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Published by New York: Harry N. Abrams : In association with the American Museum of Natural History, 2004, 2004
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Chalker, Kari, ed. Totems to turquoise: Native North American jewelry arts of the Northwest and Southwest. Kari Chalker, general editor ; Lois S. Dubin and Peter M. Whiteley, contributing editors, principal photography by Kiyoshi Togashi. New York: Harry N. Abrams : In association with the American Museum of Natural History, 2004, 1st printing number line ending in 1, 223pp., worn and scruffed, scratched dust-jacket, some lamination chipping, cover price $45.00, good lightly used light green hardcover but the glossy paper is slightly wavy. Catalog of the exhibition held at the American Museum of Natural History, Oct. 30, 2004- July 10, 2005. - "Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest celebrates the timeless beauty and power of the jewelry of the American Southwest and Northwest Coast, two regions with distinguished traditions of visual creation whose contemporary artists continue to work in the best of those traditions while expanding upon them to make jewelry an art form expressive of individual vision and creativity." "Lavishly illustrated, both with historical photographs and a wealth of new photography commissioned for this publication, Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest will be an important resource for students, scholars, designers, and indeed for anyone who loves beautiful and well-made objects. 185 illustrations, including 150 plates in full color.". - CONTENTS: Curators' introduction : jewelry as a visual language / Lois S. Dubin and Peter M. Whiteley -- Collecting is an incurable disease / Martha Albrecht -- Abundant world of water and wood : the northwest coast / Kari Chalker -- The body transformed : body art and adornment among prehistoric and historic northwest coast people / Martine Reid -- Northwest coast masters -- Northwest coast contemporary artists -- Dancing for rain under a turquoise sky : the southwest / Kari Chalker -- The southwest "painterly" style and its cultural context / Peter M. Whiteley -- Southwest masters -- Southwest contemporary artists. 9780810955936 ISBN 0810955938.
Published by Harry N. Abrams in association with the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1995
ISBN 10: 0810919656ISBN 13: 9780810919655
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 256 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour); 31 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Top edge lightly soiled. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "This volume recounts the first 125 years of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, which derives its fame and collections from a series of expeditions all over the world. The spirit of discovery continues today, in the laboratories, where ancient DNA is studied, and in expeditions. - Publisher. Size: 4to.
Published by Harry N Abrams, Inc and American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 1981
ISBN 10: 0810906953ISBN 13: 9780810906952
Seller: Lucky Panther Books, Leonia, NJ, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. From the Near East to the Far East, Siberia to India, book explores the cultures and histories of its many diverse peoples. 200 illustrations including 86 in color and 2 maps. Jacket has minor rubbing, shadows from jacket folds, but no tears or creases. 256 pages, 10" x 11 7/8".
Published by American Museum of Natural History/ Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publ., New York, 1979
Seller: Olana Gallery, Brewster, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. From the exhibition Gold of El Dorado, The Heritage of Colombia. Text by Waarwick Bray, Institute of Archaeology, University of London, featuring photographs by Lee Boltin, preface by Thomas D. Nicholson, Director, American Msueum of Natural History. Paprt 10 pp text with b&w illus plus 28 color plates.
Published by Harry N. Abrams / American Museum of Natural History, NY, 1996
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Oversize hardcover in gold cloth with orange embossed lettering. 216 pp., 230 illustrations, including 115 plates in full color and 4 maps. Fine in dust jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Published by Brand: American Museum of Natural History / Harry N. Abrams, 2001
ISBN 10: 0810944952ISBN 13: 9780810944954
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
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Condition: very good. Slightly Used Copy.
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Published by Harry N Abrams / American Museum of Natural History, 1979
ISBN 10: 081092224XISBN 13: 9780810922242
Seller: Louis Tinner Bookshop, Rotterdam, ZH, Netherlands
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1979, softcover, goed exemplaar, lichte gebruikssporen aan kaft , , goed exemplaar, lichte gebruikssporen aan kaft , , goed exemplaar, lichte gebruikssporen aan kaft.
Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. / American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1996
ISBN 10: 0810926520ISBN 13: 9780810926523
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Softcover. Condition: VG (SIGNED BY AUTHOR on tp.). Blue & color illus. wraps, one back flap, 216 pp., 115 BW illus., 115 color plates. A terrific and lavishly illustrated book outlining all aspects of amber: where it comes from, how it traps and preserves a variety of insects in its thickness, and what art pieces humans have created from it. An unusual and fascinating subject.
Published by Harry Abrams, Inc. /American Museum of Natural History, N.Y., N.Y., 2004
ISBN 10: 0810991861ISBN 13: 9780810991866
Seller: Richard F. Murphy, Jr. Old Books, Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
Association Member: SNEAB
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. A large and heavy book. Shipment by USPS Media Mail Only.
Published by Harry N. Abrams, in association with the American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, 2004
ISBN 10: 0810991861ISBN 13: 9780810991866
Seller: Andover Books and Antiquities, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Softcover. 223 pp. Softcover. LCC: 2004007824 Very good condition; touches of wear on covers.
Published by The National Museum of Natural History and Harry N. Abrams. First American paperback edition, Washington, DC, 1991
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
First Edition
Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Exhibition catalogue. 'Art of Indonesia's Outer Islands', around the perimeter of the archipelago, c.200 reproductions, colour and black and white, 300+pp. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. book.
Published by NY. 1996. American Museum Of Natural History / Harry N. Abrams, 1996
ISBN 10: 0810919664ISBN 13: 9780810919662
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
golden amber cloth hardbound 4to ~ 4º (quarto) (9.5"x11.25"). very large ("coffee table" book), international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in very fine cond. as new. not worn or torn or price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition. first printing (NAP). ~ Please Note: book is larger than scanner so the photos are a bit cropped. glossy full color photo frontis. 216p. 230 illustrations, including 115 (glossy) plates in full color and 4 maps. selected bibliography. index. archaeology. geology. prehistory. biology. folklore. mythology. amber room. ~ The unique properties of amber (fossilized tree resin) have long intrigued people and never more so than now. Derived from an exhibition mounted by the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Amber: ~Window to the Past explores thoroughly the various aspects of this semiprecious substance, from its part in delineating evolutionary history, through study of the folklore surrounding it, to its use in decorative arts and jewelry. The 230 amazingly varied photographs and drawings, 115 in color and many never before published, illuminate the roles of amber in both nature and art. Author David A. Grimaldi first looks at the origins and properties of amber and discusses how the inclusions preserved within it provide dues to the origins and extinctions of flora and fauna, such as the fossilized "stingless" bee that led to a revised dating of the introduction of flowering plants. The study of amber also uncovers fascinating stories of how particular subjects lived and died. One amber piece, for example, records a group of ants carrying away a praying mantis, only to be entombed with their prey in the resin flow that came suddenly upon them. Photographs of amber are supplemented by archival engravings and photographs as well as drawings by the author that "map" the activity frozen in selected amber pieces, highlighted by his depiction of an ancient Dominican forest, reconstructed from the clues provided by amber found there. A brief section also Covers the thriving trade in imitation and forged amber pieces. In part two, Dr. Grimaldi traces the appearance of amber in art, beginning with Mesolithic amulets and including Etruscan funerary figures, Renaissance altarpieces and nineteenth century jewelry, the replicated panels and original decorative pieces from the famed amber room that once existed in the czar's Summer Palace near Saint Petersburg, and continuing into this century. The images gathered here attest to the elaborate workmanship that amber has inspired as well as its enduring popularity. A selected bibliography and index round out this engrossing and readable book, which will delight lovers of science, history, and art as well as anyone intrigued by stories of how we and our world have evolved. Jacket front: Dominican amber with two amblypygids (whip scorpions) and various small insects in it. Width of amber 3". Jacket back: Bottle. China, nineteenth century.
Published by American Museum of Natural History/Harry N. Abrams, 2006
ISBN 10: 0810959402ISBN 13: 9780810959408
Seller: Byrd Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: very good. In Used Condition.
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Published by New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. in collaboration with the American Museum of Natural History;, 1981
Seller: Tintagel, Springfield Center, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Large octavo, red cloth with gilt title on spine and front in a matching red slip case, 256 pp.; 86 color photographic plates and 123 in black and white and 22 maps. Special boxed edition, number 123 of 500 copies, signed both by the author and the photographer, Lee Boltin. As new. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.; American Museum of Natural History, 2006
ISBN 10: 0810991934ISBN 13: 9780810991934
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Cover is rubbed and lightly worn along edges. Spine is lightly sunned, but text is legible. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked.
Published by Harry N. Abrams; American Museum of Natural History; Field Museum, New York, 2001
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. First printing. Quarto (29cm). Publisher's blue cloth, with pictorial dust jacket; 232pp; color illus. Bookplate of James Glen Mead. A clean, fresh copy: Near Fine. Jacket lightly rubbed at edges, with handwritten price sticker to front flap: Very Good.
Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. with the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1981
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Lee Boltin (illustrator). Limited Edition. 4to. Pp. 256. Captions by Douglas J. Preston. Illustrated with 86 photo plates in color, 123 in black-and-white. With 23 maps. Bibliography. Index. Bound in full red silk with gilt lettering stamped on front cover and spine. In the matching red silk slipcase, gilt lettering on spine. Endpaper maps. Of a special edition limited to 500 copies, this is number 399. Signed by both Fairservis and Boltin at the colophon. An archaeologist playwright, Fairservis (1921-1994) was associated with the American Museum of Natural History, and at Vassar, where he taught. Accordingly, his emphasis here is ancient history, unraveling the deep history of Asia near and far.Photography captures not just the natural world, but stunning artifacts found in a variety of institutions. A lavish production, with photography consistent with the elevated treatment of the binding.