Earl H Morris (48 results)

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Aztec Ruin: The Archer M. Huntington Survey of the Southwest. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 1st Ed (1928); Fair, with tight binding and unmarked text. Pages are unopened (uncut,) suggesting that this copy is unread. Some edge wear, marks, chips, rubs, and light stains to covers and spine; light sunning to spine; open tear to lower fore corner of front and some pages; open tear to fore edge of back; spine slant; 1" closed tears to tips of spine; light toning to pages from age. A bit shelf worn but still a solid reference copy and quite uncommon with unopened pages. Collects Morris' notes on his excavations at Aztec Ruin, New Mexico on a room-by-room basis between 1916 and 1927. It was the author's intent to 'set down each and every condition observed that might aid in explaining the building of the pueblo, the cycle of its inhabitation, and the agencies of its destruction, and make possible the reconstruction of the cultural history of those who found shelter within its walls.' Printed gray wraps (softcover), pp 259-420, 27 figs, 24 cm. [2/5/b4].…

White wrappers. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing (paperback original).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Uncommon copy of 1st Ed. (1927); Very Good, with tight binding and unmarked text. Pages are unopened (uncut), suggesting that this copy is unread. Light edge wear, chips, and rubs to covers, hint of sunning to cover margins, open tear to lower fore corner of back, light toning to pages from age. Morris' classic treatise on unfired Basketmaker vessels and other objects, and post-Basketmaker fired wares. Printed gray wrappers (softcover), pp. 125-198, 43 figs in text, 24 cm. [2/3/b8].…

Condition: New.

Wrappers. Condition: Good. printed wrappers good smal tears 198 pp. illus.

Pictorial Cloth. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Ed 203pp, photos, illus, maps, index, fld map in rear, pict. cloth nice Investigations of the Flattop and Twin Buttes sites, much on artifacts, burials, etc.

Condition: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. The Aztec Ruin: The Archer M. Huntington Survey Of The Southwest. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Firmly bound brown boards with gilt decorations. Some handling wear to spine edges with marks and scuffing to surfaces; rubbed and bumped corners. Mostly clean inside, with tanning and foxing to pages, edges and end papers. Signed on the front paste down by the previous owner. No jacket. With over five hundred illustrations (illustrator).…

SOFTCOVER. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Quarto softcover; 135 pp. + unpaginated plates. B/w frontispiece, plates, tables and figures + fold-out map. Tight binding, clean throughout. Cover wear; previous owner's name to front wrap; top corners bumped. Good. Publication 604.

SOFTCOVER. Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. Octavo softcover, pp, 129-198 of ongoing numeration, tight bindinig, clean throughout, toned edges with mild wear, owner's name on cover, Good+. Anthropological Papers Vol. XXVII, Part II.

First edition, first printing. Good paperback original with perished staples having caused the binding to fail with backstrip largely missing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Firmly bound brown boards with gilt decorations. Some marks to cloth surfaces. Clean inside, with tanning to page edges. Signed on the front paste down by the previous owner. Jacket has some marks and tears to hinges and edges, price clipped. Magazine cutting of a motor boat stuck in on the title page. With over five hundred illustrations (illustrator). …

SOFTCOVER. Condition: Good. Reprint Edition. Quarto softcover; 45 pp. 1 page of color plates and 1 b/w figure (map). Tight binding, clean throughout. Light edge wear with some discoloration to wrap perimeters; previous owner's name to front wrap; 1 inch mark to front wrap; 2 inch mark to rear wrap. Good. "Reprinted from Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication No. 519, pages 1 to 45. December 1939.". …

Hardcover. No dust jacket. First Impression. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full gilt-embossed olive-coloured cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 677, indexed. Illustrated with 13 b-w halftone plates and xxx sketches, &tc. incorporated within the text. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . Accompanying papers include: Uses of Plants by Indians of the Missouri River Heights" byMelvin Randolf Gilmore, "Preliminary Report of the Antiquities of the Region between the Mancos and La Plata Rivers in Southwestern Colorado" by Earl H. Morris, "Designs on Prehistoric Hopi Pottery" by Jesse Walter Fewkes and "The Hawaiian Romance of Laiekawai" by Martha Warren Beckwith. . Beckwith graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1893 and taught English at Elmira College, Mount Holyoke, Vassar College, and Smith College. In 1906, she obtained a Master of Arts degree in anthropology after studying under Franz Boas at Columbia University, and she received her Doctor of Philosophy in 1918.[2] In 1920, Beckwith was appointed to the chair in Folklore at Vassar College, making her the first person to hold a chair in Folklore at any college or university in the United States. In exceptionally good condition.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1928. Journals, North America, Native Americans. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History Volume 26, part 5. 259 - 420p. Very good to good+ original paper monograph. 12/25.

SOFTCOVER. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Quarto softcover with cardboard wraps; 66 pp. (first half) + unpaginated b/w plates, tables, figures + fold-out map (second half). Tight binding, clean throughout. Light edge wear; sticker ghost to front wrap; 1 inch light crease to fore-edge of first edge of text block (not impacting text). "Centennial Museum Texas Western College" stamp to front wrap. Good. Publication 533.…

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 23rd Ann Rept Bureau Ethnol, pp. 155-206+ 44 Full-Page Photo Plts, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, 4to, New Blk Clth Tape Spine else VG, 1st ed.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Two volumes by Earl Morris on his 1920s work at Aztec and one later study by Richert. The Richert volume is signed, but water damaged. The Burials" volume has taped spine and the cover is chipped; The "Notes" volume is fine; the Great Kiva volume has fron wrap missing.

Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Original olive cloth. Near Fine. Nice copy. Papers are "Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region," "Preliminary Account of the Antiquities of the Region between the Mancos and La Plata Rivers in Southwestern Colorado," "Designs on Prehistoric Hopi Pottery," and "The Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai." Attractive foldout plate of Hopi butterfly vase. Notation in pencil on the front free endpaper that this copy was sent from the Smithsonian to Hamilton R. Luckenbaugh of Spring Grove, York Co., Pa. on January 2, 1920.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. The cover has maroon cloth. The sub-title is The Adventure of Exploring and Restoring a Masterpiece of Native American Architecture in the Ruined Maya City of Chichen Itza, Yucatan. Nineteen chapters; three color illustrations; numerous b/w photos; illustrated endpapers; index. The top and bottom ends of the spine strip are a little faded, and the bottom edge is frayed. Two board corners each have 1/8 in. threadbare spot. The front endpaper has an owner's name and a pinhole. The text block ends have darkened. The pages are lightly tanned. Twenty corners of pages and plates each have a stain left by a fingerhold. DJ: The front flap and panel are split apart, leaving ragged edges. The spine panel has darkened, has large chips, and has stains. Chips and closed tears are along the top edges of the front and back panels. A stain is on the bottom margin of the back panel. A fourth of the front panel has crease lines. Scans e-mailed upon request. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Spines a bit faded with some weakening of gilt titles, boards lightly soiled, ink stamp on front endpaper of fourth volume. Bindings tight and square, text clean, bright, and unmarked. 1931 Hard Cover. Complete in four volumes. viii, [2], 403, [1]; viii, [2], 431, [1]; vi, [2], 419, [1]; viii, [2], 483, [3] pp. 8vo. Essays and articles celebrating one hundred years of Rochester, New York, including contributions by various authors. The first three volumes include poems about Rochester, and the fourth the music for the Centennial Hymn composed for the occasion. Includes Volume 1: Beginnings, Volume 2: Home Builders, Volume 3: Expansion, and Volume 4: Jubilee. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Spines a bit faded with some weakening of gilt titles, boards lightly soiled, endpapers of volume three a bit foxed with top corner of front free endpaper clipped, ink stamp on front endpaper of volume four with small spot on fore edge. 1931 Hard Cover. Complete in four volumes. viii, [2], 403, [1]; viii, [2], 431, [1]; vi, [2], 419, [1]; viii, [2], 483, [3] pp. 8vo. Essays and articles celebrating one hundred years of Rochester, New York, including contributions by various authors. The first three volumes include poems about Rochester, and the fourth the music for the Centennial Hymn composed for the occasion. Includes Volume 1: Beginnings, Volume 2: Home Builders, Volume 3: Expansion, and Volume 4: Jubilee. …

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. Cloth, no dj. Minor shelf wear; some scuffing to cloth. Else a nice, clean copy.