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Oceanic And Precolumbian Art:

Bennett, Wendell. ANCIENT ART OF THE ANDES
NY 1954 Museum of Modern Art. Sm.4to., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a10246)
$23.00 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. square 8vo., 149pp., 114 line illustrations, wraps. near VG, light wear; cover toned. (a25154)
$38.00 Weaver, Muriel Porter . THE AZTECS, MAYA AND THEIR PREDECESSORS ARCHAEOLOGY OF MESOAMERICA
NY 1972 Seminar. Hardcover. 4to., 347pp., illustrations, cloth. VG, no DJ.. (a27148)
$23.00Saville, 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 somewhat worn and frayed. Pair: (a27340)
$40.00 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)
$29.00(latin america). JOURNAL DE LA SOCIETE DES AMERICANISTES TOME LXXVIII-I and II
Paris 1992. Articles on archeology and folklore in Latin America. In French. Lg.8vo., 215p. and 203p. illus., wraps. VG, light soiling. Two issues: (a37456a)
$49.00 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)
$27.00 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)
$33.00 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 (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 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 . SWEAT OF THE SUN AND TEARS OF THE MOON GOLD AND SILVER IN PRE-COLUMBIAN ART (signed)
NY 1977 Hacker. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 216pp., many monochrome and color photo illustrations, index. **Inscribed and signed by Emmerich (in presentation to Norbert Schimmel). Fine in VG DJ. (a5295)
$29.00Kelemen, 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 DJs. Set of two volumes: (a5328)
$30.00 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 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 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)
$29.00 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 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 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. Rare. (a77735)
$170.00Durand-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)
$29.00 (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 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)
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