"The Oracles of Zeus, Dodona, Olympia, Ammon, H.W.Parke, 1967. Harvard University Press. Cambridge. Classical scholar Herbert William Parke (1903?86) is considered a leading authority on the Greek oracle tradition. Harvard University Press says of this book, "After Delphi, Dodona was the most important of the oracles in Ancient Greece. The somewhat limited literary references to Dodona's history have been supplemented in recent years by valuable archaeological findings, illustrating particularly its use by private inquirers. In this book, the first time the subject has been treated at length, ... View More...
"Downland Man, H.J. Massingham, Jonathan Cape Limited, London, 1927. Second impression. Author's study on megalithic culture and their monuments. Massingham worked on research which sought to show that all megalithic culture in England spread from Egypt. VG condition lacking jacket if issued. Numerous illustrations. Gilt on spine faded. Clean, tight, hinges good. " View More...
"Footprints of the Creator or the Asterolepis of Stromness: With memoir by Louis Agassiz. Originally published 1850, this work represents Hugh Miller's belief that the Earth was of great age, and that it had been inhabited by many species which had come into being and gone extinct, and that these species were homologous; although he believed the succession of species showed progress over time, he did not believe that later species were descended from earlier one. This copy states it is "from the third London edition", gilt spine, sunned brown cloth embossed boards. 337pp. 58 woodcuts. Pages of... View More...
"From Atlantis to the Sphinx, Recovering the Lost Wisdom of the Ancient World, Colin Wilson, 1997. Popular occult author adds his point of view to the ancient forgotten knowledge trope that Fingerprints of the Gods opened up. Ever a seeker of a unified field of wisdom, Wilson examines the wealth of new scientific archeological discoveries that were coming out in the 1990s due to new techniques of research. VG+ with like dj. Stated first edition. 370pp. 6x9" View More...
"The Corridors of Time II Series. 79 illustrations. Archeological study on Paleolithic art and the possible lives they lived. No jacket. Slight damp stain to first pages, deckled edges, previous owner pen inscription on fly. VG book with little wear. 150pp, 8vo." View More...
"Living Magic, The Realities Underlying the Psychical Practices and Beliefs of Australian Aborigines, Ronald Rose, Rand McNally, New York, 1956. VG/VG with protected dj. Some slight pencil underling. Few pages of photographs. Sensationalist writing about indigenous cultural practices from a biased Western world view. " View More...
"Moving the Obelisks, Bern Dibner, Burndy Library , New York, 1950. A chapter in engineering history in which that Vatican obelisk in Rome in 1586 was moved by muscle power, and a study off more recent moves. Burndy Library, Publication No. 6. Soft wraps folio, 62pp. Fold out illustration. Numerous etchings and illustrations. Good to Vg condition, wraps fairly soiled and sunned. Bern " View More...
"Scientific Methods in Medieval Archaeology, Rainer Berger, Editor, UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies,. Berkeley, 1970. I454pp text with numerous illustrations and diagrams, Near Fine with near fine dj. " View More...
"Ms. Potter has an unusual hobby? collecting Yankee epitaphs. The author acquired over 500 presenting them here with stories they are associated with from her research. With photographs and illustrations. 244pp, 8vo Royal Octavo. With protected unclipped jacket. Near fine, dj lightly worn, else near fine all around." View More...
"The Mystic Rose: A Study of Primitive Marriage and of Primitive Thought inits Bearing on Marriage, Ernest Crawley, Spring Books, London, 1965. Revised and enlarged by Theodore Besterman. Anthropological, historical and sociological study of marriage, The Mystic Rose deals with the anthropology of marriage, emphasizing the importance of marriage ceremonies, explaining sexual and marriage custom with reference to taboo. 1965 reprint. Lacking jacket. VG. Tight, clean and square. " View More...
"Earnest Albert Hooton (1887 ?1954) was an American physical anthropologist known for his work on racial classification. While much of his work represents a time in anthropology that was burdened by racial discrimination, Hooton did signal a movement towards greater openness and rationality of ideas. For example, he was known to have stated that ,"there are no racial monopolies either of human virtues or of vices." While advocating eugenic sterilizations of those deemed ""insane, diseased, and criminalistic"", he emphasized there was no justification to correlate such ""degeneracy"", as he te... View More...
"Westminster Abbey, Its Architecture, History and Monuments Two Volumes, Helen Marshall Pratt, Duffield & Co., New York, 1914. Good condition. Thousand year history through art, architecture, culture and religion, with photographs, drawings and plates. Great work to contemplate iconography from various standpoints and how they may related to esoteric studies. Good to very good condition; Volume 1 damp stain of front board, does not affect text. Seen in picture. Some edge wear to both volumes. Offsetting. TEG. Books have some issues, but generally solid good books. " View More...
