Search Results: Anthropology and Archaeology from Gene W. Baade Books on the West

Chicago: Univ of Chicago, 1946. Hardcover. Good-. Cloth. 122pp. Illus. Index. NOTE: This copy, while materially fine (no dj), has a musty odor. This isn't necesarily because it was exposed to the element; some papers from this era just seem to more easily chemically create mustiness as they age. But do not order this copy if this is a deal-breaker. That said, this copy has the ownership label on the front paste down of anthropologist Graham D. Richards, Kent, UK, who wrote several books on human evolution. Richards wrote copious critical notes in pencil throughout the book and thus this copy might be quite useful to researchers in the field.

NYC: Museum of the American Indian, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st printing of this monograph, being one of "A Series of Publications Relating to the American Aborigines." Small 8vo, cream cloth with red lettering. 215pp. Illus. Index. Endpapers have two vignettes along with text at top and bottom, "INDIAN NOTES AND MONOGRAPHS / MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN HEYE FOUNDATION. Darkened spine, else vg. Scarce.

NY: Pearson Publishing Co, 1902. First Edition. Soft cover. Good. Original Christmas April 1902 issue. Annually continuous pagination with abundant ads not paginated. This issue includes "Our Descent from Monkeys" by S. S. Buckman, "The New York Subway" by Wm R. Stewart, "The Story of Beer" by Marcus Woodward, "Concerning Golf" by B. Fletcher Robinson, and several other stories and articles. There is almost an education in the ads alone. Good copy with peeling of backstrip at head and toe.

Moscow: University of Idaho, 1977. First Edition. Soft cover. Collectible Very Good. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 156pp. Illus. Bibliographies. Tables. This modest-sized (small 8vo) volume is packed with information & represents one of the earliest gatherings of serious study by academic scientists on the Sasquatch/Bigfoot problem. Essays by Krantz (4), Sprague, Rigsby, Suttles, Strasenburgh, & Bayanov & include thoughts about Native Language Names, the Cultural Track, Anatomy of the Sasquatch Foot, Perceptions & Images of the Wild Man, the view from Russia, etc. This copy was owned by Lester A. Ross, whose name stamp is neatly stamped near the top of the front cover. Ross, an archaeologist from Eugene, Oregon, had a company that did historical and cultural research in the field of archeology. In the Digital Archaeological Record his reports are extensive, especially at Fort Vancouver. This is a nice, somewhat association copy. This copy vg+. Especially pleasing is that, although "perfect-bound,"… Read More

Moscow: University of Idaho, 1979. Revised Edition. Soft cover. Collectible Fine. 1st printing of the expanded, called "revised" edition. Pictorial wraps. 195pp. Illus. Bibliographies. Tables. This volume includes three essays not published in the earlier ediition. It's packed with information & represents one of the earliest gatherings of serious study by academic scientists on the Sasquatch/Bigfoot problem. Essays by Krantz (4), Sprague, Rigsby, Suttles, Strasenburgh, & Bayanov & include thoughts about Native Language Names, the Cultural Track, Anatomy of the Sasquatch Foot, Perceptions & Images of the Wild Man, the view from Russia. This edition adds Beckjord's "A Rebuttal to Krantz' Step Three Approach to Sasquatch Identification," Ron Westrum's "Results of a Questionnaire on the Sasquatch," and Richard Beeson's "The Improbable Primate and Modern Myth." A fine copy with just a hint of a bump top front cover next to spine. The (II) edition now almost impossible to find. Rare.