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$16.50
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The Moving Frontier: Aspects of Aboriginal-European Interaction in Australia


STANBURY, PETER

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

$40.00
3b2/4

The Story of the Solomons


FOX, CHARLES

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

$40.00
3b1/19

The Invention of Jane Harrison


BEARD, MARY

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

$28.50
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Black Eros: The Sexual Customs of Africa from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day


DE RACHEWILTZ, BORIS & WHIGHAM, PETER (trans)

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

$40.00
3c4/25

The Blood Libel Legend: A Casebook in Anti-Semitic Folklore


DUNDES, ALAN (Ed)

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

$55.00
3c2/46

Witchcraft Confessions & Accusations


DOUGLAS, MARY (Ed)

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

$35.00
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The Savage Mind (La Pensee Sauvage)


LEVI-STRAUSS, CLAUDE

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

$25.00
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Language, Thought and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf


WHORF, BENJAMIN LEE & CARROLL, JOHN B. (ed., intro.) & CHASE, STUART (fore.)

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

$35.00
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The Island of the Colourblind and Cycad Island


SACKS, OLIVER

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

$25.00
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Folk Classification: A Topically Arranged Bibliography of Contemporary and Background References Through 1971


CONKLIN, HAROLD C.

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

$16.50
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Some Reflections on the Nature of Iban Society


FREEMAN, DEREK & FREEMAN, MONICA (illus.)

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

$15.00
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Sorcerers of Dobu: The Social Anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific


FORTUNE, R. F. & MALINOWSKI, BRONISLAW (intro.)

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

$42.50
3d3/19

Yiwara: Foragers of the Australian Desert


GOULD, RICHARD A & AMOROSI, NICHOLAS (Illus)

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

$225.00
3d2/1

The Material Culture of the Cook Islands (Aitutaki)


HIROA, TE RANGI (BUCK, P H)

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

$32.50
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The Western Dreaming: The Western World is Dying for Want of a Story


CARROLL, JOHN

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

$22.50
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Music in Human Life: Anthropological Perspectives on Music


KAEMMER, JOHN E

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

$40.00
3d2/57

Beyond Evolution: Human Nature and the Limits of Evolutionary Explanation


O'HEAR, ANTHONY

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

$17.50
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The Emergence of Man


PFEIFFER, JOHN E

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

$20.00
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The Hunting Peoples


COON, CARLETON S & WATSON, ALDREN A (Maps & Drawings)

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

$20.00
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Rituals of Respect: The Secret of Survival in the High Peruvian Andes


BOLIN, INGE

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

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