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Certain Pre-Columbian Notices of the Inhabitants of the Atlantic Islands

By: Babcock, W. H.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: ., 1918

Seller ID: 2297686

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Signed by author with inscription, With the regards of. Wrappers lightly toned, wrappers and pages creased down the center. 1918 Stapled Binding. Reprinted from the American Anthropologist (N.S.) Vol. 20, No. 1. January-March, 1918.
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Kingdoms of Gold, Kingdoms of Jade: The Americas Before Columbus

By: Fagan, Brian M.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, Thames and Hudson: 1991

Seller ID: 2288065

ISBN: 0500050627

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Minor chip to jacket spine head, top edge of jacket very lightly bumped, jacket faintly toned. Pages very faintly toned. 1991 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. 240 pp. Includes 180 illustrations, 16 in color. A close-up look at pre-Columbian America provides a chronological history of ancient American civilizations, detailing the artistic, scientific, and cultural accomplishments of the Inca, Aztec, Maya, Olmec, Chavin, Zapotec, and other ancient peoples.
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Americans Before Columbus

By: Fowke, Gerard

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Columbus, Ohio, The F. J. Heer Printing Co.: 1931

Seller ID: 2289274

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

Wrappers very faintly toned along spine. 1931 Stapled Binding. 25 pp. A brief history of the Americas before Columbus.
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The Art of Precolumbian Gold: The Jan Mitchell Collection

By: Jones, Julie

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York / Boston, A New York Graphic Society Book / Little, Brown and Company: 1985

Seller ID: 2307643

ISBN: 0821215949

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First American edition. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. Ink stamp on page base. 1985 Large Hardcover. 248 pp. Precolumbian art-the art of the Americas made before the sixteenth century-has long had a place in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Museum first acquired a Precolumbian gold object in 1886, and, with the inauguration of the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing in 1982, the Metropolitan's commitment to ancient American art was made permanently visible. The new galleries show, in a wide variety of form and material, the astounding skill and inventive genius of the indigenous peoples of...
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The American Heritage Book of Indians

By: Josephy, Alvin M.; Kennedy, John F.; Brandon, William; Editors of American Heritage

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc. / Simon & Schuster: 1961

Seller ID: 2303873

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Jacket edges rubbed with minor loss and a few closed tears along corners. 1961 Large Hardcover. 424 pp. An illustrated overview of the diverse native cultures of the Inca, Toltecs, Aztecs, Cherokee, Seminole, Inuit, etc. Includes an introduction by John F. Kennedy, and numerous color and black-and-white illustrations.
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The Smithsonian Book of North American Indians: Before the Coming of the Europeans

By: Kopper, Philip

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Washington DC, Smithsonian Books: 1986

Seller ID: 2292243

ISBN: 0895990180

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Lightly rubbed. 1986 Large Hardcover. 288 pp. A guide to Pre-Colombian native cultures, filled with color photographs and historical information.
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The Smithsonian Book of North American Indians: Before the Coming of the Europeans

By: Kopper, Philip; Editors of Smithsonian Books

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Washington DC, Smithsonian Books: 1986

Seller ID: 2303870

ISBN: 0895990180

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Minor delamination along jacket spine and flap folds. Article and photograph laid in. 1986 Large Hardcover. 288 pp. A guide to Pre-Colombian native cultures, filled with color photographs and historical information.
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Image for The History of North America, in Twenty Volumes: Discovery and Exploration; The Indians of North America in Historic Times; The Colonization of the South; The Colonization of the Middle States and Maryland; The Colonization of New England; The Revolution; The Formation and Development of the Constitution; The Louisiana Purchase and the Westward Movement; Central America and Mexico; The Pacific Slope and Alaska; Canada and British North America; The Growth of the Nation, 1809 to 1837; The Growth of the Nation, 1837 to 1860; The Civil War from a Southern Standpoint; The Civil War: The National View; The Reconstruction Period; The Rise of the New South; The Development of the North since the Civil War; Prehistoric North America; Island Possessions of the United States (University Edition)

The History of North America, in Twenty Volumes: Discovery and Exploration; The Indians of North America in Historic Times; The Colonization of the South; The Colonization of the Middle States and Maryland; The Colonization of New England; The Revolution; The Formation and Development of the Constitution; The Louisiana Purchase and the Westward Movement; Central America and Mexico; The Pacific Slope and Alaska; Canada and British North America; The Growth of the Nation, 1809 to 1837; The Growth of the Nation, 1837 to 1860; The Civil War from a Southern Standpoint; The Civil War: The National View; The Reconstruction Period; The Rise of the New South; The Development of the North since the Civil War; Prehistoric North America; Island Possessions of the United States (University Edition)

By: Lee, Guy Carleton; Brittain, Alfred; Reed, George Edward; Thomas, Cyrus; McGee, W.J.; Hamilton, Peter Joseph; Jones, Frederick Robertson; James, Bartlett Burleigh; Veditz, C. William A.; Moran, Thomas Francis; Geer, Curtis M.; Fortier, Alcee; Ficklen, Jo

Price: $450.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, George Barrie & Sons: 1903

Seller ID: 2267188

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Limited edition, #817 of 1000 sets, printed for subscribers only. Spines and corners lightly rubbed and faded with leather drying a bit, rear hinge of first volume repaired. 1903 Half-Leather. Complete in twenty volumes. Original morocco spines and corners, paper over boards, gilt titles and rules. Illustrated with color frontispieces, facsimiles of original documents, maps, reproductions of portraits, etc. Includes: Discovery and Exploration; The Indians of North America in Historic Times; The Colonization of the South; The Colonization of the Middle States and Maryland; The Colonization of N...
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Aguirre: The Re-Creation of a Sixteenth-Century Journey Across South America

By: Minta, Stephen

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, Henry Holt: 1994

Seller ID: 2281590

ISBN: 0805031030

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. 1cm tear to lower jacket. 1994 Hard Cover. A recreation of the exploits of Lope de Aguirre, who in 1560 led a force across Peru in search of El Dorado, captures the explorer's insanity and near-heroic intensity.
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Pre-Columbian Art from the Land Collection

By: Nicholson, H.B.; Cordy-Collins, Alana; Land, L.K.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: ., California Academy of Sciences and L. K. Land: 1979

Seller ID: 2305843

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Spine creased, sticker on front wrapper verso. 1979 Large Softcover. 272 pp. In 1976, a major exhibition of Mesoamerican art from the Lewis K. and Elizabeth M. Land collection was prepared for the dedication of the Wattis Hall of Man of the California Academy of Sciences. This catalogue is the record of that special show, which was continued until October 1977. Lewis K. Land (19041987) was a remarkable collector and businessman. From his early career in India and throughout a lifetime of wide-ranging interests, collecting became, for Land, a means of solidifying his varied intel...
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Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings: From the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma, Part 2 (Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology)

By: Phillips, Philip; Brown, James A.; McFadden, Eliza; Page, Barbara C.; Brain, Jeffrey P.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University: 1984

Seller ID: 2306405

ISBN: 0873658027

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

An excellent copy. 1984 Large Softcover. We have more books available by this author!. Volume 2 of 2, including volumes 4-6 of the original limited edition. The Craig Mound is a treasury of early Native American artistry and the richest source of pre-Columbian shell engravings in North America. These lavishly illustrated volumes showcase the variety of iconography and of the engravers.
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Pre-Columbian Shell Engravings: From the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma, Part 1 (Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology)

By: Phillips, Philip; Brown, James A.; McFadden, Eliza; Page, Barbara C.; Brain, Jeffrey P.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University: 1978

Seller ID: 2306572

ISBN: 0873657950

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

A nice copy. 1978 Large Softcover. We have more books available by this author!. Volume 1 of 2. The Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma was the richest source of pre-Columbian shell engravings in North America, a treasury of early native American artistry. From about A.D. 1250 until the early part of this century, it remained virtually undisturbed, but in 1933, it was plundered by commercial diggers. The fragments of the shell cups and gorgets became widely scattered, as museums and private collectors sought to acquire them. It is only through the publication of this work that the pieces have been ...
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Ancient Voyages to the Western Continent: Three Phases of History on the Coast of Maine

By: Sewall, Rufus King

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, The Knickerbocker Press / G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1895

Seller ID: 2207834

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Minor stain along top page ridge, tissue guard and fore-edge of a few pages lightly foxed, frontispiece just beginning to loosen. 1895 Hard Cover. ix, 79 pp. A late nineteenth century account of research into the history of exploration on the American continent, with chapters on rock writings found on the coast of Maine, evidence of Norse voyages to the area, and the advent of Christianity in the region. Includes a fold-out map of Maine's oyster banks (Glidden Farm, Lincoln County). Illustrated with black-and-white photographic plates, and engravings in the text.
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North American Indians: A Pictorial History of the Indian Tribes of North America

By: Taylor, Colin

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Bristol, Parragon: 1997

Seller ID: 2292226

ISBN: 0752522221

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Inscribed and signed by author. Light edge wear. 1997 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. Filled with gorgeous photography and well-written descriptions, this region-by-region exploration of Native American history is a step above the rest.
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The Native Americans: The Indigenous People of North America

By: Taylor, Colin F. - editorial consultant

Price: $7.00

Publisher: London, Chrysalis Books: 2003

Seller ID: 2292230

ISBN: 0861015231

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Faint edge wear. 2003 Large Hardcover. 256 pp. An in-depth visual survey of Native American life is divided into nine cultural areas and discusses their traditions, political and spiritual leaders, and the impact of European settlement on native societies.
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The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other

By: Todorov, Tzvetan; Howard, Richard

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Harper Colophon Books: 1987

Seller ID: 2268312

ISBN: 006132065X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Pages faintly toned, occasional marginalia. 1987 Trade Paperback. x, 274 pp. A fascinating study of cultural confrontation in the New World, with implications far beyond sixteenth-century America,The Conquest of Americahas become a classic in its field. It offers an original interpretation of the discovery of America by Columbus and of the subsequent conquest, colonization, and destruction of Mexico and the Caribbean by the Spaniards at the beginning of the modern era.
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The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other

By: Todorov, Tzvetan; Howard, Richard

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1984

Seller ID: 2306079

ISBN: 0060151803

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First American edition. Jacket clipped. 1984 Hard Cover. x, 274 pp. Translated from French original by Richard Howard. A fascinating study of cultural confrontation in the New World, with implications far beyond sixteenth-century America,The Conquest of Americahas become a classic in its field. It offers an original interpretation of the discovery of America by Columbus and of the subsequent conquest, colonization, and destruction of Mexico and the Caribbean by the Spaniards at the beginning of the modern era.
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The Discoveries of America to the Year 1525

By: Weise, Arthur James

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1883

Seller ID: 2084323

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition. Boards rubbed with some loss from spine head & foot, spine a bit stained. One fold-out map still included in pocket inside rear board, other two missing. 1883 Hard Cover. xii, 380 pp. 8vo. An account of early American exploration by the Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English. Includes fold-out maps and nine maps in text.
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