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$12.00
xxsen148462

Adam in Plumes


SIMPSON, ADAM

FIRST EDITION, Original PHOTOGRAPH of author loosely enclosed, super octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1954

KEYWORDS: anthropology culture

$150.00
1y45/17

Papers on Maori


COLENSO, WILLIAM & ANDERSON, JOHANNES (ed.)

A Collection of Colenso Articles between 1878-1880, Collated from Transactions of the NZ Institute, Compiled by Johannes Anderson with his SIGNATURE and, in his Handwriting, a Title Page and List of Articles. Imperial octavo, half bouund buckram and heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 184pp, VG- (moderate rubbing with surface loss to spine, bruised board corners with surface loss, slightly shaky, light foxing to page edges, insect damage to pp41 - text not effected, guttering cracked in at least 2 places - but binding is sound)

PUBLISHER: Transactions of NZ Institute (compilation of different issues bound by Johannes Anderson) (N/D)

KEYWORDS: colenso new zealand history compilation maori anthropology

$65.00
ak3/22/3964

The Cave of Lascaux: The Final Photographic Record


RUSPOLI, MARIO & COPPENS, YVES (Preface)

Quarto, orange cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, publisher's motif in gilt to front board, illus title page, 208pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep, 26cm closed tear to gutter of pgs 200-203) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light scuff to base of spine)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1987

KEYWORDS: ancient history illustrated photos photography cave of Lascaux paintings prehistoric archaeology upper palaeolithic age anthropology

$225.00
1y48/3

Chronicles of the Garden of New Zealand, Known as Taranaki


SEFFERN, WILLIAM H. J.

ORIGINAL BINDING, ex-library, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 222pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing to extrems & board edges, usual library markings, ligth discolouration to spine, moderate chafing to boards, heavy tanning to page edges & eps, heavy creasing to frontis edges, list of illus pg completely detached but present, moderate cracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Taranaki Herald 1896

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Taranaki anthropology culture

$45.00
1y48/38

No Fixed Abode: A Jewish Odyssey to Africa


FRAENKEL, PETER

Super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 249pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems & board edges, light soiling to rear board, previous owner's name in ink to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chippping to edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: I.B. Tauris 2005

KEYWORDS: Jews Jewish history anthropology Africa autobiography memoir Peter Fraenkel diaspora holocaust persecution

$55.00
1y50/21

The Knapdale Run: Its Land and People


KERSE, ELIZABETH (Ed) & MacKAY, L. G. (Fore)

Imperial octavo, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 339pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & discolouration to spine extrems & board edges, light wrinkling to rear pages) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, light chafing & staining to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Knapdale Book Committee circa 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history farming pioneers settlements Knapdale settlers anthropology culture

$300.00
1y51/12

Campaigning on the Oxus, and The Fall of Khiva


GAHAN, J. A. MAC

LACKS MAP, octavo, burnt orange buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, x + 438pp, plates with tissue guards, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, ligth chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, owner's name in ink to eps, light cracking to gutters, boards sl shaky)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1874

KEYWORDS: travel literature illustrated culture anthropology

$60.00
1y51/36

The Varieties of Goodness


VON WRIGHT, GEORG HENRIK

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 222pp + 11pp library, VG (light scuffing & creasing to spine extrems, ligth tanning & foxing to page edges, diagram in ink to verso of rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1968

KEYWORDS: ethics philosophy anthropology psychology sociology morality morals

$65.00
1y53/5

Peru: Its Story, People and Religion


GUINNESS, GERALDINE & GUINNESS, Dr. H. GRATTAN (Illus) & MACALISTER, Prof. ALEX (Pref)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, brown lettering with gilt landscape decoration to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxiv + 438pp + 2pp adverts, folding map to rear, VG- (heavy bruising & scuffing/chipping to extrems, heavy discolouration to spine & board edges- esp. rear board, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, heavy tape reinforcement to front gutters, moderate foxing to prelims & pgs sporadically throughout, numerous moderate sized closed tears to folding map but still sound)

PUBLISHER: Morgan & Scott 1909

KEYWORDS: first edition Peru exploration travel literature culture religion illustrated anthropology

$475.00
1y53/6

The War in Egypt and the Soudan: An Episode in the History of the British Empire; Being a Descriptive Account of the Scenes and Events of that Great Drama, and Sketches of the Principal Actors in it


ARCHER, THOMAS

TWO VOLUME SET (FOUR VOLUMES BOUND AS TWO), imperial octavo, half leather bound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering with raised bands & tooling to spines, red speckling to page edges, frontispieces, viii + 576-544pp, illus, folding maps, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, heavy scufifng to spines with sl surface loss, moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to prelims & terminals, owner's name in ink to title pages, light creasing & closed tears to folding maps)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1887

KEYWORDS: military history illustrated Egypt Soudan maps antiquity ancient British empire anthropology culture

$24.50
xxsbl149154

The Human Web: A Bird's-Eye View of World History


MCNEILL, J. R. & MCNEILL, WILLIAM H.

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 cost

PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company 2003

KEYWORDS: history culture anthropology ancient antiquity mankind

$15.00
xxacd149267

Remiagining Denominationalism: Interpretive Essays


MULLIN, ROBERT BRUCE & RICHEY, RUSSELL E.

Super octavo hardcover (near FINE) 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: Oxford University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: religion free market essays culture denomination anthropology society

$30.00
xxzab149320

Archaeologia Aeliana or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity


HUNTER BLAIR, C. H. (ed)

Super octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne 1935

KEYWORDS: history Britain archaeology anthropology

$30.00
xxzac149400

The Anthropology of Time: Cultural Constrictions of Temporal Maps and Images


GELL, ALFRED

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Berg 1996

KEYWORDS: anthropology time culture psychology

$10.00
xxzad149448

The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millenium: An Englishman's World


LACEY, ROBERT & DANZIGER, DANNY

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: Little, Brown and Co. 1999

KEYWORDS: history culture society anthropology arcaheology religion faith

$40.00
1y56/19

New Zealand's London: A Colony and its Metropolis


BARNES, FELICITY

Super octavo, illus light card covers, green lettering to spine, viii + 336pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, owner's name label to fep)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Britain British culture anthropology illustrated identity history

$18.50
xxzba149983

Hindu Religion Customs and Manners: Descibing the Customs and Manners, Religious, Social and Domestic Life, Arts and Sciences of the Hindus


THOMAS, P.

Ex Library, large quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy); 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: D. B. Taraporevala Sons & Co. 1960

KEYWORDS: hindu culture anthropology religion spirituality

$12.50
xxzbb150023

The Chrysanthemum and The Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture


BENEDICT, RUTH

Octavo softcover (tatty); 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: Meridian/NAL 1974

KEYWORDS: japan culture anthropology

$25.00
xxzbc150072

Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants: The Legacy of Colonial Encounters on the California Frontiers


LIGHTFOOT, KENT G.

Super octavo softcover (VG+); front cover corner clipped, 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: Regents of University of California 2006

KEYWORDS: Anthropology archaeology California colonialism frontier America

$35.00
xxzbc150073

A Millennium of Cultural Contact


PATERSON, ALISTAIR

Super octavo softcover (VG+); front cover corner clipped, 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: Left Coast 2011

KEYWORDS: Anthropology archaeology history European colonisation contact

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