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$65.00
2g43/2

Hunters of the Great North


STEFANSSON, VILHJALMUR

Octavo, blue buckram boards, white lettering to spine & front board, white polar bear illus to front board, deckled page edges to base of page block, frontispiece, 288pp, 2x folding maps to rear, illus/photos, VG (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, light tanning & foxing to prelims, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1923

KEYWORDS: exploration north pole arctic hunting hunters anthropology Vilhjalmur Stefansson

$40.00
2g43/20

Peasant Life in China: A Field Study of Country Life in the Yangtze Valley


FEI, HSIAO-TUNG & MALINOWSKI, Professor BRONISLAW (Preface)

Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvi + 300pp + 16pp to rear, illus, VG (moderate staining to spine & boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1980

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history anthropology Dr Hsiao-Tung Fei poverty peasants

$220.00
2g44/20

Science and Civilisation in China (2 Vol Set)


NEEDHAM, JOSEPH & LING, WANG (Research Assist.)

2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- xxxviii + 318pp, vol 2- xxii + (2) + 696pp, illus, folding maps to rear of vol 1, VG+ (sl bruising & & tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep of vol 1, prev. owner's sm inscription in ink to ffep of vol 2, occasional light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (vol 1 in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, corners of front flaps clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- some tidy tape repairs, light tanning to spines, minor chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1954-62

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history geography science philosophy anthropology

$30.00
xxpma217222

The Human Zoo


MORRIS, DESMOND

US FIRST EDITION, 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: McGraw-Hill Book Company 1969

KEYWORDS: Desmond Morris US first editions anthropology humans

$15.00
xxpkf217286

The Sambia: Ritual and Gender in New Guinea


HERDT, GILBERT

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: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1986

KEYWORDS: anthropology gender rituals Sambia culture

$25.00
xxpjd217306

Fevers, Feuds and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History


FARMER, PAUL

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: Picador / Farrar Straus and Giroux 2021

KEYWORDS: West Africa Ebola viruses virus breakouts disease Sierra Leone Liberia Guinea autobiography Paul Farmer anthropology

$40.00
1o15a/8

The Story of V: Opening Pandora's Box


BLACKLEDGE, CATHERINE

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 322pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2003

KEYWORDS: female genitalia genitals vaginas art history anthropology

$40.00
1o15a/24

Speaking in Queer Tongues: Globalization and Gay Language


LEAP, WILLIAM L (Ed) & BOELLSTORFF, TOM (Ed)

REVIEW COPY, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & pink lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 288pp, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, sm ink stamp to base of page block, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Illinois 2004

KEYWORDS: gay lesbian studies anthropology language linguistics identity community lgbtq

$40.00
1y41b/29

One and a Half Pacific Islands / Teuana ao Teiterana n aba n Te Betebeke : Stories the Banaban People Tell of Themselves / I-Banaba aika a Karakin oin Rongorongoia


SHENNAN, JENNIFER (Ed) & TEKENIMATANG, MAKIN CORRIE (Ed)

Ex-library, super octavo, illus stiffened light card wrappers, black & pink lettering to spine, frontispiece, 264pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, minor scuffing & tanning/soiling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, minor cracking to title page gutter, tape reinforcement to front & rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: pacific islands Banaban people anthropology culture Kiribati Fiji

$40.00
1y41b/35

The Origin of the Polynesians


LIVINGSTONE, CEDRIC

Quarto, clear plastic wrappers, illus front page, 36pp (possibly mis-bound/out of sequence), illus/photos, VG+ (light soiling to front plastic wrapper, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear, minor dar stain to base of page block, prev. owner's name verso of title page)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: Polynesia Polynesians culture anthropology heritage history

$12.50
xxpcd217483

The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies?


DIAMOND, JARED

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: Penguin 2013

KEYWORDS: anthropology philosophy culture history Jared Diamond

$15.00
xxe3ab217497

Manga Reva: The Forgotten Islands


ESKRIDGE, ROBERT LEE

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: Mutual Publishing 1986

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Robert Lee Eskridge Hawaii Hawai'i anthropology

$35.00
xxe3ac217503

The New Imperial Order: Indigenous Responses to Globalization


STEWART-HARAWIRA, MAKERE

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: Zed Books / Huia Publishers 2005

KEYWORDS: globalization globalisation indigenous people anthropology cultural culture

$32.50
xxe3bd217574

Pacific: An Ocean of Wonders


HATFIELD, PHILIP J.

Oblong quarto 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: David Bateman Ltd. 2019

KEYWORDS: Pacific islands ocean human geography history anthropology

$15.00
xxewh217914

Sangoma


GATTI, ATTILITO

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, small tear to d/w at base of spine); 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: Frederick Muller 1962

KEYWORDS: Travel anthropology Zulus documentary filmmaking Zululand South Africa tribal communities African wildlife Zulu

$22.50
xxkff218664

At Home in the World


JACKSON, MICHAEL

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: HarperPerennial / HarperCollins 1995

KEYWORDS: Aboriginal philosophy ethnography Warlpiri Australia anthropology

$25.00
xxkea218623

White Man's Dreaming: Killalpaninna Mission 1866-1915


STEVENS, CHRISTINE

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: Oxford University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: Aboriginal Australian colonial history missionaries religion anthropology Killalpaninna mission Diyari

$35.00
xx69pol218713

Before California: An Archaeologist Looks at Our Earliest Inhabitants


FAGAN, BRIAN

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: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2003

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity California archeology archaeology anthropology

$16.50
xx69pol218714

The Night Country: Refelctions of a Bone-Hunting Man


EISELEY, LOREN & FISHER, LEONARD EVERETT (Illus)

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: Garnstone Press 1974

KEYWORDS: anthropology autobiography memoir autobiographies Loren Eiseley

$15.00
xxkpd218897

African Elite: The Big Men of a Small Town


VINCENT, JOAN

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: Columbia University Press 1971

KEYWORDS: Teso Gondo Uganda anthropology sociology multi-ethnic groups politics

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