Books - "anthropology"
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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
Tribal Peoples of Southern Africa
Quarto, cream illus boards, black lettering to boards & spine, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 206pp, illus, VG- (moderate soiling to boards & spine, moderate bruising to spine & extrems, front gutter & gutter between p98-99 lightly cracked and board shaky, moderate foxing & tanning to page edges, prelims & terminals, light to moderate foxing throughout) in d/w G+ (4cm sections missing from top & bottom of spine & lower front corner of jacket, heavily tanned & foxed, moderate soiling, chafing & creasing to jacket)
PUBLISHER: Books of Africa 1968
KEYWORDS: africa southern barbara tyrrell art anthropology african history culture tribal religion shamanism
Subsistence Patterns in Prehistoric New Zealand, Volume Two: A Consideration of the Implication of Seasonal and Regional Variability of Food Resources for the Study of Prehistoric Economies
THIS VOL ONLY, imperial 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: Anthropology Dept, University of Otago 1969
KEYWORDS: prehistoric anthropology New Zealand subsistence patterns
Human Understanding: The Collective Use and Evolution of Concepts
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: Princeton University Press 1977
KEYWORDS: anthropology evolution natural science human understanding
The Educated Mind: How Cognitive Tools Shape Our Understanding
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) spine of jacket torn, otherwise tidy; 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 Chicago Press 1997
KEYWORDS: cognition history psycholinguistics education anthropology
At the Centre of the World: Polar Symbolism Discovered in Celtic, Norse and Other Ritualized Landscapes
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt publisher's mark to front boards, gilt lettering to spine, 184pp, illus, VG+ ( v slight bruising to extrems, upper page edges slightly foxed, previous owner's name in ink to fep), in d/w VG+ ( v slight creasing to edges, v slight tanning & chafing to jacket)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1994
KEYWORDS: first edition john michell polar symbolism celtic norse folk ritual ritualised sociology cultural anthropology mythology
Human Nature and the Limits of Science
Octavo, navy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 201pp, VG+ (v slight soiling & bruising to boards, v slight soiling to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep & inside rear board) in d/w VG+ (v slight rubbing to edges, v slight soiling to jacket, previous bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Clarendon Press Oxford 2001
KEYWORDS: human nature philosophy anthropology science social cultural context
Suspicion is my name
Quarto heavy cream illus boards, black text to spine & boards, unpaginated prelims + 191pp, illus, VG- (slight soiling & bruising to boards & spine, slightly cocked, light to moderate foxing & soiling to prelims, index & terminals, slight foxing throughout, moderate foxing & tanning to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Books of Africa 1971
KEYWORDS: barbara tyrrell african cultures culture cultural anthropology sociology africa
Vanishing Primitive Man
FIRST EDITION, quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy: 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: Thames and Hudson 1973
KEYWORDS: first editions anthropology history geography
Politics, Law and Ritual in Tribal Society
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: Basil Blackwell 1965
KEYWORDS: anthropology tribes tribal society politics law rituals
Melanesia: A Short Ethnography
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: Trustees of the British Museum 1961
KEYWORDS: ethnography Melanesia culture rituals customs anthropology
A Pacific Bibliography: Printed Matter Relating to the Native Peoples of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia (Second Edition)
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (G) jacket torn/tatty; 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 1965
KEYWORDS: pacific anthropology Polynesia Melanesia Micronesia bibliography bibliographies catalogues
A Vanished World
Quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate tanning & light soiling)
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2001
KEYWORDS: tribal photography art Wilfred Thesiger anthropology portraits
Kakamora
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: Hodder & Stoughton 1962
KEYWORDS: anthropology Melanesia Charles E Fox culture
The Maori As He Was: A Brief Account of Maori Life as it was in Pre-European Days
TASTEFULLY REBACKED, octavo, brown buckram boards, small sections of text pasted to front board, frontispiece, xv + 280pp, illus, VG (slight bruising & warping to boards, light soiling to boards, spine & page edges, light tanning to page edges, light rust soiling from binding staples, previous owners name in ink to reverse side of frontispiece)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Board of Science & Art Manual No. 4, 1934 Second Issue
KEYWORDS: elsdon best pre colonial te ao maori history pre european life anthropology new zealand aotearoa
The Hidden History of the Human Race
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: Bhaktivedanta Book Publishing 1999
KEYWORDS: science archeology archaeology evolution anthropology prehistory prehistoric human
Clowning as Critical Practice: Performance Humor in the South Pacific
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 Pittsburgh Press 1992
KEYWORDS: PNG Papua New Guinea humour humor comedy south pacific anthropology
Alfred Kroeber: A Personal Configuration
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) boards soiled; 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 1970
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Alfred Kroeber biographies anthropology anthropologists
Bruno Gutmann 1876-1966: A German Approach to Social Anthropology
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 1979
KEYWORDS: social anthropology history Bruno Gutmann