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$200.00
1y38a/3

Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet


With 388 Illustrations from Photographs, Watercolour Sketches, and Drawings by the Author and 10 Maps

HEDIN, SVEN

2 VOLUME SET, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front boards, top page edges gilt, frontispiece, 1: xxiii + 436pp + 4pp adverts + 188 plates + 7 maps to rear, 2: xvii + 441pp + 2pp adverts + 199 plates + 3 maps to rear, VG- (moderatre bruising to spine + extrems w/ closed 2cm tear to head of vol. 2, light scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate-heavy foxing to eps, minor insect damage to prelims + first 13pp of vol. 2, light-moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: MacMillan and Co. 1909

KEYWORDS: sven hedin travelogue exploration tibet himalayas tibetans nepal china mountaineering mountain climbing anthropology

$325.00
1y41a/39

The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise; a Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature


WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL

FOURTH EDITION, FRONT HINGE WEAK, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt tooling & black rule to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, folding map to front, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems & spine, moderate cracking to hinges- boards shaky, heavy cracking to some gutters, light foxing & moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate & prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown, ocassional light pencil marking to margins, light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co 1872

KEYWORDS: Malay archipelago nature animals history exploration travel anthropology apes birds Alfred Russel Wallace

$40.00
1y46a/20

Legends of the South Sea: The World of the Polynesians Seen Through Their Myths and Legends, Poetry and Art


ALPERS, ANTONY

Super octavo, teal cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt Polynesian illus to front board & spine, printed eps, frontispiece, xv + 416pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to board edges, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, moderate foxing to flaps & internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1970

KEYWORDS: Polynesia Polynesian art myths legends antiquity ancient history anthropology culture south seas

$25.00
xxpfj175880

Yoga: The Method of Re-Intergration


DANIELOU, ALAIN

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: Christopher Johnson 1954

KEYWORDS: yoga in hindu scripture scriptures anthropology wellbeing traditional

$45.00
1y51a/2

Mana Magic: How You Can Use the Powerful Huna Secret of Ancient Hawaii in Today's High-Tech World


BAINBRIDGE, JOHN

UNDERLINING TO TEXT IN INK, octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine, xii + 83pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & chafing to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover & ffep, light tanning to page edges, aforementioned moderate ink underlining to text throughout)

PUBLISHER: Barnhart Press 1988

KEYWORDS: magic Hawaii esoteric ancient anthropology history antiquity myths legends huna mana kahuna

$35.00
xxpkd176120

Sign Talk of the Cheyenne Indians and Other Cultures


SETON, ERNEST THOMPSON

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: Dover 1918

KEYWORDS: cheyenne indians sign language linguistics talk first peoples indigenous americans anthropology

$32.50
xxpof176292

Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic among the Azande


EVANS-PRITCHARD, E. E.; GILLIES, EVA (edi. & intro.)

Abridged. 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: Oxford 1976

KEYWORDS: witchcraft oracles magic azande anthropology southern sudan south

$45.00
1y55b/24

The Cygnus Mystery: Unlocking the Ancient Secret of Life's Origins in the Cosmos


COLLINS, ANDREW

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 350pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising/scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name & sm illus in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light soiling/tape residue to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Watkins Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: first edition evolution anthropology philosophy history archaeology archeology science astrophysics

$15.00
xxyab176405

Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Winter 2000: Multiple Modernities


GRAUBARD, STEPHEN R. (ed.)

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: American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2000

KEYWORDS: daedalus journal american academy of arts and sciences history sociology anthropology theory international politics historiography modernity modernities

$16.50
xxyba176607

Sacrifice


BOURDILLON, M. F. C. & FORTES, MEYER (Eds)

Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy) some soiling to boards; 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: Academic Press 1980

KEYWORDS: anthropology ancient history antiquity sacrifice culture religion theology

$22.50
xxybc176756

The Intimate Bond: How Animals Shaped Human History


FAGAN, BRIAN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Press 2015

KEYWORDS: ancient history animals anthropology

$22.50
xxybe176815

Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History


CHRISTIAN, DAVID & McNEILL, WILLIAM H. (Fore)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2003

KEYWORDS: history ancient cosmology geology archeology archaeology population anthropology environment

$36.50
xxybe176817

Tensions of Empire: Colonial Cultures in a Bourgeois World


COOPER, FREDERICK & STOLER, ANN LAURA (Eds)

FEP MISSING, 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 California Press 1997

KEYWORDS: history empires colonialism anthropology Europe

$35.00
xxyca176903

Technology and Gender: Fabrics of Power in Late Imperial China


BRAY, FRANCESCA

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 California Press 1997

KEYWORDS: gender China Chinese politics power imperial political men women anthropology women's studies Asian Asia history

$19.50
xxycb176936

Barbarians and Mandarins: Thirteen Centuries of Western Travelers in China


CAMERON, NIGEL

PRELIMS MISSING, super octavo softcover (VG-) some cracking to gutters sporadically throughout: 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: Not available N/D

KEYWORDS: China Chinese ancient history travel exploration anthropology antiquity

$20.00
xxycb176944

The Shape of Time: Remarks on the History of Things


KUBLER, GEORGE

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: Yale University Press

KEYWORDS: history art anthropology

$35.00
xxycb176952

Deep History: The Architecture of Past and Present


SHRYOCK, ANDREW & SMAIL, DANIEL LORD et al

LACKS FEP, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2011

KEYWORDS: history historiography anthropology human evolution prehistoric

$35.00
xxycc176970

Capitalism and Confrontation in Sumatra's Plantation Belt, 1870-1979


STOLER, ANN LAURA

FEP MISSING, 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 Michigan Press N/D (c.2008?)

KEYWORDS: capitalism economics history north Sumatra ethnography Indonesia politics political economic anthropology

$16.50
xxyeb177267

The Social Anthropology of Radcliffe-Brown


KUPER, ADAM (ed)

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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1977

KEYWORDS: biography alfred reginald radcliffe-brown ethnology essays anthropology

$18.50
xxyed177387

The View From Afar


LEVI-STRAUSS, CLAUDE & NEUGROSCHEL, JOACHIM (Trans) & HOSS, PHOEBE (Trans)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Basic Books, Inc. 1985

KEYWORDS: anthropology structural ethnology philosophy essays lectures collection literature Levi-Strauss

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