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Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. two-toned cloth. Fine. 236 pages. One hundred plates, including three in color and a map of Africa. With Foreword by Paul S. Wingert. Surveys the development of sub-Saharan African art from the colonial period to the present. Glossary of Names. Bibliography. Index.

New York: Abrams, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Very good. 263 pages. Voluminously illustrated with photographs in black and white and color, with a color map of the climatic zones of Africa. Examines African and Oceanic art, focusing on sculpture, masks, and figures. Bibliography.

New York: MOMA, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Orig.gray cloth. Near fine in worn dust wrapper. 188 pages. 208 plates with six in color. Introduction by Rene D'Harnoncourt. Bibliography. Maps. A survey by a leading anthropologist who died prior to the volume'spublication.

New York: MOMA, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated gray cloth. Very good in worn dust wrapper. 187 pages. Small 4to, 206 plates. Bibliography.

New York: Praeger, 1953. 1st American edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Very good. 167 pp. Illustrated with sixteen color plates, as well as 216 half-tones and line cuts. Translated by Robert Allen. Bibliography. Index. Chronological Table. Thebook is based on an idea of Professor Hugo Obermaier, the eminent expert on prehistoric art, and incorporates his approach and his discoveries.

New York: Hudson Hills, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Very good in near fine slipcase. 2 vols. 180 pages in text, Vol. I, and with illustrations in the text. Vol. II, plate volume in facsimile of Denig's bible -- sixty full-page, ink and watercolor plates, dated 1784, portrays biblical scenes and religious emblems and is accompanied by explanatory notes written in the everyday German of colonial Pennsylvania. Backstrip feet rubbed, otherwise fine.

New York: Dodd Mead, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. crimson cloth. Very good in chipped dust wrapper. 182 pages. With four full-color illustrations and over seventy pages of black and white illustrations. Record of Primitive Painters. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER M502. "An anthology of essays by ten authors, most of which are devoted to a single artist." CHAMBERLAIN 1466. "A compilation of 20 essays by various authors, each devoted to one artist. Well illustrated." KARPEL I1823, I1910, I1938, I1972, I2030. LUCAS p.89.

Tucson: Univ. of Arizona Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Orig.decorated blue cloth. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 206 pages. Copiously illustrated in black and white and in color with photographs, drawings, and maps. Bibliography. Index. Baskets, Textiles,Pottery, Silver and Jewelry, Kachina Dolls and Carving, and Minor Crafts are covered. KARPEL A1038.

New York: Wilfred Funk, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated boards and cloth. Fine. 152 pages. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Index of Northwest Coast Mythology. Index. Examines the history and traditions of the least known and studied of all theaboriginal peoples of North America -- the Indians of the Pacific Northwest Coast. KARPEL A660.