Hundert Jahre Neanderthaler / Neanderthal Centenary, 1856-1956; Gedenkbuch der Internationalen Neanderthal Feier, Dusseldorf, 26-30 August 1956

Pp. xv, 325; 64 full page black-and-white photo-plates (neandertal fossils, Mousterian tools, cave sites, reconstructions of neandertals), numerous text-figures (line-drawings of fossil human bones, artifacts, cave plan-views, graphs, charts).  Publisher’s original red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, sm 4to.  This Neanderthal Centenary symposium, 1856-1956, was held in Dusseldorf on August 26-30, 1956.  This work contains 31 chapters by notable authorities who attended this Centenary celebration.  The chapters are written in German, French and in English.  No ownership marks and few signs of use.