Books - "anthropology"
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The Moving Frontier: Aspects of Aboriginal-European Interaction in Australia
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Reed 1977
KEYWORDS: Australian Aboriginal history culture anthropology colonial Australia race European colonialism lectures
The Story of the Solomons
Octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, black lettering & illus to front board, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG- (light bruising to spine & board corners, light soiling to rear board, minor insect damage to front hinge, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to front gutter- ffep potentially removed, light tanning & creasing to prelims, occasional sl foxing throughout) in d/wm VG (moderate creasing & tanning to spine & cover edges/folds at flaps, other minor soiling, 2cm closed tear to top edge of front cover, other sl closed tearing/chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: D O M Publications 1967
KEYWORDS: pacific islands Solomon Islands history colonialism anthropology geopolitics
The Invention of Jane Harrison
Octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt face illus to front board, xiii + 229pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board corners, sl soiling to page edges, moderate pencil annotaiton to terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine, light creasing to edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: classical philology literature anthropology classicists mythology history historiography
Black Eros: The Sexual Customs of Africa from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1964
KEYWORDS: african sociology anthropology history sexuality sex
The Blood Libel Legend: A Casebook in Anti-Semitic Folklore
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, red lettering to spine- faded, ix + 385pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine, light to moderate creasing to cover edges, sl chafing & tanning/soiling to covers, moderate knife damage/cutting to front cover through to prelim pages, ephemera loosely enc. to front)
PUBLISHER: The University of Wisconsin Press 1991
KEYWORDS: anthropology Judaism folklore lore religion religious studies Jews antisemitism history antiquity
Witchcraft Confessions & Accusations
Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt & red lettering to spine, xxxviii + 387pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional sl soiling) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to top edge, light tanning to spine, light to moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: Tavistock Publications 1970
KEYWORDS: history witches witchcraft confessions accusations trials occult supernatural anthropology essays literature
The Savage Mind (La Pensee Sauvage)
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1966
KEYWORDS: structural anthropology social science psychology philosophy
Language, Thought and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf
Super octavo hardcover (VG) pencil annotations; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Massachusetts Institute of Technology / John Wiley & Sons 1956
KEYWORDS: linguistics language cognition psychology of perception anthropology
The Island of the Colourblind and Cycad Island
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in b/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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1997
KEYWORDS: medical anthropology colour blindess Caroline Islands Guam Parkinsons
Folk Classification: A Topically Arranged Bibliography of Contemporary and Background References Through 1971
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Yale University Department of Anthropology 1972
KEYWORDS: anthropology bibliography reference
Some Reflections on the Nature of Iban Society
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Department of Anthropology Research School of Pacific Studies Australian National University 1981
KEYWORDS: Ibans Iban people Borneo anthropology ethnology Malaysia Baleh Sarawak
Sorcerers of Dobu: The Social Anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: E. P. Dutton & Co. 1963
KEYWORDS: social anthropology Dobu Islanders Eastern New Guinea Dobuan people
Yiwara: Foragers of the Australian Desert
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black & yellow heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 239pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional minor foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1969
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian aborigines aboriginal customs foraging foragers anthropology desert Yiwara
The Material Culture of the Cook Islands (Aitutaki)
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, white lettering to front board, illus boards & eps, frontispiece, xxv + 384pp, illus, VG- (moderate fading to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, sm insect damage to base of hinges & front pastedown, sl discolouration to eps, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery and Sons (Printer) 1927
KEYWORDS: first editions Pacific islands Cook Islands culture arts crafts Te Rangi Hiroa Peter P H Buck Maori Polynesian anthropology
The Western Dreaming: The Western World is Dying for Want of a Story
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 costs
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2001
KEYWORDS: western culture society colonialism colonisation the west politics anthropology
Music in Human Life: Anthropological Perspectives on Music
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 Texas Press 1993
KEYWORDS: anthropology music culture history ethnomusicology
Beyond Evolution: Human Nature and the Limits of Evolutionary Explanation
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 220pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford Univesity Press 1997
KEYWORDS: first editions philosophy anthropology evolution Anthony O'Hear
The Emergence of Man
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: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1970
KEYWORDS: anthropology natural science prehistory prehistoric man mankind evolution
The Hunting Peoples
FIRST EDITION, 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: Jonathan Cape 1972
KEYWORDS: anthropology cultures hunting hunters archaeology archeology agriculture food first editions
Rituals of Respect: The Secret of Survival in the High Peruvian Andes
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 Texas Press 1998
KEYWORDS: anthropology Andes Peru Quechua Indians rites ceremonies customs culture festivals