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$20.00
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The Social Conquest of Earth


WILSON, EDWARD O

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: Liveright Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: anthropology social evolution philosophy human

$40.00
2s7b/25

Plantation Societies, Race Relations, and the South: The Regimentation of Populations


THOMPSON, EDGAR T

Ex-library. First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xvi + 407; brown buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to spine, eps, ht & tp verso); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning).

PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 1975

KEYWORDS: Edgar T Thompson plantation society race relations social history anthropology sociology first edition

$40.00
2s9c/3

Shell Bed to Shell Midden


MEEHAN, BERRY

Imp. 8vo, pp. x + 189; illus. heavy light card covers; illus. eps, frontis., photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminal; prev bookseller's stamp in purple & black ink to ht).

PUBLISHER: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 1982

KEYWORDS: anthropology diet shellfish 20th century Australia Australian aboriginal aboriginies

$25.00
xx33pol212905

From Fiji to the Cannibal Islands


GRIMSHAW, BEATRICE

FIRST EDITION, NEEDS REBINDING, super octavo hardcover (G-) very tatty copy; 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: George Bell & Sons 1907

KEYWORDS: anthropology Beatrice Grimshaw Fiji travel exploration expeditions history historical travel writing literature first editions

$70.00
2f9e/1

Written in Blood: The Story of the Haitian People 1492-1995


HEINL, ROBERT DEBS & NANCY GORDON; HEINL, MICHAEL (ed)

Super 8vo, pp. xii + 869; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (moderate creasing, scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to tp; highlighting throughout).

PUBLISHER: University Press of America 2005

KEYWORDS: Haiti Haitian orthography history anthropology Robert Debs Nancy Gordon Heinl

$40.00
2f9e/3

Refocusing Ethnographic Museums through Oceanic Lenses


SCHORCH, PHILIPP

Super 8vo, pp. xii + 299; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's stickers to rear cover).

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2020

KEYWORDS: Philipp Schorch ethnographic museums oceanic oceania New Zealand heritage cutural anthropology

$45.00
1e16a/8

Same-Sex Cultures and Sexualities: An Anthropological Reader


ROBERTSON, JENNIFER (Ed)

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, ix + 310pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to cover edges, sl chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing 2005

KEYWORDS: lgbtq sexuality sexual orientation gay same-sex relationships culture cultures anthropology lesbian homosexuals

$40.00
1i24a/13

Sexual Knowledge, Sexual Science: The History of Attitudes to Sexuality


PORTER, ROY (Ed) & TEICH, MIKULAS (Ed)

Octavo, illus light card covers, white & teal lettering to spine, xiii + 408pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light soiling to page edges, occasional pencil markings to margins)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: history sex sexuality sexology customs anthropology social science

$40.00
1i24a/16

Irregular Connections: A History of Anthropology and Sexuality


LYONS, ANDREW P & LYONS, HARRIET D

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, xiv + 419pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press 2004

KEYWORDS: anthropology sexuality sexual orientation lgbtq

$55.00
1p36/23

The Early Writings of Bronislaw Malinowski


MALINOWSKI, BRONISLAW & KRZYZANOWSKI, LUDWIK (Trans)

Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xv + 324pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, jacket tidily affixed to boards) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic cover- tidily affixed to boards, top corner of rear flap clipped, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Bronislaw Malinowski literature literary anthologies anthropology

$22.50
xxbde214008

Mankind and Mother Earth: A Narrative History of the World


TOYNBEE, ARTHUR

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: Oxford University Press 1976

KEYWORDS: human history Arthur Toynbee anthropology

$45.00
1y92aa/1

The Technology of a Modern Stone Age People in New Guinea


BLACKWOOD, BEATRICE

Super 8vo, pp. 60; light card covers, spine & front cover lettered in black; frontis., xvi plates to rear, illus.; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; prev ownership stamp in black ink to front cover; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; heavy water damage to plates to rear, many stuck together; light cracking to rear gutter).

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1964

KEYWORDS: Beatrice Blackwood anthropology New Guinea population social conditions tools history

$17.50
xxqbb214119

The Future Eaters: An Ecological History of the Australian Lands and People


FLANNERY, Dr TIMOTHY FRIDTJOF

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: Reed New Holland 2005

KEYWORDS: anthropology Australia Australian ecology history

$22.50
xxqeb214153

The Transnational Villagers


LEVITT, PEGGY

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: University of California Press 2001

KEYWORDS: immigration ethnicity Peggy Levitt anthropology sociology social sciences

$18.50
xxqed214162

A New Maori Migration


METGE, JOAN

Ex-library, 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 Athlone Press 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand migration Maori social anthropology

$65.00
1y92aa/9

The Brahmans, Theists and Muslims of India: Studies of Goddess-worship in Bengal, Caste, Brahmaism and Social Reform with descriptive Sketches of curious Festivals, Ceremonies, and Faquirs


OMAN, JOHN CAMPBELL; OMAN, WILLIAM CAMPBELL (illus.)

Demy 8vo, pp. xvi + 342; red buckram boards, spine & front board lettered & decorated in gilt; teg, fore & bottom edges deckled, frontis., plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; heavy cracking to front hinge; light to moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters; library markings to spine, rear board, eps & tp).

PUBLISHER: T. Fisher 1907

KEYWORDS: John Campbell Oman Brahman anthropology social conditions India Indian religion religious spiritual spirituality

$19.50
xxged214233

People of the High Plateau


BERMAN, CARL & DOCKSTADER, FREDERICK J (Preface)

Very tidy ex-library, square imperial 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: Howell Press 1988

KEYWORDS: art Carl Berman anthropology tribes high plateau Andes South America paintings

$30.00
xxglb214286

A Brief History of the Indian Peoples


HUNTER, Sir WILLIAM WILSON

Octavo hardcover (VG) some page edges remain uncut; 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: Oxford University Press 1895

KEYWORDS: history India Indian people anthropology

$60.00
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Hawaiki: The Original Home of the Maori; with a Sketch of Polynesian History


SMITH, S PERCY

FOLDING MAP AT FRONT, octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, folding map to frontipsiece, 288pp + catalogue to rear, folding genealogy chart to rear, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate & minor wrinkling to ffep, minor creasing & closed tearing to folding map, moderate crack to front gutter, moderate crease to index pages, light soiling to folding genealogy chart to rear, moderate crack to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1921

KEYWORDS: Hawaiki anthropology history Maori Polynesia Polynesian

$35.00
xxsaj214654

Living Tribes


PRIOR, COLIN

STILL SEALED IN PLASTIC COVER, quarto hardcover (FINE) in d/w (Near FINE); 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: Constable 2003

KEYWORDS: anthropology ancient tribes Colin Prior

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