Beyond the Bounds of History. Scenes from the Old Stone Age
by Breuil, Henri
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London, P.R. Gawthorn, 1949). Translation by Mary E. Boyle. 4to; original cloth; pictorial dustwrapper foxed and edgeworn; scattered foxing throughout, quite pronounced in endpapers and prelim's; gift inscription on front free endpaper; pp. 100, incl. index; illustrated with black-and-white photographs and colour reproductions of rock art. Fair condition. "The Abbé Breuil's classic works on the prehistoric paintings in the underground caves of France and Spain are the foundation stones of all study of European prehistoric art. Beyond the Bounds of History is an album of colour sketches accompanied by explanatory notes, drawn and written by this foremost prehistorian of the day in intervals of rest during his last great African tour." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1935
- Title
- Beyond the Bounds of History. Scenes from the Old Stone Age
- Author
- Breuil, Henri
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (London, P.R. Gawthorn, 1949)
- Keywords
- Rock art. Prehistory. Primitive man. Caves Rock Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rock Art;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....