A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush de Newby, Eric - 1999: A Preposterous Adventure

New York: The Century Co., 1892. PLAY IN PROVENCE- Joseph & Elizabeth Pennell- Illustrated by Joseph & Elizabeth Pennell- The Century Co.- NY- 1892- 1st Edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:-8vo- VG/ no dj as issued- original publishers beige cream cloth illustrated and titled in red and brown- book is tight, somewhat soiled, but a desireable copy of a scarce book nonetheless- 202pp are clean, no tears or writing-no loose pages- some adhesions to endpapers, probably from PO bookplate which was removed- "Over 100 b&w illustrations-Notable sketches of southern France and the "country of Mireio"; particularly interesting for Pennells drawings of the pageantry of a Provencal bullfight."- Non-fiction-France-travel-stories-anecdotes-illustrated (1387). 1st Edition-1st Printing. Illustrated Cloth. VG/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Joseph & Elizabeth Pennell. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Methuen & Co., 1916. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. [8], 248, followed by 31, [1] pages of adverts. Includes a photo frontispiece of the author. Bound in green publisher’s cloth. No dust jacket. The binding contains a shelf lean; minor rubbing and bumping are present; the spine and edges are lightly faded. A note is handwritten on the verso of the frontispiece (dated Sept. 1916). The title page shows some age-toning. Minor spots of foxing are present on the prelims and on the outer edge of the title. Interior pages are otherwise clean.

Belknap/ Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1969; First Edition; large 8vo, 733 pages; illustrated. Seminal anthropological study of the Tzotzil-speaking highland village of Zinacantan, covering geographic and cultural setting, material culture and economics, social structure, religious beliefs and rituals, etc. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket that has a single 1" closed edge tear. A very attractive copy.

Biblioteca Aportacion Historica, Mexico City, 1947; First Edition; #69 of 100 numbered copies; 8vo, 33 pages. First publication of an historic manuscript in the National Museum of Mexico describing the Nahua system of counting and the etymological roots of Nahuatl number words. Originally authored in mid 19th century by notable Mexican linguist Faustino Chimalpopoca, Nahuatl translator to the court of Maximillian and Carlota. Edited and published in a limited edition of only 100 copies by Vargas Rea. Very Good Plus, in printed wraps with an Aztec glyph emblazoned on the front. Rare.

"The Snow Baby: A True Story with True Pictures" by Josephine Peary. Published in 1901. First Edition Thus! NO later printings/editions stated. RARE BOOK! Lots of B&W Photographs!
"The Snow Baby is the name that the Esquimaux gave to little Miss Peary, and Mrs. Joseph D. Peary has written a delightful account of her little daughter who was born far in the north, and whose early months were spent near the North Pole. She explained the Esquimaux term for "The Snow Baby," which is "Aphoomikaninny," and gives an account of the strange huts of skin and wood in which they live, of the dogs and queer animals which were her playmates, of the brown-faced men and women and children, who gaped in wonder at the little white baby. She gives an interesting account of the long Arctic night which lasts for months, when the sun never rises. That little Miss Peary was a pet of the White Man's expedition is not to be wondered at. There are many photographs of the Arctic life which illustrate this remarkable book."
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New York: The Century Co., 1892. PLAY IN PROVENCE- Joseph & Elizabeth Pennell- Illustrated by Joseph & Elizabeth Pennell- The Century Co.- NY- 1892- 1st Edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:-8vo- VG/ no dj as issued- original publishers beige cream cloth illustrated and titled in red and brown- book is tight, somewhat soiled, but a desireable copy of a scarce book nonetheless- 202pp are clean, no tears or writing-no loose pages- some adhesions to endpapers, probably from PO bookplate which was removed- "Over 100 b&w illustrations-Notable sketches of southern France and the "country of Mireio"; particularly interesting for Pennells drawings of the pageantry of a Provencal bullfight."- Non-fiction-France-travel-stories-anecdotes-illustrated (1387). 1st Edition-1st Printing. Illustrated Cloth. VG/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Joseph & Elizabeth Pennell. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Methuen & Co., 1916. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. [8], 248, followed by 31, [1] pages of adverts. Includes a photo frontispiece of the author. Bound in green publisher’s cloth. No dust jacket. The binding contains a shelf lean; minor rubbing and bumping are present; the spine and edges are lightly faded. A note is handwritten on the verso of the frontispiece (dated Sept. 1916). The title page shows some age-toning. Minor spots of foxing are present on the prelims and on the outer edge of the title. Interior pages are otherwise clean.

Belknap/ Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1969; First Edition; large 8vo, 733 pages; illustrated. Seminal anthropological study of the Tzotzil-speaking highland village of Zinacantan, covering geographic and cultural setting, material culture and economics, social structure, religious beliefs and rituals, etc. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket that has a single 1" closed edge tear. A very attractive copy.

Biblioteca Aportacion Historica, Mexico City, 1947; First Edition; #69 of 100 numbered copies; 8vo, 33 pages. First publication of an historic manuscript in the National Museum of Mexico describing the Nahua system of counting and the etymological roots of Nahuatl number words. Originally authored in mid 19th century by notable Mexican linguist Faustino Chimalpopoca, Nahuatl translator to the court of Maximillian and Carlota. Edited and published in a limited edition of only 100 copies by Vargas Rea. Very Good Plus, in printed wraps with an Aztec glyph emblazoned on the front. Rare.

"The Snow Baby: A True Story with True Pictures" by Josephine Peary. Published in 1901. First Edition Thus! NO later printings/editions stated. RARE BOOK! Lots of B&W Photographs!
"The Snow Baby is the name that the Esquimaux gave to little Miss Peary, and Mrs. Joseph D. Peary has written a delightful account of her little daughter who was born far in the north, and whose early months were spent near the North Pole. She explained the Esquimaux term for "The Snow Baby," which is "Aphoomikaninny," and gives an account of the strange huts of skin and wood in which they live, of the dogs and queer animals which were her playmates, of the brown-faced men and women and children, who gaped in wonder at the little white baby. She gives an interesting account of the long Arctic night which lasts for months, when the sun never rises. That little Miss Peary was a pet of the White Man's expedition is not to be wondered at. There are many photographs of the Arctic life which illustrate this remarkable book."
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