Search Results: Anthropology from Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books

Photographic Image. Very Good. Hardcover. 80++ photos spanning a half century. mounted in a photo binder..

London: John Murray, 1868. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾. 1868. 1st Edition. --TRAVELS In The EAST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO-- by ALBERT S. BICKMORE. Published by John Murray, London. 9"x 6", 560 pp, complete: (37) illustrations, (2) Folding Maps, Frontispiece, (31) Full Page Plates, (3) in-text Illustrations.   Albert Smith Bickmore (1839-1914) was an American naturalist and an original founder of The Museum of Natural History in NYC. Cloth binding with gilt-title to spine. Wear to exterior. Ink ownership to verso of front endpaper. Title page detached, ink signature to top margin. Pages collated as complete with a total of (37) illustrations, as called for. Age toning and the odd mark/spot here and there, otherwise pages and plates are generally clean..

NY: The Century Co., 1907. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 1907, 1st edition, 1st printing. Inscribed by Luther Burbank- superstar botanist, American plant breeder, pioneer of agricultural science. Beginning in 1880s, Luther Burbank developed 800+ strains and varieties of plants during his 55-year career. Burbank gained fame by saving U.S. potato crops from the deadly blight through cultivating russet potatoes-- thus cementing public opinion of Luther Burbank as a major influence in American botany, horticulture and agricultural science. Burbank's plant studies led him to become a major and influential proponent of Eugenics, the dominant social philosophy of the Western world in 19th to mid-20th century-- advocates included American President Woodrow Wilson & birth-control activist Margaret Sanger. "The Training of the Human Plant" is a highly readable book of Luther Burbank's views on Eugenics and how best to raise children into capable, healthy… Read More