Books - "anthropology"
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Evolution of Sickness and Healing
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 cost
PUBLISHER: University of California 1999
KEYWORDS: Science medicine anthropology
Out in Theory: The Emergence of Lesbian and Gay Anthropology
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 cost
PUBLISHER: University of Illinois 2002
KEYWORDS: Anthropology gay lesbian studies sexuality
Polynesian Researches During a Residence of Nearly Eighty Years in the Society and Sandwich Islands: Vol. III
This volume only, small octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind rule & decoration to boards & spine, yellow eps, frontispiece + one other plate, viii + 407pp, VG-- (internal front hinge completely cracked - front board still firmly attached to cloth of spine but binding only attached at rear hinge, rear hinge cracked - attached by lower threads only, light bruising to board corners & spine extrems, light rubbing & soiling to boards, small closed tears to cloth of spine extrems, owner's ex libris label to front pastedown, owner's name & date to fep, heavy foxing to plates, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Henry G Bohn 1859
KEYWORDS: Polynesia Society Sandwich Island anthropology travel exploration William Ellis
The Archaeology of American Mining
Loosely enclosed business card and printed single page letter from author holograph signed, ownership signature of NZ archaeologist Ian Smith, illus heavy card boards, xvii + 198pp, illus, Nr Fine (light rubbing to rear board)
PUBLISHER: University Press of Florida 2017
KEYWORDS: american history america usa mining archaeology anthropology
Panau: The Archaeology of a Banks Peninsula Maori Village
Canterbury Museum Bulletin No.9
Ownership signature of NZ archaeologist Ian Smith, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, illus title page, xvi + 137pp, illus, VG+ ( light rubbing to covers, light creasing to rear bottom corner of wrapper)
PUBLISHER: Canterbury Museum 2000
KEYWORDS: new zealand banks peninsula panau maori history archaeology anthropology
Anahulu: The Anthropology of History in the Kingdom of Hawaii. Volume Two - The Archaeology of History
This vol. only, ownership signature of NZ archaeologist Ian Smith, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, xiv + 201pp, illus, Nr Fine ( v. slight bubbling to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1992
KEYWORDS: anthropology archaeology pacific pacifika hawaii anahulu
An Archaeology of Land Ownership
Ownership signature of NZ Archaeologist Ian Smith, super octavo, illus heavy card boards, lettering in white to spine and boards, xv + 309pp, illus, Nr Fine (light rubbing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Routeledge 2013
KEYWORDS: archaeology new zealand anthropology land ownership
The Exploitations and Cultural Importance of Sea Mammals
Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the International Council of Archaeozoology 2002
Ownership signature of Archaeologist and Contributor Ian Smith, quarto, illus heavy card boards, dark green and white lettering to spine and boards, anatomical illus of sea mammal skeletons to boards, vii + 173pp, illus, Nr Fine (slight brusing to board corners)
PUBLISHER: Oxbow Books 2005
KEYWORDS: sea mammals archaeology anthropology zoology
Art of the Ancient Sinhalese
Quarto 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Lake House Investments 1971
KEYWORDS: art anthropology sinhalese india history
Saying So Doesn't Make It So: Papers in Honour of B. Foss Leach: New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 17
author & archaeologist, Ian Smith's copy (Foss Leach wa his Mentor); imperial octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, xi+303pp, illus/diagrams, VG (covers are moderately rubbed, soiled & bruised, with a few tiny tears & small creases; spine faded, page edges tanned, Ian Smith's name in ink on fep)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Archaeological Association 1989
KEYWORDS: archaeology lectures papers Foss Leach history anthropology lithic studies Maori war Pacific settlement patterns palaeobotany
Tutankhamen: The Life and Death of the Boy-King
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 cost
PUBLISHER: St. Martins Press 1999
KEYWORDS: egypt ancient history king tut tutankhamen pharoh anthropology archaeology
The Mysteries of Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Reference to the Myths, Religions, Pyramids, and Temples of the Land of the Pharohs
Super octavo softcover with french flaps (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 cost
PUBLISHER: Lorenz 2003
KEYWORDS: ancient egypt pharoh myth religion culture anthropology archaeology
The Cradle of Erotica: A Study of Afro-Asian Sexual Expression and an Analysis of Erotic Freedom in Social Relationships
First Edition, 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 cost
PUBLISHER: The Odyssey Press 1970
KEYWORDS: first edition anthropology sexuality eastern erotica
Israel: Its Life and Culture: I-II
Super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, green buckram boards, x + 578pp, VG (moderate creeasing/chipping to spine extrems with sl surface loss & fraying, light rubbing to spine, light scuffing to board corners, light soiling to boards, boards lightly shaky, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, book seller's label & previous owner's name in ink to fep, partial cracks to gutters)
PUBLISHER: V. Pio.Povl Branner 1926
KEYWORDS: Israel culture history anthropology Jewish antiquities
Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 2004
KEYWORDS: Predators anthropology human v wild nature
The Pacific Islanders: Peoples of the World Series
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 cost
PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1973
KEYWORDS: Anthropology pacific people islanders
Easter Island: Stone-Age Civilisation of the Pacific
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Scientific Book Club 1957
KEYWORDS: Easter Island anthropology stone age
Chambers's Papers For the People: Vol 1 & 2
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, 512pp, illus, scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping to spine extrems, 3cm closed tear to spine, moderate fading to spine, light soiling to boards, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges-light to eps, lightly moderate sporadic foxing to pages throughout, cracks to full length of gutters) has that delicious old book smell....
PUBLISHER: William and Robert Chambers 1850
KEYWORDS: culture literature history anthropology sociology
Northward Over the Great Ice: A Narrative of Life and Work Along the Shores and Upon the Interior Ice-Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891-1897
THIS VOLUME ONLY, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, silver gilt motif & gilt rule to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 625pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, moderate scuffing to board corners, moderate scuffing to spine, light soiling & chafing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, ex-libris label & previous owner's name in pencil to front pastedown,moderate foxing to prelims, previous moderate water damage to page tops causing sporadic adhesion/tearing, pgs 2-3 stuck together, cracks to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Methuen 1898
KEYWORDS: Illustrated Greenland history culture anthropology
Objects: Signs of Africa
Lg quarto, brown cloth boards, blind stamp title to front board, 214pp, illus, VG+ (heavy scuff to top spine extrem with surface loss) in d/w, VG (moderate chipping to spine extrems with some loss, light creasing to edges, light sun fading to spine, light chafing to covers, 1cm closed tear to top of front cover)
PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 1996
KEYWORDS: Africa artifacts art artefacts illustrated ritual objects anthropology