Books - "anthropology"
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Extracts from New Zealand Journals Written on Ships Under the Command of d'Entrecasteaux and Duperrey 1793 and 1824
Oblong quarto, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to black background on spine & front board, 219pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & tanning/soiling to spine & board edges/extrems, other sl soiling & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust 1986
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history journals voyages journals diaries diary extracts New Zealand Maori life anthropology ethnology
A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands; with Remarks Upon the Natural History of the Islands, Origins, Languages, Traditions and Usages of the Inhabitants (Sixth Thousand)
SIXTH THOUSAND, octavo, half leatherbound brown heavy boards, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to spine with rsaised bands also, aeg, frontispiece, illus title page, xviii + 590pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork, minor fading & rubbing to boards, moderate soiling to gilt page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: J Snow 1837
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature historical history natural history missions missionaries south sea islands pacific anthropology
The Alphabet versus the Goddess: The Conflict between Word and Image
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Viking 1998
KEYWORDS: leonard shlain alphabetic literacy religion humanity anthropology
Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity
Super octavo softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: Roy A Rappaport religion studies anthropology
A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion
Super octavo, illis glossy light card wrappers, white & peach lettering to spine, xi + 620pp, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, light chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's sm labels to rear cover, light foxing & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing 2002
KEYWORDS: ethnology religion anthropology social cultural
Barracoon: The Story of the Last Slave
Paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: HQ 2018
KEYWORDS: Zora Neale Hurston anthropology 20th century America American history slave slavers
And Keep Your Powder Day: An Anthropologists Look at America
Octavo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Morrow Quill Paperbacks 1965
KEYWORDS: Margaret Mead anthrologist anthropology America American United States history 20th century
The Black Cloth: A Collection of African Folktales
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The University of Massachusetts Press 1987
KEYWORDS: folklore Africa African fiction talkes anthropology social history
Mexico: Through Foreign Eyes / Visto Por Ojos Extranjeros 1850-1990
DUAL ENGLISH SPANISH TEXT. Quarto, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, photographs throughout, 320pp VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl scuffing and soiling to lower board edges, sl soiling to boards, sl soiling to front/rear end pages, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in protective plastic cover, easily removed if desired, sl wear on edges, prev. owner's sm adhesive label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton and Company 1993
KEYWORDS: DUAL ENGLISH SPANISH TEXT Mexico photography culture history anthropology art essays
Research in Internation Education: Experience, Theory, & Practice
Super octavo softcover (VG), pencil annotations throughout; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Peter Lang 2002
KEYWORDS: education cross cultural anthropology research
Fear: A Cultural History
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Virago 2006
KEYWORDS: social history anthropology fear politics political
The Archaeology of Ethnogenesis: Race and Sexuality in Colonial San Francisco (Revised Edition)
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & black lettering to spine, xlv + 400pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to base of spine, sl creasing/curling to cover corners, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page)
PUBLISHER: University Press of Florida 2015
KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology anthropology US America US San Francisco colonial history
The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: environment economics climate ecology anthropology environmental studies
A History of Modern Tibet: 1913-1959 (4 Vol Set)
4 VOL SET, OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, super octavo, illus light card wrappers [vol 3 with french flaps, vol 4 has green heavy boards- is NOT a softcover], white lettering to spine, mixed pagination, VG+ (minor creasing to spines, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) d/w of vol 4, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1991-2019
KEYWORDS: Asia Asian history Tibet 20th twentieth century anthropology
Vaka Moana: Voyages of the Ancestors: The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific
Lg quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 360pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to board edges/extrems, sl soiling to page edges, eps & prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2006
KEYWORDS: Pacific history exploration discoveries voyages maritime nautical migration anthropology
Chinese History: A New Manual
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, quarto, burgundy light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xxiii + 1126pp, VG+ (light curling to wrapper edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to wrappers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughney] in ink to ffep/half & full title pages)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Asia Center 2013
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history culture anthropology
Shifting Stories: History, Gossip, and Lore in Narratives from Tang Dynasty China
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 311pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughney] in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, minor vertical creasing to front flap, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Asia Center 2014
KEYWORDS: China ancient Chinese history Tang dynasty anthropology criticism
Noone of the Ulu
Octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, frontis., plates; xviii + 253 pp.; VG (light to mdoerate soiling & rubbing to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals); in d/w VG (light to moderate soiling & rubbing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping; moderate tanning & foxing; tearing to spine at head w archival repair).
PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1958
KEYWORDS: Malaysia Malaya social history anthropology jungle adventure
Where the Sun Rises When Shadows Fall: The North-east
OWNERSHIP OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, super octavo, illus heavy boards, red & black lettering to spine, x + 306pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine cocked & bruised, light fading to upper edges, sl bruising to other extrems, prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughney] in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to upper edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear, minor chafing & soiling, 3.5cm scuff to base of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: Asia Asian India Indian north-east culture anthropology political
Spirits and Trance in Brazil: An Anthropology of Religious Experience
Super octavo, blue glossy boards, white & black lettering to spine, viii + 226pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2016
KEYWORDS: religion religious studies anthropology Brazil South America theology