Baum Henry Mason Editor (10 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. April 1904 issue of Records of the Past. Cover show moderate soiling with society stamp top front edge, light ceases on a few pages. Bookseller since 1995 (ULBDRM#1-top-R) rareviewbooks.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. January 1904 Records of the Past. Illustrated with vintage black and white photographs. Light soiling to covers/small tears at edge with society stamp top front. Bookseller since 1995 (ULBDRM#1-Top-R-flat) rareviewbooks.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. March 1904 issue of Records of the Past. Illustrated with vintage black and white photographs. Light soiling to covers with society stamp top front - several pages rough cut at right hand edge. Bookseller since 1995 (ULBDRM#1-top-R) rareviewbooks.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. August 1904 Records of the Past. Covers show browning/light soiling at edge - society name stamped top front. Bookseller since 1995 (ULBDRM#1-top-R) rareviewbooks.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. September 1903 edition of RECORDS OF THE PAST. In this the two main articles are GLACIAL MAN and EXCAVATIONS OF THE RUINS OF BABYLON, part IV. plus editorials on various other archaeological sites. Illustrated with maps and photographs. Covers show light soiling - society stamp top of front cover. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-2A-bottom-up-R-flat) rareviewbooks Language: eng. …

32 pp. Illustrated. 8vo, publisher's illustrated wrappers. First edition. Spine perished; one piece of stained tape added to wrappers; small chips and tanning.

Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Archeology, periodical. Bound volume of first 12 issues of the magazine. Leather corners and spine scuffed, corners worn to the boards, small section of spine leather peeled and repaired. Interior clean and tight, pages toned, all edges gilt.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Volume I, 1902, 378 pages + Index, profusely illustrated in b&w. FINE- HARDCOVER, red cloth covers, gilt lettering bright on the spine and cover. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Volume I, 1902, 382 pages + Index, profusely illustrated in b&w. FINE- HARDCOVER, red cloth covers, gilt lettering bright on the spine and cover. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

First edition. Large octavo (7 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches). [x], 382, [4, index] pp. including numerous full page and inter-textual photographic illustrations. Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine lettering and device, front cover with gilt frame iside of which are the title in gilt as well as the Society's device, all edges gilt. Light wear to extremities but a very good and clean copy."The Records of the Past Exploration Society had the credentials to make a noticeable impact on the American archaeological scene. In 1900 the Reverend Henry Mason Baum, the long-time editor of the American Church Review and an amateur archaeologist who excavated biblical sites in the Middle East, founded the organization. Its membership included institutional professionals degreed academics, respected church leaders like Baum, and other interested people of means, most with some field experience in archaeology. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Records of the Past avidly worked for preservation.The Records of the Past journal was one of its most successful means of attracting attention. Under Baum's experienced tutelage, it acquired a good reputation among professionals and interested laypeople. Its authors included eminent archaeologists and institutional professionals such as Dr. Arthur Stoddard Cooley of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Prof. William C. Mills, the curator of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, and Albert T. Clay, the assistant curator of Babylonian antiquities at the University of Pennsylvania. These men were acknowledged experts, and their experience in European, Egyptian, and Babylonian archaeology lent considerable status to the organization" (Rothman, America's National Monuments).…