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A Survey of North American Indian Rock Art

By: Klaus F. Wellman

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Graz, Austria, Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt: 1979

Seller ID: 000075

ISBN: 3201010960

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Oversized, Dust jacket has library sticker on spine else fine. Cover and contents fine. Rare monograph on the petroglyphs and pictographs of North American Native Americans. Originally printed in German under the title "Die Amerikanischen Felsbilder." 750 photographs (including 39 in color), 200 line drawings and 11 maps. Extensive bibliography. 462 pages, including index.
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Chinese Treasures: A Traveling Exhibition of Chinese Objects

By: San-pao Li, Hung-hsian Chou and Ann L. Lui

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Orange County, California, Chinese American Council of Historical and Cultural Foundation of Orange County: 1988

Seller ID: 000250

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Cover slightly creased, rubbed and soiled. Tissue page in front of cover page is aged and mildly discolored. A documentation of a traveling exhibit of Chinese history, art and culture which was developed to educate children (grades K-12) about China and its people. Touches on all aspects of Chinese history and culture from geography to history to art.62 pages, with numerous drawings, photographs and maps. SCARCE.
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La Denomination des Objets de Pierre Taillee: Materiaux pour un vocabulaire des prehistoriens de langue francaise

By: Michel N. Brezillon

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Paris, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique: 1977

Seller ID: 000034

ISBN: 2222013674

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

IV supplement a Gallia Prehistoire. Owners signature inside.
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Liquidation of the Reference Library of Yamanaka & Co., Inc.

By: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.

Price: $275.00

Publisher: New York, NY, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.: 1944

Seller ID: 000093

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Printed wraps, cover lightly soiled along edges, 5mm tear at top of spine. pages in near fine condition. Rare auction catalog of the extensive Yamanaka & Co. reference library. The Japanese company had its assets confiscated (and subsequently liquidated) by the U.S. government during World War 2. 1037 lots (many of a single publication) encompassing the breadth of publications on Chinese and Japanese arts and crafts, including jade, lacquer, prints, ceramics, and bronzes. It is a very comprehensive and valuable catalog for anyone seriously interested in Chinese and Japanes arts and crafts. 10...
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Pflanzen der Liebe: Aphrodisiaka in Mythos, Geschichte und Gegenwart

By: Christian Ratsch

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Bern, Switzerland, Hallwag Verlag: 1990

Seller ID: 000247

ISBN: 3444103670

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Glossy cover scuffed and slightly creased, slight wear to edges, contents near fine, binding tight. A detailed catalog of medicinal plants thought to be aphrodisiacs. Includes ancient to modern history of the uses of these plants and their ethnobotany. Profusely illustrated with color photographs, historical drawings and tables. An interesting work of value to ethnobotanists, herbalists, and subscribers of natural medicines. 208 pages.
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Category: Anthropology/Archaeology

A Survey of North American Indian Rock Art

Chinese Treasures: A Traveling Exhibition of Chinese Objects

La Denomination des Objets de Pierre Taillee: Materiaux pour un vocabulaire des prehistoriens de langue francaise

Liquidation of the Reference Library of Yamanaka & Co., Inc.

Pflanzen der Liebe: Aphrodisiaka in Mythos, Geschichte und Gegenwart