Collection of Books and Scholarly Journals Pertaining to Mayan Culture.
The library of Jonathan Ladd, a curator of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography John Ladd, who died in the late 1960’s left an extensive collection of literary materials relating to Mayan culture and history; hardcover texts (monographs and studies), many individual soft-bound scholarly periodicals, as well as bound hard-cover academic journals representing long periods of time (the greater part from the 1950’s and 1960’s) published by such institutions as the Smithsonian Institution, the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and the Middle American Research Institute. There are also a number of sets which are mostly scholarly reference works. The books are full of illustrations, maps, photos, and drawings.
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The Life and Works of the Sisters Bronte,
Harper and Brothers, NY, 1889.
Very Good Set with publisher's binding. 3/4 White cloth over cloth boards with paper. Seven volumes. Number 131 of 150 copies.
Printed for Frederic Emery Pierce and signed in ink, "Harper and Brothers". Frontispieces include a portrait of Charlotte with angular features. Various illustrations throughout.
$850.00
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The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1894-95 .
A very good set, the Riverside Edition, green cloth eleven volumes,
8vo, 1894-1895. $850.00The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1894-95 .
A very good set, the Riverside Edition, green cloth eleven volumes, 8vo, 1894-1895.
$850.00
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Oeuvres Completes, Paul Verlaine,
Librarie de France, Paris ,1939, illustrations by Berthold Mann. Eight volumes in dark blue leather over a lighter blue suede. Choice illustrations throughout, many in color.
There are four raised band on the spines, gilt lines and lettering.
Unusual set in terms of color, illustrations, content, condition.
$750.00
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Gettysburg edition, limited to only 300 copies. This is numbered 006. Lincoln's complete works edited by John Nicolay and John Hay. (circa 1905)
Twelve volumes, contemporary red morocco, elaborately gilt decorated spines and boards, marbled endpapers, to edges gilt, uncut and mostly unopened. One of the first definitive editions of Lincoln's works, illustrated with 57 photogravures and facsimiles, including a frontispiece portrait in each volume. One volume (IX) has some wear on the spine, and is rougher looking than the others when closely inspected. All boards are attached.
$750.00
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Dictionary of the English Language, Samuel Johnson, Philadelphia, Moses Johnson, 1818
Leather. Very Good. First American edition, from the Eleventh London. Thick 8vo. Four volumes. Original calf spines expertly repaired. The first complete edition of Johnson's monumental dictionary, in octavo. A lovely set, with only some small wear to the boards.
$6000.00 |