copy in a complete but rubbed dust jacket that is chipped at the top and bottom of the spine, lg 8vo..

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Book number: 6349

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Osella, Filippo and Osella, Caroline (editors).

Islamic Reform in South Asia.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. First edition. Pp. 535; with 2 black-and-white illustrations. Publisher's original color-pictorial laminated hardcover, lg 8vo. The chapters in this volume build upon ethnographic analysis complementary to the historiography of South Asian Islam, which has explored the emergence of reformism in the context of specific political and religious circumstances of nineteenth-century British India. Taking up diverse popular and scholarly debates as well as everyday religious practices, this volume also breaks away from the dominant trend of mainstream ethnographic work, which celebrates sufi-inspired forms of Islam as tolerant, plural, authentic and so on, pitted against a reformist Islam. Urging a more nuanced examination of all forms of reformism and their reception in practice, the contributions here powerfully demonstrate the historical and geographical specificities of reform projects. In doing so, they challenge prevailing perspectives in which substantially different traditions of reform are lumped together into one reified category (often carelessly shorthanded as wahhabism) and branded as extremist - if not altogether demonised as terrorist (from the rear cover). A fine (new) copy still shrink-wrapped from the publisher..

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Book number: 5491

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Keywords: 9781107031753

Rapp, George and Mulholland, Susan C. (editors)

Phytolith Systematics: Emerging Issues.

New York: Plenum, 1992. First edition. Pp.xxiv, 350; numerous black-and-white micrographs and other text-figures. Publisher's original blue cloth, decorated in white on the spine and with black decorated box on the front cover, lg 8vo. In the series: Advances in Archaeological and Museum Science, volume 1. Presents 14 chapters on phytolith systematic by 20 notable authorities in the field. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 5637

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Keywords: Archaeology archeology Rapp Mulholland photolith systematics Advances in Archaeological Museum Science ISBN 036442086

Reid, C. Lestock

Commerce and Conquest: The Story of the Honourable East India Company

London: C. & J. Temple, 1947. First edition. Pp. 256; 19 full page black-and-white plates. Publisher’s red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 8vo. Describes the history of the East India company. No ownership marks. Gilt on the spine is dull but readable, a tight copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 9096

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Robequain, Charles

Le Thanh Hoa: Étude géographique d'une province annamite, volume 1.

Paris: Van Oest, 1929. First edition. Pp. 251, (5); 14 full-page photogravure plates, 23 text-figures, 2 color folding maps (one elevation map and one ethno-linguistic map). Later red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine (original printed olive-green wrappers bound in place), lg 8vo. Covers the climate, terrain, ethnic groups, and social organization of native peoples of Thanh Hoa province in northern Vietnam. The volume has excellent photographic plates of places, houses and people. A second volume, not offered here, completed the work. Mildly ex-library from Stanford University with a gilt call number on the spine, withdrawal stamp on the library endpapers and name stamp on the page edges and no signs of use. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 5381

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Schwartz, Jeffrey H.

Skeleton Keys: An Introduction to Human Skeletal Morphology, Development, and Analysis (second edition)

New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. Second edition. Pp. xiv, 402; numerous black-and-white photographs and line-drawings, CD Rom of color images of skeletons demonstrating morphology and pathology in pocket at rear. Color pictorial laminated boards lettered in pale green on the spine and front cover (hardcover), sm 4to. A detailed introduction to human skeletal morphology, development and analysis. The author examines the skeleton from its developmental basis to the expression of individual variation. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 8093

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Sept, Jeanne and Pilbeam, David (editors)

Casting the Net Wide: Papers in Honor of Glynn Isaac and his approach to Human Origins Research

Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2011. First edition. Pp. xvi, 282; 37 text-figures (maps, line-drawings, black-and-white photographs). Publisher's original color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), no dust jacket issued. This attractive volume profiles the life and research of archaeologist Glynn Isaac who tragically passed away on October 5, 1985. The 16 chapters by noted archaeologists and other specialists in the field honor the memory of Isaac and show the significance of his unique view of archaeology. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 7574

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Shimizu, S., Matsuzawi, I., Ihara, K. and Ueno, M.

The Geology of the Cheng-Teh Area, Je-Ho Province, Manchuria + Geology of the Hsing-Lung-Hsien Area + The Geology along the Route between Ku-Pei-Kow and Luan-Ping, Je-Ho province in Manchuria + A Fossil Insect from Jehol.

Tokyo: Waseda University, 1935. First edition. Pp. (4), 32, 8, 8; 3 full-page plates, 16 text-figures, 2 folding color geological maps, 1 very large folding color geological chart. Publisher's original brown-patterned stiff printed wrappers, lg 8vo (10.5 x 7.5 inches). Report of the First Scientific Expedition to Manchoukuo under the leadership of Shigeyasu Tokunaga, June-October 1933, Section II, Part II. Manchoukuo was the portion of northeastern China under Japanese control in the 1930's. The text is in both Japanese and English. No ownership marks. Slight chipping to lettering on the spine, some wear at the head and foot of the spine; otherwise, a tight, very good copy..

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Book number: 4077

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Keywords: Paleontology Geology Manchoukuo northeastern China Japan Cheng-Teh Area Je-Ho Province Manchuria Hsing-Lung-Hsien Area Ku-Pei-Kow Luan-Ping Je-Ho province Fossil Insect Jehol 1933 Tokunaga Shimizu Matsuzawi Ihara Ueno

Smith, Philip E.L.

Palaeolithic Archaeology in Iran

Philadelphia, PA: The University Museum, 1986. First edition. Pp. (14), 112, (1); 14 text-figures (maps and line-drawings of stone artifacts) - many are full page. Publisher's original gray cloth, lettered in white on the spine and front cover, 4to. The American Institute of Iranian Studies Monographs, no. 1. The text is fully bilingual, the first part is in English and the second part is in Persian. A detailed review of the earliest human activity in the Iranian peninsula and a profile of the Iranian researchers who have carried out these studies. The author carried out fieldwork in Iran in the 1970s. The work was translated from English into Persian by Ezat O. Negahban. Small signature of a former owner on the front endpaper, no signs of use. A rare work seldom offered. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 7419

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Snow, Charles E.

Two Prehistoric Indian Dwarf Skeletons from Moundville

Tuscaloosa, University of Alabama, 1943. First edition. Pp. 1-90; 34 text-figures (mostly black-and-white photos). Publisher's original tan printed wrappers, 8vo. Museum Paper 21, Alabama Museum of Natural History, Geological Survey of Alabama. A detailed review of two skeletons of Native Americans excavated from Moundville in Alabama. The authors also compare the dwarf skeletons of living and recently deceased dwarfs from North America, Europe and Asia. Name stamp of Reading Public Museum on the front wrapper and the inside front wrapper and inside rear wrapper. No other ownership marks and no signs of use. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8086

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Solheim II, Wilhelm G. and Deraniyagala, S.

Archaeological Survey to Investigate Southeast Asian Prehistoric Presence in Ceylon.

Colombo: Commissioner of Archaeology, Ceylon, 1972. First edition. Pp. 40; 9 text-figures. Original printed tan wrappers, 4to. From: Ancient Ceylon: Journal of the Archaeological Survey Department of Ceylon, Occasional Paper no. 1. From the library of archaeologist Douglas Osborne with his signature on the front wrapper. One corner is bumped, wrappers on spine a bit frayed; overall a very good copy..

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Book number: 4702

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Solheim II, Wilhelm G. and Deraniyagala, S.

Archaeological Survey to Investigate Southeast Asian Prehistoric Presence in Ceylon.

Colombo: Commissioner of Archaeology, Ceylon, 1972. First edition. Pp. 40; 9 text-figures. Original printed tan wrappers, 4to. From: Ancient Ceylon: Journal of the Archaeological Survey Department of Ceylon, Occasional Paper no. 1. Inscribed by Bill Solheim to Doug Osborne on the front wrapper. One corner is bumped; overall a very good copy..

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Book number: 4703

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Spencer, Frank

A History of Physical Anthropology 1930-1980

New York: Academic Press, 1982. First edition. Pp. xvi, 495; numerous text-figures (mostly phylogenies). Publisher's original dark gray cloth, lettered in silver on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. Presents 20 chapters by noted authorities on all aspects of primate and human evolution, peopling of the New World, human variation, human growth and development and other related topics. Small signature of former owner on the front endpaper. A fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 6495

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Stargardt, Janice

Satingpra I: The Environmental and Economic Archaeology of Southern Thailand

Oxford, England: British Archaeological Reports International Series, 1983. First edition. Pp. xxiii; 309; 67 text-figures and black-and-white plates, 40 tables. Publisher's original red wrappers, printed in black on the spine and front cover, 4to. This is Studies in S. E. Asian Archaeology I and BAR International Series 158. The research for this volume was carried out in South Thailand and in Cambridge from 1970 to 1982. The present work is the first to devote a sustained study to the environment and the economy of the early historic populations of Southeast Asia (from the preface). No ownership marks and few signs of use. The endpapers, printed on silk paper, are a bit wrinkled; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 8109

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Stekelis, M., Bar-Yosef, O. and Schick, T.

Archaeological Excavations at 'Ubeidiya, 1964-1966

Jerusalem: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1969. First edition. Pp. 29; 19 full page plates (black-and-white photos, line drawings, plan views, maps). Publisher's original printed tan stiff wrappers, lg 8vo. From the series: The Pleistocene of Central Jordan Valley, The Excavations at 'Ubeidiya. 'Ubeidiya is Pleistocene archaeological site dating to 1.5 million years ago. The site preserves evidence Acheulean hand-axes documenting an early migration of Homo erectus out of Africa. There is a name stamp of a former owner on the front wrapper. Light edge wear to wrappers; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 7375

Catalogue: Archaeology + History