E michael whittington editor (9 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Full-color pictorial wrapper with red and white lettering. 288 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white and full-color photographs and illustrations! "The Olmec began playing ballgames around 1800 BC, an activity that soon became an important part of Mesoamerican life. This book accompanies an exhibition at the Mint Museum of Art in North Carolina and includes 11 essays from the world's leading authorities on Mesoamerican art and culture. The contributors consider all aspects of ballgames, enactment, gender and symbolic aspects, the regalia worn, `performance', the court setting, and the legacy of the game. The catalogue contains many superb colour photographs of figurines, painted and sculpted vessels and relief panels.".…

hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Clean and tight. Like new, but for minor wear to edges /corners.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Folio, . softcover, near fine, in grey pictorial wraps. 288 pages. 323 illustrations, 171 in colour; This is the sumptuous exhibition catalog that was created in conjunction with the traveling exhibtion of the same name with contributions by Douglas Bradley, Jane Stevenson Day, Gillett Griffin, Dorothy Hosler, Ted Leyenaar, Mary Ellen Miller, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, Laura Filloy Nadal, John Scott, Eric Taladoire, Michael Tarkanian and Maria Uriarte. Book.…

hardcover. Etat : As New. A bright, fresh copy. The Olmec began playing ballgames around 1800 BC, an activity that soon became an important part of Mesoamerican life. This book accompanies an exhibition at the Mint Museum of Art in North Carolina and includes 11 essays from the world's leading authorities on Mesoamerican art and culture. The contributors consider all aspects of ballgames, enactment, gender and symbolic aspects, the regalia worn, `performance', the court setting, and the legacy of the game. The catalogue contains many superb color photographs of figurines, painted and sculpted vessels and relief panels.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. A lovely bright, clean and hardly read copy of the first impression with no inscriptions. The cloth boards are fresh looking with the title lettering being nice and crisp. The dust jacket is bright and not price clipped and just with minimal light shop shelf wear such as surface scuffing.…

Softcover. First Edition, First Printing. Book condition is Very Good, bound in wraps. Some rubbing and edgewear to exterior. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 4to. 11"h x 8 1/2"w. Contents: "Norms and Deviant Behavior in Science" by Harriet Zuckerman "Linking Science to Policy: The Role of Technical Knowledge in Regulatory Decisionmaking" by Nicholas A. Ashford, Ronald Brickman, Harvey Brooks, Michael J. Dowling, Ted Greenwood, W. Norton Grubb, Anna J. Harrison, James E. Katz, Giandomenico Majone, Thomas O. McGarity, Marc J. Roberts, Jurgen Schmandt, Stephen R. Thomas, Dale Whittington, and Joel Yellin.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. First edition hardback, 2001, with unclipped jacket. In overall fine condition. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears almost unopened; no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. This book is both large (230mm x 305mm, 288pp) and heavy (2kg). Not an old library book.…

Hard Cover. Etat : Fine (New). Near Fine. First UK Edition. 288pp, with 323 illustrations, 171 in colour, catalogue, bibliography, index. Textured papered boards in lightly rubbed dust-jacket. Essays by leading authorities on Mesoamerican art and culture discuss all aspects of the ballgame, including descriptions of versions that are still played in Mexico today. Size: 4to. …

hardcover. Etat : New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.