Piedra Pintada Books
Rare, Used, Out-of-Print, & Generally-Difficult-to-Obtain Books on
Rock Art, Geoglyphs, Archaeoastronomy & Megaliths
Last update: 4 November 2007
The used titles listed on this page are nearly all limited to a single copy on hand.
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More out-of-print rock art titles can be found on the out-of-print page.
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Anati, Emmanuel. Camonica Valley 1961. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, cloth, d/j, 262 pages, 6-1/4" x 9-1/4".
Front of dust jacket and front board have small gouge. Small closed tear to top of d/j and chipping at bottom front edge of d/j.
Fair/Good. $15
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Anati, Emmanuel. Camonica Valley 1961. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, cloth, d/j, 262 pages, 6-1/4" x 9-1/4".
Only flaw I can see is that spine of d/j is sunned. Very little wear observable.
Very Fine/Very Fine. $25
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Angel, Myron. La Piedra Pintada: The Painted Rock of California 1979, reprint of 1910 edition. Padre Productions, San Luis Obispo, paper, 107 pages, 6" x 10".
Creasing to upper right corner of front cover and fore edge of front cover.
Good. $25
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AURA. Rock Art Research Volume 2, Number 1, May 1985, saddle stitch, paper, 92 pages, 8" x 11-1/4".
The Australian Rock Art Research Association.
Very Good. $20
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AURA. Rock Art Research Volume 3, Number 1, May 1986, saddle stitch, paper, 96 pages, 8-1/4" x 11-3/4".
The Australian Rock Art Research Association.
Minor corner bumps.
Very Good. $20
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AURA. Rock Art Research Volume 8, Number 1, May 1991, saddle stitch, paper, 80 pages, 8-1/4" x 11-3/4".
The Australian Rock Art Research Association.
Chipping to wraps and some loss at top of spine. Looks like staple hole.
Good. $15
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Ballereau, Dominique. Trois Sites a Petroglyphes du Norte Chico (Chili) 1981, Societe des Antiquites Nationales, Paris. Velo bound photocopy, 44 pages, 64 b/w plates, 8-1/2" x 10-1/2".
Very Good. $15
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Bock, A.J. and Frank, editors. American Indian Rock Art, Volume X 1986. Papers presented at the Tenth Annual A.R.A.R.A. Symposium at Peice, Utah, May 28, 29, 30, 1983. American Rock Art Research Association, El Toro, California , paper, 194 pages, 8-1/2" x 10-3/4".
Discoloration from label glue to front and rear covers. Scotch tape at base of spine. First three pages have been reattached or strengthened or repaired with scotch tape. Crease to rear cover and last several pages at upper left corner. Good.
$75
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Brody, J.J. Anasazi and Pueblo Painting. 1991, University of New Mexico Press & School of American Research, cloth, d/j, 191 pages, 41 color plates, 135 figures, 8-1/2" x 10-1/2".
As New. $35
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Burl, Aubrey. Prehistoric Avebury. 1979, Yale University Press, cloth, dj, 275 pp.. [The largest of the megalithic monuments in England.]
1/2" tear top front dj.
Very Fine/Fine. $25
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Chaloupka, George. Burrunguy: Nourlangie Rock N.D. (1984). Northart, cloth, d/j, 40 pages, 7-3/4" x 10-1/4".
Twenty-nine beautiful color plates of the rock art and landscape of this important feature in Kakadu National Park, Arnhem Land, Australia.
Price sticker at bottom back of dust jacket. Very Fine/Fine.
$15
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Cole, Sally. Katsina Iconography in Homol'ovi Rock Art: Central Little Colorado River Valley, Arizona.
1992, The Arizona Archaeologist, Number 25, Arizona Archaeological Society, paper, 8-1/2" x 11-1/2", 168 pages.
Significant water damage to bottom and top edges of book, penetrating a couple inches, all pages affected. No pages are stuck, but pages are warped/rippled.
Fair. $25
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Consens, Mario. San Luis - El Arte Rupestre de Sus Sierras. 1997, second edition, Direccion Provincial de Cultura, paper, 5-1/2" x 7-3/4", Volume I - 299 pp. of text, Volume II - 85 pp. of fold out line drawings, Spanish language text.
Corners bumped.
Very Good. $30
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Conway, Thor. Painted Dreams. 1993, Northwood Press, Minocqua, Wisconsin, cloth, d/j, 157 pages, 109 color photos, 8-1/2" x 11"
As New. $35
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Conway, Thor & Julie. Spirits on Stone: The Agawa Pictographs. 1990, Heritage Discoveries, Inc., paper, 87 pages, 25 b/w photos, 26 figures, 2 maps, 6" x 9".
Very Fine. $20
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Cressman, L.S., Ph.D.. Petroglyphs of Oregon. 1937, wraps, 78 pp..
University of Oregon Monographs, Studies in Anthropology, No.2, University of Oregon, Eugene.
Name ("Herron") written in ink, and underlined, across front cover. Sunning to covers and spine (book on top has left darker outline). Bump/crease to upper right corner. Some surface loss to paper on spine, along with some chips and tears.
Good. $75
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Crosby, Harry. The Cave Paintings of Baja California. 1975, First Edition, cloth, dj, 174 pp..
Dust jacket has small spotting/stains rear cover, and two half inch chips top at spine. Very Fine/Good. $100
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Crosby, Harry. The Cave Paintings of Baja California. 1984, Revised Edition, cloth, dj, 189 pp. Binding separated and tearing in back, slight chipping to dj, otherwise fine.
Good/Very Good. $50
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Daniel, Glyn. Lascaux and Carnac. 1955, Lutterworth Press, London, cloth, d/j chipped and torn with several 1/4" and 1/2" sized pieces gone, 127 pp., 14 b/w photos, 13 figs, index.
Good. $30
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Dissanayake, Ellen. Homo Aestheticus: Where Art Comes From and Why. 1999 (3rd printing), University of Washinton Press, wraps, 297 pp., bibliography, index.
New. $17
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Dubelaar, C.N. Bibliography of South American and Antillean Petroglyphs. 1991, Foundation for Scientific Research in the Caribbean Region, Publication of the Archaeological Museum Aruba no. 5, paper, 134 pages, 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". More than 2200 citations.
As New. $35
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El Paso Archaeological Society, Inc. The Artifact Volume 24 Number 3. 1986, stapled wraps, 114 pp., corner bumps.
Very Good. $15
Special rock art issue. Some Problems of Conservation and Preservation of Rock Art by Georgia Lee; Stylistic Evolution of Rock Art in the Jornada Region by Michael Bilbo and Kay Sutherland; Additional Rock Art Sites of Southern Brewster County and the Mexican Rio Grande by Miriam A. Lowrance; Pictographic Body Language - 1984 by Donald M. Clifford.
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Garcia, Luis Pericot, and Eduardo Ripoll Perello. Prehistoric Art of the Mediterranean and the Sahara. 1964, Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology Number Thirty-Nine, wraps, 262 pp..
Spine discolored, light bumping, slight peel to lower back cover.
Very Good $25
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Gebhard, David. Prehistoric Paintings of the Diablo Region of Western Texas - A Preliminary Report. 1960, Roswell Museum and Art Center Publications in Art and Science, paper, comb binding, 102 pp., 3 b/w plates. Limited edition of 200 copies.
Some flaws in the printing with some pages "punched" along both edges, of which some have been bound upside down.
Very Good. $125
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Gebhard, David. Rock Art of Dinwoody, Wyoming.
1969, The Art Galleries, University of California, Santa Barbara, paper, 80 pp, 38 pages of b/w plates.
Limited edition of 600 copies.
Sunning to spine, and to front cover (1/4" wide) along spine. Price sticker mark (1" x 2-1/2") back cover.
Very Good. $40
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Gebhard, David. Rock Art of Dinwoody, Wyoming.
1969, The Art Galleries, University of California, Santa Barbara, paper, 80 pp, 38 pages of b/w plates.
Limited edition of 600 copies.
Fine. $45
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Grant, Campbell. Rock Drawings of the Coso Range. 1969, First Edition, First Printing, paper, 145 pp.
Chipping loss to corners and edges, particularly along spine.
Ex-libris imprint fep, signed by John Cawley, MD, previous owner, early (60s) North American rock art researcher, and a founder of the American Rock Art Research Association.
Fair. $20
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Grant, Campbell. Rock Drawings of the Coso Range. 1969, Second Printing, paper, 145 pp.
Corner bump bottom right front cover and ink inscription inside front wrap.
Good. $22
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Grant, Campbell. The Rock Paintings of the Chumash. 1965, First Edition, University of California Press, cloth, no dust jacket, 163 pp..
Flaws include pencil underlining on four pages, ink check marks on five pages of index, scotch tape damage and paper clip stains to top and bottom of front and rear boards and end papers.
Damage to rear end paper, looks like a library card pocket was removed, although there are no library stamps or marks present.
Fair to Good. $50
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Grant, Campbell. The Rock Paintings of the Chumash. 1965, First Edition, University of California Press, cloth, no dust jacket, 163 pp..
Flaws include three pages with ink marks in margins, former owner's name in ink on fep, corner bumps at top, and slight shelf wear.
Good. $75
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Grant, Campbell. The Rock Paintings of the Chumash. 1965, First Edition, University of California Press, cloth with dust jacket, 163 pp..
Unobtrusive water stain to pages along bottom fore edge 1/8" wide by 3-1/2" long. Minor chips and tears along top & bottom of dj. Spine sunned.
Very Good/Very Good. $125
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Grant, Campbell. The Rock Paintings of the Chumash. 1965, First Edition, University of California Press, cloth with dust jacket, 163 pp..
Minor chips and tears along top & bottom of dj. Spine sunned. Ink writing (addresses & phone numbers of Santa Barbara history researchers) on rear end paper.
Very Good/Good. $125
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Grant, Campbell. The Rock Paintings of the Chumash. 1965, First Edition, University of California Press, cloth with dust jacket, 163 pp..
Minor chips and tears along top & bottom of dj.
Very Fine/Good. $150
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Grant, Campbell. Rock Paintings of the Chumash: A Study of a California Indian Culture, 1993, reprint of 1965 edition, cloth w/ dj, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and EZ Nature Books.
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Grant, Campbell. The Rock Paintings of the Chumash. 1976, University of California Press, paper, 163 pp..
Former owner's name [Bryn Barabas] fep, former owner's address label inside back cover.
Fine. $60
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Grant, Campbell. The Rock Paintings of the Chumash. 1976, University of California Press, paper, 163 pp..
Corner bump lower right.
Very Good. $50
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Grant, Campbell. Rock Art of the American Indian. 1967, Promontory Press, cloth w/ dj, 178 pp..
Very Good/Very Good. $35
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Grant, Campbell. The Rock Art of the North American Indians.
1983, Cambridge University Press, The Imprint of Man Series, cloth w/ dj, 62 pp., 123 color photographs, price clipped dj.
Fine/Fine.
$65
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Hadingham, Evan. Lines to the Mountain Gods: Nazca and the Mysteries of Peru. 1987, Random House, cloth, 1" tear top front dj, 270 pp..
Fine/Fine. $20
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Hedges, Ken, editor. Rock Art Papers Volume 1. 1983, San Diego Museum Papers No. 16, 98 pages.
Former owner's name in ink at top right front cover. Former owner's name and address in ink at top right fep. Former owner's library imprint on title page. [Without these defects, this would be a very fine copy.]
Very Good. $75
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Hedges, Ken, editor. Rock Art Papers Volume 3. 1986, San Diego Museum Papers No. 20, 226 pp., Crease to fully 1/2 length of fore edge front cover.
Good to Very Good. $50
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Hudson, Travis & Georgia Lee. The Masterkey Vol. 55, No. 3, July-September 1981, Southwest Museum, wraps, saddle stitch, pages 80-120.
Contains the paper "Function and Purpose of Chumah Rock Art", pp. 92-100, by Travis Hudson & Georgia Lee. Also includes "Solstice at Blythe" by Margaret Sieverson.
Very Good. $5
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Hudson, Travis, and Ernest Underhay. Crystals in the Sky: An Intellectual Odyssey Involving Chumash Astronomy, Cosmology and Rock Art 1978. Ballena Press Anthropological Papers No. 10, paper, 163 pages, 8-1/4" x 10-3/4".
Label gum/glue residue to front cover bottom right, and also inside of back cover. Scotch tape and label residue at base of spine. Diagonal crease to rear cover. Good.
$75
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Kehoe, Thomas F. Indian Boulder Effigies.
1965 copyright, this is a later (post-1976) printing. Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History, Regina, Canada. Popular Series No. 12, pamphlet (saddle stitched wraps), 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", 16 pages.
Old price label on front cover.
Very Good. $4
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Kellar, Kenneth C. and Phyllis H. Kellar.
Lines of Time.
1978, North Plains Press, Aberdeen, South Dakota, paper, 62 pp..
Very Fine. $15
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Knaak, Manfred. The Forgotten Artist: Indians of Anza-Borrego and Their Art.
1988, Anza-Borrego Desert Nature Association, cloth with d/j, 117 pages, 67 color & 5 b/w photos, 1 map, 11" x 9-1/2".
Book pages and boards in very fine shape. Dust jacket has light chipping at corners, but one serious tear/gouge, almost one inch long/deep, at bottom center back.
Very Fine/ Good. $50
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Kuhn, Herbert The Rock Pictures of Europe. 1967, October House, Inc., paper, 230 pp., 91 plates, 144 figures. Spine cracked.
Good. $12
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Leroi-Gourhan, Andre. Treasures of Prehistoric Art. 1967, Harry Abrams, cloth/dj, 543 pp.
Over 700 illustrations, 121 color photos, 75 pp. b/w photos, of paleolithic European cave art.
Water stains to top back and top front of dust jacket. Smaller water stains to tops of both boards. 1" closed tear lower right front corner.
Mild rippling to top last few pages from water stain. Mild corner "bumping" (more like a curve to the board at the corners) on back board. [Front board free of bumps and ramrod straight.]
Good/Good. $100
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Leroi-Gourhan, Andre. Treasures of Prehistoric Art. 1967 [this is a later printing, possibly 1979 or 1980?], Harry Abrams, cloth/dj, 543 pp.
Over 700 illustrations, 121 color photos, 75 pp. b/w photos, of paleolithic European cave art.
1" closed tear top of spine. Very light spotting/foxing to top edge. Remainder mark stamp bottom edge. Very clean white boards, no bumps.
Very Fine/Fine. $125
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Lewis-Williams, J. David. Believing and Seeing: Symbolic Meanings in southern San Rock Art. 1981, Academic Press, cloth, d/j, 151 pp.. Fine/Very Good. $150
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Lewis-Williams, J. David & Thomas Dowson. Images of Power: Understanding Bushman Rock Art.
1989, Southern Book Publishers, Johannesburg, cloth, d/j, 186 pages, 28 color & 5 b/w photos, 84 illustrations, 3 maps, 7-1/2" x 9-1/2".
New, however, unusual crinkling to dust jacket plastic coating, as received from the publisher.
$150
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Lewis-Williams, J. David. The Rock Art of Southern Africa.
1983, Cambridge University Press, The Imprint of Man series, cloth, d/j, 68 pages, 109 color plates, 8" x 10"".
Minor closed tears to top of spine and upper left corner back board. Original ink price stamped on imprint page. Minor indentations to d/j and cover front board. Very Good/Very Good.
$85
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Lhote, Henri. The Search for the Tassili Frescoes: The Rock Paintings of the Sahara, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., NY, 1959, 236 pp., 101 b/w photographs, color illustrations (art work), four maps, red cloth boards with gilt lettering, dust jacket.
Chipping and creasing to spine ends and corners of dust jacket. Some loss (1/4") to paper at top of dust jacket spine. Fading to top edge of book. Minor corner bump top right front board. Creasing to first map (page 22) from improper folding.
Very Good/Good. $15
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Lhote, Henri. The Search for the Tassili Frescoes: The Rock Paintings of the Sahara, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., NY, 1959, 236 pp., 101 b/w photographs, color illustrations (art work), four maps, red cloth boards with gilt lettering, dust jacket.
Chipping and creasing to spine ends and corners of dust jacket. Some loss to paper at bottom of dust jacket spine. Fraying along spine/cover borders of dust jacket. Minor corner bump top right front board.
Very Good/Good. $15
$15
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Lorblanchet, Michel, and Paul G. Bahn. Rock Art Studies: The Post-Stylistic Era or Where do we go from here?.
1993, Oxbow Monograph 35, wraps, 215 pages, 8-1/2" x 11-1/2".
Shopworn, minor bumps and creasing.
Good to Very Good.
$40
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Lothson, Gordon Allan. The Jeffers Petroglyphs Site. 1976, Minnesota State Historical Society, paper, 52 pp. Fair. (Mild soiling to front and back covers, serious damage and wear, including chips and tears, to spine) $10
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Marshack, Alexander. The Roots of Civilization: The Cognitive Beginnings of Man's First Art, Symbol and Notation, 1972, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 413 pp., dj chipped and torn, former owners stamps in ink on inside front board and fep. Good/Fair. $20
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Marshack, Alexander. The Roots of Civilization: The Cognitive Beginnings of Man's First Art, Symbol and Notation, 1972, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 413 pp., dj chipped and torn, also price clipped ffep. Fine/Good. $30
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Martineau, La Van. The Rocks Begin to Speak.
1990, First Edition, Fourth printing, cloth w/ dj, 210 pp., KC Publications, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Tear top back dj.
Very Fine/Very Fine.
$20
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Martineau, La Van. The Rocks Begin to Speak.
1976, First Edition, Second printing, cloth w/ dj, 210 pp.,
KC Publications, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Smalled closed tear bottom right front dj.
Very Fine/Very Fine.
$25
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Martineau, La Van. The Rocks Begin to Speak.
1976, First Edition, Second printing, cloth w/ dj, 210 pp.,
KC Publications, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Chipping and creasing to top of d/j, visible surface wear to d/j, and traces of water staining to front and back of d/j along bottom. Slight evidence of moisture to top edges of pages in latter half of the book.
Good/Fine.
$20
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Martineau, La Van. The Rocks Begin to Speak.
1973, First Edition, First printing, cloth w/ dj, 210 pp.,
KC Publications, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mild bump to top spine, dust jacket chipped with small pieces gone, price tag stain upper right dj cover.
Fine/Good.
$25
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McCarthy, Frederick D. Australian Aboriginal Rock Art. 1962 Second Edition (of 1958 First Edition), stapled wraps, 72 pp.
Price sticker residue and light foxing on back wrap. Mild corner and edge bumps. One inch closed tear on fore edge front wrap, and one inch tears along spine at top and bottom where front wrap hinges.
Good.
$15
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McCarthy, Frederick D. Australian Aboriginal Decorative Art. 1962 Sixth Edition, stapled wraps, 60 pp.
[NOT a rock art title, but included here for its strong association.]
Front wrap separating from spine, three inches separated at top and one inch separated at bottom. Spine chipped. Minor soiling.
Good.
$15
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McGlone, Bill, Ted Barker, and Phil Leonard. Petroglyphs of Southeast Colorado and the Oklahoma Panhandle 1994. Mithras Inc., Kamas, Utah, paper, 118 pages, 6-3/4" x 9-3/4.
Sunning to spine and left border area of front cover. Fine.
$35
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Meighan, Clement W., editor. Messages From the Past: Studies in California Rock Art.
1981, Monograph XX, Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles, paper, 185 pages, 8-1/2" x 11-1/2".
Oil stains to back cover, moderate soiling to covers, crease and tear bottom lower left front cover.
Fair to Good.
$30
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Morrison, Tony. Pathways to the Gods: The Mystery of the Andes Lines.
1978, Harper & Row, cloth with d/j.
Scotch tape & slight chipping on dj, 208 pp., ex-libris.
Very Good/Good.
$20
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Moulin, Raoul-Jean. Prehistoric Painting.
1968, Funk and Wagnalls, 207 pages.
Fine/Fine.
$20
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Mountford. Ayers Rock: Its People, Their Beliefs, and Their Art. 1965, East-West Center Press, Honolulu, cloth and dj, xiv, 208 pp, 43 figures, 104 b/w plates, bibliography, index.
Ex-library. Library stamps on fep and rep. Library card pocket inside front board. Former owner's name in ink on fep.
Glue remnant and minor paper loss to surface of fep from some library related attachment. Dust jacket torn and chipped, mostly at spine top and bottom.
Good/Good.
$70
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Mowaljarlai, David, and Jutta Malnic. Yorro Yorro: Aboriginal Creation and the Renewal of Nature: Rock Paintings and Stories from the Australian Kimberley. 1993, Inner Traditions, paper, 226+xviii pp., 113 color & 26 b/w photos, glossary & index.
Fine. $20
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Rau, Charles. Observations on Cup-Shaped and Other Lapidarian Sculptures in the Old World and in America.
[Bound together with "On Prehistoric Trephining and Cranial Amulets" by Robert Fletcher, 32 pp., and "A Study of the Manuscript Troano", by Cyrus Thomas 237 pp.]
1881, Department of the Interior, U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region, Washington, Government Printing Office., 112 pp..
Brown cloth, worn and scuffed on front and back boards, serious bumps to spine and corners, front and back. Cloth spine torn 2" at bottom and 1" at top adjoining back board.
Good. $100
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Ritter, Eric W., editor. Rock Art Studies in the Great Basin, 1998. Coyote Press Archives of Great Basin Prehistory Number 1. Paper, velo bound, 124 pp., 5 b/w photos, 34 figs, 8 maps, 11 tables, references. [This is a recent facsimile reprint by Coyote Press]
New. $15
Collection of six papers presented at the session titled Advances in Rock Art Research: New Data and Interpretations of the 1990 Great Basin Anthropological Conference in Reno, Nevada.
Papers and their authors include:
Figures for Explanation: Scratched Petroglyphs at the Pistone Site in Western Nevada by Eric W. Ritter and Brian W. Hatoff;
The Application of Intensive Observation and Contextual Analysis to the Interpretation of Petroglyphs at the White River Narrows Site, East-Central Nevada> by B.K. Swartz, Jr.;
Two Cupule Rock Art Sites in Elko County, Nevada> by Barry A. Price;
Anthropomorph Rock Art Dates in Northern Nevada by Alvin R. McLane;
Determination of Cultural Boundaries and Affiliation by an Analysis of Petroglyphs by John S. Curtis;
A Comparative Design Eelement Analysis of Klamath Basin (Modoc), Southern Sierra (Yokuts), and Santa Barbara (Chumash) Pictograph Styles, California-Oregon by B.K. Swartz, Jr.
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Rohn, Arthur H., William M. Ferguson, Lisa Ferguson. Rock Art of the Bandelier National Monument. 1989, University of New Mexico Press, paper, 156 pages, 200 illustrations and photos, 11" x 8-1/2".
As New. $35
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San Bernardino County Museum Association. Quarterly, Vol. XXVII, No. 2, Winter 1979. wraps, 68 pp.
As New. $6
The 1978 Report on The Black Canyon Project of the Mojave Desert, Wilson G. Turner
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San Bernardino County Museum Association. Quarterly, Vol. XXIX, No. 1, Fall 1981. wraps, perfect bound, 73 pp..
As New. $6
The 1979 Report on The Black Canyon Project of the Mojave Desert, Wilson G. Turner and Beverley S. Trupe
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San Bernardino County Museum Association. Quarterly, Vol. XXX, No. 4, Summer 1983. wraps, saddle stitch, 53 pp..
As New. $6
Petroglyph Study Developing: The 1980 report on the Black Canyon Project of the Mojave Desert, Wilson G. Turner and Beverly S. Trupe
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San Bernardino County Museum Association. Quarterly, Vol. XXXII, No. 1 & 2, Fall & Winter 1984. wraps, saddle stitch, 26 pp..
As New. $6
Cupule Petroglyphs in Southern California, Gerald A. Smith and Michael K. Lerch; Opal Cliff Report by Wilson G. Turner
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Schaafsma, Polly. Rock Art in the Navajo Reservoir District. 1971 printing, Museum of New Mexico Press, Papers in Anthropology Number 7, paper, 74 pp..
Creases to front cover and first several pages near and along spine.
Very Good. $25
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Schaafsma, Polly. The Rock Art of Utah. 1971, First Edition, Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Vol. 65, paper, 169 pp..
Water wrinkling top right corner of 1st three pages.
Very Good. $20
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Schaafsma, Polly. The Rock Art of Utah. 1971, Third Printing 1987, Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Vol. 65, paper, 169 pp..
Tiny bump bottom-front of spine. Remnant of price sticker adhesive on back of cover at lower left. Otherwise in very fine condition.
Fine. $30
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Schaafsma, Polly. Southwest Indian Pictographs and Petroglyphs. 1965, Museum of New Mexico, wraps, 12 pp., saddlestitch.
Former owner's name in ink on title page, mild "impression" on back cover.
Good. $5
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Schaafsma, Polly. Rock Art in New Mexico. 1975, 2nd printing, University of New Mexico Press, paper, 209 pp., (revised edition, 1992, in-print at $30).
Very Good. $30
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Schaafsma, Polly. Indian Rock Art of the Southwest
1980, First Edition. cloth, dust jacket, School of American Research, xii, 379 pages.
One inch closed tear top right front of d/j. Rubbing to both front and back of d/j. Mild fold/crease to fep and first page.
Fine/Fine. $75
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Schaafsma, Polly. Indian Rock Art of the Southwest
1980, First Edition. cloth, dust jacket, School of American Research, xii, 379 pages.
Five 1-3 inch closed tears to dust jacket. Chipping and smaller tears at top and bottom of dust jacket at spine. Rubbing to both surfaces of dust jacket. Light soiling to boards and light corner bumps to front board. Former owner's name inscribed on fep with soft pencil.
Very Good/Fair. $45
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Schiffman, Robert A., editor. Visions of the Sky: Archaeological and Ethnological Studies of California Indian Astronomy, 1988. Coyote Press Archives of Prehistory Number 16. Paper, velo bound, 171 pp., biblio. [This is a recent facsimile reprint by Coyote Press]
New. $22.50
The Nature of California Indian Astronomy by Travis Hudson;
Sapaksi: Archaeoastronomical Investigation of an Inland Chumash Site by Tom Hoskinson and R. M. Cooper;
Sky Games in California Petroglyphs by Dorothy Mayer;
Solar Eclipse Dating of Chumash Rock Art by Katherine Bracher;
The "Classical Assumption" in Light of Chumash Astronomy by Travis Hudson;
Astronomy, Myth, and Ritual in the West San Fernando Valley by John Romani, Dan Larson, Gwen Romani and Arlene Benson;
CA-KER-17: A Possible Tubatulabal Winter Solstice Observatory by V. J. Harper-Slaboszewicz and R. M. Cooper;
A Native American Solstice Observatory: The Observation, Recording, and Prediction of Solstices in the Southern Sierra Nevada by Robert A. Schiffman;
Ring of Pictured Stones: Astronomical Connotations of a Rock Art Site in the Eastern Mojave Desert: A Preliminary Report of Investigations at CA-SBR-291 by Beverley S. Trupe, John M. Rafer, and Wilson G. Turner;
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Slifer, Dennis. Guide to Rock Art of the Utah Region: Sites with Public Access 2000, University of Utah Press, paper, 244 pages, 6" x 10".
New (in original shrink wrap). $75
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Steward, Julian H.
Petroglyphs of California and Adjoining States 1929.
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Volume 24, No. 2, pp. 47-238, frontispiece (in color) and plates 22-94, 92 figures in text, 49 maps.
Fragile paper wraps, 7-1/4" x 10-1/2".
Former owner's faded ink name stamp (C. R. STANDRIDGE) at top of front wrap.
Covers still attached. Front cover fairly solid with 1" tears at top and bottom of spine. Back cover loose and fragile. Only two-thirds of back cover remains attached along the spine.
Pieces of paper spine are missing. One inch missing at top, and a 2-1/2" strip is missing from the bottom.
Front and back covers are chipped and torn. Front cover is missing a two inch by one triangle shaped piece from the lower right corner. The front end paper (fep) has a tear and fold at the base. The title page has a second inked owner's name stamp.
No markings observed, other than the two afore-mentioned name stamps.
Fair. $150
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Trezise, Percy. Quinkan Country: Adventures in Search of Aboriginal Cave Paintings in Cape York. 1969, Reed Books, Australia, cloth, (clipped) d/j, 154 pp..
Ex-library w/ stamps to top and bottom edges, card pocket pasted to front end paper & dust jacket glued to front & back boards. In acetate cover.
Good. $15
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Turner, Wilson G. The Rock Art of Black Canyon. 1994, San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 41(1&2), paper, 280 pp.
Address mailing label back cover.
Fine. $20
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Turpin, Solveig A., editor. American Indian Rock Art, Volume 16 1990. Proceedings of the International Rock Art Conference and 16th Annual Meeting of the American Rock Art Research Association. Joint publication of the National Park Service, American Rock Art Research Association, and the Texas Archaeological Research Laboratory, paper, 252 pages, 8-1/2" x 10-3/4".
One inch square tear with loss of wraps to fore-edge of front cover. Scotch tape at base of spine. Minor pencil marks to Table Of Contents. Good.
$75
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Turpin, Solveig A., editor. Shamanism and Rock Art in North America. 1994, Special Publication 1, Rock Art Foundation, Inc., San Antonio, Texas, paper, 154 pp.
Serious bump base of spine. Three inch crease to front cover. Old price sticker lower left back cover. Minor cover wear and a few "thumb" creases to front cover.
Good.
$75
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Van Tilburg, Jo Anne, compiler & editor. Ancient Images on Stone: Rock Art of the Californias. 1983, UCLA Institute of Archaeology, warps, 128 pages, 11 papers, 22 color plates, 11" x 8-1/2".
Torque/twisting damage to spine. Surface loss to front cover, of three small sections (half inch) adjoining spine. Creases to front and rear cover next to spine.
Fair (less than Good).
$15
Collection of essays on California rock art by Frank Bock, Ken Hedges, E.C. Krupp, Frank LaPena, Georgia Lee, Clement Meighan, Mark Oliver, William Hyder, Gerald Smith, Wilson Turner and Jo Anne Van Tilburg.
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von Werlhof, Jay C. Rock Art of Owens Valley, California.
1965, Reports of the University of California Archaeological Survey No. 65, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, wraps.
128 pages, biblio, 8-1/2" x 11". (First Edition. Not a facsimile.)
Slight discoloration (darkening) along edges of front and back covers. Minor bumping to corners and top of spine. Spine tape frayed 1/4" at top and "deteriorated" 1-1/2" at bottom.
Very Good. $50
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SOLD
Walsh, Grahame L. Australia's Greatest Rock Art.
1988, E.J. Brill/Robert Brown & Associates Pty Ltd, Bathurst, NSW, Australia. cloth with d/j.
312 pages, 339 color & b/w photos, large format, 14" x 10".
Only flaw noted for book is a 1/4" wide liquid stain (very light) at the bottom of the fore-edge. The dust jacket has considerable surface scuffing to the back, some to the fron, and a long fold along the bottom (on the inside, so as to increase the d/j width so that the book corners could be inserted (which they were) so that the dust jacket would not fall off.
Very Fine/Good.
$350
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Weaver, Donald E., Jr., editor. American Indian Rock Art, Volume 17. 1992, American Rock Art Research Association, wraps, 128 pp.
(One of the scarcer volumes of the AIRA series.)
Label glue stains to bottom right front cover, center of title page, and inside of back cover. Scotch tape and label glue residue at base of spine. Good.
$100
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Weaver, Jr., Donald E. Hieroglyphic Canyon: A Petroglyph Record of a Changing Subsistence Pattern. 1985, American Rock Art Research Association, Monograph No. 1, wraps, 34 pp..
Very Fine. $20
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Whitley, David S., and Lawrence L. Lowendorf, editors. New Light On Old Art: Recent Advances in Hunter-Gatherer Rock Art Research. 1994, Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles, Monograph 36, wraps, 124 pp.
Minor bumps bottom and top edges front cover. Former owner's name label on title page. Label glue stain on inside back cover. Good.
$100
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Wiseman, Regge N., Thomas C. O'Laughlin, and Cordelia T. Snow, editors.
Climbing the Rocks: Papers in Honor of Jay and Helen Crotty.
2003, Volume 29, The Archaeological Society of New Mexico.
214 pages, 19 papers, 8-1/2" x 11". (still in-print, I *think*.)
As New.
$30
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Young, M. Jane, and Nancy L. Bartmann Rock Art of the Zuni-Cibola Region.
1981, Pueblo of Zuni, Zuni, New Mexico.
43 pages, site descriptions, bibliography, 6" x 9", 4 color plates, 20 figures, wraps.
Old price sticker on back cover and possible silver fish damage (about 1/2" x 1/4") to back cover next to price sticker. Also, tiny nick with surface loss 1/4" square upper right front cover.
Very Good. $25
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