Books - "anthropology"
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The Family Life of Ralph Josselin
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: Cambridge University Press 1970
KEYWORDS: 17th seventeenth century clergymen religion religious leaders Ralph Josselin history historical anthropology literature biography biographies
Listen, Little Man!
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: Penguin / Pelican 1975
KEYWORDS: psychology sociology anthropology social science Wilhelm Reich
The Coming of the Maoris to Aotearoa
RE-BACKED, 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 H & A W Reed 1953
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori culture heritage history anthropology migration
Blandt Menneskeaedere pa Ny Guinea
FIRST DANISH EDITION, REBOUND IN LEATHER WITH MARBLED PAPERS, super octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, 223pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning/discolouration to spine, light brusiing & rubbing to board edges, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Carit Andersens Forlag 1954
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DANISH art anthropology New Guinea Jens Bjerre first Danish edition cannibals cannibalism
Six-Legged Snakes in New Guinea: A Collecting Expedition to Two Unexplored Islands
FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, black cloth boards, cream lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, frontispiece, map to prelims, 280pp, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings, spine cocked, moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, tidy tape reinforcement to gutter of prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1949
KEYWORDS: first editions history New Guinea anthropology exploration adventure Evelyn Cheesman
Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth
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 N/D (c.1990s)
KEYWORDS: anthropology ancient history myths mythology Greece Greek rituals sacrifices
Images of Science: A History of Scientific Illustration
Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, viii + 208pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev, owner's name (David Galloway) in pencil to half title page, binding sl sloppy) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: The British Library 1992
KEYWORDS: history science discoveries anthropology animals humans botany plants
The Anti-Witch
Super octavo, white glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, xix + 115pp, illus, VG+ (light curling & tanning to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's insightful inscription regarding contents of book to half title page)
PUBLISHER: HAU Books 2015
KEYWORDS: anthropology spirituality ethnography concepts Jeanne Favret-Saada
Noonkombah: Whose Land, Whose Law
Tidy ex-library, 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: Fremantle Arts Centre Press 1989
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian Aboriginal culture anthropology
Other Tribes, Other Scribes
Tidy ex-library, 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: Cambridge University Press 1982
KEYWORDS: anthropology histories history culture ethnology philosophy symbolism
On Human Geography
Very tidy 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1986
KEYWORDS: human geography anthropology R J Johnston
Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and its Implications
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1970
KEYWORDS: anthropology social science caste systems sociology
The Chatham Islands: Their Plants, Birds and People
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine, ix + 177pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor archival tape repairs, light soiling & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Simpson and Williams 1952
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Chatham Islands rural nature natural history people nature plants wildlife botany anthropology
Environment, Subsistence and System: The Ecology of Small-Scale Social Formations
Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 324pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light discolouration to spine & board edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing to edges, sl tanning to rear & flaps, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1982
KEYWORDS: human ecology environment theory social science sociology anthropology anthropo-geography
The Social Conquest of Earth
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: Liveright Publishing 2012
KEYWORDS: anthropology social evolution philosophy human
Plantation Societies, Race Relations, and the South: The Regimentation of Populations
Ex-library. First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xvi + 407; brown buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to spine, eps, ht & tp verso); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 1975
KEYWORDS: Edgar T Thompson plantation society race relations social history anthropology sociology first edition
Shell Bed to Shell Midden
Imp. 8vo, pp. x + 189; illus. heavy light card covers; illus. eps, frontis., photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminal; prev bookseller's stamp in purple & black ink to ht).
PUBLISHER: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 1982
KEYWORDS: anthropology diet shellfish 20th century Australia Australian aboriginal aboriginies
From Fiji to the Cannibal Islands
FIRST EDITION, NEEDS REBINDING, super octavo hardcover (G-) very tatty copy; 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: George Bell & Sons 1907
KEYWORDS: anthropology Beatrice Grimshaw Fiji travel exploration expeditions history historical travel writing literature first editions
Written in Blood: The Story of the Haitian People 1492-1995
Super 8vo, pp. xii + 869; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (moderate creasing, scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to tp; highlighting throughout).
PUBLISHER: University Press of America 2005
KEYWORDS: Haiti Haitian orthography history anthropology Robert Debs Nancy Gordon Heinl
Refocusing Ethnographic Museums through Oceanic Lenses
Super 8vo, pp. xii + 299; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's stickers to rear cover).
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2020
KEYWORDS: Philipp Schorch ethnographic museums oceanic oceania New Zealand heritage cutural anthropology