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[002835] . ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD WORK IN NORTH AMERICA DURING 1931. Paper Wraps. Good reprinted from AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST,Vol. 34, No. 3, July-September, 1932. Covers soiled. Interior is tight, clean, and Very Good + . pages untrimmed. ex-mus. stamp on cover and title page. $20.00

[002816] . BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF PREHISTORIC RESEARCH, No. 9 1933. . Archaeology. Very Good+ to Near Fine May 1933: PAPERS: 1. Fossil Men of the Mugharet Es-Sukhul, by Theodore D. McCowen. 2. Archaeological Reconnaissance in Yugoslavia, by Vladimir J. Fewkes, Hetty Goldman, and Robert W. Ehrich. 3. Anthropological Reconnaissance in Montenegro, by Robert W. Ehrich. $15.00

[002817] . BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF PREHISTORIC RESEARCH, No.7 1931. Paper Wraps. Archaeology. Good April 1931:1. Excavations in the Caves of the Wady-el-Mughara, 1929 and 1930. by Dorothy A. E. Garrod. 2. The Abri des Merveilles at Castel-Merle, near Sergeac (Dordogne). by George Grant MacCurdy. 3. The American School of Prehistoric Research Visits the Cavern of El Pendo. Covers soiled. Black ink spot on front cover. Water line mark on upper margin of interior. Doesn't interfer with text or plates. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $10.00

[002818] . The School of American Research of the Archaeological Institute of America Annual Report 1948. Paper Wraps. Archaeology. Very Good $10.00

[002819] . The School of American Research of the Archaeological Institute of America Annual Report 1946. Paper Wraps. Archaeology. Good Soiled covers. Interior is VG+. Clean, tight. $6.00

[002829] . REPRINT AND CIRCULAR SERIES OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL: GUIDE LEAFLET FOR AMATEUR ARCHAEOLOGISTS . Washington: National Research Council, 1930. Stiff Wraps. Archaeology. Very Good+ to Near Fine $12.50

[002833] . ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD WORK IN NORTH AMERICA DURING 1927. Paper Wraps. Good reprinted from AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST,Vol. 30, No. 3, July-September, 1928. Covers mildly soiled. Interior is tight, clean, and Very Good + . Most pages uncut. ex-mus. stamp on cover. $22.50

[002834] . ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD WORK IN NORTH AMERICA DURING 1929. Paper Wraps. Good reprinted from AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST,Vol. 32, No. 2, April 1930. Covers mildly soiled.and faded around edges. Interior is tight, clean, and Very Good + . pages uncut. ex-mus. stamp on cover. $22.50

[003022] . SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY GOSSIP, 5 Issues 1883. Boston: S. E. Cassino & Co., 1883. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Science. Good+ or Better January-October 1883. Vol.I, No.3 January 15, 1883 Articles: Cuvier, and English Universities. Vol. I, No.6 April 16, 1883, Article: American Museums, Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia, PA. Vol.I, No.7 May 15, 1883, Articles: American Museums, The American Museum of Natural History, New York City, and American Archaeology: The Work of the Peabody Museum. Vol.I, No.8 June 15, 1883, Articles: American Museums: The Lyceum of Natural History at Williams College, American Archaeology: The Work of the Peabody Museum (continued), The Atlantic Right Whales, and Land Leeches of Ceylon. Vol.I, No.12 October 15, 1883 (last issue of "first volume") Article: Color Sense In Man. All issues include articles of Scientific Notes, Book Reviews and publication ads. some issues have uncut pages. ex-mus. numbers on front. lightly soiled covers otherwise Good+ or better. Interiors are clean, tight and VG. $205.00

[003154] . SCIENCE, January 16, 1885. Vol. V. No. 102. ill. Sketches. Cambridge, MA,: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good- Articles by Famous Americans: JOHN TROWBRIDGE "Recent advances in electrical science"; J. W. POWELL "The administration of the scientific work of the general government"; J. R. BARTLETT "Some recent experiments with oil in stopping breakers"; ADOLPH F. BANDELIER "Bandelier's Archeological Tour in Mexico" with illustration of " The Great Mound at Cholula"; and BENJAMIN GOULD "The Argentine Zone Catalogue" with 2 illustrations of " Dr. Gould's Observatory at Cordoba" and "View of Corboba from Dr. Gould's Observatory" also in Letters to the Editor-J. S. DILLER " Coal in the Chico group of California"; HENRY W. HAYNES "Man in the stone age"; and B. G. WILDER " The use of slips in scientific correspondence". Includes other scientific articles. pp41-62. Covers detached. Top front corner torn-have "detached" piece, 3"x2". ex. mus. stamp on front cover. 3" tear and small chippings around edges. Mildly soiled. Good- exterior. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $42.50

[003156] . SCIENCE, February 6, 1885. Volume V. No. 105. ill. Figures(drawings), Engraving. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good- Articles by Famous Americans: SIMON NEWCOMB "The Georgia wonder-girl and her lessons"; GEORGE M. STERNBERG "The 'comma bacillus' of Koch" with 2 illustrations; ERNEST INGERSOLL "Ingersoll's Country Cousins"; and F. A. P. BARNARD " Barnard's Pyramid of Gizeh". In Letters to the Editor, other Famous Americans: D. G. BRINTON and HENRY W. HAYNES "Anthropos and anthropopithecus"; and THEO. B. COMSTOCK " The Yellowstone Park as a bison preserve". Also includes article on "Nantucket Museum" with illustration; and "The Essex Deneholes" with 2 illustrations; Covers detached but "intact". 1 3/4" tear in middle of front cover-no text missing. Some chippings along edges. Mildly soiled. Exterior is Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $50.00

[003854] . The Indianapolis Archaeological Conference December 6,7 and 8, 1935 . Washington: Committee on State Archaeological Surveys, 1935. Size: Approx. 8 1/4 " x 10 3/4". Stiff Covers. Archaeology. Very Good- Held under the auspices of the Division of Anthropology and Psychology, Committee on State Archaeological Surveys, National Research Council. A Symposium upon the Archaeological Problems of the North Central United States Area. Some of the topics: "Siouan Tribes of the Ohio Valley; and "Certain Culture Classification Problems in Middle Western Archaeology, by W. C. McKern. 82 pp. Mildly soiled covers. Exterior is VG-. Interior is tight, clean and VG+ $22.50

[003519] . SCIENCE, November 5, 1886. Volume VIII. No. 196. ill. Etchings. New York: The Science Company, 1886. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good+ With Science Supplement. Articles by Famous Americans: L. P.GRATACAP: An Archeological Fraud with 2 illustrations; and O. T. MASON: The Guadalajara Pottery with 14 illustrations. In Supplement: Cable Street-Railways with 10 illustrations and The physical basis of aesthetics. Covers slightly soiled. ex.mus. numberson front. light vertical crease, mildly seen throughout publication, very minor. Slight chipping at side edge. small yellow musuem label on front cover. Overall covers are Good to Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. pp.401-422. $55.00

[002992] Armstrong, A. Leslie. PALAEOLITHIC MAN IN THE NORTH MIDLANDS. ill. Figures. Manchester: Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 1939. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Paper Wraps. Paleontology. Very Good (Being the Wilde Memorial Lecture, 1939). From Volume 83 of "Memoirs & Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, Session 1938-39. pp.88-116. most pages uncut. Pale blue covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Fine. 14 figures-photographs, table, plates, graph, and drawings.. $50.00

[002825] Armstrong, Henry Herbert, Thomas Ashby, Jr., Herbert Richard Cross, Arthur Mahler, Charles Rufus Morey, Richard Norton, George Joseph Pfeiffer, Albert William Van Buren. SUPPLEMENTARY PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES IN ROME, VOL. I. . ill. Plates, Text drawings/Figures, Fold-outs, Photographs, Tables. New York: Macmillan, 1905. . Green Cloth. Archaeology. Very Good Archaeological Institute of America. 220 pp. Index. 18 plates. Plate XI: 2" side tear, doesn't affect illustration. Foldout maps. Spine with gilt lettering. Spine ends mildly rubbed . exterior is VG. Two tipped in "strips" of paper at front free endpaper: "With the compliments of the Archaeological Institute of America" and "The editors respectfully suggest that those members of the Institute who do not care to keep this volume, present it to some public or college library." Many pages uncut. A few "cut" pages, "cut" poorly resulting in tears or missing pieces. Doesn't affect text. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. Arthur Mahler's "article" in German. $35.00

[003723] Cole, Fay-Cooper. CHRONOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE WEST. ill. Diagram. American Philosophical Society, 1943. Size: Approx. 8 " x 10 1/2". Stiff Covers. Archaeology. Very Good- Reprinted from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 86, No.2, 1943. "Today we recognize in the Middle West two large patterns-The Woodland and the Mississippi-each with its subdivisions. Throughout the area, wherever stratification exists, we find an early Woodland which is characterized by small villages with scanty refuse piles; by crude, heavy, grit-or crushed-rock-tempered ceramics..." pp.299-303. one diagram of "Early Woodland(?)-Not Well Defined". previous owner's name on front cover: John H. Bailey. Otherwise exterior is Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $30.00

[002813] Duff, Roger. THE WAITARA SWAMP SEARCH . ill. Plates, Text drawings/Figures. 1961. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 9 3/4". Stiff Covers. New Zealand. Good Reprinted from The Records of the Canterbury Museum, Vol. VII, No. IV, pp 303-326, 15th August, 1961. " The Waitara swamp search, represents the first large scale controlled excavation of an artefact-bearing swamp. It has reveled swamps as bona fide archaeological sites of great potential, from the general conclusion that wamps adjacent to centres of pre-historic settlement served as repositories for the curing and seasoning of wooden artefacts on a large and regular scale....The Waitara district, in which the project was carried out in January-February 1960, has proved unique...for the number of carvings recovered during the course of European settlement." Includes Bibliography, 7 text drawings with excavation plans/site and 7 plates with photographs of findings. Stapled paper covers-one staple rusty. ex.mus. stamp/numbers on front cover. Stapled to inside back cover, business card of the Director of Taranaki Museum: Rigby T. E. Allan. On first page of text signed by him "With compliments From Taranaki Museum, Rigby Allan Director. Covers mildly soiled otherwise Good +. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. $28.50

[001891] Griffin, John W. and Hale G. Smith.. The Goodnow Mound: Highlands County, Florida Containing a Report on the Skipper Site, Highlands County. ill. Plates. 1948. Paper Wraps. Archaeology. Very Good+ $19.00

[002588] Hawkes, Jacquetta. FIRST GREAT CIVILIZATIONS : LIFE IN MESOPOTAMIA, THE INDUS VALLEY & EGYPT . 1973. First Edition. Archaeology. Near Fine / Good to Good+. $12.00

[002823] Hawkes, Jacquetta. THE WORLD OF THE PAST: 2 VOLUMES . Simon and Schuster, 1963. Stiff Wraps. Archaeology. Very Good Volume I:The History and Purpose of Archaeology, and It's Greatest Discoveries about the Stone Ages and in the Fertile Cresc ent from Babylon to Egypt, in the Eloquent Words of the Original Discoverers, Observers and Interpreters, 601 pp plus Index. Volume 2 :The History and Archaeology and Its Greatest Discoveries in Greece, Italy, Asia, Northern Europe and the Western Hemisphere, in the Eloquent Words of the Original Discoverers, Observers and Interpreters, 709 pp. plus Index. Stiff decorative wraps. Vol.I endpapers and page edges mildly foxed, otherwise interior is Very Good+. $10.00

[000360] Judd, Neil. MEN MET ALONG THE TRAIL. Adventures in Archaeology. ill. Photographs. Norman, OK: Univ. of Oklahoma Press , 1968. First Edition. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Brown Cloth. Archaeology. Fine / Good to Good+. Neil M. Judd's archaeological trail began in the summer of 1907 with an exploration of the Indian ruins and natural bridges in White Canyon, Utah. From there the trail led to other explorations in northern Arizona, southern Utah, New Mexico and even Guatemala..." 162 pp. including Index. Many rare historical photos. Book is Fine. Cover jacket with photo of Rainbow Bridge with a tiny figure of a man on top,dwarfed by the immense mass of the bridge. Front cover with 1/2" tear at bottom edge-barely visible. Price clipped. Lightly soiled/faded. Overall DJ is Good. Judd was dig foreman for Dr. Byron Cummings at the time of the Rainbow Bridge discovery. He authored many papers on Red Rock Country archaeology. $15.00

[003170] Organization Committee Of The Exhibition Of Archaelogical Finds Of The People's Republic Of China.. The Exhibition of Archaelogical Finds of the People's Republic of China.. Size: Approx. 8 1/4 " X 9 1/2". Soft Cover. China. Very Good+ no actual date. Probably 1975 as dates of Exhibitions in U.S. are stated in the front. Laid in "program" from the exhibition in San Francisco. Pictorial covers. Slight rubbing at top edge, otherwise exterior is Near Fine. Interior is Fine. $15.00

[003116] Packard, A.S.. MEMOIR OF JEFFRIES WYMAN 1814-1874. Washington: Judd & Detweiler, 1878. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Biography. Good Read before the National Academy, April 18, 1878. pp. 77-126. The opening paragraph reads " In reviewing the life and works of Jeffries Wyman, we shall consider his contributions to comparative anatomy and physiology, and to palaeontology, as well as to ethnology and archaelogy. " Jeffries Wyman (1814-1874) was a Professor of American Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard. He was also the Director of the Peabody Museum. Paper covers faded around edges. Bottom corner, 1/2"x2" missing. 2 other missing pieces at side: 1" and 1/2". ex.mus. numbers. Back bottom corner missing, 1/2'x1 1/2". Covers are intact and overall Good. Interior is clean, tight and VG+. $30.00

[004469] Piggott, Stuart (edited by). The Dawn of Civilization:the First World Survey of Human Cultures in Early Times. ill. Photographs, Drawings, Maps, Charts,. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962. Third Impression. Size: Approx. 10'" x 14". Gray Cloth. World History. Very Good+ to Near Fine / Good to Good-. The first world survey of human cultures in early times. The greatest archaeological study of its kind ever published. 940 illustrations. 172 in color. 110 Original reconstructions. 645 photographs and drawings. 48 maps and chronological charts. Texts by famous scientists: Grahame Clark; James Mellaart, M. E. L. Mallowan, Cyril Aldred, Sir Mortimer Wheeler and others. 404 pp. including Index. Gray linen-like cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine. Covers are VG+ to Near Fine as is interior. Dust jacket with tears/chips around edges. 3/4" tear on front cover's top edge. Tears at spine ends/flap creases. Still intact. Overall DJ is Good to Good-. Will require extra postage. Heavy book. $10.00

[003522] Rogers, Malcolm J.. Report of an Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Mohave Sink Region.. ill. Plates, Map. Ramona, CA: Ballena Press, 1929. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". Stiff Wraps. Archaeology. Good San Diego Museum . Archaeology, Vol. I, No. 1. "The findings incorporated within ... are the results of a nine day survey made by the author, with the aid of four assistants, in October, 1928 for the San Diego Museum. The purpose was to make a detailed examination of the prehistoric turquoise mines of San Bernardino County, California...". 13 pp. 3 plates. Faded around the edges, mainly at spine. 1" tear at spine top edge. 1/4" tear at front bottom edge. Overall covers are Good. Mildly foxed? on Plate I and first page of text's upper margin. Not on Plate or text. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Map of the Mohave Sink Region and Turquoise Mines-San Bernardino Co. Calif. $35.00

[002839] Smith, Hale G. TWO HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERIODS IN FLORIDA. ill. Plate. Stiff Wraps. Archaeology. Good Reprinted from: "American Antiquity" Volume 13, No. 4, April, 1948. One plate. ex-mus. stamp on front cover. Front cover mildly soiled, has crease marks as if folded in thirds, otherwise covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $10.00

[000940] Smithsonian Institution. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1866. ill. Figures,Woodcuts. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". 3/4 Leather. Smithsonian. Good+ House of Representatives. 39th Congress, 2d Session. Mis. Doc. No.83. Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution, for the Year 1866. Includes List of Meteorological Stations and Observers for Year 1866. Memoir of Hon. W.W. Seaton in Connection with The Smithsonian Institution..." Included in Appendix: "Memoir of Magendie" by M. Flourens; "On the Senses. 3.-The Sense of Taste", IV.-"The Sense of Hearing"and V.-The Sense of Sight. from the German periodical; "Lecture on the Results of Spectrum Analysis Applied to the Heavenly Bodies by Wm. Huggins; "On the External Appearance of the Sun's Disk" from the German periodical; "On Accidental or Subjective Colors. by the Abbe Moigno; "The Figures of Equilibrium of a Liquid Mass Withdrawn from the Action of Gravity.(Sixth Series) by J. Plateau.; "Report on the Transactions of the Society of Physics and Natural History of Geneva", by Doctor Goss;"Notes on the Tinneh or Chepewyan Indians of British and Russian America", " The American Migration" by Frederick Von Hellwald; "Indian Pottery" by Charles Rau; "Artificial Shell Deposits of the United States." by D. G. Brinton; "Pile-Work Antiquities of Olmutz.", "The Antiquities on the Banks of the Mississippi River and Lake Pepin" by Dr. L.C. Estes; " Collecting Land and Fresh-Water Shells" by Dr. James Lewis; "Meteorological Correspondence"; "Horary Variations of the Barometer." by Marshal Vaillant; "On the Formation of Ice at the Bottom of the Water" by M. Engelhardt; "The Earthquake in Eastern Mexico of the Second of January, 1866" by Dr. Charles Sartorius; and "Statistics Relative to Norwegian Mountains, Lakes, and the Snow-Line".469 pp. Index. 3/4 leather with marbled boards. All edges marbled plus marbled endpapers. Spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. Some cracking and scuffing of spine leather with minor chipping at top edge. Rubbing at leather corners. Mild foxing otherwise interior Very Good. $50.00

[004654] Thomas, Cyrus. CATALOGUE OF PREHISTORIC WORKS EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. ill. Plates, Maps. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Ethnology. Covers Poor. Interior Good+ Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology: J.W. Powell, Director. Signed on front cover "With Compliments of the Author". "Special efforts were made to locate definitely all ancient works, mounds, graves, pictographs, etc., including those to which only imcomplete and casual reference had been made by earlier travelers and writers. All the material thus obtained has been incorporated in the present volume." State by State, County by County list of "finds" for those states east of the Rocky Mountains. 16 states with Archeologic Maps. They are: Alabama; Arkansas (2-one of the state and another of Poinsett County, Arkansas); Florida (2-one of the state and another of Le Baron's map of Putnam, Volusia and Orange Counties, Florida); Georgia; Kentucky and Tennessee; Michigan; Missouri; New York; North Carolina; Ohio (2-one of the state and another of Butler County, Ohio); and Wisconsin (2-one of the state and another of Crawford County, Wisconsin). Includes a large foldout map, 15"x17" of the Distribution of Mounds in Eastern United States. 246 pp. String-tied. Missing back cover. Front cover detached and missing most of bottom half. Soiled. ex.mus. numbers. Cover is Poor. Top edges uncut. Side and bottom page edges untrimmed. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Scarce. $175.00

[002809] Volk, Ernest. The Archaeology of the Delaware Valley.. ill. Maps, Text drawings/Figures, Plates. Cambridge: Peabody Museum, 1911. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 3/4". Paper Wraps. Archaeology. Good Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Vol. V. 258 pp. of text. Two maps, 125 plates , and 26 illustrations in text. Appendix, Bibliography, and Index. Contents include: Geology: THE GEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE VICINITY OF TRENTON; Archaeology: TRACES OF MAN IN THE BLACK SOIL, TRACES OF MANIN THE YELLOW DEPOSIT OR DRIFT, TRACES OF MAN AND ANIMALS IN THE STRTIFIED GRAVEL AND SAND OLDER THAN THE YELLOW DRIFT and the Journals of Ernest Volk from 1906-1910. Brown paper wraps. ex-mus. numbers on cover and spine. Slightly soiled, two spots on cover at side edge. Side edge overlaps, missing side strip 2/16"x1 1/2". Mild chipping to edges. Overall Good to Good +. Interior is tight, clean and in Very Good + condition. Some pages uncut. $92.50

[003125] Walter, Paul A. F. THE CITIES THAT DIED OF FEAR. ill. Photographs By Jesse Nusbaum, Maps. Archaeological Institute of America , 1916. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 10". Paper Wraps. Archaeology. Good The Story of the Saline Pueblos. Archaeological Institute of America. Papers of the School of American Archaeology. Number 35. pp.3-53. Filled with photographs. Paper is in Very Good condition. Clean and tight. Slight browning around edges. Front wrap detached, torn and missing pieces all around edges. All lettering there. Front cover is Poor but text/Paper is intact and VG. No tearing to text. $40.00

[002996] Webster, T. B. L.. SOME UNPUBLISHED GREEK VASES. ill. Plates. England: Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 1939. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Very Good From Volume 83 of "Memoirs & Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, Session 1938-39. pp.189-207. most pages uncut. Pale blue covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Fine. 3 plates. $50.00