Moscow Raduga (1986)., 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Binding and contents in fine condition. 8.75" x 8" 143pp Contains two tales apiece from Latvia and Estonia as well as one from Lithuania, illustrated by artists of those countries. Illustrated by illus througout in color. First Edition. Binding is orig boards. (more information)

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NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xiv, 233. Includes the author's reflections on racial issues. 8.25" x 5.25". (more information)

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NY & Memphis: Black and White Co., 1937. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Small pieces chipped from few corners, no text loss. 30pp; illus ads. This advertising vehicle for B&W beauty products for pimples, blemishes, knuckles, elbows, rough skin, itchy scalp, etc, contains an alphabetical list of dream topics along with meanings and lucky numbers, horoscopes, "Beauty's Ten Commandments," etc. 6.75" x 4.75". (more information)

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NY: Harmony Books, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 208pp; illus throughout from photographs. From the library of theater-historian Doris Abramson, with her small label on the half-title page. Bogle, the film and theater critic, takes a decade-by-decade look at the female African-American superstars of stage and screen, 1900-1980. The individual and collective biographical information is complemented by many illustrations, some full-page. 11" x 8.25". (more information)

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NY New Century 1948., 1948. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Decorative paper covers and contents in very good condition. 7.75" x 5.25" 31pp. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Worcester American Antiquarian Society 1949., 1949. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents in fine condition. 9.75" x 6.5" (72)pp First published in the AAS Proceedings, April 1949. Includes a facsimile reprint of the rare original edition, printed in 1715. 1st book edn. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Chicago: Polish Publishing Co., 1924. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. 272pp; portraits and text illus from photographs. Polish-American history, published for the new immigrants and their children. 7" x 5". (more information)

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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1937. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Don Forrer. pp: xv, 220; chapter-head illustrations. Colum, an Irish poet, went to Hawaii in 1923. He used the Abraham Fornander collection and several Polynesian sources to create this poetic retelling of 19 Hawaiian folk tales, stories and legends. 9.25" x 6". (more information)

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Nassau: Bahama Life, 1971. 2nd printing. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 144pp. The author married a white Canadian and divorced her before returning to his native home in the Bahamas. This autobiographical novel concerns the stresses on a mixed marriage posed by tropical island living. 8.75" x 5.25". (more information)

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NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 1917. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. pp: x, 269; 31 duotone illustrations from photographs. 8.25" x 5.5". (more information)

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Isabel la Catolica, Mexico: Eugenio Fischgrund, 1964. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Covarrubias. Contains 14 color plates, text facing each, and centerspread map. All illustrations and text are by Covarrubias. 10" x 7". (more information)

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Hollywood, CA: Pangloss, 1944. First Edition. Original wraps. Good. Margin of title damaged by excess glue. pp: viii, 72, index. Crowley presents basic forms and syntax of the Roumanian language along with vocabulary and passages for translation, including an extensive vocabulary. Also contains model letters of petition, apology, congratulations, condolence, job-seeking, etc. 6.25" x 4.75". (more information)

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NY: Herman W. Lefkowitz, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Light shelf-wear to spine ends. 334pp This futuristic novel opens in 2390 with Indian warriors along the east coast unified to repel invasion by "the white enemy." As the plot develops, the Chinese, Turks and Indians, with nature's help, destroy most other nations on earth. This is a presentation copy from the publisher, signed by Lefkowitz, March 26th, 1935. 7.5" x 4.5". (more information)

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NY: Macmillan, 1956. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 244pp; 7 plates from photographs, five text maps, and a folding map bound in at the back. The author arrived on the Polynesian atoll of Raroia on the KonTiki raft and stayed there 21 months during 1949-1952 to study local patterns of work and lifestyle. Includes chapters on the history of contacts with outside cultures, demography, land ownership, social structure, the annual cycle of events, subsistence activities, etc. 9" x 5.5". (more information)

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NY: Fawcett, 1968. Third printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Color-pictorial paper covers. pp: 378, (6), bibliography, index. Arranged by theme: Colored Man and White Man; Old Marster and John; Protest Tales; Hoodoos and Two-Heads; etc. 7" x 4". (more information)

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Boston: Beacon Press, 1970. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 424pp, index; 8pp illus from photographs. The New Zealand anthropologist revisits the Polynesian tribe which he first studied in the 1930s, and assesses the changes. 9.25" x 6.25". (more information)

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London: George Allen & Unwin, 1957. Second Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xxix, 605, index; 15 plates from photographs, 2 maps. First published in 1936, this book includes a detailed study of the Tikopian kinship system and social institutions. The Tikopia inhabit an isolated area in Polynesia, and Frith lived among them in 1928-1929. 9" x 5.75". (more information)

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NY: Macmillan, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 360pp, index; illus from photographs, plans, 2 maps. Analyzes the sociological changes wrought on this primitive Polynesian tribe by two forces: famine and western civilization. 9.25" x 6.25". (more information)

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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1946. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Good. pp: xii, 354, glossary, index; 16 plates, two folding maps. Based on field research along Malaya's east coast in 1939-1940, this book presents a detailed analysis of the fishing industry there--its economics, equipment, marketing, income levels, etc. 8.75" x 5.5". (more information)

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Boston: Beacon Press, 1967. First US Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 374pp, index; 8pp illus from photographs. Brings toegther Firth's papers on the religion (totemism, magic, &c.) and ceremonies (seances, &c.) of the Tikopia people. 9.5" x 6.25". (more information)

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NY: Da Capo, 1979. First paperback edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. 178pp, index; illus from photographs. 8.5" x 5.5". (more information)

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London W. Swan Sonnenschein 1884., 1884. Hardcover. Light shelf rubbing and foxing, else in very good condition. 7.5" x 5" 190pp Translated from the original Greek. 1st in English edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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Berlin: Grieben Verlag, 1928. Third Edition. Original cloth. Fine/Very Good. 185pp, index; 3 folding maps, 9 text maps. This town-by-town travel guide to Dalmatia and the islands off its coast includes a brief German-Croatian phrase book. Text in German. 6" x 4". (more information)

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Hong Kong Hawley & Hazel nd [ca. 1960s]., 1960. Fine condition. 9.5" x 7.25" printed flat The front panel contains an exaggerated drawing of a black man in top hat and bow tie, showing a mouthful of white teeth. Illustrated by ethnic stereotype on box. original edition. Binding is not bound. (more information)

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NY: J.J. Augustin, 1941. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Good. Hans F. Kraus. pp: xix, 215, index; 8 plates. Claims to be the first anthropological account in English of South American tribal life. The author learned the Kaingang language and lived with that primitive tribe in the highlands of Brazil, recording their memories of their fierce pre-1914 life, their folk tales, rituals, etc. Laid into this copy is a note typed and signed by anthropologist Ashley Montagu re his friendship with the author. 9.5" x 6.25". (more information)

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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1949. 5th printing. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: vii, 224, index; 8 maps. Traces the Arab peoples from the rise of Islam through the Moorish Conquest, the Crusades, and the 1940s. Includes Arabic-speaking countries in the Middle East and North Africa as well as the Arabian Peninsula. Written by a major Arab scholar. 8.75" x 5.5". (more information)

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Philadelphia: T.K. & P.G. Collins, Printer, 1854. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Printed paper covers. 24pp. The gist of Bigler's speech is "the great work of preventing crime" at the House of Refuge. This appears to be the first time that the students at the institution were segregated by race. 8.75" x 5.5". (more information)

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Taiwan: Chang Tai Hsiang, 1959. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 178pp; illustrated ads. Printed throughout in green ink. This key for aliens learning Mandarin includes idioms and terms useful in daily life. 5.75" x 4". (more information)

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Worcester American Antiquarian Society 1921., 1921. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents near fine condition. 9.75" x 6.25" 32pp First published in the AAS Proceedings, April 1920. 1st book edn. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1921. First Thus. Original wraps. Very Good. 32pp. First published in the AAS Proceedings, April 1920. This work includes Thornton's various 18th-century communiques on the subject, including his "Suggestion to Buy Porto Rico for Free Negroes." 9.75" x 6.25". (more information)

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