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2007réf. USOCDEA00mmBiblical Archaeology Society 2007. Very Good. Society Biblical Archaeology. The Dead Sea Scrolls. Society Biblical Literature. Washington D.C.: Biblical Archaeology Society 2007. 95pp. Illustrated. Bibliography. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with light rubbing to edges. Biblical Archaeology Society paperback books
1950réf. 50812Vienne: S.i. 1950. First Edition. Octavo 25.5 cm. Printed thick paper wrappers; 25pp 6 leaves of plates; folding plan. Tight clean and unmarked - Near Fine. Text in French. Guidebook to the site. S.i. unknown books
1984réf. 30477Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good /very good . Hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 387 pp. Stated first edition. Illustrated in color and black and white. With a foreword by Linda Schele. A handsome very good copy in lovely unclipped dustwrapper. A large and heavy volume. University of New Mexico Press hardcover books
1993réf. A059716 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 Río'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 Estachería sent Río 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 Río. 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 Río describes and comments on the hieroglyphs he saw. Río sent his manuscript report to Guatemalan Governor José Estachería 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 Compañía Editorial books
1897réf. 32456Philadelphia: 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. MacCalla & Company paperback books
2008réf. 14017New 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. Thames and Hudson hardcover books
2003réf. 284816New York: Hatherleigh Press 2003. First. hardcover. very good/fine. Color Illus. Square 8vo black cloth d.w. New York: Hatherleigh Press 2003. Very good Hatherleigh Press unknown books
2007réf. 1002Tucson AZ: American Rock Art Research Association 2007. Softcover. Very Good. viii 150 pp with one foldout color illustration maps illustrations in original illustrated wrappers. Very light wear to wrappers; contents clean and sound. American Rock Art Research Association paperback books
1919réf. 1560Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1919. Hardcover. Very Good. 228 pp b/w illustrations from photographs with illustrations bibliography index. Light wear to boards one slight crack in binding; else clean. No dust jacket. "The present report records the investigations in the Kayenta district of northeastern Arizona carried on in the summers of 1914 and 1915 by the Peabody Museum of Harvard University under the authority of permits granted by the Secretary of the Interior" Introduction. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1959réf. 809London: W.H. Allen 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First UK edition. 255 pp illustrations. Corners lightly bumped light wear to edges; contents clean and sound. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear. "Archaeological adventures revealing the religious and historical past." W.H. Allen hardcover books
1939réf. 40149Lima: Imprenta del Museo Nacional 1939. Paperback. Very Good. photos 71p. Slightly worn wrapper small edge-tear. 25cm. Publicaciones del Museo Nacional Lima-Peru. Escultura Antigua del Peru No. 1. Spanish text minimal. Photographic study of sculptural and ceramic representations of heads in pre-Columbian Peruvian art. Imprenta del Museo Nacional paperback books
1860réf. 11631Cincinnati: Moore Wilsatch Keys & Co 1860. Soft cover. Very Good. Disbound article pp 808-825 from Bayard Taylor's Cyclopaedia of Modern Travel: A Record of Adventure Exploration and Discovery for the Past Sixty Years. Illustrated with 3 small engravings and one full page map of Assyria and Mesopotamia Illustrating Layard's Explorations. Some light to moderate foxing in the margins none on the map. Provides a useful summary of both Layard's first 1845 and second 1849 excavations at Ninevah. Moore, Wilsatch, Keys & Co paperback books
2001réf. 262273Science 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
1896réf. A0544iv187-194. 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. Condition: Binding loose some rubbing to extremities internally a very good copy. Peabody Museum Press hardcover books
1823réf. 26881London 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. Articles by members of the Society of Antiquaries including F. W. L. Thomas & J. Y. Akerman. unknown books
2020réf. 185046Cambridge 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"-- 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. Edited by Ilisa Barbash Molly Rogers Deborah Willis ; with a foreword by Henry Louis Gates Jr. Peabody Museum Press / Aperture hardcover books
1915réf. 2176Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1915. Hardcover. Very Good. xvi 272 pp map illustrations bibliography. Light shelf wear to boards corners rubbed; else clean and sound. Organized into six chapters: The Maya Maya hieroglyphic writing how the Maya reckoned time Maya arithmetic inscriptions and the codices. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1927réf. 1622London: 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
1994réf. 998Los 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
1964réf. 1112Washington DC: National Park Service 1964. Softcover. Very Good. xi 157 pp maps with illustrations appendix in original wrappers. Wrappers show wear with a few short tears at spine; contents clean and sound. National Park Service unknown books
1849réf. 008856Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union 1849. First Edition. Green Cloth. Very Good. Corners gently bumped top left corner rear cover and top spine end lightly worn. Stamped ruling and decorations at front and rear covers. Spine slightly faded with gilt title and decorations. Minor foxing throughout. Binding tight. No previous owner signatures or inscriptions. American Sunday-School Union unknown books
réf. 1591Museum of Northern Arizona. Softcover. Very Good. Undated c. 1975. xiv 128 pp with maps illustrations majority from photographs in original wrappers. One corner bumped; contents clean and sound. . From the Abstract: "The first section focuses on the terminology used in this report project procedures and the historical background of the Navajo occupation in the De Chelly area. The next part encompasses the excavated sites and ancillary studies conducted in conjunction with the project" followed by synthesis of data and conclusions. Museum of Northern Arizona unknown books
1907réf. 12817Washington 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
1852réf. 19206Buffalo: 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
1963réf. 14257London: John Murray 1963. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 555 pp indexed and illustrated. Original beige cloth. Very mild spine slant. Binding sound text unmarked. Dust jacket slightly toned with one short tear. Biography of the man who discovered the Assyrian cities of Nimrud and Ninevah. Contemporary newspaper review of the book laid in. John Murray hardcover books
