Recent Arrivals from Collettes Books

1st Ed. (1942) in Fair condition with clean, unmarked text. Primary wear is rippling and dampstains to covers and pages--does not affect readability of contents. Also some edge wear and rubs to covers, light sunning to margins. A suitable reading copy, and a bit uncommon as a First. Brief study of anthropometry of a Polynesian group from the Pukapuka atolls… Read more about this item

Very Good, with tight binding and unmarked text. Light edge wear and rubs to covers, hint of sunning to cover margins, slight abrasion to spine. Comprises three anthropological reports on California Indians with accompanying maps and illustrations. Published as Reports of the University of California Archaeological Survey No. 60. From the personal library of Southwest archaeologist J. Richard Ambler, with… Read more about this item

Uncommon 1st Ed. (1952). Good, with tight binding and unmarked text. Original staple binding with stiff paper covers and paper label on front. Some edge wear, rubs, light marks to covers, light sunning to cover margins, bumped corners. Pages are clean and fairly bright given age. From the personal library of Southwest archaeologist J. Richard Ambler with his stamp. Printed… Read more about this item

Good hardcover with no dust jacket (possibly as issued). Copy has tight, square binding. Some highlighting, primarily in two chapters. Light edge wear and rubbing to covers, front free endpaper is a bit creased, slight bow to boards. Still a solid, readable copy. Edited volume with nine papers. Hardcover. [z2]

Very Good 1st Ed. (1936), with tight binding and unmarked text. Pages are unopened (uncut), suggesting that this copy is unread. Light edge wear and rubs to covers, light sunning to cover margins. Pages are clean and fairly bright given age. A paper on gross population trends among tribes of the northern Plains, including data on age and sex distinctions.… Read more about this item

This is the text of a lecture on "work and workers" given by Don Mariano Belmas at a labor center in Madrid in 1893. Belmas was an architect in Madrid in the latter part of the 19th C. Scarce First Edition, pamphlet format, in Good condition. Missing stitching with some edge wear and light toning. Pencil underlining and notations on… Read more about this item

Signed by the author on title page. Limited Edition: #139 of 300 copies. Good, with tight binding and unmarked text. Some edge wear and rubs to covers, sunning to spine, owner's stamp on inside front. A solid, clean copy, and an interesting example of an early self-published book using early 1980s technology: a Commodore 8032 computer! (Read the preface for… Read more about this item

Uncommon copy in Very Good condition with tight binding and clean, unmarked text. Only very light edge wear and a bit of age toning to covers. Proceedings of a meeting held on April 6-7, 1983, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. Published as Proceedings No. 5 of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. White printed wraps (softcover), 284… Read more about this item

Very Good copy with tight staple binding and unmarked text. Only light edge wear and rubs to covers. Official report and balance sheet of The Egypt Exploration Society for 1976/77, with list of officers and donations received, plus summary info on fieldwork. Printed white wraps (softcover), 15 pp; 22 cm. [x8]

1st Ed. (1970); Good, with tight binding. Some edge wear, rubs, light marks and scuffs to covers, sunning to spine and cover margins, wear to tips of spine, light foxing to some pages, light toning to pages, fore edge well thumbed, a few inked notes in text margins. A solid copy with generally clean pages. An analysis of the Choiseul… Read more about this item

Good, with tight binding and unmarked text. Some edge wear, rubs, and sunning to covers, upper fore corner of textblock bumped and slightly turned. Pages are clean and bright. A study of Aztec ceremonial and secular dances; well illustrated. Printed yellow wraps (softcover), 251 pp, 134 figs, 25 cm. [x8]

Uncommon 1st Ed. (1928) in Good condition with fairly tight binding and clean, unmarked text. Some pages are unopened (uncut); copy may be unread. Some edge wear and rubs to covers, stain to front and tops of some pages, small open tears to fore edge of back, wear and a bit of loss to foot of spine, very light toning… Read more about this item

Scarce copy of this exhibit catalog for a show at the Bowling Green State University School of Art, Fine Arts Gallery, Feb. 5-25, 1977. Consists of a softcover portfolio of 20 blacksmith artists in loose leaf format (see cover image and example). Each sheet measures 8.5 x 11", in B&W. Information on artist's education, current position, and exhibitions, with a… Read more about this item

Uncommon 1st Ed. in this form (1918) and constituting Part I of Lowie's two works on the Crow; Part II concerned the religion of the culture. Fair condition with mostly unopened (uncut) pages, suggesting that this copy is unread. Missing covers but textblock is still bound together. Last page has several open tears that impact text, but remainder of volume… Read more about this item

Uncommon 1st Ed. of Report No. 46 (1959)--not a later reprint, and not the more common Report No. 43 of the same project. Very Good, with tight binding and unmarked text. Very light edge wear and rubs to covers, owner's stamp to front, edges and title page. Report on two seasons of archaeological excavations in the Trinity Reservoir area of… Read more about this item

Scarce 1st Ed. (1954). Good, with tight staple binding and unmarked text. Some edge wear, light surface abrasions, light marks, and rubs to covers; light sunning to cover margins; cover and page corners bumped. Report on 1952 excavations at the Nimbus and Redbank reservoir areas, the latter which 'yielded a rich and important collection from a large cemetery.' Reports of… Read more about this item

Scarce 1st Ed. (1940). Very Good+, with tight binding, bright covers, and clean, unmarked text. Just a hint of edge wear and rubs to covers, owner's stamp to front, edges and title page. A description of prehistoric bone, antler, tooth, and claw artifacts from California, circa early 1940s, with numerous pen and ink illustrations of archaeological and ethnological specimens. From… Read more about this item

Official offprint of the paper "The Carian Coast III" by Bean and Cook. Reprinted from The Annual of the British School of Archaeology at Athens, Vol. 52. Good, with tight binding and unmarked text. Inked inscription to unidentifed recipient "With greetings" (possibly from one of the authors) on page 57. Concerns archaeological research conducted on the west Carian coast and… Read more about this item

Very Good. Scarce copy of a series of over 30 interviews of townspeople who grew up in or had connections to Paradise Valley, Arizona, including Sandra Day and John O'Conner, Marshall Trimble, Paolo Soleri, William Rehnquist, Judy and Earl Eisenhower, and many others. The interviews were published in 2001 to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the incorporation of the town… Read more about this item

Hard to find hardcover First Edition (1978), printed in the People's Republic of China. A fictional view of the Korean conflict from the Chinese perspective. Text in English. Very Good hardcover in Good dust jacket. Book has tight binding and unmarked text. Light edge wear and rubbing to covers and tips of spine, slight bow to boards. DJ is intact… Read more about this item