London: Frank Cass 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Facsimile reprint of the 1906 edition. 564 pp indexed bound in red cloth. Light dust soil to top edge else fine. Dust jacket has light soiling at the edges and chipping to the corners and head of spine. Study of the religion and philosophy of the various tribes of the lower Niger including the Efik Ibo and Ibibio. Frank Cass hardcover books
Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews 1802. Sixth Ed. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Full contemporary calf heavily worn front board loose morocco spine label worn. The sixth edition of the 1st U.S. dictionary originally printed in Worcester by Isaiah Thomas in 1788. Lacking the title page and last leaf 595/6 facsimiles laid in but otherwise complete with the Appendix with a separate title dated 1801. The dictionary is unpaginated but the pagination picks up with the appendix which is paginated 563-596. EAI 2886 Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Reference; Anthropology. Inventory No: 041902. <br/><br/> Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews hardcover books
Dedham: H. Mann 1806. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Early American edition in full period acid calf with a red morocco spine labe - hinges split boards attached but not well attached. 239pp plus a page of ads. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Endpapers browned text block clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Education; Anthropology. Inventory No: 039784. <br/><br/> H. Mann hardcover books
Edinburgh: Waugh & Innes 1826. Later Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 2 volumes in blindstamped gray cloth modest wear volume 1 a bit shaken and the front joint split - bindings still generally tight. Foxing to frontis. Bright internally largely uncut. Fold out of The Temple at Jerusalem slightly foxed but intact and attractive. Size: Octavo 8vo. 2-volume set complete. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: anthropology; Ancient BC; History. Inventory No: 039485. <br/><br/> Waugh & Innes hardcover books
FAPESP Mercado de Letras 2002. Soft cover. Near Fine. Signed by Editor Trade paperback 736 pp. Slight handling wear. Inscribed to a fellow anthropologist "with admiration" by Beatriz Labate on the title page. Binding tight text unmarked. In Portuguese. Signed by Editor. FAPESP, Mercado de Letras paperback books
Bookseller reference : 13487 ISBN : 8585725915 9788585725914
Batavia Java: Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij. Softcover. Good. Undated c. 1930. Approximately 9 x 12 inches oblong; 80 pp. Chipped at head and foot of spine with loss of about 2 inches of paper at the foot and old tape repairs visible; general shelfwear binding tender. Gift inscriptions on inside and title page otherwise clean. Text in Dutch. Black and white plates show a many aspects of Balinese religious ceremonies including costume temples and other sacred architecture ceremonial objects and ceremonies and rituals being performed. Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij paperback books
Mixed; well read. Twenty 20 different titles from the estate of Clellan S. Ford an American anthropologist best known as Professor of Anthropology at Yale University. Ford spent a year in the Fiji Islands conducting ethnographic field research. He then joined the Institute of Human Relations at Yale where he co-founded the cross-cultural Survey. The titles include Flight of the Chiefs Epic Poetry of Fiji 1942; A History of Fiji Volume One 1957; A Vagabond in Fiji 1927; Fijian Grammar 1946; Ai Vola Ni Sere ni Lotu Weselle e Viti Fijian Hymn Book 1933; The Song of Milkanwatha: Translated from the Original Feejee 1856; Cannibal Islands lacking title page disbound etc n.d.; Na i vosavosa vakaviti e so 1954; Ai vola lailai ni vosa vakaperitania me yaga vie ira na kai viti 1932; The Davui Series including A I vola ni wili I vola Book I 1926; Na Sala Ni Wilivola Book 1 and Book 2 n.d.; A I vola ni wili i vola 1926. Also includes A New Fijian Grammar 1941; An English-Fijian Medical Vocabulary 1927; A Guide to Pacific Island Dietaries 1947; Handbook of Fijian Language 1936; Tales from the South Seas 1953; Fiji in Picture 1972 and Murder in Fiji; 1945. A mixture of hard cover and paperback. . <br/><br/> hardcover books
Mexico D.F.: Ediciones del Instituto Nacional Indigenista 1954. Softcover. Very Good. 9 x 11 inches 110 pp with folding map maps illustrations from photographs index in original wrappers. Some soiling and wear to wrappers wrappers beginning to separate from text block; text clean. Inscribed on frotn endpaper "For my good friend _______ with my regards Mex. D.F. the 2nd of May 1954. From F.M. Plancarte." Text in Spanish. On the Rarámuri or Tarahumara group of indigenous people living in the southern part of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Ediciones del Instituto Nacional Indigenista paperback books
Santa Fe: Clear Light Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0940666111 . Foreword by N. Scott Momaday. Second printing. About fine in a near fine dust jacket that has a couple of edge tears and some minor wear at the crown of the spine. . Clear Light Publishers hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 3268 ISBN : 0940666111 9780940666115
Window Rock AZ: Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department 2006. Softcover. Fine. vii 120 pp with illustrations from photographs in original wrappers with spiral binding. A fine copy. A collection of 13 papers from three conferences by various authors on a variety of subjects and aspects of Navajo culture see scan of partial table of contents. Due to size shipping charges may be more than standard for priority or international orders. Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department paperback books
Window Rock AZ: Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department 1999. Softcover. Near Fine. xi 245 pp with illustrations majority from photographs. Very light handling wear; contents clean. A collection of over 25 papers from four conferences by various authors on a variety of subjects and aspects of Navajo culture. Organized into five sections: Aesthetics Doing Anthropology Health Economics and Contact Between Cultures. Due to size shipping charges may be more than standard for priority or international orders. Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department paperback books
Millwood NY: Kraus Reprint 1974. Softcover. Near fine. Two volumes in printed wrappers. Part I: pp. 151-225; Part II: pp. 229-338. Both volumes show some very light sunning to spine and edges of wrappers and have titles written by hand on the spine; contents clean and sound. Originally published in 1917. Describes many aspects of Zuni ceremonialism and includes a fascinating register of ceremonial events at Zuni compiled by Margaret A. Lewis a Cherokee who traveled from Oklahoma in 1899 as a schoolteacher in the Indian Service. Kraus Reprint paperback books
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1913. Hardcover. Near fine. 76 pp illustrations foldout with bibliography. Original olive cloth. Minor damage to margin of folding plate; else fine in original printed envelope this somewhat tattered. Organized into three main sections: Rio Grande Valley Geology and Topography and Climate and Evidence. Government Printing Office hardcover books
Salvador Bahia: Edufba 2008. Soft cover. Very Good. 440 pp illustrated. Trade paperback. Mild shelfwear. Binding tight text unmarked. A collection of conference papers on drugs and culture. All text in Portuguese. Edufba paperback books
Bookseller reference : 13432 ISBN : 8523205047 9788523205041
London: Marshall Brothers. Hardcover. Good. ND c. 1911. ix 198 pp copiously illustrated with b/w plates. Green cloth boards have moderate wear; front board has a black ink spot. Gift inscription on front endpaper. The Church Missionary Society sent the author to Uganda in 1900 when she was 24 and she married a fellow missionary 2 years later. "The gently pygmies were her favorite converts and the 'Black Baganda' tribesmen of Bunyoro.her favorite storytellers. Her purpose in writing was as much to tell these stories of indigenous Ugandan culture as to proselytize" and "her books are remarkably free of missionary propaganda" according to Robinson Wayward Women P. 161. Marshall Brothers hardcover books
London and Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First English edition. Translated from the French by James Hogarth. 187 pp extensively illustrated with photographs some color. Previous owner's name on front pastedown else a fine copy in a clean slightly rubbed dust jacket with a few ink marks on the rear panel. Account of an expedition in search of the elusive shell of the golden cowrie--the larges of the world's 250 known cowrie species--with much on the people and culture of the island's native villages. Oliver and Boyd hardcover books
London and Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First English edition. Translated from the French by John and Patricia Russell. 178 pp of text plus approximately 50 photographs some color. Previous owner's name on front pastedown else a fine copy in a clean dust jacket with minimal wear. Reflections on two years' residence in the New Hebrides now Vanuatu with much on the people and culture of the island's native villages. Oliver and Boyd hardcover books
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 books
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1896. First Edition. Softcover. Fair. pp. 237-593 illustrated with plates some from photographs and line drawings in the text. Front wrapper heavily worn and detached back wrapper and much of outer paper on spine missing but text block sound and text clean. Good reference copy. Signed by author with short inscription on front cover. From the annual report of the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum. Includes detailed descriptions of methods of travel and moving and carrying things in different primitive cultures. Government Printing Office paperback books
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1910. Hardcover. Good. xix 216 pp illustrations with illustrations sheet music index. Original green cloth lightly bumped and rubbed at corners. Both hinges cracked; text clean. A general section describes the intonation rhythm tone material and structure of Chippewa music. This is followed by chapters on music instruments; the Mide and their beliefs songs use of medicine and ceremonies; and Social songs on the White Earth and Leech Lake reservations. Government Printing Office hardcover books
Princeton:: Princeton University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0691049742 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Princeton University Press, hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 21475 ISBN : 0691049742 9780691049748
Middletown:: Wesleyan University Press. Fine. 2003. Paperback. 0819566365 . First paperback edition. Fine in printed wraps. . Wesleyan University Press, paperback books
Bookseller reference : 41905 ISBN : 0819566365 9780819566362
NY:: Columbia University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0231137346 . Black and white photographs by Ken Ross. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Columbia University Press, hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 40396 ISBN : 0231137346 9780231137348
Berkeley:: University of California Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0520246268 . First printing. Publisher's press release laid in. "Examination Copy" stamped on bottom edge else fine in a fine dust jacket. . University of California Press, hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 38629 ISBN : 0520246268 9780520246263
New Brunswick:: Rutgers University Press. Fine. 1999. Paperback. 0813527201 . First paperback edition. Fine in pictorial wraps. . Rutgers University Press, paperback books
Bookseller reference : 37248 ISBN : 0813527201 9780813527208
Reading:: Addison-Wesley. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 020177240X . First printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Addison-Wesley, hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 36706 ISBN : 020177240X 9780201772401
Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0226900185 . First printing. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper else fine in a fine dust jacket. . University of Chicago Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 34720 ISBN : 0226900185 9780226900186
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0801868009 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 34103 ISBN : 0801868009 9780801868009
NY: Hill and Wang. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0809027259 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Hill and Wang hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 33519 ISBN : 0809027259 9780809027255
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0803247982 . First edition. Remainder mark on bottom edge else fine in a fine dust jacket. . University of Nebraska Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 28073 ISBN : 0803247982 9780803247987
NY: William Morrow. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0688067212 . Book club edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . William Morrow hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 27279 ISBN : 0688067212 9780688067212
NY: William Morrow. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0688067220 . Book club edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . William Morrow hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 27278 ISBN : 0688067220 9780688067229
Stanford: Stanford University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0804725748 . First edition. As new in like dust jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap. . Stanford University Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 22359 ISBN : 0804725748 9780804725743
NY: Greenwood Press. Near Fine. 1987. Hardcover. 0313238170 . First printing. About fine in blue cloth. No dust jacket as issued. . Greenwood Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 20843 ISBN : 0313238170 9780313238178
Berkeley: University of California Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0520224701 . Color illustrations throughout. First printing. Fine in an about fine tiny closed edge tear at the top of the front panel dust jacket. . University of California Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 20526 ISBN : 0520224701 9780520224704
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0395380170 . First printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 9403 ISBN : 0395380170 9780395380178
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