Search Results: Archeology from Bookworks MWABA, IOBA

Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2017. Final volume only of Spink's monumental work on the Buddhist caves in Maharashtra, carved and decorated in two periods around two thousand years ago. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, as issued. Light wear, corners bumped; minor binding flaw to front endsheets. Text clean; xxii, 431 pages; index, bibliography, figures, many color photos, some b/w photos, plans.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Naomichi Yaguchi. Octavo.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. Hardcover, second printing. Light wear to book, jacket shows minor chipping.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Loke Wan Tho. 7" by 9½".

Cambridge/Paris: Cambridge University Press / Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, 1980. Scholarly study of information collection, storage and use, and the theories behind it; particularly in archaeology. Greenish hardcover, silver titling. Light wear to book, minor spine lean, ink name; jacket price-clipped, lightly tanned, spine faded. Text clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

Beloit, WI: Logan Museum - Beloit College, 1928. Account of this European & North African people, the first European early modern humans, who largely replaced with the Neanderthals around 40,000 years ago; intended in part to allow readers to appreciate the large collection of French Paleolithic artifacts recently acquired by the Logan Museum at Beloit College, which still holds a remarkably rich collection for an institution of any size, well-augmented by the European and North African collecting trips of Alonzo Pond in the 1920s. Logan Museum Bulletin Vol. I, No. I. Paperback, as shown, with only light wear; near fine. Text clean; viii, 139 pages, indexes, figures, b/w photos, charts, graphs, glossary.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 6" by 9".

New York: Geological Society of America, 1948. Technical monograph on mineral formations, their structure, petrography, weathering & other aspects. Geological Society of America Memoir 29. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, as issued. Book shows some wear, bumping & rubbing to corners, some tanning to endsheets, large folding color chart in rear pocket. Text clean; x, 182 pages, 7 b/w plates, figures, tables. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 2004 312 pgs. Previous owner's name on front. Text is clean & unmarked. Binding tight. Light wear on cover, with front free corners lightly creased. Articles by Chris Wenker, Cynthis Herhahn, Sue Eininger, & Donald Irwin reporting on an archeological survey of the canyon. Topics include: Setting & Environment, Cultural History, Projectile Points, Native American Archeology, Euro-American Archeology, & Prescribed Fires. Intermountain Cultural Resources Management Professional Paper No. 69.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Study of rock art discoveries in the northern Italian Alps. First American edition, translated from the French by Linda Asher. Light wear to book, ink name & address; jacket a bit rubbed & smudged with lightly faded spine, minor edgewear & light chipping. Text clean; [xxi], blank, [262], [xiv] pages; many figures, b/w photos.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.

London: Oxford University Press, 1970. Scholarly investigation of places noted in Book II of The Iliad, using ancient & modern sources, assessing their possible historicity. Hardcover, as pictured. Light wear to book, no jacket. Text clean; xvi, 191 pages + 12 b/w plates; index, maps. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1993. Scholarly monograph on the Powhatan and Conoy chiefdoms of the Potomac Valley region around the time of their invasion by Captain John Smith, their rise from their mutual Chicacoan roots & fall in the colonial era. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book; jacket shows minor edgewear. Text clean; xiii, [3], 267 pages; index, bibliography, figures, maps, & figures.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1956. Account of counterfeiters, forgers and hoaxers, including fake pamphleteer Thomas Wise and Piltdown Man. Red hardcover, cream titling. Light wear to book; jacket tanned with some short closed tears, light rubbing, old bookseller's sticker to rear panel. Text clean; vii, blank, 209 pages; index, references, couple of b/w plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 5¾" by 8¾".

Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 1980. Pioneering study of microscopic analysis of stone tools (British, in this case), which the author asserts is useful in determining they ways in which they were used by prehistoric hominids. First edition (first printing) with full number string. Hardcover, lacking the jacket (as issued?), as pictured. Shows some wear, corners rubbed & frayed. Typescript text clean; xiii, [1], 212 pages; index, bibliography, tables, figures, b/w plates. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Large Octavo.

Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1983. Scholarly study of the "complex and often obscure festivals" of the Athenian year, clarifying the "probable origins and meanings of the Attic cults", based on archaeological evidence as well as philological studies. Hardcover. Light wear to book; jacket shows minor edgewear: tiny chips, one short tear. Text clean; xx, 122 pages + colophon; index, figures, b/w plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

New York: A. Bruderhausen, 1928. Archaeology & architecture of the ancient center of the Roman empire. Hardcover, as pictured. First American edition, expanded by the author in translation. Light wear to book, minor chips to spine ends, spine faded; ink names (of classicists Herbert & Evelyn Howe) on free endsheet; a bit of tanning & foxing. Text clean; xii, 100 pages; large folding plan, 64 b/w plates, many figures, bibliography, index. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Small Quarto.

New York: Greenwood Press, 1969. Reprint of study on paleolithic man in Spain, first published in 1924. Hardcover, full grey cloth, gilt titling. Light wear, spine lightly rippled; no jacket, as issued. Text clean; xxviii, 495 pages, index, bibliographies, notes, figures, maps.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Large Octavo.

Beloit, WI: Museums of Beloit College, 1992. Scholarly account of the 1920s acquisition and contents of "one of the single most important collections of French Paleolithic artifacts (ca. 21,500 objects) outside of France"; twelve articles in all: two on the history of the collection and ten on some of its contents. The nucleus of the collection of the Logan Museum of Anthropology was given to Beloit College in 1894 by Chicago financier Frank G. Logan, who continued to support the museum & its collecting interests for decades. Today the museum holds a remarkably rich collection for an institution of any size, well-augmented by the European collecting trips of Alonzo Pond, as described here. Large paperback, as shown, with light creasing, corners a bit curled, one corner damaged, spine creased. [4], 367 pages, bibliographies, b/w photos, line drawings, figures.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8½" by 11".

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1959. Technical monograph on the minerals & mineral formations of this county, the northeast tip of Minnesota, along Lake Superior. Minnesota Geological Survey Bulletin 39. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, as issued. Book shows light wear, bumping to corners, bookplate of Beloit College geology professor Richard C. Stenstrom inside front cover, 17 folding charts (1-16 + 3a) in rear pocket. Text clean; xvi, [2], 163 pages; maps, illustrations, tables, 17 folding plates as called for.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

London: Folio Society, 1999. Attractive reprint of this popular account of the history of archaelogical exploration, with sections on Pompeii, Troy, Mycenae, Crete; Egypt; Assyria, Babylonia, Sumeria; Aztecs, Mayas, Toltecs; Hittites. Though dated, it remains a vivid & inspirational account. Includes brief bibliography, many color & b/w photos of artifacts, reproductions of vintage illustrations. Large decorated hardcover in slipcase, as pictured. Light wear to book; slipcase shows minor scuffs, small faint stains. First Folio printing, listing no later printings. Text clean, no names or marks. A surcharge for expedited or international shipping of this oversize book may be required; please inquire for an accurate quote. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Quarto.

Columbia, MO: Missouri Archaeological Society / University of Missouri, 1974. Third printing of the first edition of Bass's classic guide to the understanding of human skeletal remains, originally published three years earlier. Bass is best-known as the founder of the 'Body Farm', and for his work helping police agencies determine causes & times of death in high-profile cases. Paperback, as pictured. Light wear, minor creasing, some insect damage to front covers, corners a bit curled. Text clean; viii, [281] pages; index, bibliography, appendixes including a glossary & notes on handling bones, figures, tables.. Later Printing. Paperback. Good. Illus. by Peggy Grinvalsky et al.. 6" by 9".

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Study of ancient climactic change in Southern Africa, based on geomorphic, sedimentary & biological evidence; with discussion of specific ecological zones (desert & semi-desert, summer rainfall, winter & year-round rainfall) in the region. Hardcover, full navy cloth blocked in red, gilt titling; in plain plastic jacket. Light wear to book, minor crease & rippling to jacket. Text clean; viii, 225 pages; index, extensive bibliography, appendix listing sites from which the evidence was drawn; figures, tables, maps.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6¼" by 9½".

New York: Dutton, 1967. Hardcover. Light wear to book, jacket shows minor edgewear, light tanning.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 5¾" by 8½".