Search Results: Rare & Uncommon from Collettes Books

Uncommon copy of official catalog associated with two 1997 exhibits: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff (Feb 13-March 11) and the Society for Contemporary Crafts in Pittsburgh (April 4-June 21). Very Good, with tight binding, bright covers, and unmarked text. Light edge wear and rubs to covers. With color plates of items and brief bios of artists. Printed maroon wraps, unpaginated, 23.5 cm. [z1]

Uncommon copy in Very Good condition with tight binding and unmarked text. Some edge wear and rubbing to covers, corners bumped, small light stain to back. Pages are clean and bright. Over 30 short papers from the conference, hosted by the Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute of Tucson, AZ. Pictorial gray wraps (softcover), 196 pp, illus, 27.5 cm. [z1]

Autobiography of Martha Shemer, who founded the Shemer Art Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Signed and dated (2002) by the author on title page with inscription. Uncommon copy in Very Good condition with tight binding, bright covers and unmarked text. Only light edge wear and rubs to covers, slightly cocked spine. Pages and text are bright and clean. Scarce as signed. A nice collectible for fans of the Shemer Art Center or those with an interest or connection to Martha Shemer's family. Pictorial wraps (softcover), 313 pp, illus., 27.5 cm. [z1]

Scare copy of official catalog from an exhibit of ancient glass dating from the 1st through 5th Cent. A.D. at the Ball State University Art Gallery, circa late 1970s. Good, with tight staple binding and unmarked text. Some edge wear, rubs, scuffs to covers, small label on front, lower fore text block bumped. Pages and illos are still fairly bright given age. Well illustrated with 39 b/w figs. in text and 6 color plates, plus brief descriptions of objects. With a Forward by William F. Ball and a short Introduction to Roman Glass. Pictorial wraps (softcover), unpaged (approx. 56 pp.), 19.5 cm. [z1]

Uncommon 1st Ed. (1939) in Good+ condition with tight binding and unmarked text. Pages are bright and clean and uncut (unopened) and therefore unread. Very light edge wear and rubs to covers. From a non-circulating institutional library with withdrawal stamp on front; except for stamp would grade as Very Good. Report on archaeological survey and excavation in 1936-37 in the Copper, Tanana, and central Yukon valleys. Printed gray wraps (softcover), pp 351-405, 12 figs in text, 24 cm. [x2]

Uncommon copy in Good+ condition with tight binding and unmarked text. Light edge wear and rubbing to covers, inked notation on spine. A solid, clean copy. This was the Spring, 1990 issue of Studies in the Literary Imagination, with 6 papers and Editor's Comment focused on the literary and philosophical writings of Mikhail Bakhtin Green. Printed wraps (softcover), 127 pp, 23 cm. [z2]

Uncommon copy in Good condition with tight binding and unmarked text. Most wear is to covers, primarily obvious rubbing and scuffs, plus edge wear. Pages are clean and bright. A "collection of reminiscences of earlier days" of Hudson, Mass. Pictorial blue wrappers (softcover), 189 pp; with line drawings of historical landmarks; 23 cm. [z2]

First Edition (1936)--not a later reprint or print on demand copy. From an institutional library. In Good condition with tight binding and unmarked text. Most wear is to covers, including edge wear, rubs, soiling, and scuffs. Also spine slant, library stamps to front and some pages, light sunning to cover margins. With chapters on the archaeology of Cedar County, the Burkett and Gray-Wolfe sites, the Sweetwater Culture Complex, rock shelters of western Nebraska, and more, with many photos and line drawings of sites and artifacts. Printed tan wraps (softcover), 427 pp, 15 figs, 34 pls; 23 cm. [z2]

Uncommon 1st Ed. (1918) in Fair condition with clean, unmarked text. Pages are uncut, suggesting that this copy was unread. Obvious wear to covers, which are beginning to detach from textblock. Also open and closed tears, chips, and general edge wear and rubbing to covers, sunning to margins. Split along over half of spine, light toning to pages. Suitable as a reading copy. Brief report based on an investigation of a shell mound along the Indian River, with thoughts on local chronology. Printed tan wrappers (softcover), pp 75-103, 7 figs, 24 cm. [z1-2]

Uncommon copy of Cielos y Gentes ('Heaven and People') in Fair condition with tight binding and unmarked text. Some edge wear (inc. a few small open tears) and rubbing to covers and tips of spine, crease on back, toning to pages. Spanish language text. Stated First Edition from 1964. A scarce title by author, journalist, art critic and professor Clemente Airo. Pictorial wraps (softcover), 127 pp, 175 cm. [z2]

Copy of 1st Ed. (1917) in Fair condition. Pages are unopened and untrimmed, suggesting that this copy is unread. Covers are completely detached and missing. Considerable wear to title page and final blank, inc. open and closed tears to front, general edge wear and chips, light stains and toning. Obvious loss to spine but textblock is still attached. Pages are clean and fairly bright given age. Report on data and specimens obtained by the author in 1916 from the cave system, as well as items previously collected. Suitable as a reading copy. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. XXII, Part I). Originally published with paper wraps (softcover); 73 pp, 18 figs, 24 cm. [z1]

Uncommon copy of 1st Ed. (1928) in Good condition with tight binding and unmarked text. Pages are unopened (uncut), suggesting that this copy is unread. Some edge wear and rubs to covers, open tear to foot of back adjacent spine (see photos), wear to foot of spine, light sunning to cover margins. Short report on a statistical method for correcting for dimensions of artificially deformed skulls in Indigenous populations. Printed gray wraps (softcover), 38 pp, 24.5 cm. [z2+]

Very Good copy of the 2008 issue of the journal The Covered Wagon with tight binding, bright covers and clean, unmarked text. Very slight wave to textblock, light wear to edges and tips of spine. Pages are clean and bright. Historical articles about Shasta County, California with papers on the history of radio broadcasting in Shasta County and the Quartz Hill Railway. Illustrated wraps (softcover), 128 pp, 22.5 cm. [z2]

Uncommon copy with tight binding and unmarked text; contains all fold-out tables. Good condition. Some small marks on covers, light edge wear, sunning to spine. Pages are clean and quite readable. Noted as a "Revision of the Turner Method." From the library of geologist Wendell Duffield, with his last name lightly penciled on title page. Printed orange wraps (softcover), viii, 64 pp, illus, 22.5 cm. [z2]

Scarce copy in Very Good condition with tight binding and unmarked text. This directory (2000) was extracted by Sheila Martin for the Genealogical Society of Ireland from "The Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack, Compiled by John Watson Stewart, for the Year of Our Lord 1798." A valuable genealogical resource that lists over 4,800 people who worked in diverse merchant and trade fields in Dublin in the late 1700s. Light edge wear and rubs to covers, bumped corners. Printed wrappers (softcover), 232 pp. [z2]

Uncommon copy in Good condition with tight binding. An overview of Baja California Sur with b/w photos circa early 1980s. Some edge wear and rubbing to covers, surface tear to back, light crease to front, ex-owner's name on first blank, small amount of underlining and notations in text. Text in Spanish. Pictorial wraps (softcover), 163 pp, illustrated, 20.5 cm. [z2]

Copy of presumed 1st Ed. (1930) in Good condition with fairly tight binding and clean, unmarked text; all fold-out and pocket maps included. Some edge wear to covers, inc. one inch closed tear at top of spine and smaller closed tear at bottom of spine. First few pages are starting (torn somewhat from staples), but still attached. General rubbing to covers, and small stain and ex-owner's name on front cover. Still a solid, readable reference and scarce in any condition. Printed tan wraps (softcover), 132 pp, illus. w/oversize map, 23 cm. [z2]

Copy of 1st Ed. (1977)--not a reprint. In Fair condition with tight binding and clean, unmarked text. Edited volume with 7 papers inc. Introduction. Most obvious wear is rippling and light staining from dampness to lower third of textblock and covers; some rubbing and light edge wear to covers, stamp on front cover. Still a solid, readable copy, and scarce as a 1st in any condition. An examination of hydrogeology related to geothermal conditions of the Floridan Plateau. Light gray wraps (softcover), 161 pp, illus., 23 cm. [z2]

Uncommon 1st Ed. (1908) in Fair condition with unmarked text. Pages are unopened, suggesting that this copy was unread. Front cover has detached from textblock, and back cover nearly so. General edge wear, chips, rubs, small tears to covers and spine. Loss and tears along spine. Pages are clean and fairly bright given age. A suitable reading copy. Discusses "measurements made upon casts of the hard palate in living subjects" to address "variations in the hard palate and states of feeble-mindedness." Printed gray wraps (softcover), pp 283-350, 8 figs, 24.5 cm. [z1]

Uncommon copy in Good condition with clean, unmarked text. Some edge wear, scuffs, smudges, and rubs to covers, sunning to cover margins, sticker on inside front. Pages are fairly bright given age. Official catalog to accompany an exhibition of art and objects prior to the Christian era at the Paul Klapper Library, Queen's College, Flushing, NY, Feb. 10-March 7, 1958. Well illustrated with b/w photos of many objects, with brief descriptions. Pictorial wrappers (softcover), 63 pp, inc. Introduction by Assist. Professor of Art Edith Porada; 23 cm. [z2]