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Folk Icons and Rituals in Tribal Life
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Folk Icons and Rituals in Tribal Life

by Pramod Kumar

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Published
1984
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New Delhi: Abhinav, 1984. Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket in archival mylar.. xiii, 85 pages, 39 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, 2 maps ; 25 cm; bibliographical references (pages 84-85) and index. Numerous b&w photos. Mina (Indic people) -- Religion. Rajasthan (India) -- Religious life and customs. Rājasthān (Inde) -- Vie religieuse. India -- Rajasthan. Mina (Volk).
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African Genesis: A Personal Investigation Into the Animal Origins and Nature of Man; Robert Ardrey, drawings by Berdine Ardrey
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African Genesis: A Personal Investigation Into the Animal Origins and Nature of Man; Robert Ardrey, drawings by Berdine Ardrey

by Ardrey, Robert. ; Ardrey, Berdine (illustrator)

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Near fine in very good jacket now housed in archival mylar.
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near fine(-)
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New York
Published
1961
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Hardcover
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First American edition: Atheneum, 1961. New York. Hardcover. Near fine in very good jacket now housed in archival mylar./near fine(-). Quarto in color illus jacket; 380 pages, 2 leaves of folded plates: illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm; bibliographical references (pages 361-366) and index. Contents: The new Enlightenment. -- One tiger to a hill. -- The society… Read more about this item
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The Fieldworker and the Field : Problems and Challenges in Sociological Investigation
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The Fieldworker and the Field : Problems and Challenges in Sociological Investigation

by Srinivas, Mysore Narasimhachar. ; Shah, A. M. ; Ramaswamy, E. A.

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Fine with very faintest of edge wear to wrapper corners; as new. Please see photos.
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Second edition
Published
2011
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Paperback
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9780195668346
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New Delhi ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Second edition. Paperback. Fine with very faintest of edge wear to wrapper corners; as new. Please see photos.. Octavo in chiefly pale yellow pictorial wraps; xvii, 288 pages ; 23 cm; bibliographical references and index. Contents: The fieldworker and the field : a village in Karnataka /; M.N. Srinivas… Read more about this item
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The Concept of Indigenous Peoples in Asia: A Resource Book
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The Concept of Indigenous Peoples in Asia: A Resource Book

by Erni, Christian (ed.)

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Published
2008
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Paperback
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9788791563348
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Copenhagen ; Chiang Mai [Thailand]: International Work Group for Indegenous Affairs ; sia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation, 2008. Paperback. Near fine(+) with minor external wear; very tight and clean. Please see photos.. Quarto in color illus green wraps; 461 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm; bibliographical reference. Quarto in color illus green wraps; 461 pages : illustrations ;… Read more about this item
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Decolonizing Methodologies : Research and Indigenous Peoples
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Decolonizing Methodologies : Research and Indigenous Peoples

by Smith, Linda Tuhiwai

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Very fine (as new) with owner name in pen to front endpaper.
Published
1999
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Paperback
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9781856496247
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London: Zed Books, 1999. Paperback. Very fine (as new) with owner name in pen to front endpaper.. ix, 208 pages ; 22 cm bibliographical references and index. "From the vantage point of the colonized, the term 'research' is inextricably linked with European colonialism; the way in which scientific research has been implicated in the worst excesses of imperialism… Read more about this item
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Gendered Fields : Women, Men, and Ethnography
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Gendered Fields : Women, Men, and Ethnography

by Bell, Diane ; Caplan, Patricia ; Wazir-Jahan Begum Karim

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Fine; as new
Published
1993
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Paperback
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9780415062527
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London ; New York: Routledge, 1993. Paperback. Fine; as new. xiii, 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm; bibliographical references and indexes. Examines and explores the progress of feminist anthropology, the gendered nature of fieldwork itself, and the articulation of gender with other aspects of the persona of the ethnographer. Contents: Yes Virginia, there is a feminist… Read more about this item
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Comparative Functionalism; An Essay in Anthropological Theory [by] Walter Goldschmidt
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Comparative Functionalism; An Essay in Anthropological Theory [by] Walter Goldschmidt

by Goldschmidt, Walter

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Used - About fine in about fine jacket with faintest wear.
Published
1966
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Hardcover
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Berkeley: University of California Pres, 1966. Hardcover. About fine in about fine jacket with faintest wear.. Octavo in black & white jacket; xii, 149 pages 21 cm; bibliographical references (pages 141-149). Inscribed and signed by author. / Contents: The Malinowskian dilemma -- The context of social systems -- Schema for a model of society -- Functional requisites and… Read more about this item
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Handbook of material culture
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Handbook of material culture

by Tilley, Christopher

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Fine in fine jacket; as new.
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fine
Published
2006
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Hardcover
ISBN
9781412900393
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London: SAGE, 2006. Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket; as new./fine. Quarto in dark green patterned jacket; xvii, 556 p., b&w illus ; 26 cm., bibliographies. Weighs 2 lbs 9 ounces. "The 'Handbook of Material Culture' provides a critical survey of the theories, concepts, intellectual debates, substantive domains and traditions of study characterizing the analysis of things." — Publisher.… Read more about this item
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Dentition of Meroitic, X-group, and Christian populations from Wadi Halfa, Sudan

by Greene, David Lee

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Used - Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, sunning to spine, extremely gentle rubbing to front-top corner and rear-rear corn
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First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
Published
1967
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Paperback
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(Salt Lake City): (University of Utah Press), 1967. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, sunning to spine, extremely gentle rubbing to front-top corner and rear-rear corner, else Near Fine(-).. Lime-green quarto, xi, 71 pages, b&w illustrations, 28 cm. Dental anthropology -- Sudan; Africa || Series: University of Utah.… Read more about this item
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Biological anthropology and aging :; perspectives on human variation over the life span

by Crews, Douglas (editor); Garruto, Ralph M. (editor)

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Used - Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely light soiling to boards, extremely gentle rubbing to corners, very brig
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First edition, first printing (full number line)
Published
1994
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780195068290
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely light soiling to boards, extremely gentle rubbing to corners, very bright pages in tight binding, else Near Fine(+). No jacket. Black octavo, gilt to front board and spine, xxi, 445 pages, b&w illustrations ; 24… Read more about this item
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The Kroeber Anthropological Society Papers [ No. 23., 1960 ]

by Chambers, Thomas S. (pres.)

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Used - Few very mild coffee stain spots to front cover. Else pages clean and binding tight. Very good(+).
Published
1960
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Berkeley, Calif: Kroeber Anthropological Society, 1960. Paperback. Few very mild coffee stain spots to front cover. Else pages clean and binding tight. Very good(+).. Paperback large quarto with green cloth spine. 128 pages illustrations 28 cm. Series: Kroeber Anthropological Society ;; no. 23, 1960. || Contents: Nationalism in Africa: an attempt at prediction, by G.M. Foster.--The phylogenetic tree:… Read more about this item
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Stonehenge today & yesterday

by Stevens, Frank

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Used - Mild to moderate chipping to head and foot of spine. Small chip to edge of back cover. Small chip to corner of back cover. Mild
Published
1919
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London: H.M. Stationery Off, 1919. Paperback. Mild to moderate chipping to head and foot of spine. Small chip to edge of back cover. Small chip to corner of back cover. Mild sunning to spine and covers. Duplicate written in ink to front cover. Else pages clean and binding tight. Overall very good.. Paperback octavo with brown spine. 91… Read more about this item
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The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain

by Evans, John

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Used - Cracks to covers at hinge and spine, also visible to inside at end papers. Moderate rubbing, fraying, and chipping to head and f
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Presumed first edition
Published
1872
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Hardcover
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1872. Presumed first edition. Hardcover. Cracks to covers at hinge and spine, also visible to inside at end papers. Moderate rubbing, fraying, and chipping to head and foot of spine. Moderate rubbing and fraying to corners of boards. Mild bumping to corners of boards. Small pen inscription to front free end paper. Mild… Read more about this item
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Some of the English; a study towards a study

by Hueffer, Oliver Madox

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Used - Mild foxing to first and last 30 pages. Small bookplates to inside of back cover. Extremely mild rubbing to head and foot of spi
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1930
Published
1930
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Hardcover
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New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1930. 1930. Hardcover. Mild foxing to first and last 30 pages. Small bookplates to inside of back cover. Extremely mild rubbing to head and foot of spine. Else very good(+).. Hardcover quarto in green cloth with gilt title on spine. 320 pages, 22 cm. Manners and customs. Travel. London (England) -- Social… Read more about this item
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A Bedouin boyhood

by Diqs, Isaak

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Used - Previous owners name in ink to front free end paper. DJ is priceclipped to front flap. Mild soiling to back cover of DJ. DJ in a
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First edition
Published
1967
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Hardcover
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London: Allen & Unwin, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Previous owners name in ink to front free end paper. DJ is priceclipped to front flap. Mild soiling to back cover of DJ. DJ in archival mylar. Fine book in very good DJ.. Hardcover quarto in red DJ. 176 pages ; 21 cm. Contents: The small cow-herd -- Bin Rizk,… Read more about this item
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Social evolution

by Childe, V. Gordon

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Used - Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, very gently bumped front corners, rear corners extremely mildly rubbed, light yel
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First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
Published
1951
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Hardcover
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London: Watts, 1951. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, very gently bumped front corners, rear corners extremely mildly rubbed, light yellowing and spotting to front free endpaper, very faint spotting to fore-edge and DJ fore-edge, extremely light sunning to DJ spine, price-clipped DJ, light spotting to rear DJ, very… Read more about this item
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Black anger

by Sachs, Wulf

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Used - Very good (+). Some discoloration at top and bottom boards and minor bump to bottom right corner. Dust jacket is good with some
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First edition
Published
1947
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Hardcover
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Very good (+). Some discoloration at top and bottom boards and minor bump to bottom right corner. Dust jacket is good with some chips and tears at edges and corners. Dust jacket in archival mylar.. Hardcover large octavo with black and colored dust jacket; 5 preliminary leaves, 324 pages;… Read more about this item
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The nomenclature for man, the chimpanzee, the orang-utan, and the Barbary ape

by Stiles, Charles Wardell; Orleman, Mabelle B.

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Used - Extremely mild wear to spine head and foot, very slight rubbing to spine, extremely modest rubbing to corners, light soiling to
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First edition (unstated)
Published
1927
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Paperback
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Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1927. First edition (unstated). Paperback. Extremely mild wear to spine head and foot, very slight rubbing to spine, extremely modest rubbing to corners, light soiling to covers, ownership bookplate and glue residue to front pastedown, else Very Good.. Orange octavo, vi, 66 pages, b&w illustrations ; 24 cm. Primates -- Nomenclature, Anthropology.… Read more about this item
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Ceramic studies of the historic periods in ancient Nubia

by Lister, Florence C.

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Used - Extremely gentle wear to spine head and spine foot edge, very faint soiling to top edge and rear edge, extremely light sunning t
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Published
1967
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Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1967. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Extremely gentle wear to spine head and spine foot edge, very faint soiling to top edge and rear edge, extremely light sunning to spine, very bright pages in tight binding, else Near fine(-).. Green quarto, ix, 119 pages, b&w illustrations, map; 28… Read more about this item
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Spirit of the rainforest :; a Yanomamo shaman's story

by Ritchie, Mark A.

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Used - Small scuff to spine foot, small crease to spine head, very mild bumping to corners, very little rubbing to front edge, very lig
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First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
Published
1996
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Paperback
ISBN
9780964695214
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Chicago: Island Lake Press, 1996. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Small scuff to spine foot, small crease to spine head, very mild bumping to corners, very little rubbing to front edge, very light soiling to fore-edges, else Very good.. Light brown multicolored octavo, green spine, 271 pages, b&w illustrations ; 23 cm. Inscribed and signed… Read more about this item
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