Search Results: Anthropology from pacaritambo books

UK: The Lost Library, 2011. Facsimile Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. No Illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2011 Lost Library trade paperback, Facsimile Edition, no printing given. The original book was published in 1883 while this cover is dated 1885. There is only 1 B&W illustration. It also appears that the full title of the book is: Animal Lore of Shakespeare's Time: Including Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Fish, and Insects. CONTENT: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may… Read More

Simon & Schuster, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/As New. B&W era photo section. CONDITION: UNREAD 1997 Simon & Schuster large hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Tiny "repaired" tear bottom DJ panel at fold. B&W era photo section. CONTENT: Recounts the trial of a radical union leader for the murder of Idaho's former state governor, a case that ultimately involved President Theodore Roosevelt and the tumultuous relationship between capital, labor, and the law in the 1900s. Multiple Pulitzer Prize winner Lukas, who committed suicide at age 64, aspires in his final book to use the 1905 assassination of Frank Steunenberg, governor of Idaho, as a platform from which to survey the panorama of the turn-of-the-century's incessant labor strife. The murder, investigation, and trial quickly became a cause for business, labor, and law enforcement, both private and public. Lukas attempts to gather every… Read More

Viking, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. B&W era photos; B&W maps. CONDITION: NEW 2004 Viking large hardcover (gray boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Nice B&W era photo section with a few B&W maps throughout. 575 pages, 2+ lb. CONTENT: In his Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, geographer Diamond laid out a grand view of the organic roots of human civilizations in flora, fauna, climate and geology. That vision takes on apocalyptic overtones in this fascinating comparative study of societies that have, sometimes fatally, undermined their own ecological foundations. Diamond examines storied examples of human economic and social collapse, and even extinction, including Easter Island, classical Mayan civilization and the Greenland Norse [recently blamed on rising sea levels]. He explores patterns of population growth, over-farming, overgrazing and over-hunting, often abetted by drought, cold, rigid social mores and warfare, that… Read More

Marlowe & Company, 1998. First Thus Printing Unknown. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. B&W drawings by the Author. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1998 Marlowe large (and heavy) paperback edition. Tiny edge wear bottom edge (due to size of book) and a remainder mark bottom edges at spine. The interior is clean & tight. CONTENT: This definitive illustrated account of the warrior societies and cults of the Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Blackfoot, Crow and other Plains tribes, brings alive through text, meticulously rendered pen and ink drawings and vibrant color prints the intricate, inventive beauty of Indian costume and regalia in a sympathetic evocation of a way of life tragically destroyed. From the years between 1750 and 1850.

Westview Press, 1998. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. New/New. A few B&W photos throughout. CONDITION: UNREAD 1998 Westview Press hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, 3rd printing. A few B&W photos throughout. CONTENT: Upon arriving in India, the first English settlers found the humid, unforgiving climate almost unbearable. Malaria, cholera, and dysentery ravaged their beleaguered ranks, making the average life span for both men and women no more than 30 years. To escape these epidemics, they found refuge in the temperate climate of the hills. Above the clouds, Europeans built numerous hill stations, not just in India, but also in Burma, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Indonesia. From the luxury of these curious establishments, they ruled their colonies with imperial aplomb. Colonialism lapsed and the foreigners were eventually expelled from these countries, yet the hill stations still remain. In early 1997, Barbara Crossette, the United Nations bureau chief for the New… Read More

New York: Thames & Hudson, 1980. New Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. Very Good+/As New. B&W artifact photos, sketches, floorplans, etc.. CONDITION: Very Good + 1980 Thames & Hudson (NY) hardcover (green boards with gold foil design) and dust jacket (in mylar cover), NEW & ENLARGED Edition, printing not given. Some call this a "second edition." I don't. The interior is a bit odd - there are 2-3 chapters which obviously have been read while the rest of the book appears to have not been touched/read. There are 319 B&W illustrations. Questions welcome. CONTENT: The spread of Greek civilization through Europe and into Africa and the Near East began long before the classical period, long after Troy, Mycenae, and Knossos had fallen. This study gives an archaeologist’s view of one of the most important periods of European history, describing how, out of a time of reduced population and comparative penury, the Greeks set their sails north,… Read More

Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. As New/New. No illustrations. CONDITION: AS NEW - why? - this was my book and I never got around to reading it - bought it new - but it has never been "crisp." therefore, "as new." UNREAD, but not crisp, 2019 Alfred A. Knopf large hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket (in new condition), first edition, no printing given. No decorations/illustrations. Large glossary. CONTENT: In this timely and important book, one of the most trusted and admired writers on the world of faith examines the meaning of Scripture. At a time of intolerance and mutual incomprehension, this work shines fresh light on the world's major religions to help build bridges between faiths and rediscover a creative and spiritual engagement with holy texts.

Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1968. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Don Perceval photos and sketches. CONDITION: AS NEW - both DJ and Book. What makes this "AS NEW?" - the book has a signature on the title page which has nothing to do with either the Author nor Illustrator - but is from a named photography business in Ohio. Previous owner. Dust Jacket (in mylar cover) - has several very very small nics top edge and a small strange scratch on the front DJ panel. Hard to see - but there. So, AS NEW. UNREAD 1974 Northland Press hardcover (cloth boards), first edition, third printing. B&W sketches and drawings plus some color art. Don Perceval photos and sketches. CONTENT: Illustrated commentary on the earlier life of Navajo Indians. Includes both black and white sketches, along with full watercolor illustration. The drawings emerged as the product of 35 years of study and experience of the Navajo life. Book originally issued with illustrated dust jacket.… Read More

Oxford University Press/Natural History Museum Publications, 1990. 1st Revised Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/Very Good +. B&W drawings, maps, era photos. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1990 Oxford University Press/Natural History Museum Publications hardcover (taupe boards) and dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Problem: The dust jacket shows "sunning" from dark yellow to light and back again. the interior is clean and very tight. Illustrated by B&W drawings, maps, and B&W era photos. CONTENT: The most famous case of fraud in science is that of Piltdown Man, a specimen consisting of a partial skull and lower jaw which were once purported to belong to a prehistoric human ancestor. Its discovery was announced in 1912, but it was not until the 1950s that Piltdown Man was proved to be a fraud. There have been many hypotheses as to the perpetrator or perpetrators of this sophisticated hoax. On the night of December 18, 1912, a packed meeting of the Geological Society of London… Read More

Huntsville: Texas Review Press, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. Tommy LaVergne (B&W photos). SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR/PHOTOGRAPHER on Title Page. What makes this book "AS New"? Same thing that makes it more valuable - signed by Author/Illustrator. AS NEW 2004 Texas Review Press large paperback (pictorial boards), first edition, first printing. B&W photos illustrate. CONTENT: "You are about to come face to face with a Texas that has always been there, but that we don't take the time to see. The magnificent photos by Tommy LaVergne and the poetry of my friend Joyce Hardy combine to remind us of the stark beauty of this state. They remind us that in this age when only new seems to count, enduring things should never be discarded. Is there poetry in the commonplace and the mundane? The answer is a resounding YES that echoes from the Hueco Tanks through the sleepy main streets, out to the hard land and `Stretches taut… Read More

Castle Books, 1999. First Hardcover Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. New/New. B&W illustrations throughout. CONDITION: NEW 1999 Castle Books hardcover (black boards - 2 lbs), first hardcover edition or first thus (however you might see it - previously published in Hong Kong), no printing given - assumed first. B&W illustrations throughout, but no credit given. CONTENT: Secrets of the Samurai is a definitive study of the martial arts of feudal Japan, illustrating in detail the weapons, techniques, strategies, and principles of combat that made the Japanese warrior a supremely effective foe.

Canon Gate, 2009. 1st Paperback Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. No illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2009 Canon Gate trade paperback, first paperback edition, 2nd printing. No illustrations. CONTENT: Human beings have always been mythmakers." So begins best-selling writer Karen Armstrong's concise yet compelling investigation into myth: what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so desperately need it. She takes us from the Paleolithic period and the myths of the hunters right up to the "Great Western Transformation" of the last five hundred years and the discrediting of myth by science. The history of myth is the history of humanity, our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, which link us to our ancestors and each other. Heralding a major series of retellings of international myths by authors from around the world, Armstrong's characteristically insightful and eloquent book serves as a brilliant and thought-provoking introduction to myth in… Read More

GV Editores and ESF, 1986. 20th Printing Unknown. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Color & B&W photos. CONDITION & CONTENT: TWO PAPERBACK BOOKS ON HISTORICAL SITES IN MEXICO, Published in Mexico, but in English. TEOTIHUACAN: City of the Gods - UNREAD 1986 GV editores trade paperback, 19th edition. Includes a removable color map and description of the area attached to the inside back cover. Teotihuacan was a multi-ethnic city, with distinct quarters occupied by Otomi, Zapotec, Mixtec, Maya and Nahua peoples. The geographical layout of Teotihuacan is a good example of the Mesoamerican tradition of planning cities, settlements, and buildings as a reflections of their view of the Universe. TULUM: Practical Guide & Photo Album - UNREAD 2005 ESF trade paperback, 20th edition. Color and B&W photos. Nice history of the area. Tulum is often called "Maya-By-The-Sea." The 13th-century, walled Mayan archaeological site at Tulum National Park overlooks the sea. It incorporates the clifftop Castillo, built as a… Read More

Dutton, 2020. 1st Edition 4th Printing. Hardcover. New/New. B&W photo section/ 2page B&W map of "in Harriman's Wake. CONTENT: NEW 2019-20 Dutton hardcover (white boards - oh my!) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, 4th printing. B&W photo section. B&W MAP "In Harriman's Wake." CONTENT: From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating, wild, and wonder-filled journey into Alaska, America's last frontier. In 1899, railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman organized a most unusual summer voyage to the wilds of Alaska: He converted a steamship into a luxury "floating university," populated by some of America's best and brightest scientists and writers, including the anti-capitalist eco-prophet John Muir. Those aboard encountered a land of immeasurable beauty and impending environmental calamity. More than a hundred years later, Alaska is still America's most sublime wilderness, both the lure… Read More

Utah: Utah Museum of Natural History, 1995. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Laurel Casjens color photos illustrate. CONDITION: NEW (shrink-wrapped) 1995 University of Utah Press soft cover, assumed first printing. Detailed color photos by Laurel Casjens. CONTENT: From approximately AD 1 to 1300, the people we now refer to as Anasazi inhabited parts of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. Their impressive and enigmatic rock art and architectural ruins are well known, but the arid Four Corners climate has also preserved such artifacts as loomed clothes, intricate baskets, and sandals. This book is the most comprehensive volume on Anasazi sandals and weaving technique. Three hundred twelve examples from the extensive holdings at the Utah Museum of Natural History demonstrate the Anasazi genius as skilled textile artists. These examples incorporate colorful geometric patterns and reveal elaborate manipulations of warp and weft. Within the relatively rigid requirements… Read More

Yale University Press, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 3-4 B&W era photos. CONDITION: What makes this book and DJ "as new"? I believe, but cannot prove it, that this book has been very very gently pre-read( or parts were). Yale Univ. Press hardcover (tan boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. 3-4 B&W era photos only. No major problems. CONTENT: What is the relationship between poetry and fame? What happens to a reader's experience when a poem invokes its author's popularity? Is there a meaningful connection between poetry and advertising, between the rhetoric of lyric and the rhetoric of hype? One of the first full-scale treatments of celebrity in nineteenth-century America, this book examines Walt Whitman's lifelong interest in fame and publicity. Making use of notebooks, photographs, and archival sources, David Haven Blake provides a groundbreaking history of the rise of celebrity culture in the… Read More