1943 MAN From FARTHEST PAST Bishop Smithsonian Scientific Series Prehistoric VG

Description: MAN FROM THE FARTHEST PAST Volume Seven of the Smithsonian Scientific Series Written by Carl Whiting Bishop, Former Associate Curator, Freer Gallery of Art, with the collaboration of Charles Greeley Abbot, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Ales Hrdlicka, Associate in Anthropology, United States National Museum. Published by Smithsonian Institution Series, Inc., New York. Copyright 1943; there are no statements of printing, but printed before 1949 (next copyright edition). The story of prehistoric man as it was understood about 75 years ago. The book stands alone as a work despite the “volume seven” designation. Based on what I have found out about him, Bishop could have been a model for Indiana Jones. He was an archeologist in that “golden age” of archeology, the 1920s and 30s. Carl Whiting Bishop (6/12/1881 -- 6/16/1942) Born in Tokyo, he was the son of the Reverend Charles Bishop (1850-1941) and Olive Whiting (1847-1914) Methodist missionaries in Japan. He lived in Tokyo until he was 16 and attended the English School, from 1888 to 1897. In 1898 he came to America and finished his pre-college education at Northwestern Academy, Evanston, Illinois. He received his AB degree from DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana in 1912 and his Masters degree from Colombia University (Department of Anthropology) in 1913. He married Nettie Elizabeth Brooks (1893-1933) on February 24, 1909 in Tarrytown, New York. They had six children. He subsequently married his second wife, Daisy Furscott. They did not have any children. He began his career in archaeology as a member of the Peabody Museum Expedition to Central America. He was Silver Assayer in Mexico during the Yacqui uprisings there in 1905-06. From 1914-1918 he was Assistant Curator of Oriental Art at the University of Pennsylvania Museum, and as a member of that staff made his first trip to China from 1915-1917. For his archaeological work in China, he was made a member of the University of Pennsylvania chapter of Sigma XI. In 1918 Bishop enlisted in the United States Navy and became an Intelligence Officer with the United States Naval Reserve Force. He was the Assistant Naval Attache in China from 1919 until 1920. At his discharge on October 1, 1922 he had the rank of Lieutenant, Junior Grade. He then served as a professor in archaeology to Colombia University from October, 1921 to April, 1922 whereupon be became Associate Curator at the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. He retained this position for the next twenty years, nine of which were spent in China, to his death on June 18,1942. At the time of his death, the Smithsonian announced: "His contribution to the pre-history of China and Japan interpreted in the light of his extensive knowledge of the interplay of geography and culture, are among the most important ever made." He was a member of a number of learned societies: the American Oriental Society, since 1917; the American Archaeological Society, Anthropological Society, Washington, D.C.; the American Society for the Advancement of Science; and at the time of his death on the Advisory Board for the American Council of Learned Societies in Washington, D.C. From In Memorium: Carl Whiting Bishop; The Far Eastern Quarterly Vol. 2, No. 2 (Feb., 1943): ”Endowed with a fabulous memory, C. W. Bishop acquired and encyclopedic knowledge of man’s culture. With keen analytic ability, rare powers of generalization, and a happy clarity of expression, he was able to extract from this storehouse the essential facts about man’s early history and to present them in ordered and highly engaging fashion. His book Man from the Farthest Past is a superb example of elucidation and the best sort of popularization of prehistory. Two themes inspired much of his study and writing: the uniformity of elements on which early civilizations were built; and, the cultural debt owed by the Far East to the older centers of civilization in the Near East.” DESCRIPTION: 397 pages 9 x 6 inches hardcover with with numerous black, white and color illustration plates CONDITION: This hard-cover book is in very good condition, there is no dustjacket--I don’t think it was issued with one. The elaborate blue, black and gilt faux leather cloth cover is very clean and shows only light wear at the corners and spine ends. The lower corners are bumped and there is a small ding in the lower front edge. The interior is excellent with no names, marks, underlining, tears or odor. The paper is slightly toned with age. The page edges are deckled or left with rough edges and some of the pages are still uncut--that is the book was issued with uncut page edges and the reader had to go through as he read and open them himself with a letter opener. The uncut pages are mostly at the beginning (contents pages) and end (index) of the book. The hinges and binding are excellent with no loose or missing pages. BECAUSE MEDIA RATE SHIPPING IS FREE ON THE BOOKS I SELL, COMBINE THIS WITH OTHER ITEMS FROM MY EBAY STORE. I AM AN EXPERIENCED EBAY SELLER (23+ YEARS) AND SHIPPER WITH 100% (always!--since 1997!) FEEDBACK RATING. ALL ITEMS ARE CAREFULLY AND SECURELY PACKED TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE DANGER OF CRUSHING AND OR WATER/MOISTURE DAMAGE. ALL BOOKS ARE SHIPPED IN STURDY BOXES WITH TRACKING AND DELIVERY CONFIRMATION INCLUDED. I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE ALL OF THE BOOKS, AUTOGRAPHS AND SIGNATURES ON BOOKS I SELL.

Price: 19.99 USD

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

End Time: 2025-01-07T18:10:07.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 USD