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Basler, Adolphe. . L'ART PRECOLOMBIEN (HARDCOVER)
Paris 1928 Librairie de France. In French. Hardcover. 4to., 64pp. of text, 190pp. of photo illustrations, 22pp of tables, index, boldly decorated orange cloth. VG, light wear, in later protective glassine jacket. Attractive book. (f18)
$95.00 Snook, Barbara . EMBROIDERY DESIGNS FROM PRE-COLUMBIAN ART
NY 1975 1st Scribners. Hardcover 4to., 135pp., monochrome and color illustrations, cloth. Fine in VG DJ. (a5232)
$29.00 Soustelle, Jacques and Ignacio Bernal . MEXIKO. PR�KOLUMBIANISCHE WANDMALEREIEN
1958 NY Graphic Society. Large folio (13x19 inches), 20pp. of text in German. 5 monochrome photo illustrations, 32 very large color photo illustrations of pre-Columbian art, hardcover. Good plus, leaves very slightly wrinkled, cover has a few stains, corners gently worn, in Fair DJ, worn, some tears and chips. (a5244)
$42.00 Emmerich, Andre . SET OF THE SUN AND TEARS OF THE MOON GOLD AND SILVER IN PRE-COLUMBIAN ART (signed)
NY 1977 Hacker. Sm.4to., 216pp., many monochrome and color photo illustrations, index, hardcover. **Inscribed and signed by Emmerich. Fine in Fine DJ. (a5295)
$60.00 Kelemen, Pal . MEDIEVAL AMERICAN ART 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
NY 1943 1st Macmillan. Pre-Columbian art and architecture. 2 volumes. 4to., 414pp., 33pp., 306 photo plates on glossy stock, index, red buckram with gilt lettering. VG, no DJ's. Set of two volumes: (a5328)
$29.00 (pre-columbian art) . TRESORS D'ART PRECOLOMBIEN
Paris 1959 Galerie Charpentier. In French. Sq.8vo., text plus 4 mounted color plates and numerous monochrome plates, wraps. Good. (a5374)
$23.00 D'Harnoncourt, Rene . EL ARTE DEL INDIO EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS
Washington 1943 National Indian Institute. Octavo, 22pp., monochrome photo illustrations, wraps. Good, a few small stains, light wear on spine. (a5481)
$20.00 Palacios, Enriqaue Juan . CULTURA TOTONACA EL TOTNACAPAN Y SUS CULTURAS PRECOLOMBINAS
Mexico 1941 El Nacional. In Spanish. 8vo., 196pp., wraps. Fair, printed on very cheap paper, very browned. (a5941)
$20.00 Batres, Leopoldo . VISITA A LOS MONUMENTOS ARQUELOGICOS DE LA QUEMADA ZACATECAS
Mexico 1903 Diaz de Leon. Detailed, scholarly, archeological study. In Spanish. 4to. 43pp. of text plus 26 photo plates on glossy stock, one color plate and 5 maps and plans (4 of which are foldout), wraps. Ink title handwritten on spine. Good, cover worn, spine faded. Original book, not a reprint. (a6021)
$120.00 Schezen, Roberto . VISIONS OF ANCIENT AMERICA
NY 1990 Rizzoli. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 216pp., beautiful photos of ruins of ancient peoples of Mesoamerica, cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. (a6097)
$25.00 Spinden, Herbert J. . ANCIENT CIVILIZATION OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA
NY 1928 3rd, revised. American Museum of Natural History Handbook Series No. 3. Sm.8vo., 271pp., illustrations, foldout chart, hardcover. Museum bookplate. VG. (a7070)
$22.00 von Hagen, Victor W. . DESERT KINGDOMS OF PERU
London 1965 1st Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Sq.sm.4to., 291pp., monochrome and color photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Owner bookplate. VG in Fair DJ, worn. (a7508)
$20.00 Verut, Dominique D. MD . PRECOLUMBIAN DERMATOLOGY AND COSMETOLOGY IN MEXICO
1973 Schering Corporation. Translated from Spanish by B. Andrade. 4to., about 100pp., color plates, boards. VG in VG DJ. (a10018)
$26.00 Bennett, Wendell . ANCIENT ART OF THE ANDES
NY 1954 Museum of Modern Art. Sm.4to., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a10246)
$20.00 Hyams, Edward and George Ordish . LAST OF THE INCAS THE RISE AND FALL OF AN AMERICAN EMPIRE
NY 1963 Simon and Schuster. Hardcover. Octavo, 294pp., photo illustrations, index, cloth. Fine in Good DJ, worn and some tears. (a11164)
$24.00 Gretor, Georg . ISLAND KULTUR UND SEIN JUNGE MALEREI
Jena 1928 Eugen Diederichs. In German. Octavo, 48pp., photos of artwork and artists, wraps. Good. (a22379)
$28.00 Sansores, Manauel Cirerol . GUIA DE USHMAL
Merida 1956 2nd Yucatan. Mayan ruins. In Spanish. 8vo., 149pp., 114 line illustrations, wraps. VG, light wear. (a25154)
$34.00 Weaver, Muriel Porter . THE AZTECS, MAYA AND THEIR PREDECESSORS ARCHAEOLOGY OF MESOAMERICA
NY 1972 Seminar. Hardcover. 4to., 347pp., illustrations, cloth. VG, no DJ.. (a27148)
$23.00 Saville, M. H. . AN ANCIENT FIGURE OF TERRA COTTA FROM THE VALLEY OF MEXICO; A SHELL GORGET FROM HUASTECA, MEXICO (signed)
NY 1897, 1900. Two offprints from the American Museum of Natural History: Octavo, pp. 221-224, 2 photo plates, wraps; octavo, pp. 99-103, illustrations, wraps. **Signed presentation copy from Saville. Good, covers a bit frayed. Pair: (a27340)
$43.00 Schmidt, Erich F. . TIME-RELATIONS OF PREHISTORIC POTTERY TYPES IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA
NY 1928. Offprint from American Museum of Natural History, Volume XXX Part V. 8vo., pp. 249-302, photo illustrations, map, wraps. VG. (a27341)
$22.00 Kellemen, Pal . MEDIEVAL AMERICAN ART VOLUME I
NY 1943 1st Macmillan. Pre-Columbian art and architecture. Hardciover. 4to., 414pp., red buckram with gilt lettering. Fine, no DJ. Volume 1 only. (a28061)
$24.00 Burland, Cottie; Nicholson, Irene and Harold Osborne . MYTHOLOGY OF THE AMERICAS
London 1970. Hardcover. 4to., 407pp., illustrations, index, cloth. VG in VG DJ. (a28309)
$23.00 Sangines, Carlos Ponce . EL TEMPLETE SEMISUBTERRANEO DE TIWANAKU
La Paz 1969. In Spanish. Octavo, 129pp., photo illustrations, plates and large foldup maps in rear pocket, wraps. VG. (a31458)
$79.00 Kelemen, Paul . MEDIEVAL AMERICAN ART MASTERPIECES OF THE NEW WORLD BEFORE COLUMBUS
NY 1956. One volume edition. Lg.4to., 414pp., 270 photo illustrations (several per page) on glossy stock, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a32024)
$20.00 (latin america) . JOURNAL DE LA SOCIETE DES AMERICANISTES TOME LXXVIII-I
Paris 1992. Articles on archeology and folklore in Latin America. In French. Lg.8vo., 2155pp., illus., wraps. VG, light siling. (a37456a)
$25.00 Verut, Dominique D. MD . PRECOLUMBIAN DERMATOLOGY AND COSMETOLOGY IN MEXICO
1973 Schering Corporation. Translated from Spanish by B. Andrade. 4to., about 60pp., illustrated with fine full color photo illus., boards. VG, small bit of water staining on lower spine end affecting end papers at lower inner corner which stuck together and then were pulled apart leaving small torn areas, in VG DJ. (a39455)
$25.00 Fuhrmann, Ernst . MEXIKO III
Hagen und Darmstadt 1922 2nd ed. Folkwang. In German, 4to., monochrome photo illus. Hood, new paper backstrip. (a42678)
$45.00 Arias-Larreta, Abraham . LITERATURAS ABORIGENES DE AMERICA AZTECA INCAICA MAYA QUICHE
San Jose 1976 Decima ed. Author. In Spanish. Hardcover. Octavo, 736pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a43094)
$45.00 Peterson, Frederick . ANCIENT MEXICO AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRE-HISPANIC CULTURES
NY 1961 2nd Putnam. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 313pp., photo illustrations, drawings by Jose Luis Franco, maps, cloth. VG in Good DJ. (a43167)
$24.00 Fought, John G. . CHORTI (MAYAN) TEXTS (I)
Philadelphia 1972 1st University of Pennsylvania. Edited by Sarah S. Fought. Hardcover. Octavo, 566pp., cloth. Fine in VG DJ. (a43498)
$35.00 Spinden, H.J. . THE POPULATION OF ANCIENT AMERICA
NY 1928. Removed from the Geographical Review. 8vo., 20pp., illustrations, foldout map, rebound in later wraps. Good, light wear. (a44399)
$23.00 Fernandez, Justino . ESCULTURA PREHISPANICA DE MEXICO
Mexico no date (c. 1968). Sm.4to., 36pp., color illustrations wraps. VG. (a45757)
$30.00 (mexico travel guides) . OFICIAL GUIDE GUIA OFICIAL 10 GUIDES
Collection of 10 travel guides to Mexico published by Istituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia. c. 1950. 8 guides in English; 2 in Spanish. Titles: Palenque, Calixtlahuaca, Monte Alban Mitla, Tula, El Tajin, Mayan Hall, Teotihuacan, Copilco-Cuicuilco, Templo Mayor de Mexico. Essential for serious traveller in Mexico. 12mo., photo illustrated, diagrams, maps, wraps. VG. Collection of 10 guides. (a46175)
$45.00 Sangines, Carlos Ponce . LA CIUDAD DE TIWANAKU
La Paz n.d. (c.1970). Separately published from Arte y Arquelogia, Numero 1. In Spanish. Sq.8vo, 32pp., illustrations, wraps. VG, light wear. (a46589)
$35.00 Ubbelhode-Doering, Heinrich . KUNST IN REICHE DER INCA
Tuebingen 1952. 4to., 58pp. of text in German plus 240 photo plates (4 in color, remainder monochrome), decorated cloth. Good, cloth worn on corners and small sections of edges, no DJ. (a46742)
$75.00 Ashton, D. . ABSTRACT ART BEFORE COLUMBUS
NY 1957 Andre Emmerich Gallery. 4to., 47pp., monochrome photo illustrations, decorated boards with new paper backstrip. VG, no DJ. (a50543)
$25.00 Bennett, Wendell C. . ANCIENT ARTS OF THE ANDES
NY 1954 Museum of Modern Art. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 168pp., illustrations, cloth. VG in Good DJ, some closed tears, chipping and light soiling on dj. (a53261)
$24.00 Marquina, Ignacio . ESTUDIO ARQUITECTONICO COMPARATIVO DE LOS MONUMENTOS ARQUEOLOGICOS DE MEXICO
Mexico 1928 1st Talleres Graficos de la Nacion. Scholarly, heavily detailed tex in Spanish. Chapters include: La Cultura Arcaica, La Cultura Nahua, La Cultura Olmeca; Ciudades Arcaicas, Oaxaca, Toltecas, Mayas del Golfo, Mayas del Usumacinta, Mayas del Peten, Mayas de Centroamerica; Edificios Cuicuilco, Yacatas de Michoacan, Edificios Nahuas, Olmecas, Totonacos, Toltecas, Editifcio Mayas, Edificios Zapotecas, Aztecas. Oblong Lg.Folio, many diagrams, charts, drawings, color plates of artworks and artifacts, quite a few large foldout plates, leather spine with paper covered boards, fancy green patterned end papers. Good, corners worn, cover and spine a bit warped. (a58418)
$300.00 (sculpture) . CEREMONIAL SCULPTURE OF ANCIENT VERACRUZ
Brookville 1988. Exhibition Catalogue for Hillwood Art Gallery, C. W. Post, Brookville, New York. Octavo, 96pp. color plates, numerous monochrome photo illustrations, maps, original wraps. VG. (a65890)
$25.00 Holmes, William H. . ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF FORM AND ORNAMENT IN CERAMIC ART
c. 1886 Smithsonian Institution. 4to., pp. 439-464, illustrations, later wraps. VG (a66238)
$33.00 Holmes, William H. . POTTERY OF THE ANCIENT PUEBLOS
c. 1886 Smithsonian Institution. 4to., pp. 257-360, illustrations, later wraps. VG (a66239)
$35.00 Covarrubias, Miguel . MASCARAS MEXICANAS, EXPOSICION DE LA SOCIEDAD DE ARTE MODERNO
Mexico 1945 1st Secretaria de Educacion Publica. Mexican masks. 4to., 83pp., color and monochrome photo illustrations, wraps. VG, light wear, spine faded. (a68248)
$85.00 Firth, Raymond . ART AND LIFE IN NEW GUINEA
London 1936 first edition Studio. Hardcover. 4to., 126pp., color and monochrome illustrations, cloth. VG, spine faded, light discoloration on rear cover. In later removable protective glassine jacket . (a68253)
$49.00 Kelsey, Albert . YUCATECAN SCENES AND SOUNDS, AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE NUMISMATIC AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia 1919 The Society. Yucatan art. Sm.4to., 40pp. photo illustrations, drawing, hardcover. Signed: Compliments of the Author. VG. (a68318)
$30.00 Arroyo, Miguel et al . ARTE PREHISPANICO DE VENEZUELA
Caracas 1971 Fundacion Eugenio Mendoza. In Spanish. 4to., 260pp., moncohrome illustrations, hardcover. VG. long crack in paper on spine, in Good DJ, worn. (a68497)
$145.00 (art) . AMERICAN SOURCES OF MODERN ART
NY 1933 1st Museum of Modern Art. Exhibition Catalogue, New York City, Museum of Modern Art, May - June 1933. Sm.4to., 50pp. of text, 224 monochrome plates (some several per page), original wraps. VG. (a71751)
$35.00 Sotheby's (African Art) . FINE AFRICAN AND OCEANIC ART - PUBLIC AUCTION SOTHEBY PARKE BERNET
New York 1981. Auction Catalogue. Sale 4609 Y. Property of Various Owners including Mr and Mrs Jay C. Leff and Nelson Rockefeller. Sm.4to, 206 items, many photographs, wraps. VG. (a77399)
$25.00 Sotheby's (African Art) . PRE-COLUMBIAN, AMERICAN INDIAN, AFRICAN & OCEANIC ART PUBLIC AUCTION SOTHEBY PARKE BERNET
New York. Auction catalogue. Sale 3824. 1975. Property of Various owners including Mr and Mrs Jay C. Leff. Sm.4to., 313 items, many photo illustrations, original wraps. VG. (a77400)
$25.00 Poindexter, Miles . THE AYAR-INCAS 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
NY 1930 1st Liveright. 2 Volumes. 8vo., 274pp., 359pp., photos illustrations, index, red cloth. Author was fomer U.S. Senator and Ambassador to Peru. VG, one tiny closed tear at head of spine in Volume 1, in Fair DJs, worn and chipped. 2 volumes. (a77719)
$45.00 Clark, T. H. ; Alice E. Johannsen and Betty Jaques . PORTFOLIO OF DESIGNS BASED ON OBJECTS FROM THE ETHNOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS OF MCGILL UNIVERSITY
Montreal 1944 1st McGill. Forty drawings by Betty Jacques, with text by Alice E. Johannsen in decorated stiff folder. Introduction in English, map, 8 pages of description of plates in both English and in French and 40pp. of mimeos of line drawn plates. All pages loose as issued. Good, leaves a bit toned. Scarce. (a77735)
$150.00 Wingert, Paul S. . AN OUTLINE GUIDE TO THE ART OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
New York 1946 1st Columbia. Hardcover. Octavo, 61pp., 20 photo plates, cloth. VG, light wear, no DJ. (a77738)
$24.00 Durand-Forest, Jacqueline de . SURVIVANCE DE QUELQUES TECHNIQUES PRECOLOMBIENNES DANS LE MEXIQUE MODERNE i. LE TISSAGE
Paris 1966. In French. Octavo, pp. 525-561 with 9 figures and photo plates, removed from the Journal de la Societe des Americanistes and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a79506)
$25.00 (art precolombien) . ART ANTIQUE ART PRECOLOMBIEN; ART PRIMITIF
Paris Nov. 1973, Mars 1974, Juin 1974. Three auction catalogues, in French. Octavos, about 25pp. each, photo illustrations, original wraps. VG. Three catalogues (a79515)
$34.00 Bergsoe, Paul . THE METALLURGY AND TECHNOLOGY OF GOLD AND PLATINUM AMONG THE PRE-COLUMBIAN INDIANS
Kobenhavn 1937 1st Ingeniorvidenskabelige Skrifter. English translation by F. C. Reynolds. Sm.4to., 44pp., 4 photo plates, original wraps. VG, light wear. (a81370)
$45.00 Ponce Sangines, Carlos . TUNUPA Y EKAKO
La Paz 1969 2nd edicion Acad. Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia. Estudio arqueologico acerca de las efigies precolombinas de dorso adunco. In Spanish. Large square octavo, 380pp., 149 monochrome photo illustrations of artworks and artifacts, wraps. Good plus, a few ink notations on back of rear wrap. (a83154)
$29.00 Leenhardt, Maurice . ARTS DE L'OCEANIE
Paris 1948 Du Chene. In French. Hardcover. Octavo., 130pp., color and monochrome photographies prises par Emmanuel Sougez, paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Good plus, some wear. (a84106)
$24.00 Basler, Adolphe. . L'ART PRECOLOMBIEN (HARDCOVER)
Paris 1928 Librairie de France. In French. Hardcover. 4to., 64pp. of text, 190pp. of photo illustrations, 22pp of tables, index, boldly decorated orange cloth. VG, light wear, in later protective glassine jacket. Attractive book. (f18)
$95.00 Snook, Barbara . EMBROIDERY DESIGNS FROM PRE-COLUMBIAN ART
NY 1975 1st Scribners. Hardcover 4to., 135pp., monochrome and color illustrations, cloth. Fine in VG DJ. (a5232)
$29.00 Soustelle, Jacques and Ignacio Bernal . MEXIKO. PR�KOLUMBIANISCHE WANDMALEREIEN
1958 NY Graphic Society. Large folio (13x19 inches), 20pp. of text in German. 5 monochrome photo illustrations, 32 very large color photo illustrations of pre-Columbian art, hardcover. Good plus, leaves very slightly wrinkled, cover has a few stains, corners gently worn, in Fair DJ, worn, some tears and chips. (a5244)
$42.00 Emmerich, Andre . SET OF THE SUN AND TEARS OF THE MOON GOLD AND SILVER IN PRE-COLUMBIAN ART (signed)
NY 1977 Hacker. Sm.4to., 216pp., many monochrome and color photo illustrations, index, hardcover. **Inscribed and signed by Emmerich. Fine in Fine DJ. (a5295)
$60.00 Kelemen, Pal . MEDIEVAL AMERICAN ART 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
NY 1943 1st Macmillan. Pre-Columbian art and architecture. 2 volumes. 4to., 414pp., 33pp., 306 photo plates on glossy stock, index, red buckram with gilt lettering. VG, no DJ's. Set of two volumes: (a5328)
$29.00 (pre-columbian art) . TRESORS D'ART PRECOLOMBIEN
Paris 1959 Galerie Charpentier. In French. Sq.8vo., text plus 4 mounted color plates and numerous monochrome plates, wraps. Good. (a5374)
$23.00 D'Harnoncourt, Rene . EL ARTE DEL INDIO EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS
Washington 1943 National Indian Institute. Octavo, 22pp., monochrome photo illustrations, wraps. Good, a few small stains, light wear on spine. (a5481)
$20.00 Spinden, Herbert J. . ANCIENT CIVILIZATION OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA
NY 1928 3rd, revised. American Museum of Natural History Handbook Series No. 3. Sm.8vo., 271pp., illustrations, foldout chart, hardcover. Museum bookplate. VG. (a7070)
$22.00 von Hagen, Victor W. . DESERT KINGDOMS OF PERU
London 1965 1st Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Sq.sm.4to., 291pp., monochrome and color photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Owner bookplate. VG in Fair DJ, worn. (a7508)
$20.00 Verut, Dominique D. MD . PRECOLUMBIAN DERMATOLOGY AND COSMETOLOGY IN MEXICO
1973 Schering Corporation. Translated from Spanish by B. Andrade. 4to., about 100pp., color plates, boards. VG in VG DJ. (a10018)
$26.00 Bennett, Wendell . ANCIENT ART OF THE ANDES
NY 1954 Museum of Modern Art. Sm.4to., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a10246)
$20.00 Gretor, Georg . ISLAND KULTUR UND SEIN JUNGE MALEREI
Jena 1928 Eugen Diederichs. In German. Octavo, 48pp., photos of artwork and artists, wraps. Good. (a22379)
$28.00 Saville, M. H. . AN ANCIENT FIGURE OF TERRA COTTA FROM THE VALLEY OF MEXICO; A SHELL GORGET FROM HUASTECA, MEXICO (signed)
NY 1897, 1900. Two offprints from the American Museum of Natural History: Octavo, pp. 221-224, 2 photo plates, wraps; octavo, pp. 99-103, illustrations, wraps. **Signed presentation copy from Saville. Good, covers a bit frayed. Pair: (a27340)
$43.00 Kellemen, Pal . MEDIEVAL AMERICAN ART VOLUME I
NY 1943 1st Macmillan. Pre-Columbian art and architecture. Hardciover. 4to., 414pp., red buckram with gilt lettering. Fine, no DJ. Volume 1 only. (a28061)
$24.00 Sangines, Carlos Ponce . EL TEMPLETE SEMISUBTERRANEO DE TIWANAKU
La Paz 1969. In Spanish. Octavo, 129pp., photo illustrations, plates and large foldup maps in rear pocket, wraps. VG. (a31458)
$79.00 Kelemen, Paul . MEDIEVAL AMERICAN ART MASTERPIECES OF THE NEW WORLD BEFORE COLUMBUS
NY 1956. One volume edition. Lg.4to., 414pp., 270 photo illustrations (several per page) on glossy stock, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a32024)
$20.00 Verut, Dominique D. MD . PRECOLUMBIAN DERMATOLOGY AND COSMETOLOGY IN MEXICO
1973 Schering Corporation. Translated from Spanish by B. Andrade. 4to., about 60pp., illustrated with fine full color photo illus., boards. VG, small bit of water staining on lower spine end affecting end papers at lower inner corner which stuck together and then were pulled apart leaving small torn areas, in VG DJ. (a39455)
$25.00 Fuhrmann, Ernst . MEXIKO III
Hagen und Darmstadt 1922 2nd ed. Folkwang. In German, 4to., monochrome photo illus. Hood, new paper backstrip. (a42678)
$45.00 Fernandez, Justino . ESCULTURA PREHISPANICA DE MEXICO
Mexico no date (c. 1968). Sm.4to., 36pp., color illustrations wraps. VG. (a45757)
$30.00 (mexico travel guides) . OFICIAL GUIDE GUIA OFICIAL 10 GUIDES
Collection of 10 travel guides to Mexico published by Istituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia. c. 1950. 8 guides in English; 2 in Spanish. Titles: Palenque, Calixtlahuaca, Monte Alban Mitla, Tula, El Tajin, Mayan Hall, Teotihuacan, Copilco-Cuicuilco, Templo Mayor de Mexico. Essential for serious traveller in Mexico. 12mo., photo illustrated, diagrams, maps, wraps. VG. Collection of 10 guides. (a46175)
$45.00 Ubbelhode-Doering, Heinrich . KUNST IN REICHE DER INCA
Tuebingen 1952. 4to., 58pp. of text in German plus 240 photo plates (4 in color, remainder monochrome), decorated cloth. Good, cloth worn on corners and small sections of edges, no DJ. (a46742)
$75.00 Ashton, D. . ABSTRACT ART BEFORE COLUMBUS
NY 1957 Andre Emmerich Gallery. 4to., 47pp., monochrome photo illustrations, decorated boards with new paper backstrip. VG, no DJ. (a50543)
$25.00 Bennett, Wendell C. . ANCIENT ARTS OF THE ANDES
NY 1954 Museum of Modern Art. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 168pp., illustrations, cloth. VG in Good DJ, some closed tears, chipping and light soiling on dj. (a53261)
$24.00 Marquina, Ignacio . ESTUDIO ARQUITECTONICO COMPARATIVO DE LOS MONUMENTOS ARQUEOLOGICOS DE MEXICO
Mexico 1928 1st Talleres Graficos de la Nacion. Scholarly, heavily detailed tex in Spanish. Chapters include: La Cultura Arcaica, La Cultura Nahua, La Cultura Olmeca; Ciudades Arcaicas, Oaxaca, Toltecas, Mayas del Golfo, Mayas del Usumacinta, Mayas del Peten, Mayas de Centroamerica; Edificios Cuicuilco, Yacatas de Michoacan, Edificios Nahuas, Olmecas, Totonacos, Toltecas, Editifcio Mayas, Edificios Zapotecas, Aztecas. Oblong Lg.Folio, many diagrams, charts, drawings, color plates of artworks and artifacts, quite a few large foldout plates, leather spine with paper covered boards, fancy green patterned end papers. Good, corners worn, cover and spine a bit warped. (a58418)
$300.00 (sculpture) . CEREMONIAL SCULPTURE OF ANCIENT VERACRUZ
Brookville 1988. Exhibition Catalogue for Hillwood Art Gallery, C. W. Post, Brookville, New York. Octavo, 96pp. color plates, numerous monochrome photo illustrations, maps, original wraps. VG. (a65890)
$25.00 Holmes, William H. . ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF FORM AND ORNAMENT IN CERAMIC ART
c. 1886 Smithsonian Institution. 4to., pp. 439-464, illustrations, later wraps. VG (a66238)
$33.00 Holmes, William H. . POTTERY OF THE ANCIENT PUEBLOS
c. 1886 Smithsonian Institution. 4to., pp. 257-360, illustrations, later wraps. VG (a66239)
$35.00 Covarrubias, Miguel . MASCARAS MEXICANAS, EXPOSICION DE LA SOCIEDAD DE ARTE MODERNO
Mexico 1945 1st Secretaria de Educacion Publica. Mexican masks. 4to., 83pp., color and monochrome photo illustrations, wraps. VG, light wear, spine faded. (a68248)
$85.00 Firth, Raymond . ART AND LIFE IN NEW GUINEA
London 1936 first edition Studio. Hardcover. 4to., 126pp., color and monochrome illustrations, cloth. VG, spine faded, light discoloration on rear cover. In later removable protective glassine jacket . (a68253)
$49.00 Kelsey, Albert . YUCATECAN SCENES AND SOUNDS, AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE NUMISMATIC AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia 1919 The Society. Yucatan art. Sm.4to., 40pp. photo illustrations, drawing, hardcover. Signed: Compliments of the Author. VG. (a68318)
$30.00 Arroyo, Miguel et al . ARTE PREHISPANICO DE VENEZUELA
Caracas 1971 Fundacion Eugenio Mendoza. In Spanish. 4to., 260pp., moncohrome illustrations, hardcover. VG. long crack in paper on spine, in Good DJ, worn. (a68497)
$145.00 (art) . AMERICAN SOURCES OF MODERN ART
NY 1933 1st Museum of Modern Art. Exhibition Catalogue, New York City, Museum of Modern Art, May - June 1933. Sm.4to., 50pp. of text, 224 monochrome plates (some several per page), original wraps. VG. (a71751)
$35.00 Sotheby's (African Art) . FINE AFRICAN AND OCEANIC ART - PUBLIC AUCTION SOTHEBY PARKE BERNET
New York 1981. Auction Catalogue. Sale 4609 Y. Property of Various Owners including Mr and Mrs Jay C. Leff and Nelson Rockefeller. Sm.4to, 206 items, many photographs, wraps. VG. (a77399)
$25.00 Sotheby's (African Art) . PRE-COLUMBIAN, AMERICAN INDIAN, AFRICAN & OCEANIC ART PUBLIC AUCTION SOTHEBY PARKE BERNET
New York. Auction catalogue. Sale 3824. 1975. Property of Various owners including Mr and Mrs Jay C. Leff. Sm.4to., 313 items, many photo illustrations, original wraps. VG. (a77400)
$25.00 Clark, T. H. ; Alice E. Johannsen and Betty Jaques . PORTFOLIO OF DESIGNS BASED ON OBJECTS FROM THE ETHNOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS OF MCGILL UNIVERSITY
Montreal 1944 1st McGill. Forty drawings by Betty Jacques, with text by Alice E. Johannsen in decorated stiff folder. Introduction in English, map, 8 pages of description of plates in both English and in French and 40pp. of mimeos of line drawn plates. All pages loose as issued. Good, leaves a bit toned. Scarce. (a77735)
$150.00 Wingert, Paul S. . AN OUTLINE GUIDE TO THE ART OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
New York 1946 1st Columbia. Hardcover. Octavo, 61pp., 20 photo plates, cloth. VG, light wear, no DJ. (a77738)
$24.00 (art precolombien) . ART ANTIQUE ART PRECOLOMBIEN; ART PRIMITIF
Paris Nov. 1973, Mars 1974, Juin 1974. Three auction catalogues, in French. Octavos, about 25pp. each, photo illustrations, original wraps. VG. Three catalogues (a79515)
$34.00 Ponce Sangines, Carlos . TUNUPA Y EKAKO
La Paz 1969 2nd edicion Acad. Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia. Estudio arqueologico acerca de las efigies precolombinas de dorso adunco. In Spanish. Large square octavo, 380pp., 149 monochrome photo illustrations of artworks and artifacts, wraps. Good plus, a few ink notations on back of rear wrap. (a83154)
$29.00