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lxvi+136 pages with frontispiece portrait, diagrams and index. Royal Octavo (9 3/4" x 7") bound in original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. A C White's Christmas series with Christmas greeting tipped in. (Betts: 31-13) First edition.
Parallel Czech, English and German text. This work deals with echo mates. M Havel contributes an essay on the subject "The charm of return" emphasizing the aesthetic features. An article by Dedrle follows, in which he explains the varieties to be found in the field of echoes and gives 28 examples. The main part of the book is made up of 674 specimens, classified according to the nature of the mates. A diagram at the top of each page shows the type of mate which is worked into the positions following on that page, enabling the reader to see how different composers treat the same theme. Included are direct mates of varying lengths, self-mates, various Fairy problems and composed end games.
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326 pages with diagrams, illustrations, tables and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 3/4") in original wrappers. Volume VII, numbers 73 trough 84, numbers 76 and 77 were issued in one for April and May. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 6344) First edition.First started in 1943 as the official organ of the Spanish Chess Federation.Condition:Some age darkening else a very good set.

246 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in original quarter black cloth with silver lettering to spine over orange boards in original jacket. First edition.When the victims of two violent crimes begin to resemble criminals themselves, Terry Flynn of the Chicago police is forced to face some disturbing truths about his life and the criminal justice system.Condition: Near fine in like jacket.

8.5" x 11". 428 pp. including appendices, bibliography, index of images/tables/graphs, and index of names. Pages and cover clean, binding tight; in like-new condition. Historical study of imprisonment and attempts to rehabilitate prisoners in a Guadalajara penitentiary, 1844-1912.

unpaginated with illustrations by Andrea Gabirel. Oblong octavo (8 3/4" x 11") bound in original publisher's pictorial boards. First edition. Eagle's nest is a safe place. His parents keep him warm and bring him food. But soon the nest becomes crowded. When he looks out, he can see blue everywhere. His parents coax him to the edge of the nest. Eaglet is frightened. Condition: Spine end bumped else better than very good.

15-22 pages. Quarto (10" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Journal of Asian Studies Volume XXVI, Number 1 complete issue. First edition. Contents: Private Enterprise and Economic Progress in Thailand by Kliezer B Ayal; The Consecration of a Buddhist Image by Richard Gombrich; The Origin of the Managing Agency System In India by Blair B Kling; The Income and Military Expediture of Kiangsi Province in the Last Years (1860-1864) of the Taiping Rebellion by David Fong; Cultivation Development and Expansion in China's Colonial Realm in Central Asia by Herold J Wiens; Kita Ikki's Theory of Resolution by George M Wilson. Condition: Edge wear, spine sunned, corners and spine heal bumped and rubbed else very good.

50-56 pages with site map, figures and photographs. Quarto (11 1/2" x 8 1/4") unbound loose pages. From Scientific American Volume 222, number 3. First edition. Cayonu Tepesi, a site in a little-studied part of Asia Minor, adds to the growing record of man's agricultural origins. Also revealed there is the earliest evidence of man's use of metal. Condition: Loose pages in very good condition.

218-227 pages with cited references. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Volume 71, number 2 complete issue. First edition.The historical record and examination of disinterred human bones indicate that venereal syphilis is very old in America but did not appear in the Old World until about 1500. Traditionally it has been believed that the disease was brought to the Old World by Columbus in the 1490s. The most popular alternative hypothesis at present is that venereal syphilis is really only one facet of a disease - treponematosis, appearing as yaws in the tropics, nonvenereal syphilis in the Middle East, pinta in Mexico, etc. - that is present wherever man has settled and has been his unshakable companion for thousands of years in all the continents. Unfortunately, the latter, or Unitarian, theory has no more claim to validity than the Columbian. The diseases mentioned are similar but we cannot be sure that they are all really the same. And the testimony of the… Read More

529-532 pages with figures and cited references. Quarto (11" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Current Anthropology Volume 14, Number 5 complete issue. First edition. The purpose of this work is to draw together and illustrate the known specimens of iron agricultural implements from the Victoria Falls region of southern Zambia, since this collection is the only available evidence of the form and type of these implements from early Iron Age manifestations withing the subcontinent. Other articles: Radiocarbon dates from China: some initial interpretations, by K. C. Chang (4 p) Discussion on Mechanisms of Population Growth During the Neolithic (8 p.). An Approach to the Study of the Medical Aspects of Culture, by Haydée Seijas ( 1 p.). A convergence of Psychological and Sociological Explanations of Witchcraft, by Dennison Nash (2 p.). Social Anthropology in the Political Study of New Nation-States, by T. V. Sathyamurthy (22 p., with C.A. comment). Anthopology and Colonialism, by Diane… Read More

44-50 pages with map, chart, figures and photographs. Quarto (11 1/2" x 8 1/2") unbound in loose pages. Scientific American, Volume 217, number 5. First edition. Stone tools indicate that men lived in South America no less than 14,000 years ago. The oldest clearly dated tools in North America are 2,000 years younger, suggesting that other tools may be older. Condition: Some age toning to pages else a very good copy.

68-76 pages with photographs, illustrations, maps and figures. Quarto (11 1.2" x 8 1/4") unbound loose pages from volume 213, number 4. First edition. The peculiar and abundant sea life of the Peruvian coast affected the way of life there from the time of the first nomadic campers 9000 years ago to that of the predecessors of the Incas. Condition: Age toning to pages which are loose else very good.

339-365 pages with map, table and cited references. Quarto (11" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's stapled wrappers. Current Anthropology, Volume 10, Number 4 Part I complete issue. first edition. Recent research on the late Pleistocene of northwester North America has a considerable bearing on the study of early man in America. The first part of this paper deals with late glacial chronology and the implications of this chronology from the study of early man throughout America; the second part is an attempt at a synthesis of the early man problem in the light of the hypotheses presented in the first. A somewhat more detailed exposition of the evidence for the glacial chronology presented here is to be published elsewhere. Condition: Corners bumped, light edge wear else very good.

lxv+203 pages with frontispiece, tables and index. Quarto (11 1/2" x 9") bound in half leather with raised spine bands and lettering in gilt over marbled boards. First edition limited to 350 copies, of which this is number 265. Mining has been carried on in Scotland from a very early period. Gold and silver have both been found at various periods and widely spread over the country. Archaeologists found native metal from prehistoric times. The first historical notice of gold was a grant by David I, to the Abbey of Dunfermline in 1153. Gilbert of Moravia discovered gold at Duriness in 1245. The Scottish Parliament granted the Crown in 1424 all the gold mines in Scotland and all silver mines in which three halfpennies of silver could be found out of a pound lead. During the reign of James IV the gold mines in Crawfurd Moor were first discovered. This work gathers all the pertinent documents which were available to the author and are presented here for future historians to have access. Condition: Some… Read More

18 pages with foldout figures, photographs, illustrations and references. Quarto (10 1/2" x 7 3/4") bound in original publisher's stapled wrappers. Studies in Pre-Colombian Art and Archaeology Number One. This description and iconographic analysis of an Olmec pectoral, with an early Maya figure and glyphic text incised on its reverse, offers evidence of the presence of writing in the Late Pre-Classic Maya lowlands. First edition. Near fine.

707-717 pages with map and cited references. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Volume 70, number 4 complete issue. First edition.Human remains firmly associated with Mousterian artifacts and exhibiting characteristics transitional between those of Neanderthal and fully modern man are known from two Levantine sites. A survey of the archeological evidence suggests that three climatic zones were differentially exploited by Neanderthal man and that some of the sites document a shift in subsistence away from a generalized hunting pattern to the specialized hunting of large, migratory herd animals. The hypothesis is offered that the formal changes documented for the Upper Paleolithic occurred in response to this basic shift in human ecology.Condition: Spine and edges sunned, light edge wear, corners bumped, rubbed and creased else very good.

vi+137+[1 ad] pages with tables, charts, maps, drawings, plates and illustrations. Quarto (11" x 8 1/2") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Northeastern Anthropological Occasional Publication number 7. First edition. This volume is the product of a symposium entitle "Early and Middle Archaic Cultures in the Northeast" that was held at the Northeastern Anthropological Association 17th Annual Meeting in 1977. Participants who delivered papers included the individuals who are represented in this volume. Articles include: "Middle Archaic in Central Connecticut" by David Starbuck; "Middle Archaic Chipped Stone Variation: by Francis McManamon; "Early and Middle Archaic elements in Southern Rhode Island" by William Turnbaugh; "The Riverside District, the WMECO Site, and suggestions for Archaeological Modeling" by Peter Thomas; "Post-Pleistocene Andaromous Fish Exploitation at the Buswell Site, Northeastern Massachusetts" by Russell Barber; The Early and Middle Archaic of the Lakes Region, New… Read More

144 pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. The Dragon is in many ways the most logical way for Black to play the Sicilian. He develops his pieces quickly and aggressively, challenging White to attack before Black consolidates his positional pluses, or turns them into a devastating counterattack. The Easy Guide to the Dragon shows Black's best responses to all lines, focusing particularly on the critical Yugoslav Attack. It shows up-to-date, detailed coverage by a leading Dragon specialist and includes recommendations for White. Golubev has devoted particular attention to the Yugoslav Attack with 9-0-0-0, a fashionable system which is his recommendation for White. Condition: Near fine.

128 pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4') bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. An easy to follow guide to an aggressive and little-known system against the popular King's Indian. The reader is guided through the main themes of the Hungarian Attack and presented with a carefully organized repertoire, which also includes lines against the Benoni. The content is up-to-date and contains enough information to enable the reader to play the Hungarian Attack with confidence, without flooding him or her with extraneous detail. Condition: Near fine.

[26 ad]+282+[2 ad] pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 4 3/4") bound in original stiff boards with spine label in black lettering. (Hagedorn: 3. 1817) First American edition.This is the third chess book published in the United States and was not noted by Fiske in his bibliographical work. A revised edition was also published in 1817. Fisk first notes this in 1824, as a reprint of the London 1806 edition and notes that it was reprinted in England in 1809, 1813, 1819 and at other times. The name of the compiler has never been made public. The miscellaneous collection of anecdotes, essays and poems at the end is not without interest.Condition:Corners bumped and rubbed, paper hinges cracked, spine rubbed, former owner's label on front paste down else a good to very good copy of a very scarce chess item.

267 pages. Small octavo (7" x 4 1/2") bound in full leather with a new spine and label and original boards housed in a custom slipcase. (Hagedorn: p54-55, 7. 1824)Willard Fiske noted that this was first published in London by Ogilvie in 1806. Editions in one volume afterwards appeared in 1809, 1813, 1819, and at other times. the name of the compiler has never been made public. the miscellaneous collection of anecdotes, essays, and poems at the end is ot without interest. The openings and games are all in numerical notation and no diagrams are given.Condition:New spine in a custom made slipcase, ruminants of old book plate on front paste down, lacks folding plate else a very good copy.