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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. Pp 336. Index. Illustrated throughout including 48 pages of full color plates. Abstract: Traces the careers and conquests of Cortez and Pizarro in elaborate, colorful, well-documented detail. The interest and historical value of the book are enhanced by many illustrations, in both color and black and white, including old paintings, drawings and engravings, photographs and maps. Beautiful red cloth with bright gilt decoration and top edge publisher stain. The dust jacket is worn along the top edge and fold and is now in an clear protective cover.; 8vo .

Unknown. Printed by Eptalofos Co.. Good in Good dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. (1971?). Pp 185. Illustrated with color (most) and black and white photographs. Front pastedown and Endpage is a two color foldout map. Monk Andrew Agioritis was a Professor of Byzantine Music. Mount Athos Monasteries, founded in the year 963, is one of the oldest in the world; it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Comprised of over 20 monasteries about two thousand monks live there today. Visitors are limited to men only; females either human or animals are forbidden, with the exception of cats whose redeeming quality is their love of mice. Pictorial board covers with original dust jacket adhered to the boards, front and back. ; 8vo .

London: Delius Trust. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. Limited Edition. Hardcover. #499 of 1000 limited copies. 206 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Minimal wear to ends and corner tips; small closed tear to the DJ edge along with some edge tone. The lyricism in Delius's early compositions reflected the music he had heard in America and the influences of European composers such as Grieg and Wagner. As his skills matured, he developed a style uniquely his own, characterised by his individual orchestration and his uses of chromatic harmony. ; 8vo .

Los Angeles: Nash Publishing. Good with no dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Large folio. 350 pp. 250 full page illustrations, 200 in color. Lacking the dust jacket. Rough blue cloth, worn ends and faded edges and very light edge tone throughout. Single silver sticker on the copyright page. Stated First Edition. No tears or marks the prints remain bright. Contents: The Land of Romance; The Mazda Calendars; Murals; The Arabian Nights; The Golden Treasury and Poems of Childhood; A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales; Italian Villas and Their Gardens; The Knave of Hearts; The Great Southwest 1902; Dream Days and The Golden Age; Knickerbocker's History of New York and Mother Goose; Commercial Art; Acknowledgments; About the Artist. ; $5.00 included in cost for extra shipping. .

New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. VG/G Hardcover. Blue cloth with purple titling to light blue background and light blue illustration to upper board; pictorial maps to end papers; b&w and color illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index. The author, a seismologist and geophysicist, uses scientific and archaeological evidence to demonstrate that Atlantis could not have existed in the Atlantic, and that in all likelyhood it is a mythologised version of a Minoan civilization in the Aegean, that was wiped out by a catastrophic volcanic explosion. Dust jacket with minor edge wear. ; 8vo ; 216 pp pages .

Cambrdge, MA: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. Near Fine. 1928. First Edition. Softcover. Original brown paper wraps with light edge wear, short closed tear and name stamped front and back cover. p. [89]-211. Many pages unopened. ; 8vo .

Facts On File. Very Good. 1987. Softcover. Trade paper back. Revised edition of "The Cambridge guide to prehistoric man. 256 pages. Index. Illustrated. An illustrated introduction to the evolution of man, from the early hominids to the present day. 'The Field Guide to Early Man', has hundreds of two-colour illustrations, restorations and reconstructed skeletons, marginal notes and "field guide" drawings, diagrams, maps and charts, all accompanied by a nontechnical text. ; 8vo .

New York: Frederick A Praeger. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. Blue cloth with original, price clipped edge worn dust jacket. 288 pp., including 88 Photographs, 33 line drawings, 4 tables, 3 graphs and 1 histogram. #37 of Ancient Peoples and Places, series, (Thames & Hudson.) Abstract "Bones, Bodies and Disease is concerned with the technical aspects of diseases which have left traces on prehistoric human skeletal remains and with depictions of disease in primitive sculptures, drawings, and paintings. Wells' studies in anthropology and medicine have proved to be an excellent preparation for this book which is actually a history of prehistoric and primitive medicine. The book is written for the medical historian. Paleopathology is clearly and succinctly presented. The evidence available, the types of abnormalities, skeletal adaptations, cannibalism, trephination, radiographic evidence, artificial interference, and the simulation of pathological conditions… Leer más

London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth. Lacking the dust jacket. 214 pages. 9 Plates. 8" X 5". Light surface scuff and mild wear on ends and corners. Laid in is the Saturday Review Book Club selection flyer for Ronald Millar's "The Piltdown Men." The Piltdown hoax is prominent for two reasons: the attention it generated around the subject of human evolution, and the length of time, 41 years, that elapsed from its alleged initial discovery to its definitive exposure as a composite forgery. On 21 November 1953, this fascinating puzzle of science was finally solved. Three scientists - including the author of this book, Joseph Weiner - described their investigations into the important fossilized human remains found at Piltdown in Sussex in the early 1900s. Their conclusion was stunning: the remains, and the accompanying materials that supposedly verified them as ancient… Leer más

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition stated. Black cloth with original bright, albeit somewhat edge worn jacket, not price clipped. xv,302 pages. Indexed. Inked price written on the title page. At the height of the cold war Von Laue wrote his most famous and critical work , "Why Lenin? Why Stalin?" He then began "to study the modernization process of the entire world, from a broadly comparative perspective, the result was "The Global City."" Written decades before the Internet, The Global City "anticipated the very themes that preoccupy so many today: the accelerating pace of change and accumulation of specialized knowledge in the modern world, the increasing integration of the globe into one complex system, and the intensity of cultural and psychological tensions that result when vastly different cultures are brought into close contact by ever-expanding technologies."… Leer más

Chicago: Nelson-Hall Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . Signed by Author. Association copy, signed, dated and numbered by Jack Huttig "To Harold and Marge Evans, my oldest and very best friends, Jack Huttig, 6-5-80. / #5 of 6 "authors copies" ?? by Nelson-Hall." About very good with worn ends and discolored cloth cover; heavily worn and chiped dust jacket now in an archival cover. Pp xiv, 146, [40] leaves of plates. Illustrated. This book documents the attempts of men and women aviators to win the Orteig Prize for flying nonstop from New York to Paris and the Dole race from Oakland to Hawaii. The Orteig Prize was a reward offered to the first Allied aviator(s) to fly non-stop from New York City to Paris or vice versa. Several famous aviators made unsuccessful attempts at the New York–Paris flight before the relatively unknown American Charles Lindbergh won the prize in 1927 in his aircraft Spirit of St.… Leer más

New York: Gorham MFG. Co., Silversmiths. Very Good. 1897. First Edition. Softcover. Orignal gray paper wraps with blank ink title print on the cover. 7" X 5.5". 57 pp. Two color ink. Probably a promotional book for fine dining silver. Includes full page illustrations of salad sets and bowls with catalog numbers, presumably for sale by Gorham Silversmiths. Although this publisher, Gorham MFG. was not found on OCLC, Identical titles offered by 3 other establishments were found with 4 total holdings on OCLC. One other copy found within the trade. Uncommon. The original paper covers are heavily edge worn and the spine paper is mostly missing. A few pages are shadow toned. Otherwise a clean copy with sound binding. "Perhaps no company in the world extended the influence of tableware design more than Gorham, founded in Providence in 1831. From a small silversmith shop that began by making handcrafted teaspoons, Gorham grew to become the world’s leading manufacturer… Leer más

Corner House Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0879280565 . Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Jacket Very Good. ; 8vo ; 251 pp pages .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Shelf Wear to jacket. ; 8vo ; 182 pp pages .

Tehran, Iran: American Women's Club. Very Good. 1976. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Blue, two ring binder with the white title lettering on the cover. 9" X 7". Illustrated throughout with quaint line drawn vignettes. These recipes and homemaker hints were collected in a far different era than today. Soon after publication, Iran went through the Islamic revolution, 1978-1979, 50 Americans were held hostage for 444 days. Rare, none found within the trade, two copies found on OCLC (1970 &1972 editions). Pp. [10] 1-269; Addendum [12 pages of additional recipes]; plus [38 pages of additional recipes] with index. Each section is divided by a stiff blue card, illustrated on the verso (front) and with a table of contents for that specific section on the recto (back). The first Table of Contents is on a single sheet of white paper w/o illustration, the first 4 sections pertain specifically to Iranian living. Exasperation Extinguishers - Water & Food Decontamination,… Leer más

New York: The Macmillan Co.. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1964. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Third printing. ; 8vo ; 622 pp pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394501128 . Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The history and culture of the great Italian city-states, through the five centuries of their emergence, magnificent flowering, and twilight is brilliantly explored ; B & W Illustrations.; 8vo ; 368 pp pages .

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 3991127660 . Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Second Printing. ; 8vo ; 336 pp pages .

Los Angeles: University of California. Near Fine. 1987. Hardcover. Published under the auspices of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of California, Los Angeles. Original dark gray cloth with silver lettering. About fine with very light wear to the corner tips and ends. Pp. xxi, 145, [32] black and white plates, 42 fig. Full color frontispiece. Includes Indexes. ; 8vo .

New York: Dover Publications. Very Good. 1971. First Edition. Softcover. "...a new work, first published by Dover Publications, Inc, in 1971. Pp xxii, 200, [3] map. [14] catalogue. Black and white illustrations. A selection of African designs that can be used in advertising, book designs, textiles, or inspiration for original designs. These 378 linocut prints in, crisp black-and-white designs reflect traditional work from Zulu, Masai, and dozens of other tribes. This pictorial archive includes masks, abstract motifs, and much more. Contents: Symbolic and simple geometric motifs; Repetitive designs and textural patterns; Animals and mythical figures; Human beings; Masks; Artifacts and objects with figural components; Abstract and complex geometric motifs. ; 8vo .