wulsin frederick (13 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. A nice hardcover with a crisp dust jacket, a tight binding and an unmarked text. From a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours, tracking number and delivery Confirmation.

Hardcover. First edition. NEW clothbound hardcover in dust jacket in the publisher's shrink wrap. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Part photographic catalogue and part historical travelogue, this book presents the life of Janet Elliott Wulsin (1894-1963), who set out with her husband in 1923 to explore Tibet, China, and Mongolia and study the people, flora and fauna of the regions. They collected 1,400 botanical and zoological specimens and documented Buddhist rituals. This book recounts their journey, with extracts from Wulsin's letters providing a personal insight into the mind of an intrepid female traveler. Included are reproductions of 28 rare, hand-painted lantern slides taken by the Wulsins. Photographs and texts by Janet and Frederick Wulsin; essays by Mabel H. Cabot and Rubie Watson. 224 pages; 34 color and 110 b&w illustrations; 11.5 x 10 inches. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping will be more than quoted.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. First Edition. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Has a dust jacket protector. Used Book.

Trade Paperback. First Edition. 173 pages. Vol. XIX, No. 1, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).

PAPERBACK. Zustand: bad cover wear otherwise good. first edition. 173pp, text figures. quarto paper. Papers Volume XIX No. 1.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Ex-Personal Library with stamps and markings. Corner, edge and cover wear. Fading to spine. Interior pages are age tanned, but clean.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1941. Journals, Africa. Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University vol. 18, no. 1. Very good to good+ paper/monograph, with wear along spine 173p. 10/25.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 12 page booklet with 20 plates of excavated objects including 13 X 14.5 inch traced map of W.C. Dyer showing the Tureng Tepe site near Asterabad laid in, no markings, some aging to covers.

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1931, Africa, Reprinted from Varia Africana V, Harvard African Studies, Vol. X, Pt. , Peabody Museum of Harvard University, 88 p., 15 plates, good paper with minor chip from front and slight water staining on back of three plates.

27x19,5 cm. XII, 173 pp. + 12 plate-pages. Maps and illustrations in the text. Printed wrappers. A few neat underlines in the text. (Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 19:1).

[Washington 1922, N.G.S.]. New black cloth,very good, extra- cted article, pages 197-234, 40 b.w. photos, map. SUBTITLE: cont. the Mongol Kingdom of Ala Shan. An excellent primary resource, covers the expedition to Mon- golia, from Patow, near the Southern edge of the Mongolian desert. An eight months' inland journey through Kansu where Mongolia, China & Tibet meet. The mission was to gather bot- anical & zoological specimens. The caravan consisted of 27 camels, besides horses, 15 Chinese camel drivers & porters. Fascinating account of the trek, crossing the Yellow river, through 1200 miles of mud & slush ! Useful commentaries on Mongol wealth, consisting of animals, wonderful photos of the camp sights, camels, Mongol costumes & people,sand dunes of Ala Shan, the 'Great Water Gorge,' donkey trains, Chinese coopers, a photo of the author seated by the Regent of Ala Shan the Mongol ruler. With a look at the Ming tombs, outer tower of the Te Sheng Men [Victory Gate] in Peking.et al.