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Kunz, George Frederick. Ivory and the Elephant, in Art, in Archaeology and in Science. Doubleday Page & Co., New York, 1916.

Price: US$392.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Clean and square. but with chips to pastedown on spine and front.

Seller: Mark Holmen - BookMark, Albuqureque, NM, U.S.A.

Kunz, George Frederick. Ivory and the Elephant, in Art, in Archaeology, and in Science. , 1916.

Price: US$550.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: IVORY AND THE ELEPHANT, IN ART, IN ARCHAEOLOGY, AND IN SCIENCE. Doubleday Page, Garden City, N.Y 1916, first edition, 4to, 527 pages, illustrated, maps. Heavily decorated cover has some discoloration on the spine. Front endpapers and title page show scattered light browning. Profusely ilustrated with B & W photos and drawings. No internal markings. No dust jacket.The pages are tight and clean .A Very Good copy. $550.00

Seller: Theodore J. Holsten Jr., Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.

Kunz, G.F. (George Frederick). Ivory and the elephant – in art, in archaeology, and in science. [First edition].. Doubleday, Page and Co., 1916.

Price: US$850.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Garden City, New York, crown quarto (10.5 by 7.25 inches), xxvi, 527 p., 160 plates (mostly photographs, 4 folding, and 2 maps), and 45 text illustrations. ***Kunz (1856-1932) was an American mineralogist, gemologist, and prolific author. At age 23 he was appointed vice-president at Tiffany & Co., NYC; soon thereafter he began travels throughout America and Europe in search of gemstones. This volume is one of the author's scarcest treatises; heralded by Sinkankas as: "by far the best yet written on the subject. Nowhere is it possible even now to obtain within the covers of a single volume the quantity and variety of factual information on ivory." [1993, p. 588]. Early chapters describe the art of ivory carving, with striking illustrations of objects from prehistory, medieval, and modern times. Later chapters discuss the lore, legends, and depictions of elephants throughout history; elephant hunting and the quest for ivory; sources, composition and qualities of ivory from elephants and other mammals; the working and carving of ivory, with illustrations of tools and equipment; and more. Two chapters are devoted to the geologic history and evolution of mammoths, mastodons and elephants, and the development of tusks. A final section outlines the commerce of ivory, with lists of ivory carvers, including Chinese and Japanese artisans. Matching the well-written and comprehensive text are illustrations of high quality and variety. ***CONDITION: This is a complete, near-Fine copy bound in the original beige cloth, with gilt decoration and pictorial illustrations mounted on the front cover and backstrip. Save for minor chipping to the paper on the front board and spine ends, the covers are very sound, clean and bright. Joints and hinges fully intact, binding very firm. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Except for a trace of foxing to the front preliminaries, the text pages are near pristine: fresh, clean and bright, as are the illustrations. The only evidence of previous ownership is the decorative contemporary bookplate of Gilbert W. Withers on the front pastedown. This is a handsome copy of a scarce and informative treatise. Sinkankas, Gemology, 1993: 3702. Nickles 622. Not in BMNH. International shipping will be extra for this volume, but only at my cost.

Seller: Olde Geologist Books, Pawcatuck, CT, U.S.A.

Kunz, George Frederick (1856-). Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archaeology, and in Science. Garden City, N. Y. , Doubleday, Page And Company, 1916.

Price: US$918.82 + shipping

Description: Very good copy in the original paper-labeled, pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion of dust-dulling with minor wear to the spine lable and the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Scans on request. ; 527 pages; Description: 3 p. L. , v-xxvi, 527, [1] p. Front. , illus. , plates (part fold. ) fold. Maps, fold. Tab. 27 cm. Subjects; Ivory carving. 2 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

KUNZ, GEORGE FREDERICK. Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archaeology, and in Science. Doubleday, Page & Co, Garden City, New York, 1916.

Price: US$995.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 527pp w/2 folding plates ans 2 folding maps - profusely illustrated throughout on plates and in the text; original cream buckram with pictorial paste-down on upper cover and pictorial label on spine (a small chip at the top). The scarcest of Kunz's major works along with his treatise on pearls. Chapters on evolution and development of the elephant, on elephant hunting and on the art and commerce of ivory carving. Touches on all aspects of ivory collecting, commerce and art. Text clean. Excellent condition

Seller: DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books, Burke, VA, U.S.A.

Kunz, George Frederick (1856-). Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archaeology, and in Science. Garden City, N. Y. , Doubleday, Page And Company, 1916.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Description: Very good copy in the original paper-labeled, pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion of dust-dulling with minor wear to the spine lable and the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Scans on request. ; 527 pages; Description: 3 p. L. , v-xxvi, 527, [1] p. Front. , illus. , plates (part fold. ) fold. Maps, fold. Tab. 27 cm. Subjects; Ivory carving. 2 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Kunz, George Frederick. Ivory and the elephant in art, in archaeology, and in science. Doubleday, Page & Co, New York, 1916.

Price: US$1562.50 + shipping

Description: First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], xxvi, 527, [1]; profusely illustrated throughout on plates and in the text; original cream buckram with pictorial paste-down on upper cover and pictorial label on spine (a little chipped at the top but no loss of letters), t.e.g.; very good copy. Inscribed by the author to a bank president "with the sincerest best wishes and esteem of the author George Frederick Kunz 18 December 1916."

Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.