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$15.00
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Sorcerers of Dobu: The Social Anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific


FORTUNE, R. F. & MALINOWSKI, BRONISLAW (intro.)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: E. P. Dutton & Co. 1963

KEYWORDS: social anthropology Dobu Islanders Eastern New Guinea Dobuan people

$42.50
3d3/19

Yiwara: Foragers of the Australian Desert


GOULD, RICHARD A & AMOROSI, NICHOLAS (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black & yellow heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 239pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional minor foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1969

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian aborigines aboriginal customs foraging foragers anthropology desert Yiwara

$225.00
3d2/1

The Material Culture of the Cook Islands (Aitutaki)


HIROA, TE RANGI (BUCK, P H)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, white lettering to front board, illus boards & eps, frontispiece, xxv + 384pp, illus, VG- (moderate fading to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, sm insect damage to base of hinges & front pastedown, sl discolouration to eps, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery and Sons (Printer) 1927

KEYWORDS: first editions Pacific islands Cook Islands culture arts crafts Te Rangi Hiroa Peter P H Buck Maori Polynesian anthropology

$32.50
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The Western Dreaming: The Western World is Dying for Want of a Story


CARROLL, JOHN

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: HarperCollins 2001

KEYWORDS: western culture society colonialism colonisation the west politics anthropology

$22.50
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Music in Human Life: Anthropological Perspectives on Music


KAEMMER, JOHN E

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 Texas Press 1993

KEYWORDS: anthropology music culture history ethnomusicology

$100.00
3d2/37

Mangaian Society (Bernice P Bishop Museum Bulletin 122)


HIROA, TE RANGI (BUCK, P H)

Super octavo, brown light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 207pp, folding map opp. pg4, VG (moderate fading & creasing to spine- minor cracking to extrems with archival tape repair, light to moderate creasing & fading to cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor occasional foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Bernice P Bishop Museum 1934

KEYWORDS: Bernice P Bishop museum bulletins history pacific Mangaia society Peter Buck Te Rangi Hiroa culture anthropology

$40.00
3d2/57

Beyond Evolution: Human Nature and the Limits of Evolutionary Explanation


O'HEAR, ANTHONY

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 220pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford Univesity Press 1997

KEYWORDS: first editions philosophy anthropology evolution Anthony O'Hear

$45.00
3e4/30

The Hero with a Thousand Faces


CAMPBELL, JOSEPH

Super octavo, white heavy boards, gilt lettering to grey spine, xxiii + 416pp, illus, VG+ ( slight bruising to spine and extrems, slight scuffing to extrems, unusual repair using suspected correction fluid to lower corner of front board, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w VG+ (light creasing & sl chipping to edges, v slight tanning, adhesive price sticker to inside back flap)

PUBLISHER: MJF Books N/D (c.1990s)

KEYWORDS: joseph cambell classics history cultural anthropology narrative ancient historic

$17.50
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The Emergence of Man


PFEIFFER, JOHN E

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: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1970

KEYWORDS: anthropology natural science prehistory prehistoric man mankind evolution

$20.00
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The Hunting Peoples


COON, CARLETON S & WATSON, ALDREN A (Maps & Drawings)

FIRST EDITION, 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: Jonathan Cape 1972

KEYWORDS: anthropology cultures hunting hunters archaeology archeology agriculture food first editions

$20.00
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Rituals of Respect: The Secret of Survival in the High Peruvian Andes


BOLIN, INGE

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 Texas Press 1998

KEYWORDS: anthropology Andes Peru Quechua Indians rites ceremonies customs culture festivals

$40.00
3f5/6

Tribal Peoples of Southern Africa


TYRRELL, BARBARA (author & illus)

Quarto, cream illus boards, black lettering to boards & spine, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 206pp, illus, VG- (moderate soiling to boards & spine, moderate bruising to spine & extrems, front gutter & gutter between p98-99 lightly cracked and board shaky, moderate foxing & tanning to page edges, prelims & terminals, light to moderate foxing throughout) in d/w G+ (4cm sections missing from top & bottom of spine & lower front corner of jacket, heavily tanned & foxed, moderate soiling, chafing & creasing to jacket)

PUBLISHER: Books of Africa 1968

KEYWORDS: africa southern barbara tyrrell art anthropology african history culture tribal religion shamanism

$38.50
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Subsistence Patterns in Prehistoric New Zealand, Volume Two: A Consideration of the Implication of Seasonal and Regional Variability of Food Resources for the Study of Prehistoric Economies


LEACH, H M

THIS VOL ONLY, imperial 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: Anthropology Dept, University of Otago 1969

KEYWORDS: prehistoric anthropology New Zealand subsistence patterns

$26.50
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Human Understanding: The Collective Use and Evolution of Concepts


TOULMIN, STEPHEN

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: Princeton University Press 1977

KEYWORDS: anthropology evolution natural science human understanding

$15.00
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The Educated Mind: How Cognitive Tools Shape Our Understanding


EGAN, KIERAN

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) spine of jacket torn, otherwise tidy; 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 Chicago Press 1997

KEYWORDS: cognition history psycholinguistics education anthropology

$50.00
3f5/19

At the Centre of the World: Polar Symbolism Discovered in Celtic, Norse and Other Ritualized Landscapes


MICHELL, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt publisher's mark to front boards, gilt lettering to spine, 184pp, illus, VG+ ( v slight bruising to extrems, upper page edges slightly foxed, previous owner's name in ink to fep), in d/w VG+ ( v slight creasing to edges, v slight tanning & chafing to jacket)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1994

KEYWORDS: first edition john michell polar symbolism celtic norse folk ritual ritualised sociology cultural anthropology mythology

$40.00
3f5/25

Human Nature and the Limits of Science


DUPRE, JOHN

Octavo, navy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 201pp, VG+ (v slight soiling & bruising to boards, v slight soiling to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep & inside rear board) in d/w VG+ (v slight rubbing to edges, v slight soiling to jacket, previous bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Clarendon Press Oxford 2001

KEYWORDS: human nature philosophy anthropology science social cultural context

$70.00
3f4/5

Suspicion is my name


TYRRELL, BARBARA

Quarto heavy cream illus boards, black text to spine & boards, unpaginated prelims + 191pp, illus, VG- (slight soiling & bruising to boards & spine, slightly cocked, light to moderate foxing & soiling to prelims, index & terminals, slight foxing throughout, moderate foxing & tanning to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Books of Africa 1971

KEYWORDS: barbara tyrrell african cultures culture cultural anthropology sociology africa

$25.00
xxrej222170

Vanishing Primitive Man


SEVERIN, TIMOTHY & TURNBULL, COLIN M (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1973

KEYWORDS: first editions anthropology history geography

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