Rare books from Ohkwaho Books and Fine Art

This book is new, never read, no wear to covers, very minor wear to dust jacket from normal storage. No markings inner pages, spine intact no creases.

"A history of Homo sapiens and the spread of humanity across the continents. Line illustrations are included." Amazon

"Brian Murray Fagan is a prolific author of popular archaeology books and a professor emeritus of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA. Fagan was born in England where he received his childhood education at Rugby School. He attended Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he studied archaeology and anthropology (BA 1959, MA 1962, PhD 1965).He spent six years as Keeper of Prehistory at the Livingstone Museum in Zambia, Central Africa, and moved to the U.S.A. in 1966. He was Visiting Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, in 1966/67, and was appointed Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1967." Good Reads

This book has been read, minor wear to covers and dust jacket, previous owner signed first inner page. No other markings inner pages, spine intact no creases.

"""Battle at Sea...
Fabulous Far-off Lands...
Romance and Adventure...
fill the pages of the raging sea-novel—the story of Andrea Bianco, the Ventian navigator who searched always for the challenge and danger of the unknown.
His is a tale of cutlass striking scimitar, of the beautiful, unattainable Angelia, od loss at sea, rescue and death..."" Good Reads"

"""Frank Gill Slaughter , pen-name Frank G. Slaughter, pseudonym C.V. Terry, was an American novelist and physician whose books sold more than 60 million copies. His novels drew on his own experience as a doctor and his interest in history and the Bible. Through his novels, he often introduced readers to new findings in medical research and new medical technologies.

Slaughter was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Stephen Lucious Slaughter and Sarah ""Sallie"" Nicholson Gill. When he… Read More

This book has some minor wear to covers, some markings first inner pages by previous owner. Spine intact, some wear. Very good shape considering its age. "Mary Kingsley's "Travels in West Africa" has become a classic, and deservedly so. Her story is remarkable. In the 1890s, unmarried and no longer having to care for her parents, Kingsley decides she should travel in "the tropics" and sets off for "West Africa" (i.e., the West coast of Central Africa). She travels as a scientist, collecting fish specimens, and finances her travels by trading along the way--but mostly she travels for the love of adventure and to satisfy an appetite for the unknown. "Travels in West Africa" is a treasure trove of information about Atlantic-coast Central Africa in the late 1800s. The last third of "Travels in West Africa" consists of three long chapters on fetish customs. Although she lacks a systematic view of the role of fetishes and other spiritual tokens in the cultures she met, her depiction of their impact on… Read More