A Grammar of Madurese by Davies, William D - 2010

Ifan, Dakar, 1953. Softcover. Good Condition. Numerous foldouts. Several pages are unopened. Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. 408 pp. Text is in French. Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean. Wrinkled spine. Minor soiling to the cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3-5 pounds. Category: Anthropology; Non-English Language::French; French Language; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001268. . Additional shipping charges may apply.

xx+377 pages with 86 color photographs, 9 black and photographs, 128 figures, 3 maps, appendices and index. Oblong Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 11") bound in original publisher's red cloth with black lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Contributions by Joseph W Ball, Ronald L Bishop, Virginia M Fields and Barbara MacLeod. Photography by Justin Kerr. Forewords by Michael P Mezzatesta and Linda Schele. First edition.Lavishly illustrated with nearly 400 color images, Painting the Maya Universe is the most thorough study and brilliant display of Classic Maya ceramic painting yet published. Building on twenty years of research and debate, Dorie Reents-Budet and her collaborators Joseph W. Ball, Ronald L. Bishop, Virginia M. Fields, and Barbara MacLeod bring together many perspectives, including the art historical, archaeological, epigraphical, and ethnohistorical, to examine one of the world's great but overlooked painting traditions. With an emphasis on sixth- to eighth-century pottery featuring… Read More

NEW ~ Includes DVD. Fascinating ethnographic study of the Otomi (Comonfort and San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico) festive practice of printing colorful religious symbols on tortillas. Texts based on interviews. Coleccion Arte y Culturas Populares de Guanajuato numero 4. Trilingual: Spanish, Otomi, English. Traduccion espanol-otomi: Yolanda de Leon de Santiago. Traduccion espanol-ingles: Paige Mitchell. 280 pp. 196 illustrations. Bibliography. Edition of 1000 / 1000 ejemplares. Cover worn along edges/interior in fine condition.

Voyageurs, Robes Noires, et Coureurs de Bois. By C.U. Clark. 1934 1st Edition Columbia University Institute of French Studies, Inc. FRENCH LANGUAGE. Stories from the French Exploration of North America, selected and edited by the venerable and renowned Charles Upson Clark, Ph.D: English title is: Travellers, Black Robes, and Wood-runners. Scarce. HARDCOVER. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Navy blue cloth boards with large gilt titling. No titling remains on spine. 5 ¾ X 8. 374 pages, indexed. Time period covered is 17th and 18th Centuries. JESUITS. ANTHROPOLOGY. SOCIAL SCIENCES. HISTORY OF FRANCE. HISTORY OF CANADA. CANADIANA. ABOUT THE EDITOR: Dr. Clark was the first archaeologist in the world to translate The Badianus Manuscript, aka The Codex Barberini, an Aztec compendium on traditional herbal medicine dating from the Fourteenth Century. Will ship from Oregon.

Black glossy paper wraps. French text. Minor wear to head of spine (see image), but otherwise a clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. Scarce.
9.5 x 11.75 in

UCLA Fowler Museum. Very Good. 2006. No Edition Stated. Softcover. 0974872946 . Very light shelfwear, top corner of book very slightly bumped; color photos; 292 pages .

Dinesen, Isak: Last Tales, A Collection of Twelve New Tales of Compelling Beauty 1957, Random House. First Edition. Stated First Printing Thus. Used. Very Good/Good+ original red dust jacket, price-clipped. Jacket states 11/57 on front flap. 5 3/4 X

Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson and Sons Limited, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Cloth in DJ; First Edition; 149pp; Minor staining to DJ, previous owner's name to FFEP, boards square, clean & bright, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/Good+ condition. Scarce vintage monograph on Manx phonology. University of Edinburgh Linguistic Survey of Scotland Monographs No. 2.

By Peter Newell, author of "The Hole Book". The Rocket Book, Harper & Brothers Stated October, 1912 First Printing. USED. GOOD+ CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET INCLUDED. 7 1/8 X 8 7/8. Seller's Note: Sadly, (no one is sadder than me) the Front paper paste-down label has been removed from cover. Minor corner-bumps. No titling on spine if printed there originally. Pages are all present, in nice shape, and affixed to binding. HOLE-DRILLED straight through the book. RARE IN THIS FIRST PRINTING.

Wilder, Laura Ingalls. By The Shores Of Silver Lake,1953 Harper & Brothers Uniform Edition. Pictures by Garth Williams Little House on the Prairie series. Used. VG-/G- unclipped $2.95 dust jacket. 1 inch loss at top of dj spine. The family moves from Minnesota and Laura and Mary take a thrilling train ride during which an attempted payroll robbery takes place.