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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 9 pieces of writing including novellas, novelettes, short stories and poetry. Featured are The Potter of Bones by Eleanor Aranson (novella), Router by Charles Stross (novella), The Likely Lad by Kage Baker (novelette), Not Blood by Brian Stableford (short story), The Last of the O-Forms by James Van Pelt (short story), Turing Test by Geoffrey A Landis (short story), Paws by GO Clark (poetry), Before We Hit Bottom by Alex Irvine (poetry) and To the Bat with the Broken Wing by Rebecca Lu Kiernan (poetry). Address label on bottom of front cover. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 10 pieces of writing including novelettes short stories and poetry. Featured are Luck by James Patrick Kelly (novelette), Taking the Piss by Brian Stableford (novelette), Lonesome and a Long Way from Home by Allen M Steel (novelette), Halo by Charles Stross (novelette), The Banquet of the Lords of Night by Liz Williams (short story), Incandescent Bliss by Howard V Hendrix (short story), She Sees My Monsters Now by Robert Reed (short story), A Record High by Tom Disch (poetry), Elementary by Mario Milosevic (poetry) and Why Go? by Mario Milosevic (poetry). Sticker scar (front cover's bottom left) from address label removal. In Very Good Condition.

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SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 26, No. 6. Cover by Dominic Harmnan for "Halo" (novelette) by Charles Stross. Includes "Luck" (novelette) by James Patrick Kelly; "Taking the Piss" (novelette) by Brian Stableford; "Lonesome and a Long Way from Home" (novelette) by Allen M. Steele; "The Banquet of the Lords of Night" by Liz Williams; "Incandescent Bliss" by Howard V. Hendrix; "She Sees My Monsters Now" by Robert Reed. Poems: "A Recod High" by Tom Disch; "Elementary" & "Why go?" by Mario Milosevic. Departments: "Reflections: Problems of Time Travel" by Robert Silverberg; "On the Net: Dons" by James Patrick Kelly; "On Books" by Peter Heck; "The SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss. Illustrated by Steve Cavallo, June Levine, Mark Evans, John Stevens, and Alan Gutierrez. Label pulls from front (see scan); spine heel wear; mild tanning. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 26, No. 9 (whole No. 320). Cover by Fred Gambino for "The Potter of Bones" (novella) by Eleanor Arnason. Inlcudes "Router" (novella) by Charles Stross; "The Likely Lad" (novelette) by Kage Baker; "Hot Blood" by Brian Stableford; "The Last of the O-Forms" by James Van Pelt; "Turing Test" by Geoffrey A. Landis. Poems: "Paws" by G. O. Clark; "Before We Hit Bottom" by Alex Irvine; "To the Bat with the Broken Wing" by Rebecca Lu Kiernan. Departments: "Reflections: Burning Science at the Stake" by Robert Silverberg; "The 16th Annual Readers' Award Results"; "On Books" by Peter Heck; "The SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss. Label pulls from front; creasing; rear cover has been wet and is dented with wrinkling. Reading copy. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. Vol. 26, No. 6. Cover by Dominic Harmnan for "Halo" (novelette) by Charles Stross. Includes "Luck" (novelette) by James Patrick Kelly; "Taking the Piss" (novelette) by Brian Stableford; "Lonesome and a Long Way from Home" (novelette) by Allen M. Steele; "The Banquet of the Lords of Night" by Liz Williams; "Incandescent Bliss" by Howard V. Hendrix; "She Sees My Monsters Now" by Robert Reed. Poems: "A Recod High" by Tom Disch; "Elementary" & "Why go?" by Mario Milosevic. Departments: "Reflections: Problems of Time Travel" by Robert Silverberg; "On the Net: Dons" by James Patrick Kelly; "On Books" by Peter Heck; "The SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss. Illustrated by Steve Cavallo, June Levine, Mark Evans, John Stevens, and Alan Gutierrez. Label pulls from front (see scan); a little creasing; minor soiling. Book.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 10, No 1, pp. 150-164, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, else VG.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Series: Elements of Anthropology: A Series of Introductions. 90p white square format paperback, some marking to cover, name to endpaper, pages clean, binding firm Language: English.

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PAPERBACK. First edition. 27pp quarto paper. Museum Brief #23. slight cover wear otherwise very good.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 259pp.incl.index; HB blk.w/silver; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ brwn.w/white&red-pic.cover; slight rub. " .first ever study of the symbolic elements and rituals surrounding lightning in their associated Pre-Columbian religious ideologies." illus. ISBN: 9780199967759.

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Hardback. Condition: New. Lightning has evoked a numinous response as well as powerful timeless references and symbols among ancient religions throughout the world. Thunder and lightning have also taken on various symbolic manifestations, some representing primary deities, as in the case of Zeus and Jupiter in the Greco/Roman tradition, and Thor in Norse myth. Similarly, lightning veneration played an important role to the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica and Andean South America. Lightning veneration and the religious cults and their associated rituals represent to varying degrees a worship of nature and the forces that shape the natural world. The inter-relatedness of the cultural and natural environment is related to what may be called a widespread cultural perception of the natural world as sacred, a kind of mythic landscape. Comparative analysis of the Andes and Mesoamerica has been a recurring theme recently in part because two of the areas of "high civilization" in the Americas have much in common despite substantial ecological differences, and in part because there is some evidence, of varying quality, that some people had migrated from one area to the other. Lightning in the Andes and Mesoamerica is the first ever study to explore the symbolic elements surrounding lightning in their associated Pre-Columbian religious ideologies. Moreover, it extends its examination to contemporary culture to reveal how cultural perceptions of the sacred, their symbolic representations and ritual practices, and architectural representations in the landscape were conjoined in the ancient past. Ethnographic accounts and ethnohistoric documents provide insights through first-hand accounts that broaden our understanding of levels of syncretism since the European contact. The interdisciplinary research presented herein also provides a basis for tracing back Pre-Columbian manifestations of lightning its associated religious beliefs and ritual practices, as well as its mythological, symbolic, iconographic, and architectural representations to earlier civilizations. This unique study will be of great interest to scholars of Pre-Columbian South and Mesoamerica, and will stimulate future comparative studies by archaeologists and anthropologists.

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Hardback. Condition: New. Lightning has evoked a numinous response as well as powerful timeless references and symbols among ancient religions throughout the world. Thunder and lightning have also taken on various symbolic manifestations, some representing primary deities, as in the case of Zeus and Jupiter in the Greco/Roman tradition, and Thor in Norse myth. Similarly, lightning veneration played an important role to the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica and Andean South America. Lightning veneration and the religious cults and their associated rituals represent to varying degrees a worship of nature and the forces that shape the natural world. The inter-relatedness of the cultural and natural environment is related to what may be called a widespread cultural perception of the natural world as sacred, a kind of mythic landscape. Comparative analysis of the Andes and Mesoamerica has been a recurring theme recently in part because two of the areas of "high civilization" in the Americas have much in common despite substantial ecological differences, and in part because there is some evidence, of varying quality, that some people had migrated from one area to the other. Lightning in the Andes and Mesoamerica is the first ever study to explore the symbolic elements surrounding lightning in their associated Pre-Columbian religious ideologies. Moreover, it extends its examination to contemporary culture to reveal how cultural perceptions of the sacred, their symbolic representations and ritual practices, and architectural representations in the landscape were conjoined in the ancient past. Ethnographic accounts and ethnohistoric documents provide insights through first-hand accounts that broaden our understanding of levels of syncretism since the European contact. The interdisciplinary research presented herein also provides a basis for tracing back Pre-Columbian manifestations of lightning its associated religious beliefs and ritual practices, as well as its mythological, symbolic, iconographic, and architectural representations to earlier civilizations. This unique study will be of great interest to scholars of Pre-Columbian South and Mesoamerica, and will stimulate future comparative studies by archaeologists and anthropologists.

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4to. pp. vi, 198. b/w illus. index. cloth. First Edition.

Condition: Minor rubbing. VG. orig.wrappers Minor rubbing. VG. 28x21cm, (243) pp, This is "Anthropological Linguistics, Volume 29, No. 4 - Winter 1987", completely devoted to this theme. Stencilled. Stapled. Pagination runs ii, 329-570 pp. Contents: Mayan Languages and their Speakers : An Introduction; Linguistic Decay in Chontal Mayan: The Speech of Semi-Speakers; Huastec Pronouns; The Linguistic History of Mayan Year; Diachronic Change in Tzeltalan Kinship Based on Universal Kin Notational System; Alien Spouses in 18th Century Guatemala: Implications for Language Change & Distribution; Abbreviation Conventions in the Maya Inscriptions & the Books of Chilam Balam; ISIG Repition on Some Early Copan Stelae; Xibal Balam Ahau; Xibalba or Xibalbe; Discourse Framing in Itza Maya Narrative; Some Aspects of Chuj Discourse; Particles Borrowed from Spanish as Discourse Markers in Mayan Languages; Variation in Mayan Narrative; The Interdependence of Language & Culture in the Bear Story in Spanish & Mocho; Tzeltal Dialects: New & Old.

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