Books - "anthropology"
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500 Nations
Heavy quarto 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: Alfred A Knopf 1994
KEYWORDS: North American Indians native US America history indigenous anthropology heritage
African Traditional Architecture: An Historical and Geographical Perspective
Ex-library, 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: Heinemann Educational Books 1978
KEYWORDS: Africa African architecture buildings heritage homesteads anthropology
Indian Art in Middle America
Imp. 8vo, pp. 221; red cl bds, spine lettered in white, motif to front board in white; frontis. tipped to pg, photos, some photos tipped in, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; gift inscription in blue ink to ffep; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing; extensive archival repairs; moderate to heavy open & closed tearing to edges).
PUBLISHER: New York Graphic Society 1964
KEYWORDS: Indian art Native American United States of America North America artifacts culture anthropology
For Men and Elders
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: Africana Publishing Company 1977
KEYWORDS: African Africa Ngonde tribes tribe Nyakyusa anthropology
Living With the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples
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: Allen Lane / Penguin 2018
KEYWORDS: religion social science sociology religious beliefs anthropology
Ancient People and Places: The Canaanites
8vo, pp. 244; red cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, printer's device in gilt to front board; plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1964
KEYWORDS: Canaan Canaanites anicent classical history anthropology Hebrew Palestine Syria Egypt Mesopotamia Asia
A World on the Wane
US FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained grey, 404pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink- attempts to erase, light tanning to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing/wrinkling & chipping to spine- minor loss, moderate tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1961
KEYWORDS: US first editions anthropology C Levi-Strauss Brazil Brazilian tribes culture customs Bororo
A Thousand Graduates: Conflict in University Development in Papua New Guinea, 1961-1976
Signed, inscribed & dated by author. Super 8vo, pp. xx + 363; illus. light card covers; photos; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling & tanning & foxing to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; moderate to heavy cracking to central gutters).
PUBLISHER: The Australian National University 1980
KEYWORDS: university education social history anthropology Papua New Guinea 20th century sociology
Liklik Buk: A Rural Development Handbook Catalogue for Papua New Guinea
Imp. 8vo, pp. x + 270; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to t).
PUBLISHER: Liklik Buk Information Centre 1977
KEYWORDS: Papua New Guinea culture anthropology social sciences rural community communities development
Life Styles of China's Ethnic Minorities
Quarto, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, (14pp) + iv + 382pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light fading to board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light to moderate chafing/wrinkling & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Peace Book Company 1991
KEYWORDS: China Chinese ethnicity ethnic minorities minority communities culture anthropology
The Traditional Pottery of Papua New Guinea
FIRST EDITION, quarto, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 378pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing/soiling & fading to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals, Margaret Tuckson in ink to half title page, minor cracking to rear gutter) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Bay Books Sydney 1982
KEYWORDS: first editions PNG Papua New Guinea pottery pots utensils culture traditional tradition techniques anthropology
The Invisible Landscape: Mind, Hallucinogens, and the I Ching
Super 8vo 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 costs
PUBLISHER: HarperSanFrancisco 1993
KEYWORDS: Terence Dennis McKenna mind hallucinogens anthropology
Art in North-East New Guinea
ARCHIVAL REPAIRS TO D/W, oblong imperial octavo, cream cloth boards, brown lettering to spine, brown illus to front board, 227pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front eps, ffep moderately creased, minor scuffing to gutter of title page, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, moderate creasing to fore-edge of pgs 215-216) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, heavy loss to spine extrems with archival tape repairs, heavy closed tearing & archival tape repairs to fore-edge of front, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Publishing House of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1961
KEYWORDS: art heritage New Guinea culture anthropology ethnography
Time Belong Tumbuna ..... Legends and Traditions of Papua New Guinea
Quarto 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: Robert Brown & Assoc 1973
KEYWORDS: art png Papua New Guinea Glenys Kohnke anthropology customs culture heritage
New Guinea: Problems & Prospects
Octavo softcover (VG) occasional ink markings; 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: F W Cheshire 1969
KEYWORDS: PNG Papua New Guinea anthropology geography culture heritage
Ideas of Human Nature: An Historical Introduction
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: Blackwell 1992
KEYWORDS: literature philosophy human nature anthropology
Thinking Through Cultures: Expeditions in Cultural Psychology
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: Harvard University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: psychology culture cultural anthropology
The Family Life of Ralph Josselin
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: Cambridge University Press 1970
KEYWORDS: 17th seventeenth century clergymen religion religious leaders Ralph Josselin history historical anthropology literature biography biographies
The Coming of the Maoris to Aotearoa
RE-BACKED, octavo stapled light card covers (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: A H & A W Reed 1953
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori culture heritage history anthropology migration
Blandt Menneskeaedere pa Ny Guinea
FIRST DANISH EDITION, REBOUND IN LEATHER WITH MARBLED PAPERS, super octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, 223pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning/discolouration to spine, light brusiing & rubbing to board edges, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Carit Andersens Forlag 1954
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DANISH art anthropology New Guinea Jens Bjerre first Danish edition cannibals cannibalism