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Detail of wrapper - PRE-COLUMBIAN ART (grey1p 150/201 GREY01)
Grey, Michael. PRE-COLUMBIAN ART. A collection of artifacts from central and south America. BNo. 0-8317-7175-5. Reprint Edition, 1983 (1978). Pp: (88); 275mm x 205mm; 0.66kg. 40 col. Introduction, acknowledgments. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Gallery Books, New York, 1983. (Through detailed captions on 40 colour plates, the author discusses a collection of artefacts from central and south America. Artefacts include: head, masks, vessels, mosaics, carvings, textiles, and gold ornaments) (Keywords: Ethnology, cultural art, Americas, Mexico, Peru).
Book Code: H323 AU$18
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Hagen, Victor W. von. THE DESERT KINGDOMS OF PERU. Tribal life, the land and the people. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1965. Pp: 191; 225mm x 170mm; 0.87kg. 137 col & b/w, num fig, 3 maps. Acknowledgments, notes, bibliography, index. A good hardback copy. Cvr: g. (lacks dw). Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1965. (This book deals with the tribal life and organisation of the Mochica-Chimu Civilisations) (Keywords: Archaeology, architecture, social culture, Americas, South, Peru).
Book Code: N633 AU$35
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Detail of wrapper - RED GOLD - The Conquest of the Brazilian Indians, 1500-1760 (hemming1p 160/232 HEMM01)
Hemming, John. RED GOLD. The Conquest of the Brazilian Indians, 1500-1760. BNo. 0-674-75107-8. First Edition, 1978. Pp: xxiv, 678; 230mm x 150mm; 1.18kg. 31 b/w, 4 maps. Preface, acknowledgments, glossary, bibliography, notes, index. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: vg. (minor dump on lower edge of cover). Harvard University Press, Massachusetts, 1978. (The book begins with the discovery of Brazil by the Potuguese and Spaniards in 1500 and includes the discovery and penetration of the Amazon. It also includes the exploration of the interior in search of Indian slaves and gold) (Keywords: Exploration, Americas, Brazil, Indians).
Book Code: E510 SOLD - now out of stock AU$35
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Homet, Marcel F. ON THE TRAIL OF THE SUN GODS. (Translated from the French by Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood). BNo. n/a. First Edition (UK), 1965. Pp: 272; 215mm x 135mm; 0.54kg. 31 b/w(pl). Introduction, appendix, bibliography. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: g. (wear and marking on dw). Neville Spearman Ltd, London, 1965. (This book covers further discoveries in the Amazon region in the author's search for the lost cities of the Sun worshippers) (Keywords: Exploration, anthropology, Americas, Brazil, indigenous peoples).
Book Code: E266 AU$20
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Detail of wrapper - THE ANCIENT AMERICAN CIVILISATIONS (katz01p 150/224 KATZ01)
Katz, Friederich. THE ANCIENT AMERICAN CIVILISATIONS. History of Civilisation. BNo. 0-297-17063-5. First Edition (UK), 1972 (1969). Pp: xvi, 386; 240mm x 155mm; 1.00kg. 75 b/w(pl), 3 maps. Foreword, notes, bibliography, glossary, index. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: g. (minor wear on dw). George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd, London, 1969. (The author gives detailed descriptions of the inhabitants, their agriculture and the cultural sphere of Mesoamerica from pre-Columbian America to the empires of the Aztecs and Inca) (Keywords: Cultural history, anthropology, ethnology, Americas).
Book Code: E280 SOLD - now out of stock AU$38
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Keleman, Pal. MEDIEVAL AMERICAN ART. Masterpieces of the New World before Columbus. BNo. n/a. One Volume Edition, 1956 (1943). Pp: xxii, 414, 34; 275mm x 200mm; 2.32kg. 308 b/w, 1 map. Preface, foreword, chronological chart, bibliography, index. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (small lib. stamp; chipped dw). The Macmillan Company, New York, 1956. (This book surveys the entire panorama of all the artistically important cultures of the Pre-Columbian America) (Keywords: Cultural history, art, ethnology, Americas).
Book Code: E213 AU$65
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