DEATH CUSTOMS: An Analytical Study of Burial Rites.
London: Kegan Paul, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. xiii, 304 pp., publisher's 19 pp. catalog at rear; octavo, original blue cloth. From the publisher's "The History of Civilization" series. More
London: Kegan Paul, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. xiii, 304 pp., publisher's 19 pp. catalog at rear; octavo, original blue cloth. From the publisher's "The History of Civilization" series. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes; xviii, [2], 305; v, (306)-561 pp. several full-page illustrations and maps in first volume; 8vo, original red cloth. Second volume consists of 3 appendices, bibliograpy, notes, etc. Author was a professor of history at the University of San Francisco at... More
Paris: Chez Vincent, 1775. First edition. Hardcover. (Sections individually paginated) viii, 230, 62, 60, 60, 30, 16, 80, 184 pp.; 8vo, contemporary full calf, marbled endpapers. Wear to covers, especially at corners and spine ends, joints skinned, still a sturdy and relatively presentable copy and internally near fine. Histories of... More
Paris: Plon, (1955). First edition thus. Hardcover. Folio. (18) pp. separate pamphlet of introductory text with the (240) pp. exact facsimile of the 15th century manuscript, printed on Japan vellum. Bound in cream vellum over boards with title in red. Together in stiff folder and slipcase. Fine in moderately worn... More
Cambridge: The Mediaeval Academy of America, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. xi, 182 pp. 6 monochrome plates, 8vo, original dark green cloth. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper: "To Dean F. M. Padelford with kindest regards, Solomon Katz." Frederick Morgan Padelford's bookplate to front pastedown. F.M. Padelford taught in the... More
De Kalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1971, 1974, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 3 volumes; octavos, original green cloth, various paginations, jackets. Bartolome de Las Casas (circa 1484-1566) was a Dominican friar, historian, and advocate for the rights of the native peoples of the new world. More