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$30.00
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The Cradle of Erotica: A Study of Afro-Asian Sexual Expression and an Analysis of Erotic Freedom in Social Relationships


EDWARDES, ALLEN & MASTERS, R. E. L.

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: The Odyssey Press 1970

KEYWORDS: first edition anthropology sexuality eastern erotica

$40.00
1y14/4

Israel: Its Life and Culture: I-II


PEDERSEN, JOHS.

Super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, green buckram boards, x + 578pp, VG (moderate creeasing/chipping to spine extrems with sl surface loss & fraying, light rubbing to spine, light scuffing to board corners, light soiling to boards, boards lightly shaky, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, book seller's label & previous owner's name in ink to fep, partial cracks to gutters)

PUBLISHER: V. Pio.Povl Branner 1926

KEYWORDS: Israel culture history anthropology Jewish antiquities

$22.50
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Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind


QUAMMEN, DAVID

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 2004

KEYWORDS: Predators anthropology human v wild nature

$12.50
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The Pacific Islanders: Peoples of the World Series


HOWELLS, WILLIAM

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 cost

PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1973

KEYWORDS: Anthropology pacific people islanders

$9.50
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Easter Island: Stone-Age Civilisation of the Pacific


METRAUX, ALFRED & BULLOCK, MICHAEL (trans)

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Scientific Book Club 1957

KEYWORDS: Easter Island anthropology stone age

$50.00
1y16/31

Chambers's Papers For the People: Vol 1 & 2


N/A

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, 512pp, illus, scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping to spine extrems, 3cm closed tear to spine, moderate fading to spine, light soiling to boards, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges-light to eps, lightly moderate sporadic foxing to pages throughout, cracks to full length of gutters) has that delicious old book smell....

PUBLISHER: William and Robert Chambers 1850

KEYWORDS: culture literature history anthropology sociology

$175.00
1y19/32

Northward Over the Great Ice: A Narrative of Life and Work Along the Shores and Upon the Interior Ice-Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891-1897


PEARY, ROBERT E.

THIS VOLUME ONLY, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, silver gilt motif & gilt rule to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 625pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, moderate scuffing to board corners, moderate scuffing to spine, light soiling & chafing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, ex-libris label & previous owner's name in pencil to front pastedown,moderate foxing to prelims, previous moderate water damage to page tops causing sporadic adhesion/tearing, pgs 2-3 stuck together, cracks to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Methuen 1898

KEYWORDS: Illustrated Greenland history culture anthropology

$80.00
1y22/10

Objects: Signs of Africa


DE HEUSCH, LUC

Lg quarto, brown cloth boards, blind stamp title to front board, 214pp, illus, VG+ (heavy scuff to top spine extrem with surface loss) in d/w, VG (moderate chipping to spine extrems with some loss, light creasing to edges, light sun fading to spine, light chafing to covers, 1cm closed tear to top of front cover)

PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 1996

KEYWORDS: Africa artifacts art artefacts illustrated ritual objects anthropology

$60.00
1y23/46

Lived Religion in America: Toward a History of Practice


HALL,DAVID D. (Ed)

Super octavo, charcoal grey buckram boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, xiii + 254pp, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to spine & boards)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1998

KEYWORDS: religion anthropology America US theology women's studies sociology culture

$125.00
1y26/34

The Temple in Ancient Egypt: New Discoveries and Recent Research


QUIRKE, STEPHEN (ed.)

Large quarto, illus light card covers, x+241pp+55pp plates at rear, illus, plates, Near FINE ( v. slight creasing to corners, v. slight soiling to rear cover, v. slight foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: British Museum Press 1997

KEYWORDS: ancient egypt archaeology anthropology egyptian studies

$22.50
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History and Traditions of Tikopia


FIRTH, RAYMOND

Ex Library, 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Polynesian Society 1961

KEYWORDS: new zealand polynesia history anthropology

$30.00
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Artifacts: An Introduction to Early Materials and Technology


HODGES, HENRY

FIRST EDTION, 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 cost

PUBLISHER: John Baker 1964

KEYWORDS: anthropology first edition artifacts

$35.00
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Identity Through History: Living Stories in A Soloman Islands Society


WHITE, GEOFFREY M.

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Pres 2002

KEYWORDS: anthropology solomon islands history

$18.50
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The Origin of Humankind


LEAKEY, RICHARD

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1994

KEYWORDS: mankind evolution science anthropology antiquity history

$12.50
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Other Senses, Other Worlds


JONAS, DORIS & JONAS, DAVID

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: Cassell 1976

KEYWORDS: space creatures anthropology animals scifi science fiction

$19.50
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Love in the South Seas


DANIELSON, BENGT & LYON, F.H (trans)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1956

KEYWORDS: polynesia history travel culture anthropology

$15.00
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The Dance Band Era: The Dancing Decades from Ragtime to Swing 1910-1950


MCCARTHY, ALBERT

Quarto 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: Spring Books 1974

KEYWORDS: history society culture anthropology dance

$40.00
1y35/14

Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict: The Kinship of Women


LAPSLEY, HILARY

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, viii + 351pp, illus, VG (light creasing to cover edges, light soiling & adhesive label residue to covers, light foxing to page edges, bookseller's label to fep)

PUBLISHER: University of Massachusetts Press 1999

KEYWORDS: women's studies feminism illustrated Margaret Mead Ruth Benedict biography memoir New Zealand anthropology social science

$120.00
1y36/40

Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies


DIAMOND, JARED

FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION, super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 480pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing to covers, bookseller's price label to rear cover, light waterr stain to base of internal side)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1997

KEYWORDS: evolution anthropology history antiquity illustrated warfare weaponry politics military ecology germs steel metallurgy production first edition

$15.00
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The Medes and Persians


CULICAN, WILLIAM

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: Thames and Hudson 1965

KEYWORDS: history anthropology persia

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