The Origin of Indian Corn and its Relatives by Paul Christopher Mangelsdorf (1899-1989) and Robert G. Reeves - 1939

447 pages with maps, 16 color plates, over 300 black and white photographs, and over 200 drawings, bibliography and index. Folio (12 3/4" x 9 1/4") bound in original publisher's dark brown cloth with black lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Drawings by Thomas Mails. First edition. They called themselves The People, but to nearly everyone else in their world they were known as The Enemy. And they earned the name in every respect. Seldom has any people fought harder for the preservation of their territory and their way of life. We know them today as the Apache, an ancient people who, in historic times, made a prolonged and desperate effort to drive the Spanish, the Mexicans and finally the Anglo-Americans out of their ancestral lands. Unsuccessful, they were placed in four reservations, on or near their original ranges in Arizona and New Mexico, some of the most ruggedly beautiful land in this country. There most of them still live, accepting the White ways yet keeping many of the old… Read More

xi+301 pages with maps , plates, figures, charts, tables, bibliography, appendixes, index and data disk at back. Quarto (11 1/2" x 8 3/4") bound in original publisher's grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine. First edition.Contents: Dan M Healan, Tula, Tollan and the Toltecs in Mesoamerican Prehistory; Richard A Diehl, The Physical Setting with Previous Investigations at tula and Overview of the University of Missouri Tula Archaeological Project; Robert H Cobean and Alba Guadalupe Mastache, The Late Clasic and Early Postclassic Chronology of the Tula Region; dan M Healan and Robert A Benfer, Field Methods; Dan M Healan, Synopsis of Structural Remains in the Canal Locality with Stratigraphy of the Canal Locality and The Central Group and West Group; Terry Stocker and Dan M Healan, the East Group and Nearby Remains; Dan M Healan, Synthesis of Prehispanic Occupation of the Canal Locality ; Margaret D Mandeville and Dan M Healan, Architectural Remains in the El Coral Locality; Dan M Healan and James W… Read More

2 volumes. Volume 1: The Material Culture, xvii+410 pages with frontispiece, map, figures, plates, table, appendix, bibliography and index; Volume 2:Vocabulario en la Lengua Nevome, xxix+129 pages with figures with bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") issued in beige with brown lettering to spine and front cover. 1st editions.This study presents a detailed account of surviving Pima Bajo material culture along the middle course of the Rio Yaqui in central Sonora, Mexico. In conjunction with his two studies of The Tarahumar of Mexico and The Tepehuan of Chihuahua, this volume adds to the record from northern Mexico aboriginal and contemporary Indian groups. Archival materials indicate that at Contact of Pima Bajo extended in a continuous band from the middle portion of the Rio Sonora to the middle reaches of the Rio Yaqui and eastward into the Sierra Madre Occidental. The present-day Pima Bajo are geographically divided into two groups, and in this work Pennington focuses on the… Read More

101 pages with frontispiece and pictorial title, 88 illustrations and 25 color plates. Square royal octavo (9 1/2" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with black label to spine with gilt lettering and gilt pictorial to cover in original pictorial jacket. Second printing Limited to 3000 copies. The author: "The faces depicted by Mesoamerican man are artistic expression of different peoples. Here I have wanted to look at them not only as objects of art, but also in the light of what they communicate about the human being in himself and in his relationship with him. world that has to be ordered around him ". Condition: Points rubbed. Jacket edge wear with chips, tears and creases else very good in like jacket.

London: Thames and Hudson, 1998 216 pages with plates, diagrams, maps, illustrations, bibliography and index. Quarto (11 1/4" x 9") issued in brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine decorative vignette to front cover. Preface by Isabel Larco de Alvarez-Calderon. Foreword by Harry S Parker. 1st edition. Contents: The Spirit of Rafael Larco Hoyle: An Introduction by Kathleen Berrin; Rafael Larco Hoyle (1901-1966) by Clifford Evans; Life and Afterlife in Pre-Hispanic Pru: Contextualizing the masterworks of the Museo of Arqueologico Rafael Larco Herrera by Richard L Burger; The Coastal Islands of Peru: Myths and Natural Resources by Maria Rostworowski de Diez Canseco; Moche Art: Myth, History and Rite by Elizabeth P Benson; Deer Hunting and Combat: Parallel Activities in the Moche World by Christopher B Donnan; Andean Aesthetics by Esther Paztory; Catalogue of Objects by Elizabeth P Benson, Susan E Bergh, Richard L Burger, Heidi King and Joanne Pillsbury. Condition: Jacket price clipped, small chip at… Read More

447 pages with maps, 16 color plates, over 300 black and white photographs, and over 200 drawings, bibliography and index. Folio (12 3/4" x 9 1/4") bound in original publisher's dark brown cloth with black lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Drawings by Thomas Mails. First edition. They called themselves The People, but to nearly everyone else in their world they were known as The Enemy. And they earned the name in every respect. Seldom has any people fought harder for the preservation of their territory and their way of life. We know them today as the Apache, an ancient people who, in historic times, made a prolonged and desperate effort to drive the Spanish, the Mexicans and finally the Anglo-Americans out of their ancestral lands. Unsuccessful, they were placed in four reservations, on or near their original ranges in Arizona and New Mexico, some of the most ruggedly beautiful land in this country. There most of them still live, accepting the White ways yet keeping many of the old… Read More

xi+301 pages with maps , plates, figures, charts, tables, bibliography, appendixes, index and data disk at back. Quarto (11 1/2" x 8 3/4") bound in original publisher's grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine. First edition.Contents: Dan M Healan, Tula, Tollan and the Toltecs in Mesoamerican Prehistory; Richard A Diehl, The Physical Setting with Previous Investigations at tula and Overview of the University of Missouri Tula Archaeological Project; Robert H Cobean and Alba Guadalupe Mastache, The Late Clasic and Early Postclassic Chronology of the Tula Region; dan M Healan and Robert A Benfer, Field Methods; Dan M Healan, Synopsis of Structural Remains in the Canal Locality with Stratigraphy of the Canal Locality and The Central Group and West Group; Terry Stocker and Dan M Healan, the East Group and Nearby Remains; Dan M Healan, Synthesis of Prehispanic Occupation of the Canal Locality ; Margaret D Mandeville and Dan M Healan, Architectural Remains in the El Coral Locality; Dan M Healan and James W… Read More

2 volumes. Volume 1: The Material Culture, xvii+410 pages with frontispiece, map, figures, plates, table, appendix, bibliography and index; Volume 2:Vocabulario en la Lengua Nevome, xxix+129 pages with figures with bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") issued in beige with brown lettering to spine and front cover. 1st editions.This study presents a detailed account of surviving Pima Bajo material culture along the middle course of the Rio Yaqui in central Sonora, Mexico. In conjunction with his two studies of The Tarahumar of Mexico and The Tepehuan of Chihuahua, this volume adds to the record from northern Mexico aboriginal and contemporary Indian groups. Archival materials indicate that at Contact of Pima Bajo extended in a continuous band from the middle portion of the Rio Sonora to the middle reaches of the Rio Yaqui and eastward into the Sierra Madre Occidental. The present-day Pima Bajo are geographically divided into two groups, and in this work Pennington focuses on the… Read More

101 pages with frontispiece and pictorial title, 88 illustrations and 25 color plates. Square royal octavo (9 1/2" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with black label to spine with gilt lettering and gilt pictorial to cover in original pictorial jacket. Second printing Limited to 3000 copies. The author: "The faces depicted by Mesoamerican man are artistic expression of different peoples. Here I have wanted to look at them not only as objects of art, but also in the light of what they communicate about the human being in himself and in his relationship with him. world that has to be ordered around him ". Condition: Points rubbed. Jacket edge wear with chips, tears and creases else very good in like jacket.

London: Thames and Hudson, 1998 216 pages with plates, diagrams, maps, illustrations, bibliography and index. Quarto (11 1/4" x 9") issued in brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine decorative vignette to front cover. Preface by Isabel Larco de Alvarez-Calderon. Foreword by Harry S Parker. 1st edition. Contents: The Spirit of Rafael Larco Hoyle: An Introduction by Kathleen Berrin; Rafael Larco Hoyle (1901-1966) by Clifford Evans; Life and Afterlife in Pre-Hispanic Pru: Contextualizing the masterworks of the Museo of Arqueologico Rafael Larco Herrera by Richard L Burger; The Coastal Islands of Peru: Myths and Natural Resources by Maria Rostworowski de Diez Canseco; Moche Art: Myth, History and Rite by Elizabeth P Benson; Deer Hunting and Combat: Parallel Activities in the Moche World by Christopher B Donnan; Andean Aesthetics by Esther Paztory; Catalogue of Objects by Elizabeth P Benson, Susan E Bergh, Richard L Burger, Heidi King and Joanne Pillsbury. Condition: Jacket price clipped, small chip at… Read More