A Visit to Neolithic Times

New Haven. Very Good. 1947. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 80 pages; Some scattered foxing, otherwise clean and secure in original binding of yellow cloth spine over marbled boards. A wonderful recounting of a journey through pre-Columbian archeological sites in central America illustrated with colour photographs by the author. Issued in a limited edition of only 600 copies, printed at the Printing Office of Yale University. The author Adrian Van Sinderen (1887–1963) was an American businessman and civic leader. Van Sinderen started work at J. P. Morgan. Within four years, he was a partner in the brokerage W. A. and A. M. White, where he remained for the rest of his life. He sat on the board of directors for the New York Telephone Company and Manufacturers Trust Company. His philanthropic pursuits included service as president of the Brooklyn Hospital (1930–1946); vice president of the Long Island College of Medicine, Brooklyn Bureau of Charities, Greater New York Fund, and United Hospital Fund; and officer of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, American Red Cross Brooklyn Chapter, and Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. His varied interests included breeding hackney ponies and book collecting. In his lifetime, he received over 2,500 horse show ribbons and was a longtime president of the American Horse Shows Association. Van Sinderen wrote over 30 books, mostly on Christmas but also on travel. He had been to six continents, all fifty United States, and every American national park. Van Sinderen established Yale undergraduate prizes rewarding the most interesting book collections. .