Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, 1971. Trade Paperback. 505 pp. A popular, albeit sometimes criticized, work exploring the transmission of knowledge through myth, primarily drawing on work in the then new field of archaeoastronomy and astronomical knowledge encoded by megalithic civilizations. VERY GOOD condition. Minor scuffing and edgewea. More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. 1960. Cloth. Revised edition. Blue cloth in jacket. 295 pp., including index. Black and white photos and maps throughout. Revised edition of this work on treasure hunting, relating anecdotes of the findings of various pirate treasures and shipwrecks, including some as then yet unfound..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005. Hard Cover. Blue paper covered boards in unclipped jacket. 386 pp. A few black and white illustrations throughout. A social history of seafaring focusing on the East Coast of colonial and early national US, particularly Salem, Massachusetts. Drawing on records of seamen from the..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1896. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations throughout, including a few by Frederic Remington and E.W. Kemble. Single issue of this magazine devoted to literature, history and current events, among other subjects. This issue with an article on electricity, looking at the histories of..... More
Dublin: Irish Press, 1954. Cloth. Blue cloth in unclipped jacket. 363 pp. A biography of Liam Lynch, an officer in the Irish Republican Army, as well as leader during the Irish Civil War. This focuses on the years 1916 to 1923, discussing his military and political actions. GOOD condition. Heavy..... More
New York: The Outlook Company, 1903. Wraps. Printed wraps. An issue of this general interest magazine, with this one featuring short editorials or essays on topics such as: "Negro Suffrage in the South," which examines laws in Southern states regarding African-American voting rights, asserting that laws requiring ownership of property..... More