Through Time, Across Continents: A Hundred Years of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University Museum
Philadelphia: The University Museum. University of Philadelphia, 1993. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/100. Sm. folio. xv,226pp. Half leather over black cloth with gold lettering on spine in original matching slipcase with pictorial paste-down. All gilt edges. Inscribed on free front endpaper "20 November 1995, For Professor Cyrus Gordon - with all best wishes, Jeremy G. Sabloff, The Charles K. Williams II Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum." Tipped-in color frontispiece. "This book reflects a century and more of research and discovery in Archaeology and Anthropology from the viewpoint of a museum that has both influenced and been affected by events, circumstances, and priorities in the course of those years. The story of the University Museum in Philadelphia is told through the eyes and words of experts in many fields and others associated with it in various capacities since 1887." Illustrated with tipped-in color reproductions of photographs as well as b/w and duo-tone photographs. Minor staining to slipcase. Fine condition. Rare in this limited edition. vg. Item #15685
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