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Prehistory

by Jacquetta Hawkes

Catalogued August 31, 2026

The Work

First published
1963
Original publisher
UNESCO

Drew's Copy

Edition
Mentor paperback edition
Printing
First printing
Publisher
The New American Library
Published in
New York
Copy published
1965
Binding
Mass-market paperback
Collection status
On the shelves
Reading status
Unread
Condition
Inherited family copy with heavy cover rubbing, creasing, edge wear, corner losses, staining, and age-toned pages
PrehistoryHuman OriginsArchaeologyAnthropologyPaleolithic EraHomo SapiensEarly HumansUNESCOHistory

Acquisition & Provenance

Acquisition type
Inherited family book
Context
From Drew's grandad's library
Previous owner
Drew's grandad
Provenance
This copy previously belonged to Drew’s grandad.

How This Copy Came to the Library

From Grandad’s library.

About This Copy

This Mentor paperback was published by arrangement with George Allen and Unwin, Ltd. The copyright page records the 1963 UNESCO copyright and identifies this copy as the first printing of August 1965. The cover gives the book number MQ632 and a price of 95 cents.

Memories & Connections

From Grandad’s library.

Jacquetta Hawkes surveys human prehistory from early hominins in Africa through the emergence of Homo sapiens and the peopling of the Americas, combining archaeological evidence with an account of the development of fire, tools, language, and the foundations of civilization.

Drew's Copy
Front cover of Drew's copy of Prehistory
The worn front cover of Drew's inherited Mentor edition of Prehistory.
Back cover of Drew's copy of Prehistory
The worn back cover describes the UNESCO-sponsored History of Mankind series and this volume's account of human prehistory.
Title page of Drew's copy of Prehistory
The title page identifies Prehistory as Volume I, Part 1 of History of Mankind: Cultural and Scientific Development.
Copyright page of Drew's copy of Prehistory
The copyright page records the 1963 UNESCO copyright and the first Mentor printing of August 1965.