Boulder, Colorado: Shambhala Publications, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Large octavo, 240 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine sun faded red with black lettering. Mild chipping to board edges. Mild scratching and rubbing to boards. Mild soiling to textblock. Sunning to spine. Shelved Occult / New Age. More

Cambridge, UK / New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. First Edition, Twenty-Second Printing. Octavo, xii, 648 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine black, white, and bronze with black lettering. Light rubbing to boards. Mild bumping to tail of spine. Mild stain to top edge of text block. Shelved General U.S. History. More

Amsterdam & New York: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum / Da Capo Press, 1972. Octavos, Seven Volumes in Five Books. In Very Good condition, with Very Good Dust jackets. jackets illustrated with engraved landscape scenes in terracotta tones for the Personal Narrative volumes and teal for the Researches volume. Mild shelf wear and light occasional soiling; small tear to the spine head of the Volume V dust jacket. Bindings square and tight; text blocks clean with minor age toning to edges consistent with the period of publication. Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Multi-Volume section. CONTENTS: Researches Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America, Vols. I–II bound in one book; Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent during the Years 1799–1804, Vols. I–II, III–IV, V, and VI–VII. Facsimile reprint of Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland’s foundational accounts of their five-year expedition through South America, Cuba, and New Spain, originally published in London between 1814 and 1825. Translated into English by Helen Maria Williams. More

Waterloo, Cananda: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 324 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine white with black and red lettering. Bumping and rubbing to boards. Age toning to boards and textblock. Slight creasing to boards. Small closed tear to head of spine. Shelved Africa. More

Cambridge and London: Harvard University Press, 2010. Octavo, xii, 288 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine pictorial light blue and gray with black lettering. Exterior has slight plus wear including mild sunning and slight soiling. Boards have very slight wear including mild sunning and minor edge wear. Text block has very slight wear. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column CC. More

Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, vii, viii, x, 172 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's red cloth bearing white lettering to the spine. Boards have very slight wear including minor edge wear. Text block has minimal wear. Illustrated. First edition, first printing. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column CC. More

Bristol and Chicago: Policy Press, 2015. First UK Edition. Octavo, vii, x, xi, 204 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's black and orange cloth bearing white lettering to the black spine. Boards have slight wear including light scuffing and minor wear to the corners. Text block has extremely light wear. Illustrated. First UK edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column CC. More

Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1994. Collector's Edition. Octavo, 308 pages. In Near Fine condition. Full genuine burgundy leather with elaborately tooled gilt and black arabesque onlays to front board; rear board bearing a gilt-bordered black onlay panel with Arabic calligraphic title. Spine with five raised bands and gilt and black decorative panels, lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Silk moiré endpapers. Binding square and tight; gilt edges bright; text block clean throughout with no foxing, annotations, or previous ownership markings. Part of Burton’s celebrated unexpurgated translation — the most complete English rendering of the Alf Layla wa-Layla — accompanied by his extensive terminal essays on the history of the Nights and anthropological footnotes on the manners and customs of Moslem men. Printed by the Easton Press for private subscribers only. Shelved in Netdesk column C, ND-C. More

New York: Columbia University Press, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, viii, 200 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. White spine with brown and blue titling. Dust jacket wrapped in mylar cover, has a tear to the top head edge, moderate foxing, and age toning to edges. Boards have light bumping to edges. Textblock has light age toning. Inscribed "For Harold, With gratitude for your friendship for more than half a century, and with admiration for your many accomplishments" and signed "George" by George Simpson on the front free end page. Shelved in Room F. More

London: Printed for the Assigns of Edward Dod, 1668-1669. Fifth Edition. Quarto, three volumes bounds as one; [14], 192, 203-322, 309-414, [18] pages, plus frontispiece; [8], 29 pages, plus 1 plate; [4], 33-70 pages. In Very Good minus condition. In full brown leather binding, rebacked with modern brown leather and new endpapers; spine paneled with gilt fillets and titling. Moderate rubbing and wear to boards, with rubbing to all edges and corners. Text block shows moderate wear, toning, and soiling along edges. Light age toning with scattered foxing and marginal insect damage throughout. Penciling on front flyleaf. Includes laid-in bookplate from a former owner, with another owner's inscription on first title page. Shelved in Case 4. More

London, UK: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xxiv, 342 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine black with white and yellow lettering. Mild rubbing and general shelf wear. Mild bumping to board corners and tail of spine. Shelved in Linguistics. More

Oakland: The University of California Press, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xv, 223 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine navy with blue and white lettering. Mild bumping to head and tail of spine. Interior text block clean. Shelved in Asia. More

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1931. First London Edition. Octavo, xi, [1], 285 pages, plus frontispiece and numerous plates. In Good plus condition. Moderate shelf wear and soiling to boards, with light discoloration to spine. Rubbing along all edges and at fore corners. Age toning and wear along text block edges, with dust soiling to top edge. Lightly age toned throughout, with some faint smudges present and light foxing on endpapers. Shelved in Room F. More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1881. First Edition. Octavo, vi, xv, 420 pages. In Good condition. Bound in the publisher's blue cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have slight plus wear including slight sunning to the spine, tiny chips to the spine edges and small bumps to the corners. Beveled edges. Text block has moderate wear including slight age toning to the edges. Previous owner's name to the title page. Slight interior wear including light foxing to the endpapers and mild age toning to the text pages. Illustrated. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex. Column Y. More

Boulder: Paradigm Publishers, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, vii, ix, xii, xxxiv, 154 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's pictorial black cloth bearing white and green lettering to the spine. Boards have slight wear including faint scuffs and minor edge wear. Text block has extremely light wear. Illustrated. First edition, first printing. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column Y. More

Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 262 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine black with white lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering. Slight shelf wear to front of dust jacket. Minor scratching to top edge of text block. Interior pages clean. Shelved in Philosophy. More

New York, Washington, Baltimore: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 2013. Octavo, viii, x, xii, 197 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's black cloth bearing white lettering to the spine. Boards have very mild wear including minimal edge wear. Text block has extremely light wear. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column U, ND-U. More

Paris: Hôtel de Thou, 1780. First Edition. Octavo, 487 pages. In Good condition. Brown leather binding. Spine paneled brown leather with gilt lettering and inlay on brown labels. Boards show light shelf wear on covers. Some light scuffing/chipping to leather on rear board. Small strike on front board where leather is torn. Moderate rubbing wear along board edges and at fore corners. Bumping to fore corners. Exposed board at top fore corners and in small sections along fore edge of rear board. Cracking to leather along joints. Loss of leather to head of spine. Text block is lightly age toned, with some fading to the marbled block edges. Splitting to hinges. Two bookplates from former owners on front pastedown. Extra material from printing error in bottom corner of page 485. Light pencil writing in corners of first and last free endpapers. Shelved in Room A. More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1981. First Edition. Octavo, viii, 349 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Spine is blue with orange and white lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$17.95" on front flap, has mild age toning to flaps, chipping to fore corners, small tears along spine tail, moderate creasing along spine head and front head edge, a 1in. partially-open tear along spine head, and rubbing wear along front fore edge. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine head, tail, and mild bumping to tail fore corners. Text block mildly scuffed along deckled fore edge. Inscribed "To Claudia Dreyfus" and dated "10.6.1981" by Thor Heyerdahl on hal-title page. Shelved in Room C. More

Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981. Quarto, xi, 479 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is tan with white print. Cover is tan, illustrated, white and brown print; slight edge wear. Illustrated: b&w photographs.Inscribed in ink by author Ortner on the title page. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Quarto and Folio Case. More

Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, xi, 436 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine teal with white and blue lettering. Mild shelf wear to boards, including cocking to spine (boards shaken, no shelf lean, binding sturdy); bumping to head, tail, and corners; light wear to text block; interior pages clean. Shelved in Ethnicity and Migration. More

New York and Dordrecht: Humanities Press and D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Large Octavo, 312 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine ivory white with black lettering. Exterior has modest wear including slight age toning, minimal soiling and few minor chips to the head/tail edges. Boards have slight wear including mild sunning and slight tilt to the spine. Text block has slight wear including age toning to the edges and faint age toning to the interior. Frontispiece. Partial wear to the gutter to verso to the frontispiece. Slight offsetting to pages one hundred forty six to one hundred forty seven. Illustrated. Ribbon marker. First edition, first printing. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column L (ND-L). More

Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2021. First Edition Thus. Octavo, 367 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine green with white lettering. Minor shelf wear. Text block clean. Shelved Archaeology. More

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, vii, 214 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine blue with white lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering. Mild scuffing and wear to edges of dust jacket. Text block clean. Interior pages clean. Shelved Shakespeare. More

New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 330 pages. In Near Fine condition with a Near Fine dust jacket. Blue spine with white and yellow text. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut '$27.95'. Dust jacket shows minor wear on upper fore corner. Boards show mild wear on head and tail edges of spine and head edge of front joint. Signed flat by Edward O. Wilson on title page. Shelved in hallway. More