GUHA, RANAJIT & CHATTERJEE, PARTHA (Ed & Intro)

Octavo, illus light card covers, white & beige lettering to spine, x + 666pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Permanent Black 2018

KEYWORDS: essays prose literature anthology history culture anthropology

ROBERTS, JATDE LIN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, xvii + 200pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 2016

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history Rangoon Sino-Burmese culture heritage anthropology Burma nationalism ethnicity

TARLING, NICHOLAS (Ed)

4 VOL BOXED SET, octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spines, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spines & cover edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffeps of first 3 books, sl soiling to ffep of vol 1 part 2) in VG presentation box

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: Southeast Asia ancient history antiquity economic social change anthropology religion commerce

ANDERSON, ATHOLL

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history migration anthropology antiquity

NIKORA, TERANGI

Quarto 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: National Maori Language Day Publication 1973

KEYWORDS: New Zealand te reo Maori language day history historical anthropology research

CHANG, K C

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: Harvard University Press 1976

KEYWORDS: Ancient China Chinese civilisation civilization history anthropology

LOWE, H Y & BODDE, DERK (Intro)

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: Princeton University Press 1983

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history anthropology

STOLER, ANN LAURA

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: Princeton University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: history anthropology colonial government governance politics political

WANG, MINGMING

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: Left Coast Press 2009

KEYWORDS: China Chinese anthropology empire ethnology Ming Qing dynasty Guangzhou

BODDE, DERK & LE BLANC, CHARLES (Ed & Intro) & BOREI, DOROTHY (Ed & Intro)

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: Princeton University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: literature essays prose Chinese China history anthropology civilisation civilization

LANCASTER, ROGER N (Ed) & DI LEONARDO, MICAELA (Ed)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Routledge 1997

KEYWORDS: feminism feminist anthropology sex gender sexuality

FIRTH, RAYMOND & MALINOWSKI, BRONISLAW (Preface)

Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained maroon- faded, frontispiece, xxvi + (4) + 605pp, illus/photos, vG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to spine, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1957

KEYWORDS: Polynesia Polynesian anthropology sociology social science

HASLUCK, PAUL

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 229pp, VG (moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light to moderate soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1970

KEYWORDS: Australia Australians anthropology ethnicity native indigenous WA western 19th nineteenth century history

BEAGLEHOLE, ERNEST and PEARL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, iv + 145pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to top board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, pgs 1 & 2 potentially missing, light creasing to prelims) in d/w, G+ (heavy loss & tape repairs to top edges, moderate creasing & chipping to lower edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine, light general chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1941

KEYWORDS: first editions pacific islands Tonga villages Pangai anthropology culture customs

GREENWOOD, WILLIAM

SCARCE, octavo, green light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, xvi + 88pp, illus/folding ancestry chart, VG (light to moderate creasing & tanning/fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling & minor insect damage to front cover, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor sporadic foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1942 (Second Printing)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand ringatu religion Polynesia anthropology Polynesian

GREY, Sir GEORGE

Octavo hardcover (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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1929

KEYWORDS: Polynesia Polynesian mythology myths folklore lore history anthropology New Zealand pacific islands islanders

BEST, ELSDON

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, vol 1- octavo, vol 2- oblong quarto, red buckram boards, black lettering & decoration to spine of vol 1, vol 1- vii + (5) + 1211pp, vol 2- 8pp + 34x genealogical tables (all present) + unpaginated index to rear, lg folding map to rear pocket of vol 2, VG (light bruising & rubbing/scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spines & board edges, light foxing & light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, sporadic light foxing throughout, minor rubbing to rear ep of vol 2, minor tanning & foxing to top edge of folding map at rear- otherwise map is in generally v tidy condition)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons (Printer) 1925

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Elsdon Best Tuhoe tribe Maori early tribes anthropology BOP Bay of Plenty

SHARP, ANDREW

Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + (3) + 259pp, illus, VG (moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & ep edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate to heavy fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: pacific islands exploration history Polynesia Melanesia Micronesia ethnology anthropology geography

DEMOLINS, EDMOND & LAVIGNE, LOUIS BERT. (Trans)

SECOND ENGLISH EDITION, ex-library, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, deckled page edges, xl + 427pp + catalogues to rear, G+ (heavy cracking & staining to spine- spine partially detached/flapping, heavy staining to spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, moderate amount of library stamps, heavy annotation & underlining to text, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, light to moderate tanning & foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Leadenhall Press 1899

KEYWORDS: English speaking people anglo-saxon anthropology social history French

N/A (CRAIK, GEORGE L)

MAPS PRESENT, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to green title plate to spine, frontis/map, iv + 424pp, illus/maps, G+ (v heavy cracking to hinges- front board completely detached & rear board very delicate, moderate tape staining & residue to spine & board edges, moderate chafing to boards, moderate chipping to surface os spine, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, prev. owners' names in ink & pencil to front eps, ffep detached but re-fixed with tidy archival tape, moderate foxing to pages throughout, heavy cracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Charles Knight, Pall Mall East 1830

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history culture Maori communities anthropology