Powell j w director (118 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Covers show wear, first 12 pages have 2" circle-stain in center. ; Report of the director on plans for work in the coming year: organization and progress of the year's mapping, paleontologic, chemistry & hydrographic work. Summary of taxonomy work. Administrative Reports follow. Gatefold map showing condition and progress of Topographic Surveys for fiscal year 1892-93 is in pocket at rear. ; 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 "; 25.00 pages.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Brown cloth covers exhibit heavy wear, fraying and bumping on corners and spine ends. Moderate wear on all edges and hinges. Moderate shelf wear and soiling to covers. Gold gilt design on front cover is bright. Inside hinges are cracked but still attached. Text is yellowed due to age. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Yellowing and soiling to page ends, inside front and back covers, ffep's and bfep's. Chapters detail the topographical work, engineering survey, hydraulic work and general remarks. Interesting charts in rear of book detailing the classifications of expenditures and the abstract of the disbursements. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never ex-lib unless explicitly described as such.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Hard Cover, INCLUDES required two laid in maps -- Good -- Other than discoloation to spine and top of back cover, book is clean and tight -- Brown cloth over boards with gilt embossing, no dust jacket if issued 240 pages with index.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Over-sized hardbound (quarto). Olive green cloth with native American portrait gold-stamped on the front cover. Very light wear to the binding. No slope, no twist to the book from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No musty odor. No water daamge. No soiling. No sun fading.…

HARDCOVER. Condizione: cover wear otherwise good+. First edition. 123pp, quarto hardbound. Tenth Annual Report of the USGS part II.

Hardcover. Condizione: Poor. Includes reports; 1] The Trenton Limestone as a Source of Petroleum and Inflammable Gas in Ohio and Indiana, by Orton; 2] The Geographical Distribution of Fossil Plants, by Ward; 3] Summary of the Geology of the Quicksilver Deposits of the Pacific Slope, by Becker; 4] The Geology of the Island of Mount Desert, Maine, by Shaler. Pages 475 through 1063 with illustrations, maps, and index. Bound in the original USGS brown cloth with lettering and illustrations stamped in gilt. Binding is poor, text block is very good. Book. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Well illustrated report, with the accompanying papers. Contents of the papers focus on the Sia, the Ungava District, and Siouan Cults. 553 pages. This heavy volume may require additional postage. Light edge wear. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good -. No Jacket. First Edition. Well illustrated report, with the accompanying papers. Contents of the papers focus on the Menomini Indians, the Coronado Expedition of 1540-1542, and the Ghost Dance Religion. This heavy volume will require additional postage. Light edge wear. Ex-Library.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Nice, clean, umarked copy. ; 4to 11" to 13" tall; 308 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. 532 page, well illustrated report, with the accompanying papers on pictographs of the North American Indians, pottery of the ancient Pueblos, the ancient pottery of the Mississippi Valley, the origin and development of form and ornament in ceramic art, and a study of Pueblo pottery as illustrative of Zuni culture growth. Moderate edge wear and rub marks, musty odor. Book.…

Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. 1891 Hardcover,brown boards,gilt design,corners broken, hinges split,all 6 maps in rear pocket. INV#B-18.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Light green cloth boards. Rebound. Includes "Pictographs of the North American Indians" by Mallery, Garrick, "Pottery of the Ancient Pueblos" by W.H. Holmes, "Ancient Pottery of the Mississippi Valley" by W.H. Holmes, "Origin and Development of Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art" by W.H. Holmes and "A Study of Pueblo Pottery as Illustrative of Zuni Culture Growth." 83 plates, 565 figures and index. 532 pages. Heavy book will require extra postage. VERY GOOD+.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good -. No Jacket. First Edition. Well illustrated report, with the accompanying papers. Includes "an exposition of the Bureau during the fiscal year 1888-'89, and a work on the Picture-writing of the American Indians". 822 pages, illustrated including with color plates. This heavy volume may require additional postage. Light edge wear, minor rub marks. Ex-Library. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good -. No Jacket. First Edition. 298 page, well illustrated report, with the accompanying papers. Contents focus on the American Southwest Native American Indian tribes (Pueblo architecture and the ceremonies of the Hasjelti Dailjis and mythical sand paintings of the Navajo Indians. Includes 3 fold-out diagrams in rear pocket. Light exterior wear/marks, only library marking is a bookplate inside front cover. Ex-Library.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Green Leatherbound.

Hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. Cover shows heavy wear, tear, rubbing, soiling, and staining, loose joints. Pages are shaken and tanned.

Condizione: Fair. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1884. Heavy 4to brown cloth with beautiful gilt imprint of a North American Indian bust to the front board. LXXIV+606pp. XLIV plates, 200 figures. Fair book. Cover shelfworn, particulary the rear that shows a few scrapes. Front hinge cracked. 2 owner's names to the front endpaper. A few pencil notes. In protective mylar cover. (Mayan Calendar, Mexican Calendar, Masks) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Fair, no DJ. Moderate to significant signs of wear and blemishing to exterior, shelfworn, bumping and fraying at corners and spine ends, binding still holding but cracking and loose, some internal notes/markings, else interior largely clean and unmarked. A decent reading copy. Note: Oversized and heavy, may require additional shipping charges depending on destination and selected shipping method.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This volume is focused on Navaho Houses by Cosmos Mindeleff. Well illustrated, 283 pages. Minor wear. Ex-Library.

HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 366pp, color b/w illustrations, quarto. includes Holmes Stone Implements Tidewater, McGee Siouan, Fewkes Tusayan Katchinas, Casa Grande, etc. Edward Keithahn's copy wiht his bookplate, Bureau of American Ethnology 15. bookplate, cover wear, bumped corners, tight binding, clean throughout, Very Good-. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. Washington: GPO, 1884. First Edition. 11½ x 8 in. lxxiv,606pp, Index. 44 full-pages plates (2 color), 200 figures. Contemporary full sheep, leather spine labels; chip out of leather on spine, edges worn, joints splitting (hinges cracked), text block secure, interior in very good condition, short tear to p.563. Accompanying papers: Thomas, Maya and Mexican Manuscripts; Dall, Masks, Labrets, and Certain Aboriginal Customs; Matthews, Navajo Weavers; Dorsey, Omaha Sociology; Holmes, Prehistoric Textile Fabrics of the United States; Holmes, Catalogue of Collections during 1881; Stevenson, Catalogue of Collections from New Mexico and Arizona.Many ; Many plates; 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches; 606 pages.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Green cloth covers with gold gilt Native American on front cover and gold lettering on spine. Booth are clean and bright. Covers exhibit bumping and wear to corners and spine ends. Large bump on front edge of back cover. Light shelf wear and soiling to covers. Light wear to all edges and hinges. Large bump and crease on bottom corner of front cover which causes creasing to the bottom corners and part of the front edges of text to page 117. Light soiling to page ends. Hinges are tight. Text is slightly yellowed due to age. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Illustrated with many b&w drawings and photos. There are many very nice full page color drawings. Details mound explorations, general field studies, necrology and picture writing of Native Americans. All of our books are individually inspected andNever ex-lib unless explicitly described as such.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Green cloth with gilt Native American on front cover. Includes "A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola" by Victor Mindeleff and "Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians" by James Stevenson. 123 plates many in collor, 118 figures and 3 large fold-out diagrams of Pueblo architecture. Index. 298 pages. Ex-library with minimal markings. Both hinges starting to loosen but still holding. Heavy book may require extra postage. GOOD.…

Hard Cover. 675 pgs., 7 3/4" x 11 1/2", Brown cloth with 1/4 leather spine, some light mottling to front cover, rear cover has heavier mottling, leather corners bumped & worn, front hinge c/o & half detached, rear hinge c/o but still relatively tight, spine rubbed but has most of the gilt title etc., top & bottom of spine frayed a little, o/w G, Content clean except lightly toned, marbled endpapers & foredges VG+.…

Condizione: Good. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894. 4to. xlvii,553pp. Illus. Good book. Bookplate inside. Back hinge cracked. (ethnology, antiquities, Indians, North America, South America) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good -. No Jacket. First Edition. This 675 page, illustrated report contains the report of the Director, plus the bulk of the volume containing "accompanying papers" on ancient art of the province of Chiriqui Columbia, a study of the textile art in the its relation to the development of form and ornament, aids to the study of the Maya Codices, Osage traditions, and the Central Eskimo. Includes two fold-out, full color maps in rear pocket. Spine ends have moderate wear, elst minor exterior wear, inked name on flyleaf, pencil notes on rear pocket. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. 606 page, well illustrated report, with the accompanying papers on Maya and Mexican manuscripts, Omaha sociology, Navajo weavers, etc. Binding has significant wear, and has some inexpert tape reinforcement on the spine edges. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Binding is a little shaken, but holding. Pages unmarked but a little aged and with a few small stains. Ex-libris plate. Cover is worn, especially at corners and spine tips, with stain upper right front and several stains on back. Spine cover is sun-darkened, but title still legible. Back pocket includes two maps (Plates II and III) . No dustjacket at issue. Not available for expedited or international shipping.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Ex-library copy with spine number and a couple of "withdrawn" stamps -- no other markings. Front free endpaper glued to hinge to repair split hinge paper. Text block is clean and tight. Three maps (fine) in rear pocket. ; 4to 11" to 13" tall; 298 pages.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Covers rubbed on hips (hinges). Front inner hinge has been repaired leaving the endpapers glued to each other at the hinge -- effective but not professional. Contents clean and tight ; 4to 11" to 13" tall; 326 pages.…