Books - "anthropology"
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Sorcerers of Dobu: The Social Anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific
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
Yiwara: Foragers of the Australian Desert
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
The Material Culture of the Cook Islands (Aitutaki)
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
The Western Dreaming: The Western World is Dying for Want of a Story
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
Music in Human Life: Anthropological Perspectives on Music
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
Mangaian Society (Bernice P Bishop Museum Bulletin 122)
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
Beyond Evolution: Human Nature and the Limits of Evolutionary Explanation
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
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
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
The Emergence of Man
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
The Hunting Peoples
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
Rituals of Respect: The Secret of Survival in the High Peruvian Andes
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
Tribal Peoples of Southern Africa
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
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
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
Human Understanding: The Collective Use and Evolution of Concepts
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
The Educated Mind: How Cognitive Tools Shape Our Understanding
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
At the Centre of the World: Polar Symbolism Discovered in Celtic, Norse and Other Ritualized Landscapes
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
Human Nature and the Limits of Science
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
Suspicion is my name
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
Vanishing Primitive Man
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