GERNET, JACQUES & FOSTER, J R (Trans) & HARTMAN, CHARLES (Trans) & SPENCE, JONATHAN D (Intro)

2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt illus to front boards, printed eps, xxii + 851pp total, illus/photos, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems, minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2003

KEYWORDS: folio society ancient history antiquity China Chinese civilisation civilization anthropology culture

NIANE, D T (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, ex-library, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvii + 751pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, minor tape residue to spine & board edges, light bruising & scuffing to base of boards & spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy chafing & creasing/wrinkling all over, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: UNESCO / Heinemann Educational Books 1984

KEYWORDS: history Africa African unesco anthropology culture politics

DORNAN, S S

LACKS D/W, super octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black man illus to front board, frontispiece, 318pp, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG (light scuffing to board extrems, moderate chipping to spine extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to index pgs, occasional minor cracking to gutters, light foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Seeley, Service & Co 1925

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature culture anthropology customs pygmies bushmen Kalahari

IRWIN, GEOFFREY

ONE PAGE LOOSE, SIGNED, quarto, illus light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, xx + 262pp, illus, VG- (moderate rubbing/scuffing & fading to spine, moderate scuffing to covers & edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover, sl soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- various chunks of page block partially detached, pg 88-89 detached)

PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Irwin / Australian National University 1985

KEYWORDS: signed Australia Australian prehistory prehistoric archeology archaeology ancient history anthropology excavations Mailu

HOLMSEN, SVERRE & BULMAN, JOAN (Trans) & WOODHALL, DOUGLAS (Decorations)

Super octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 292pp, illus, VG (spine cocked, minor bruising & rubbing/fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, minro tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss to spine extrems, moderate fading to spine & edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: James Barrie 1951

KEYWORDS: exploration anthropology polynesia polynesian people history Pacific islands culture customs

MELE, PIETRO FRANCESCO (Photo & Text) & DAINELLI, GIOTTO (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, cream stiff card covers, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising to edges, light tanning & foxing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, moderate to heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, gift inscription in ink to prelims, light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine & edges, heavy tanning to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1957

KEYWORDS: travel writing photography anthropology Tibet culture

TE-K'UN, CHENG

Imperial 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: W Heffer & Sons / University of Toronto Press 1966

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity China Chinese archeology archaeology prehistoric excavations anthropology

KUPER, HILDA

Octavo softcover (VG) some pen underlining; 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: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1966

KEYWORDS: anthropology South Africa swazi customs culture history

MEAD, MARGARET & MACGREGOR, FRANCES COOKE & BATESON, GREGORY (Based on Photos of)

FIRST EDITION, quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-) jacket very scruffy/tatty- torn in two; 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: G P Putnam's Sons 1951

KEYWORDS: anthropology culture childhood Bali Balinese photos photography children Gregory Bateson first editions

KEEN, GRAHAME & FRIEDLANDER, MARTI (Photos)

Imperial octavo stapled light card covers (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: A R Shearer, Gov't Printer 1976

KEYWORDS: school bulletins education Atoll pacific islands Fakaofo anthropology customs culture

HALEVY, ELIE

3 VOL SET, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Pelican 1937-38

KEYWORDS: England English people history anthropology culture customs politics economy economics religion

FLANNERY, Dr TIMOTHY FRIDTJOF

SIGNED, DATED & INSCRIBED, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Reed New Holland 2001

KEYWORDS: ecology history Australia Australasian anthropology natural history signed

HRDLICKA, ALES

FROM THE LIBRARY OF NZ PARLIAMENT, ATTRACTIVELY BOUND, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind rule to board edges, top page edges stained grey, 113pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris General Assembly plate to front pastedown, occasional minor carcking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Washington Government Printing Office 1907

KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology skeletons bones ancient history ethnology anthropology North America human homosapiens

SWANTON, JOHN R

FROM THE LIBRARY OF NZ PARLIAMENT, ATTRACTIVELY BOUND, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, folding map frontispiece, vii + 387pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor surface loss patch to front pastedown, minor smudging of red ink to folding map/frontis, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Washington Government Printing Office 1911

KEYWORDS: ancient history North America American indian tribes ethnology anthropology lower Mississippi valley Gulf of Mexico archeology archaeology

BEST, ELSDON

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp profile/portrait to front board, xv + 459pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to rear eps & terminals)

PUBLISHER: A R Shearer, Gov't Printer 1975

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori culture villages anthropology pre-European pre-colonial Elsdon Best

SLOTERDIJK, PETER

Text in French. 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: Libella 2011

KEYWORDS: French anthropology

BERDYAEV, NICOLAS

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: Geoffrey Bles 1959

KEYWORDS: philosophy ethics morals anthropology

JACKSON, MICHAEL

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: Smithsonian 1986

KEYWORDS: anthropology cheifdom Sierra Leone Africa social history

STEELE, JAMES (Ed) & SHENNAN, STEPHEN (Ed)

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xxiii + 446pp, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, occasional creasing to lower page edges, some prelim pgs sl detached at gutter- still a very tidy copy)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2012

KEYWORDS: anthropology ancient history archeology archaeology socioecology hominids humans

MEAD, MARGARET & CAFFREY, MARGARET M. (edit) & FRANCIS, PATRICIA A. (edit) & BATESON, MARY CATHERINE (foreword)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (NR 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Basic Books 2006

KEYWORDS: letter margaret mead anthropology feminist history memoir personal writing first edition modern first