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My Lovely Katarina

By: A. L. Verlag

Price: $8.00

Publisher: A. L. Verlag: 1905

Seller ID: 21670

Binding: Non-Book

Condition: Very Good

Postcard; Antique postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 inches, b/w real photo of lovely lass with a ribbon (or sash) between her teeth. ; Front is imprinted AL 3405/6. Divided back states Printed in Germany and has four lines for address. ; Very light edgewear. No marks or writing.
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Catalog of the Palestinian Folklore Museum, A

By: Abdul-Jabbar, Naji

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Palestinian Folklore & Social Research Committee: 1990

Seller ID: 20975

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

228 pages; ARABIC throughout except intro in Arabic and English. Large oblong softcover, 228 glossy pages, over 700 artifacts shown in photos and described, about half in full color. ; Wonderful guidebook to Museum of Palestinian Folklore in Al-Birah, West Bank, Israel. : Topics include: bowls, spoons, textiles, farm equipment, lamps, musical instruments, pottery, clothing, jewelry, tools, much more. ; Bump to heel, minor edgewear. No marks. Binding tight. Quite scarce.
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Algerian Handicrafts

By: Anep

Price: $21.00

Publisher: Anep Publishers: 2002

Seller ID: 11707

ISBN: 9961756312

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

101 pages; 4to (11.75") 30 cm; Stiff orange pictorial covers, 101 glossy pages, 94 beautiful high-quality color photos with captions. English text. ; Isbn 9961756312. Topics are: Weaving and rugs. Copper and brass-ware. Costume and fashion. Embroidery. Jewelry and gold. Ceramics. Leathercraft. Woodwork. Pottery. Basketry and wickerwork. Musical instruments. ; Only a touch of shelfwear. Scarce.
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Kathe Mou Palmos Eise Su : My Heart Ever Beats

By: Atlas

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Atlas: 1906

Seller ID: 21586

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fair

Standard 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Color tinted real photo. ; Front imprinted NGP VII. Undivided back imprinted: Atlas, 25 New Madison St, New York, p os tc ard printed circa1906. Us1cstamp canceled 1914.; We have graded this item Fair. Very light edgewear but three creases visible. Message in Greek and address (Clarion, Pennsylvania) penned on reverse in old ink. Scarce.
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City-States of the Maya : Art and Architecture

By: Benson, Elizabeth P.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Rocky Mountain Institute: 1986

Seller ID: 22324

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

171 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; White softcover, 171 glossy pages, footnotes, bibliographies, 5 chapters by noted experts, 13 b/w maps and site plans including 1 fold-out, 80 b/w diagrams, 14 b/w photos, 25 photos in full color, with captions. ; Edited by Elizabeth P. Benson. Foreword by Michael D. Coe. Chapters are: Earlystates in the Maya lowlands: Edzna and El Mirador, by Ray T. Matheny. Tikal, by Peter D. Harrison. Copan, by Mary Ellen Miller. Architectural development and political history at Palenque, by Linda Schele. Uxmal, by Jeff KarlKowalski. ; First and possibly only volume from this ins...
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Mi Alma Te Adora

By: Blanco

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Blanco: 1908

Seller ID: 21574

Binding: Non-Book

Condition: Good+

Postcard; Standard postcard 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Real photo tinted brightly in orange and pink. Caption: Mi Alma te Adora (My soul loves you) ; Divided back, imprinted Po st Car d, Correspondence, Address Only, Made in Mexico. ; Light edgewear. No marks or writing. Scarce.
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Paper and Light : The Calotype in France and Great Britain, 1839-1870

By: Brettell, Richard, with Flukinger, Keeler, Kilgore

Price: $16.00

Publisher: David R. Godine: 1984

Seller ID: 18736

ISBN: 0879234857

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

216 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, orange-brown cloth, green endpapers, 216 glossy pages, bibliography, index, 140 calotypes listed and described, 155 duotone (b/w) plates, 8 plates in color. ; Amazing collection of calotypes (early photos) by photography pioneers of France and Great Britain. ; Authored by Richard Brettell, with essays by Roy Flukinger, Nancy Keeler, Sydney Mallett Kilgore. ; Small bookshop label (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston) on front endpaper, otherwise book is pristine, no marks or defects. Jacket shows only a touch of wear at crown. ; Laid in: large 15-page pro...
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Official Swedish Art Exhibition 1916 : Detroit Museum of Art

By: Brinton, Christian; Illustrated by Gunnar Hallstrom

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Detroit Museum of Art: 1916

Seller ID: 22413

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

72 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Tan softcover, 72 pages, 2 indexes; 156 paintings, prints and sculptures listed; 24 artworks reproduced full page in b/w. English text. ; Exhibition of Contemporary Swedish Art 1916, held at Detroit Museum of Art, now called Detroit Institute of Art. Printed in 1916, 6000 units. This is 2nd printing, 1916, 6000 units, stated. Cover art by Brynjulf Strandenaes after design by Gunnar Hallstrm. ; Exterior shows light wear, one small chip to heel. No marks, no other defects. Scarce.
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Mimbres Pottery : Ancient Art of the American Southwest

By: Brody, J. J.; Illustrated by Justin Kerr

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Hudson Hills Press: 1983

Seller ID: 22223

ISBN: 0933920466

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

132 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; Square hardcover, dark brown cloth, tan endpapers, 132 glossy pages, 40 b/w maps and line diagrams, 125 top quality specimens, mainly painted bowls, shown in 110 b/w and 40 full-color high quality photos. ; Text by J. J. Brody, Steven A. LeBlanc, Catherine J. Scott. Photos by Justin Kerr. Introduction by Tony Berlant. Foreword by Wilder Green. Pottery of the Mimbres people, ancient dwellers of southwestern New Mexico. ; Front free endpaper apparently missing. No other defects to book or jacket.
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Arctic, the : Photography and Text by Fred Bruemmer

By: Bruemmer, Fred

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Quadrangle Books: 1973

Seller ID: 22341

ISBN: 088890021X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

226 pages; 4to (10.5") 27 cm; Large oblong hardcover in slipcase, 12.25 x 10.5 inches, white boards, 226 pages, endpaper maps, bibliography, 155 amazing b/w photos, 77 stunning photos in full color. Includes index of locations with exact coordinates. ; Artistic yet documentary photos of arctic landscapes, seascapes, bears and walrus and other wildlife, flora, small buildings, small boats, and of course the people who live and hunt there, from photographer who lived for six months with last nomadic Inuit tribe. ; Published in New York by Quadrangle Books, an imprint of the New York Times Book C...
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Cuevas : Three Exhibitions in the Month of March 1982

By: Chao, Raul E. ; Illustrated by Jose Luis Cuevas

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Schweyer-Galdo Galleries: 1982

Seller ID: 17958

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

88 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Oblong softcover, blue covers, 88 unnumbered pages, extensive appendix listing artist's books, exhibitions, etc; 53 artworks (drawings) shown in high-quality b/w photos. Spine title: Cuevas at Schweyer-Galdo Galleries. ; Amazing art by Jose Luis Cuevas. Text by Raul E. Chao, Mary Beth Hynes and Karen Knudsen. Foreword by Jose M. Tasende. Photos by Roy Robinson. Co-published by Schweyer-Galdo Galleries, Birmingham, Michigan; Meeting Point Art Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida; Tasende Gallery, La Jolla, California. ; Covers show only minor wear. Owner name penned inside...
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Antoni Chodorowski : Nic Takiego

By: Chodorowska, Zofia; Illustrated by Antoni Chodorowski

Price: $42.00

Publisher: Galeria Humoru i Satyry: 1999

Seller ID: 20471

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

88 pages; 4to (11.75") 30 cm; POLISH text throughout. Tall white softcover, 88 unnumbered pages, over 200 b/w line illustrations, including cariacatures, political cartoons, topical art, etc, most with captions. ; Foreword by Marek Wojciech Chmurzynski. Biographical note by Jan Polak. Published in conjunction with posthumous exhibition at Gallery of Humor and Satire, Wloclawek, Poland, 1999.; Very minor edgewear only. No other defects. Quite scarce.
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Monuments of Piedras Negras, the : An Ancient Maya City

By: Clancy, Flora Simmons

Price: $25.00

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press: 2009

Seller ID: 22248

ISBN: 0826344518

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

240 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; Hardcover, orange cloth, 228 pages, index, extensive bibliography, endnotes, 3 b/w maps, 84 b/w photos and diagrams with captions. ; Symbols and iconography of ancient Mayas of Guatemala. ; No defects to book or jacket.
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Old Gods and Young Heroes : The Pearlman Collection of Maya Ceramics

By: Coe, Michael D.; Illustrated by Justin Kerr

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Israel Museum: 1982

Seller ID: 22308

ISBN: 0295959703

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

128 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Large oblong hardcover, black cloth, red lettering, 128 glossy pages, red endpapers, brief bibliography, b/w map of Mesoamerica, 92 b/w photos and diagrams, 22 color photos, with detailed captions. ; Exhibition catalog from Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1982. Edited by Elizabeth P. Benson. Photos by Justin Kerr, including many rollout photos showing entire surface of one vase. Forewords by Teddy Kollek and Edwin Pearlman. Appendix on Maya culture and hieroglyphs by Elizabeth P. Benson and Dan Eban. ; Book shows only a touch of shelfwear. No marks or major defects. Jack...
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Gaminerie : La Cinematheque Canadienne Flip Book

By: Cohl, Emile; Illustrated by Emile Cohl

Price: $58.00

Publisher: Cinematheque Canadienne;: 1967

Seller ID: 18725

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

124 pages; 64mo (2.5") 7 cm; Small oblong softcover, yellow textured covers, side-stapled binding, about 124 unnumbered pages, about 60 b/w photos. Includes page about flip books and page about artist, in parallel English and French. ; An authentic flip book: flip the pages rapidly and the images create a movie. ; One of a series of twelve flip books published by La Cinmathque Canadienne in honor of the World Retrospective of Animation Cinema, 1967. ; Emile Cohl (1857-1938) was a French artist and caricaturist, known as Father of the Animated Cartoon; he was part of the Incoherent Movement and...
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Artist's Vision, An

By: Coleman, Sue

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Icy Publications: 1990

Seller ID: 22339

ISBN: 0969641427

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

128 pages; 4to (10") 27 cm; Large oblong hardcover, just under 12 x 10 inches, gray boards, 128 glossy pages, bibliography, map, numerous b/w drawings, 34 full-page full-color watercolor paintings with artist's commentary. ; Paintings, drawings and text by Sue Coleman, well-known Vancouver Island artist. Photos by Trevor Mills. Copyright 1989. This is 2nd printing, 1990. ; Stunning yet delicate artwork featuring realistic local animals (eagles, bears, loons, seals, wolves, etc) mixed with Native American artifacts (symbols, totems, totem poles) of the Northwest Coast region. ; No defects to bo...
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Cave Paintings of Baja California : Discovering the Great Murals of an Unknown People

By: Crosby, Harry W.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Sunbelt Publications: 1997

Seller ID: 22101

ISBN: 0932653235

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Good dust jacket

246 pages; 4to (10") 27 cm; Ex-Library; Square hardcover, brown boards, illustrated endpapers, 246 glossy pages, index, bibliography, appendix, about 300 illustrations including b/w maps and sketches, two-color diagrams, and full-color photos. ; "Photos of over 200 previously unreported rock shelters painted in the Great Mural style." Originally published 1975. This is 2nd ediiton, Revised and Expanded, 1997. Photos by author and Enrique Hambleton. Illustrations by author and Joanne Haskell Crosby. Introduction by Polly Schaafsma. ; All the usual library marks, otherwise shows little wear. Jac...
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Stone Magic of the Ancients : Petroglyphs, Shamanic Shrine Sites and Ancient Rituals

By: Cunkle, James R, and Markus A. Jacquemain

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Golden West Publishers: 1995

Seller ID: 22130

ISBN: 1885590040

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

192 pages; 4to (10") 27 cm; Tall softcover, 92 pages, index, bibliography, over 700 b/w photos and diagrams. ; Mystical and story elements of ancient rock art of New Mexico and Arizona, including cosmology, hunting, healing, protection, divination, prayer, death, ghosts, anthropomorphic figures, much more. ; Light edgewear.
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Mimbres Mythology : Tales from the Painted Clay

By: Cunkle, James R.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Golden West Publishers: 2000

Seller ID: 22224

ISBN: 1885590857

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

154 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall black softcover, [xxxvi] + 154 pages, index, bibliography, 5 b/w photos, 428 b/w diagrams and drawings, about 300 myths and legends of the early dwellers of southwestern New Mexico. ; Many images previously unpublished. Some explicit and violent images. ; Only a touch of wear at tips. No marks, no major defects.
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Thinking of You Dear

By: Cyko

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Ansco: 1908

Seller ID: 21672

Binding: Non-Book

Condition: Very Good+

Postcard; Antique postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 inches, b/w real photo of thoughtful young lady. ; Divided back. Cyko logo. ; Very minor wear to tips. Item is unused but back has three small spots.
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