INDIANS OF SOUTHERN MEXICO: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC ALBUM
Starr, Frederick
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Oblong folio, 32 pp., 141 b&w captioned collotype plates printed recto one or two images to a plate. Gilt-titled cloth with a few tiny snags at the edges and light rubbing and spotting. Very good. Housed in a later slipcase of cloth with inset titled cloth in gilt. Laid-in are four silver and albumen photographs varying in size from 238 x 174 mm. to 104 x 82 mm.; two by William Henry Jackson, another by C. B. Waite. Anthropological studies (1898 and 1899) of some tribes in the states of Mexico, Michoacan, Tlaxcala and Puebla. The tribes visited in the author's two journeys were the Otomi, Tarascan, Aztec, Tlaxcalan, Mixtec, Triqui, Zapotec, Mixe, Tehantepecahno (Axpotec), Juave, Chontal and Cuicatec. From fifty to sixty photos were taken in each tribe; portraits (front and side view), groups (showing full figures and costumes); daily life and industries; and views were made by Charles B. Lang and Bedros Tartarian. "Frederick Starr (1858-1933), an American, created the Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago in 1892, where he worked until his retirement in 1923. He conducted ethnographic expeditions worldwide but was especially interested in Japan and Mexico. Starr was one of the chief exponents of physical anthropology and saw the value of photography in being able to provide what was believed to be 'scientific' evidence of racial characteristics and differences. In 1899, he published a photographic album, Indians of Southern Mexico, representing the different physical characteristics of various indigenous groups." (MEXICO: FROM EMPIRE TO REVOLUTION, PHOTOGRAPHERS, by Charles Merewether, Collections Curator, Getty Research Institute, 2002). The edition was limited to 560 numbered and SIGNED copies, of which 60 special copies were printed on Japan paper, this is #14 of the 60 special copies. Seller Inventory # 52676
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Title: INDIANS OF SOUTHERN MEXICO: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC ...
Publisher: Printed for the author by the Lakeside Press, Chicago
Publication Date: 1899
Illustrator: Starr, Frederick
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First edition.
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Indians of Southern Mexico an ethnographic album.
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Seller: Tom Davies Rare Books, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Chicago, Lakeside Press,1899. First edition. Oblong 4to. Blue cloth. 1/560 SIGNED by the author. 32pp of text and 141 photographic plates. Two small closed tears to spine top, quite minor wear staining to boards. Inner hinges professionally reinforced. VG. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # td101177
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Indians of the Southern Mexico. An Ethnographic Album.
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Seller: Ruuds Antikvariat, Oslo, Norway
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Chicago 1899. 32 pp. 141 photographic plates. Each plate with one or two images. Original cloth. 72 of the plates with a marginal damp-stain, not affecting the illustration. No 409 of 560 copies, signed by Frederick Starr. . Seller Inventory # 115432
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Indians of Southern Mexico: An Ethnographic Album
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Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Signed, Limited. First edition, hardcover, signed by Starr and marked limited no. 485/560, and printed for the author by the Lakeside Press. Book appears to have been repaired at the front hinge, and has a mild skew starting to the binding, slight bumps to the spine ends and the lower corner of the rear cover, faint rubbing to the covers, some shelfwear to the cover edges, a hint of minor smudging to the edges of the text block, a short closed tear to the head of the rear fly leaf, an antiquarian seller's sticker to the tail of the front paste down, and effaced seller's markings to the upper corner of the front fly leaf, otherwise a solid, tight Very Good copy. Additional images available upon request. Seller Inventory # 105057
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Indians of Southern Mexico, An Ethnographic Album
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Printed for the Author by the Lakeside Press, Chicago, Illinois, 1899
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Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Lang, Charles B.; & Bedros Tartarian (photos by) (illustrator). First Edition, Limited to 560 copies. Chicago, Illinois: Printed for the Author by the Lakeside Press, 1899. This copy is from the library of, and bears the ownership signature of Wilberforce Eames, the "Dean of American bibliographers." [more about Eames below]. This is a remarkably well preserved copy of the 1899 edition limited to 560 copies. Near Fine condition. Square and tight. SEE PHOTOS. Unusual for this very heavy book, hinges -- both inner and outer -- remain in excellent condition. Sharp corners. Page are creamy white, unmarked, with NO foxing. This pioneering anthropological work features 141 collotype plates after photos by Charles B. Lang and Bedros Tartarian. Among the tribes photographed are the Zapotec, Mixe, Tehauntepecano, Juave, Otomi, Tarascan, Aztec, Tlaxcalan, Mixtec, Triqui, Chontal and Cuicatec. To obtain these photos, Starr traveled throughout the Mexican states of Puebla, Tlaxcala, Michoacan, and Oaxaca measuring, modeling sculptures, and photographing. The plates feature portraits of each subject (front and side views), images of typical daily life and activities, group shots with full length figures in native dress, views of villages and environs, etc. The photographic reproductions are full page -- measuring 8.5" tall by 11" wide -- all in FINE condition with exceptional detail and rich tonality. The printed limitation page in this copy is not numbered or author signed. The front free endpaper is signed by Wilberforce Eames, as "W. Eames" SEE PHOTOS. Two downloads of his autograph are laid in for authentication. The American bibliographer and librarian Wilberforce Eames (1855 - 1937) is known as the "Dean of American bibliographers." Eames compiled many bibliographies and bibliographical references, including major contributions to Joseph Sabin's DICTIONARY OF BOOKS RELATING TO AMERICA. From Wikipedia: "He became an assistant librarian, and eventually a full librarian at Lenox, and later, upon the merging of the Tilden trust, Astor and Lenox libraries he was appointed 'Lenox Librarian.' He became Chief of the American History Division at the New York Public Library in 1911, and Bibliographer (a position he held until his death) there in 1916. In 1924, The New York Times called Eames: "The greatest living scholar of books in America." A. S. W. Rosenbach said of Eames: "Probably the greatest student of books in the whole history of scholarship and book collecting lives quietly in New York, worshiped by every collector and scholar and unknown to the world in general - Wilberforce Eames." Bound in the original dark blue, almost black cloth. All gilt is still bright and shiny. SEE PHOTOS. Oversize Hardcover. Oblong. 14" wide by 10.75" tall by 2.25" thick. This very large, very heavy book (nearly 10 pounds before packaging) will require SUBSTANTIAL extra postage, charged at our cost, depending on destination. First Edition, Limited to 560 copies. Oversize Hardcover (heavy). Near Fine condition. Illus. by Lang, Charles B.; & Bedros Tartarian (photos by). Unnumbered pages (but 300+]. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Seller Inventory # 026863
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