Hammond Peter B
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
New York: The Macmillan Company 1964. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. New York: The Macmillan Company 1964. 397 pages. Dark olive covers. Spine worn and chipped from shelf wear. Cover has a few small creases near the bottom as well as a small rip. Back cover also has a crease and a scratch. Previous owner's name on half title page. Interior is clean and binding is good. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Macmillan Company paperback
Bookseller reference : 000231
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Matthiessen Peter
Under the Mountain Wall: A Chronicle of Two Seasons in the Stone Age
New York: Viking Press 1962. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Black cloth lettered in gold foil and green. Soiling along bottom text block edge at corner slight tanning to bottom corners of fixed endsheets otherwise as issued. Dust jacket is slightly chipped at heads of joints and a bit rubbed at spine panel heel tiny bit of chipping along top front edge $7.50 price intact now in mylar. xvi256xvii-xxxii pp. illus. w/ b&w photographic plates line drawings. Less common first edition 1st state as per Lopez with plates after p. xvi and after p. 160 none at rear book club designation on tipped-in replacement contents page all copies of the first state were sold to the Natural History and Mid-Century Book Clubs which offered them to members. Viking Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 042003
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Quigley Declan
The Interpretation of Caste
Oxford United Kingdom: Oxford University Press 1995. 184 pages. Square and solid with lighgt wear on covers from rubbing and interior is unmarked. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 27134 ISBN : 0198280270 9780198280279
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Herskovits Melville
MAN AND HIS WORKS The Science of Cultural Anthropology
A.A. Knopf. Very Good with no dust jacket; Small area where paper is stuck to cloth . on covers. Bracketing in pen and pencil on pages. Small brown spot on fore . edge. Name inside. No DJ. Overweight oversized 3 lbs. 37-2. 1948. Hardcover. 9.50 X 6.50 X 1.70 inches . A.A. Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 70262
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Warner Charles Dudley
MY WINTER ON THE NILE AMONG THE MUMMIES AND MOSLEMS
American Pub. Co. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued; Library association label on . front pastedown but no other lib markings. Few spots soiling on covers. . Few spots on end papers edges. 68-6. 1876. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall . American Pub. Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 69697
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Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
SEVEN FAMILIES IN PUEBLO POTTERY
Univ of New Mexico Pr. Very Good; Some speck of foxing and soiling on covers. 12-3 . 1975. Softcover. 6.90 X 6.80 X 0.40 inches; 112 pages . Univ of New Mexico Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : 66613 ISBN : 0826303889 9780826303882
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Williams Henry Smith
THE BIOGRAPHY OF MOTHER EARTH
H. T. C. Very Good- with no dust jacket; Spine lettering dulled/rubbed. Pages sl . tanned. No DJ. Overweight oversized 3 lbs. 37-3 . 1931. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 315 pages . H. T. C. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 66272
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Mead Margaret.
COOPERATION AND COMPETITION AMONG PRIMITIVE PEOPLES.
Beacon. Very Good; Pages nice. Some foxing-like browning on covers. Few pen . doodles on covers edges. 16-8 . 1961. Softcover. 7.80 X 5.12 X 1 inches . Beacon paperback
Bookseller reference : 66131
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Sawtell Ruth Otis / Treat Ida
PRIMITIVE HEARTHS IN THE PYRENEES THE STORY OF A SUMMER'S EXPORATION IN THE HAUNTS OF PREHISTORIC MAN
D. Appleton & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Covers dulled and scuffed. Spine lettering . almost completely faded. Dust-discolored edges. Pages clean binding . tight. No DJ. 54-5 . 1927. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall . D. Appleton & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 65628
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Braidwood Robert J.
PREHISTORIC MEN. DRAWINGS BY SUSAN T. RICHERT.
Chicago Natural Museum. Very Good; Pages clean except for 2 w/toning from laid in newsclippings. . Mild yellowing on covers. 1963. Softcover. 0.73 x 8.43 x 5.85 Inches . Chicago Natural Museum paperback
Bookseller reference : 64560
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Otten Charlotte M. editor
ANTHROPOLOGY AND ART Readings in Cross-Cultural Aesthetics
Univ of Texas Pr. Very Good; Small corner piece missing on front cover. Seller stamp on . half-title page. Text pages clean. 1976. Softcover. 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.3 Inches; 440 pages . Univ of Texas Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : 64285 ISBN : 0292703139 9780292703131
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Stephen Lynn
ZAPOTEC WOMEN
University of Texas Press. Very Good; Mild wear on covers pages clean. 1992. Softcover. Texas Press Sourcebooks in Anthropology; Vol. 16; 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 Inches; 316 pages . University of Texas Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 62993 ISBN : 0292790651 9780292790650
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Boas Franz
ANTHROPOLOGY AND MODERN LIFE
W. W. Norton. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine label sl darkened. New and revised . edition. No DJ. 20-8. 1932. Hardcover. 0.75 x 8.5 x 5.51 Inches; 255 pages . W. W. Norton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 62775
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Williams Henry Smith
THE BIOGRAPHY OF MOTHER EARTH
Robert M. McBride. Very Good- with no dust jacket; Spine and edges of covers sunned spine . darkened. Pages sl tanned. No DJ. Overweight oversized 3 lbs. 1931. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 315 pages . Robert M. McBride hardcover
Bookseller reference : 62381
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Grant Madison
THE PASSING OF THE GREAT RACE Or The racial basis of European history
Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Light wear scuffs rubs. No DJ. Penned . gift note on front end page as well as pencil erasure. Pages mildly . tanned. B546. 1930. Fourth Revised Edition; Later Printing. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 61257
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Coon Carleton S.
THE STORY OF MAN From the First Human to Primitive Culture and Beyond
Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good with no dust jacket; Mild sunning or rubs along fore edge of . front cover. No DJ. 1958. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 435 pages . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 61100
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Mellersh H. E. L.
THE STORY OF EARLY MAN Human Evolution to the End of the Stone Age
Viking Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine edges sl sunned. No DJ. Binding sl . stretched. 1960. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Viking Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 61064 ISBN : 0670673242 9780670673247
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Hooton Earnest Albert
UP FROM THE APE
MacMillan. Very Good with no dust jacket; Tiny tear in cloth at lower edge of front . joint other scuffs rubs and mild wear. No DJ. Overweight oversized 4 . lbs. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall . MacMillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 60821
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Mendelssohn Kurt
THE RIDDLE OF THE PYRAMIDS
Thames & Hudson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Nice copy clean and tight in a tidy . unclipped DJ. Overweight oversized 3 lbs. 1986. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 224 pages . Thames & Hudson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 60235 ISBN : 0500050155 9780500050156
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Mead Margaret / Ruth L. Bunzel editors
THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGY
George Braziller. Very Good in Good dust jacket; DJ has some wear tears chips. Eps . darkened. Overweight; 4 lbs. 1960. First Edition; Stated First Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . George Braziller hardcover
Bookseller reference : 50053
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Rodee Marian / James Ostler
THE FETISH CARVERS OF ZUNI
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. Very Good; Mild wear price sticker. Color and b&w photos. B289. 1990. Softcover. Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 88 pages . Maxwell Museum of Anthropology paperback
Bookseller reference : 49403 ISBN : 0912535059 9780912535050
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Otterbein Keith F.
COMPARATIVE CULTURAL ANALYSIS Introduction to Anthropology
Holt Rinehart and Winston. Very Good. 1972. Third Printing. Softcover. Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 180 pages . Holt, Rinehart and Winston paperback
Bookseller reference : 46574 ISBN : 0030844177 9780030844171
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Kroeber Theodora
ISHI IN TWO WORLDS A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America
University of California Press. Good; Wraps somewhat worn spine sunned. 1961. Softcover. Trade PB; 12mo 7" - 7�" tall . University of California Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 41845 ISBN : 0520006755 9780520006751
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Wildschut William / John Canfield Ewers
CROW INDIAN BEADWORK A Descriptive and Historical Study
Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation. Good; Ex-lib stamps and markings. Cover very worn yellowed chipped at . spine edges. 3 color plates. 55 pages text followed by 44 b&w photographs . on glossy photo-quality paper. 53-8 . 1959. First Printing. Softcover. 0.3 x 9.79 x 6.7 Inches . Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation paperback
Bookseller reference : 43416
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Lehmann Arthur C. / Myers James E.
MAGIC WITCHCRAFT AND RELIGION An anthropological study of the supernatural
Mayfield Pub. Co. Very Good; Light wear scuffing on covers. 1985. Softcover. Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 416 pages . Mayfield Pub. Co paperback
Bookseller reference : 43649 ISBN : 0874846854 9780874846850
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Adams Robert McCormick
THE EVOLUTION OF URBAN SOCIETY Early Mesopotamia and Prehispanic Mexico
Aldine Pub. Co. Good with no dust jacket; Reading copy. Penned underlining on pages. No . DJ. 8-3. 1966. Second Printing. Hardcover. The Lewis Henry Morgan lectures; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 191 pages . Aldine Pub. Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 40235
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Komatsu Isao
THE JAPANESE PEOPLE Origins of the People and the Language
Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai The Society for International Cultural Relations. Very Good-; Series on Japanese Life and Culture Volume I. 72 b&w plates. . Charts maps graphs. Color frontispiece tipped-in. Pages covers sl . yellowed. Scuffing on covers. Softcover with priced French flaps. 21-5. 1962. Softcover. Series on Japanese Life and Culture; Trade PB; Vol. 1; 12mo 7" - 7�" tall; 64 pages . Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai (The Society for International Cultural Relations) paperback
Bookseller reference : 38807
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Gregory William King
MAN'S PLACE AMONG THE ANTROPOIDS Three Lectures on the Evolution of Man from the Lower Vertebrates
Oxford. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued; 2 fingerprints on front end page. . Lectures were delivered at University College London May 29 and 30 . 1933. 34-9. 1934. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Oxford hardcover
Bookseller reference : 35767
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Edel May
THE STORY OF OUR ANCESTORS
Little Brown and Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket; DJ very worn and edge-chipped stained on . rear. 8-5 . 1984. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Little Brown and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 36547 ISBN : 0316210544 9780316210546
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Hunt Morton
THE COMPASSIONATE BEAST What Science Is Discovering About the Humane Side of Humankind
William Morrow & Co. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 9.5 x 1.2 x 6.5 Inches; 287 pages . William Morrow & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 36572 ISBN : 0688075770 9780688075774
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Bateson Mary Catherine
PERIPHERAL VISIONS: LEARNING ALONG THE WAY
Harpercollins. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; Some wear light staining on DJ. . Previous owner stamps notes 0n front end page. 1988. Stated First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7�" tall; 243 pages . Harpercollins hardcover
Bookseller reference : 33713 ISBN : 0060168595 9780060168599
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Siegel James T.
SOLO IN THE NEW ORDER Language and Hierarchy in an Indonesian City
Princeton University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Clean. Small mark on front DJ. 17-4. 1986. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Princeton University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 35029 ISBN : 0691094276 9780691094274
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Ciochon Russell / John Olsen / Jamie James
OTHER ORIGINS The Search for the Giant Ape in Human Prehistory
Bantam Books. Good in Good dust jacket; Cocked. Edgewear tears in DJ. 1990. Hardcover. Color Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 262 pages . Bantam Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1624 ISBN : 0553070819 9780553070811
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British Museum
A GENERAL INTRODUCTORY GUIDE TO THE EGYPTIAN COLLECTIONS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Trustees of the British Museum. Very Good; Front wrap has a crease. Mild edgewear. 1975. Third Printing. Softcover. Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages . Trustees of the British Museum paperback
Bookseller reference : 10320 ISBN : 0714109088 9780714109084
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Vazquez Pedro Ramirez / The National Museum Of Anthropology
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY MEXICO Art Architecture Archaelogy Anthropology
Harry N. Abrams. Good with no dust jacket; VG/NONE. Clean. No DJ. Overweight; 5lbs. 1968. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 257 pages . Harry N. Abrams hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30490 ISBN : 0810903423 9780810903425
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Bidney David
Theoretical Anthropology
New York: Columbia University Press 1953. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Green cloth lettered in gilt. Slight nick to cloth along bottom rear edge text block edges a bit toned by age otherwise nearly as issued. Firm binding clean interior. Gray and yellow dust jacket shows light soiling to rear panel with minor shelf wear now in mylar. xiii506 pp. Columbia University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041936
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Jarvie IC. I. C.
The Revolution in Anthropology
Routledge and Kegan Paul 1946. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. 600grams ISBN: Routledge and Kegan Paul hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7122276
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Visser Margaret
The Gift of Thanks: The Roots and Rituals of Gratitude
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Nearly fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2009. 1st. hardcover. 8vo 458 pp. Remainder mark upper edge. . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt hardcover
Bookseller reference : BOOKS075324I ISBN : 0151013314 9780151013319
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Vitebsky Piers
The Shaman: Voyages of the Soul - Trance Ecstasy and Healing from Siberia to the Amazon
London: Duncan Baird Publishers. Fine copy. 2008. Later prt. softcover. 8vo 184 pp. . Duncan Baird Publishers paperback
Bookseller reference : BOOKS075334I ISBN : 1435106164 9781435106161
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Haenn Nora editor; Wilk Richard R. editor
THE ENVIRONMENT IN ANTHROPOLOGY : A Reader in Ecology Culture and Sustainable Living
New York Univ Press 2006. 493pp. Large softback VG index "The Environment in Anthropology presents ecology and current environmental studies from an anthropological point of view. From the classics to the most current scholarship this book connects the theory and practice in environment and anthropology giving readers a strong intellectual foundation as well as offering practical tools for solving environmental problems" . Soft Cover. Very Good. New York Univ Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : w171024091 ISBN : 0814736378 9780814736371
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Hill A. David
The Changing Landscape of a Mexican Municipio Villa Las Rosas Chiapas
Chicago IL: University of Chicago Press 1964. 121 pp. with Bibliography. Department of Geography Research Paper No. 91. NAS-NRC Foreign Field Research Program Report No. 26. Spine creased and worn; cover loosening at bottom edge; some pencil notations in text. No torn or missing pages. "Review copy" stamped on title page. First Printing. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. University of Chicago Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 11719
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Titiev M.
The Science of Man - An Introduction to Anthropology
Henry Holt and Company 1955. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. 950grams ISBN:0284680114 Henry Holt and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7119425
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Shaw Barnabas
Memorials of South Africa
New York: G. Lane & P.P. Sandford 1841. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. 317 pp in original blind-stamped cloth. Spine faded some edgewear small wormhole at fore edge moderate foxing throughout. Binding tight hinges secure. Shaw arrived in Cape Town in 1816 and soon established the first Wesleyan Mission Station in the interior of South Africa. The book offers a history of the European discovery of the Cape of Good Hope and the development of the colony with "numerous facts relative to missions.which were never before made public" and "notices of natural history referring to lions tigers &c." According to Mendelssohn II p. 308 the chapters on the Hottentots Bushmen Corannas Namaquas Kaffirs Bechuanas and other tribes "afford one of the best descriptions of the native races of South Africa published up to this period." G. Lane & P.P. Sandford hardcover
Bookseller reference : 13094
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Brower Kenneth
Earth and the Great Weather : The Brooks Range
San Francisco: Friends of the Earth Well illustrated with stunning photographsand with many poems from a variety of authors folio pp 188 a good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper Anthony Huxley's copy with his ownership stamp. This book will be heavier than average to post - extra charge may be needed. A beautiful account of nature and of Inuit life in the tundra and ice of North America. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Friends of the Earth Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002651
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Teit James; Franz Boas intro.
Traditions of the Thompson River Indians of British Columbia Memoirs of The American Folk-Lore Society Vol. VI 1898 1 of 500 copies Introduction Separately Published
Boston and New York London and Leipzig: Houghton Mifflin and Co./David Nutt/Otto Harrassowitz for American Folk-Lore Society 1898. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. First limited edition. Burgundy cloth lettered in gilt. Slightly rubbed corners and spine extremities text block edges a bit toned by age. Firm binding clean interior. viii1376 pp. Edition limited to 500 copies limitation statement on copyright page this copy out of series. Accompanied by an off-print of Boas' introduction booklet in olive wraps 18 pp. detached front cover several edge/corner chips intact interior. Extremely scarce. Houghton, Mifflin and Co./David Nutt/Otto Harrassowitz for American Folk-Lore Society Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041742
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Riley Carroll L. And Taylor Walter W. Editors
American Historical Anthropology; Essays in Honor of Leslie Spier
Carbondale IL: Southern Illinois University Press 1967. 255 pp. with bibliography. Preface by W. W. Hill. A pupil of Franz Boas the father of American anthropology Leslie Spier was an important force in the development of American anthropology. Binding tight text clean. Jacket faded on spine. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good . 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Southern Illinois University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11418
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Lamshed Max.
Monty: The Biography of C. P. Mountford.
Adelaide: Rigby Limited 1972. Hardback octavo dustjacket very good condition in very good dustjacket black & white photos edges faintly foxed faint fading spine jacket as usual minor edgewear old price marks. 222 pp. Biography of the Australian anthropologist. He did pioneering but controversial research among Aboriginal communities. Rigby Limited hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11371 ISBN : 0851794270 9780851794273
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Lowie Robert H.
Culture and Ethnology
New York: Peter Smith 1929. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Blue cloth lettered in black. 1st edition thus by Smith after original Liveright edition. Sunned along spine panel and upper front cover. Firm binding clean interior. 189 pp. Peter Smith Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041626
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Teit James; Franz Boas intro.
Traditions of the Thompson River Indians of British Columbia Memoirs of The American Folk-Lore Society Vol. VI 1898 1 of 500 copies
Boston and New York London and Leipzig: Houghton Mifflin and Co./David Nutt/Otto Harrassowitz for American Folk-Lore Society 1898. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. First limited edition. Burgundy cloth lettered in gilt. Slightly rubbed corners and spine extremities text block edges a bit toned by age. Firm binding clean interior. viii1376 pp. Edition limited to 500 copies limitation statement on copyright page this copy out of series. Extremely scarce. Houghton, Mifflin and Co./David Nutt/Otto Harrassowitz for American Folk-Lore Society Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041546
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Kiefer Emma Emily
Albert Wesselski and Recent Folktale Theories Indiana University Publications Folklore Series No. 3 1947
Bloomington IN: Indiana University 1947. Book. VG-. Original Wraps. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Original light gray wraps lettered in black. Covers tanned toward edges diagonal crease to bottom front cover corner mild wear along edges with 1/4" tear mended along front cover fore-edge. 84 pp. Signature of former owner folklorist Samuel P. Bayard on upper main title. Indiana University Paperback
Bookseller reference : 041576
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