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$20.00
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High Religion: A Cultural and Political History of Sherpa Buddhism


ORTNER, SHERRY B.

paperback octavo (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: Princeton University Press

KEYWORDS: specials religion sherpa buddhism culture politics history sherry ortner anthropology nepal ethnography

$75.00
2f9b/4

Primitive Paternity: The Myth of Supernatural Birth in Relation to the History of the Family


HARTLAND, EDWIN SIDNEY

2 volume set, super octavo, grey/green buckram boards with black lettering to spine & blind rule to boards, viii + 325pp (vol 1), 328pp (vol 2), VG (heavy fading to spines, bruising & rubbing to spine extrems and board corners, foxing to page edges, heavy browning to eps front & rear)

PUBLISHER: David Nutt 1909

KEYWORDS: Edwin Sidney Hartland paternity anthropology myths legends supernatural birth magic

$195.00
2f9a/38

An Ethnographic Bibliography of New Guinea: Three Volumes


Volume 1 Author Index; volume 2 District Index; Volume 3 Proper Names Index

n/a

Three volume set, quarto, beige light card covers with French flaps and red & black lettering to spine & front board, vol 1 ix + 318pp, VG (fading to spine & board edges, owner's name in ink to front board, rubbing to board edges, staining to rear board, gutter cracked at centre of volume); vol 2 110pp, VG+ (fading to spine, foxing to front eps); vol 3 255pp, VG+ (fading to spine and board edges, slight soiling to front board at spine edge)

PUBLISHER: Australian National University Press 1968

KEYWORDS: ethnography bibliograpy New GuineA anthropology sociology reference authors districts names

$14.00
xxcra47092

The American Plains Indians


HOOK, JASON & HOOK, RICHARD (Illus)

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: Osprey Publishing 1985

KEYWORDS: specials Jason Hook Richard Hook America history American Indians plains culture anthropology

$35.00
2f15/16

Comparative Religion: Its Genesis and Growth


JORDAN, LOUIS HENRY

Super octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering and gilt rule to spine and blind rule & blind design to boards, black eps, frontispiece, xix + 668pp + iv adverts, illus (2pp charts), VG- (fading to spine, rubbing to spine extrems, slight soiling & rubbing to boards, soiling to eps, front gutter cracked but intact, owner's name & year to title page, crease/fold to upper corner last two pages, foxing esp to page edges)

PUBLISHER: T & T Clark 1905

KEYWORDS: Louis Henry Jordan religion theology comparative religion history psychology mythology anthropology archaeology ethmology sociology

$245.00
1q27a/2

Prehistoric Wetland Cultivation in Far Northern Aotearoa


BARBER, IAN G

Unpublished thesis, quarto, turquoise heavy card boards with blue cloth spine and typed title label pasted to front board, xvi + 288pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to rear board, 4 words blacked out on title page)

PUBLISHER: Unpublished thesis University of Auckland 1984

KEYWORDS: Ian G Barber New Zealand archaeology anthropology prehistoric Maori wetlands horticulture Motutangi water reticulation drainage ditches

$675.00
1q27a/3

Polynesian Artifacts: The Oldman Collection


Memoirs of the Polynesian Society Vol 15

n/a

Susan Bulmer's copy, super octavo, grey light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, 86pp + 136 b&w plates, VG+ (fading & damp stains to spine, fading to covers, foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1953

KEYWORDS: Oldman collection polynesia artefacts tahiti Cook Islands Tonga Fiji Easter Island Marquesas archaeology anthropology

$425.00
1q27a/4

Pacific Linguistics Series B Monographs No. 9: The Peopling pf Central Papua: Some Preliminary Observations


DUTTON, T. E

S Bulmer's copy, imperial octavo, light card covers with black lettering to front cover & green tape spine with gilt lettering, vii + 182pp + 4 adverts, illus, VG+ (foxing & browning to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Australian National University 1969

KEYWORDS: TE Dutton linguistics Papua New Guinea anthropology Koita Koiari Sogeri Plateau historical linguistics austronesian language

$30.00
1q27a/5

Trade and Exchange in Oceania and Australia


Mankind 11(3)

SPECHT, JIM & WHITE, J. PETER (Eds)

S Bulmer's copy, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, pp 161-435, illus, VG+ (rubbing & spotting to covers, browning to eps, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Australian Museum, & Anthropological Society of NSW, Sydney University Press 1978

KEYWORDS: Jim Specht Peter White anthropology ethnology Australia Oceania Melanesia Trobriand Papua New Guinea Murngin Enga trade exchange artifacts Onabasulu Hau Mauri Utu archaeology

$9.00
xxdce48023

The Etruscans


PALLOTTINO, M.

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: Pelican Books 1956

KEYWORDS: specials m. pallottino roman history italy civilisation etruscology archaeology art anthropology

$25.00
xxdcf48186

Papers in Economic Prehistory: Studies by Members and Associates of the British Academy Major Research Project in the Early History of Agriculture


HIGGS, E. S (Ed)

Quarto hardback (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: Cambridge University Press 1972

KEYWORDS: specials ES Higgs archaeology economic pre-history agriculture anthropology essays

$50.00
2f18/10

Archaeology of Northern Australia: Regional Perspectives


VETH, PETER & HISCOCK, PETER

Quarto, illus grey light card covers with red lettering to spine & front board, iv + 212pp, illus, VG+ (v. v. slight rubbing to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Anthropology Museum University of Queensland 1996

KEYWORDS: Peter Veth Peter Hiscock Norther Australia archaeology cultural anthropology middens holocene Kimberley Little Desert Great Sandy Desert Mitchell plateau Kakadu Simpson Desert Mt Isa mounds domiculture prehistoric archaeology

$35.00
2f18/38

Saying So Doesn't Make it So: Papers in Honour of B. Foss Leach


Monograph 17

SUTTON, DOUGLAS G (Ed)

Imperial octavo, light blue light card covers with black lettering to spine & cover, frontispiece, vi + 303pp, illus, VG (light soiling, fading to spine, creasing to upper rear corner)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Archaeological Association 1989

KEYWORDS: Douglas Sutton B Foss Leach biography archaeology anthropology Roger Fyfe Stuart Park Atholl Anderson archaeozoology lithic studies alaeobotany dating

$52.50
2f18/40

Recent Prehistory in Southeast Papua


Terra Australis 4 Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies

EGLOFF, BRIAN

Quarto, green illus light card boards with white & black lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece map, xvi + 164pp, illus, VG (owner's name in ink to fep, rubbing & creasing to spine, bruising to cover corners, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Australian National University 1979

KEYWORDS: Brian Egloff archaeology prehistory southeast papua New Guinea anthropology sociology

$22.50
2f19/9

The Lineage System of the Mae-Enga of New Guinea


MEGGITT, MERVYN J & GLUCKMAN, MAX (Ed)

First edition, octavo, dark green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 297pp + folding map at rear, illus, VG (slight bruising & rubbing to spine extrems & boards, light tanning to eps, foxing to folding map, v slight foxing to page edges) in VG d/w (price clipped, rubbing & chipping to edges & corners, creasing to upper front, 2x3cm and 1x1cm missing portions to upper spine, 3x3cm tear to lower spine but no missing portion)

PUBLISHER: Oliver & Boyd 1965

KEYWORDS: first edition MJ Meggitt Max Gluckman New Guinea social anthropology Central Highlands culture Mae-Enga agnatic hierarchies

$35.00
2f19/16

Historical Vines: Enga Networks of Exchange, Ritual, and Warfare in Papua New Guinea


WIESSNER, POLLY & TUMU, AKII

Super octavo, illus light card covers, xvii + 494pp, illus, nr fine (slight rubbing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Crawford House Publishing 1998

KEYWORDS: Polly Wiessner Akii Tumu Papua New Guinea Enga history anthropology rites ceremonies warfare social organization ecology political processes sweet potato

$27.50
2f19/17

Enga: Foundations for Development Volume 3 of Enga Yaaka Lasemana


CARRAD, BRUCE & LEA, DAVID A. M & TALYAGA, KUNDAPE

Super octavo, illus light card covers, xii + 380pp, illus, VG (rubbing & spotting to covers, nick to front cover lower edge, creasing to rear cover lower corner, 4cm closed tear to upper spine/rear cover edge, rust showing to staples, some pencil underlining)

PUBLISHER: Enga Provincial Government 1982

KEYWORDS: Bruce Carrad David Lea Kundapan Talyaga Enga Papua New Guinea history environment demography anthropology horticulture agriculture economy violence land communication education health infrastructure government

$30.00
2f19/18

Studies in Enga History


The Oceania Monographs No. 20

MEGGITT, M. J

Super octavo, light blue light card covers with black lettering, 95pp, VG (fading to covers, esp to spine and cover edges, 2cm stain to rear board edge)

PUBLISHER: University of Sydney 1974

KEYWORDS: MJ Meggitt Papua New Guinea Enga anthropology history te exchange

$50.00
2f19/19

A View of Enga Culture


TUMU, AKII & MUNINI, PESONE & KYANGALI, ALOME & WI

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 64pp, illus, VG (rubbing & fading to front, bruising to lower spine, v slight foxing to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Dept of Enga / KPI Publishing 1989

KEYWORDS: Akii Tumu Pesone Munini Alome Kyangali Polly Wiessner Papua New Guinea Enga traditions culture history anthropology

$65.00
2f19/34

Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Australia, Canada, & New Zealand


HAVEMANN, PAUL (Ed)

Super octavo, light card coverss with white lettering, xvi + 520pp, fine

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Paul Havemann Australia New Zealand Canada indigenous people legal law politics colonialism essays history ethnicity sociology anthropology

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