Books - "anthropology"
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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
Mangaian Society (Bernice P Bishop Museum Bulletin 122)
Super octavo, brown light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 207pp, folding map opp. pg4, VG (moderate fading & creasing to spine- minor cracking to extrems with archival tape repair, light to moderate creasing & fading to cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor occasional foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Bernice P Bishop Museum 1934
KEYWORDS: Bernice P Bishop museum bulletins history pacific Mangaia society Peter Buck Te Rangi Hiroa culture anthropology
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 Hero with a Thousand Faces
Super octavo, white heavy boards, gilt lettering to grey spine, xxiii + 416pp, illus, VG+ ( slight bruising to spine and extrems, slight scuffing to extrems, unusual repair using suspected correction fluid to lower corner of front board, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w VG+ (light creasing & sl chipping to edges, v slight tanning, adhesive price sticker to inside back flap)
PUBLISHER: MJF Books N/D (c.1990s)
KEYWORDS: joseph cambell classics history cultural anthropology narrative ancient historic