Revised Edition. This book was published on the occasion of The Rainbow Show exhibition in San Francisco. It focuses on the meaning of color (physically and metaphysically) from ancient to modern times, and information is arranged in increasing order of complexity. Many black and white photographs and illustrations. 7 1/4"w x 11 7/8"h. 208 pages. View More...
Covers show light wear, with a sticker having torn away a piece of the back cover. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind save ONE page with red underlining in pen. 742 pages View More...
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 6 1/2"w x 9 3/4"h. 96 pages. Age-toned paper. Many b&w illustrations and photographs. Beautiful color map endpapers. "In this volume, native medicine itself is considered from the standpoint of plastic arts, mostly in Haida carvings of argillite and soft wood." View More...
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 6 1/2"w x 9 3/4"h. 96 pages. Age-toned paper. Many b&w illustrations and photographs. Beautiful color map endpapers. National Museum of Canada Bulletin no. 174. View More...
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full black cloth boards with gilt decoration on cover. Light wear to dust jacket. Blemish on front endpaper where label has been removed. 296 pages. View More...
Six volume set bound in blue cloth. Dust jackets show light wear, ink smudges, discoloration, and small tears at edges, with volume six having a large closed tear. Volume I: Cosmogenesis. Volume 2: Cosmogenesis Parts 2 & 3. Volume 3: Anthropogenesis Part 1. Volume 4: Anthropogenesis Parts 2 & 3. Volume 5: [No Title]. Volume 6: Index and Glossary. View More...
No dust jacket. Slightly soiled full red cloth boards. Tight Japanese-stab binding. Black and white illustrations. 29 pages. 4 1/2"w x 6 5/8"h. Explanations of each of the signs of the Japanese zodiac, faced with black and white drawings. The Japanese zodiac has a cycle of 12 years unlike people of the West who divide their zodiac in a cycle of 12 months. Each year of the cycle has its own particular animal symbol whose roots of meaning, origin, and influence stretch back to ancient India and China. Printed on different colors of paper folded so each page is double. View More...
Glossy pictorial cover shows slight edge wear. Ribbon closure. An illustrated guide with movable parts to the twelve signs of the zodiac. 7 3/4"w x 10 7/8"h. View More...
Ex-library book with usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 252 pages, a great many diagrams of hands with lines, text is in French. View More...
Nearly new copy: one page has been turned back to keep a place, otherwise book is flawless and as-new. Dust jacket shows light shelfwear only, no marks or tears, not price clipped. 238 pages, a few b&w photos. View More...
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