Books - "anthropology"
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The Cradle of Erotica: A Study of Afro-Asian Sexual Expression and an Analysis of Erotic Freedom in Social Relationships
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
Israel: Its Life and Culture: I-II
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
Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind
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
The Pacific Islanders: Peoples of the World Series
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
Easter Island: Stone-Age Civilisation of the Pacific
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
Chambers's Papers For the People: Vol 1 & 2
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
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
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
Objects: Signs of Africa
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
Lived Religion in America: Toward a History of Practice
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
The Temple in Ancient Egypt: New Discoveries and Recent Research
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
History and Traditions of Tikopia
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
Artifacts: An Introduction to Early Materials and Technology
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
Identity Through History: Living Stories in A Soloman Islands Society
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
The Origin of Humankind
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
Other Senses, Other Worlds
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
Love in the South Seas
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
The Dance Band Era: The Dancing Decades from Ragtime to Swing 1910-1950
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
Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict: The Kinship of Women
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
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies
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
The Medes and Persians
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