ANTHROPOLOGY Mythology, Sociology from Fortuna Books

London: Souvenir, 1972 first English edition, DW edge rubbed with short tears to corners etc, unclipped. 246pp + plates, interesting look at ancient technology and cultures and theories on human evolution. Interesting peice on Celtic fairy lore, in similar vein to von Daniken and others who scoff at scientific theories of the age of human civilisation etc. .… Read more about this item

London: Hamilton, 1965 ex library with stamps, dust jacket with some adhesive onto the extreme edges at top and bottom, tape residue to the paste downs and boards, label with shelf mark to spine, 176pp + plates, mainly the British Romanies but with information on all aspects of gypsy culture and history. a few pages have scuffed… Read more about this item

London: Kaye & Ward, 1975 unclipped dust jacket, Folktale Folklore Myth Mythology British Welsh. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Barbara Swiderska. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hart-Davis, 1972 first translated edition, unclipped DW, light spine lean, minimal edge wear to DW, 179pp + plates, map endpapers, Young zoologist hitch hikes from Europe, through Himalayas and Thailand to Borneo to obsevre rare animals, where he is forced to marry a Dayak chiefs daughter and lives with them. A true story of an amazing adventure.. First… Read more about this item

London: Routledge, 1994 reprint of first edition, light edge wear, 353pp, A comprehensive introduction to television studies. Fiske analyzes both the economic and cultural aspects of television and investigates it in terms of both theory and text based criticism.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1992 as new, first thus edition, 446pp, Mander challenges the utopian promise of technological society and tracks its devastating impact on native cultures worldwide. The Western world’s loss of a sense of the sacred in the natural world, he says, has led us toward global environmental disaster and social disorder and worse lies ahead. . First… Read more about this item

London: Hodder, 1894 olive cloth with gilt vignette to cover. cloth rubbed through at corners , tail and head of spine worn. edges of frontis and the tissue guard are foxed. some minor foxing and soiling throughout the text. xii, 382, ii + frontis .plates in the text.Edges untrimmed, the list of illustrations and pp1-2 are missing.… Read more about this item

London: Phoenix House, 1948 DW some wear and rubbing, gift inscr to paste down, xvii 197pp, selected by secretary of Gypsy Lore Society, frontis and plates, gypsy lore and legend from following traditions; Welsh Polish Russian Latvian Bulgarian Serbo-Bosnian Hungarian Rumanian Piedmontese German Belgian English Scottish Anglo-Welsh. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? -… Read more about this item

London: Bodley Head, 1970 unclipped dust jacket lightly worn, gift inscription to fep, vii 252pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Maureen Roffey. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977 (500 gram rate) soft cover on quality paper, xiii 164pp some photos, Denis Dutton's copy 'Denis Dutton Dearborn 1978' to fep. Denis Dutton was Professor of Philosophy at Canterbury University New Zealand. First Edition. Slip Case. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Trubner, 1883 near fine tight clean copy, cloth with gilt Ganesh to upper board and titled spine, original black endpapers tidy, small Newbolds Bookseller label foot of paste down, very minor rubbing to corners, small slight bump to fore edge lower board, light spot of surface soiling, (xvi) 282 +6pp adverts, title and facing page are slightly… Read more about this item

London: Reprint Society, 1963 DW few short tears spine ends. 239pp + plates. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Bodley Head, 1970 unclipped dust jacket lightly worn, small hole to lower fore edge fold, gift inscription to fep, x 277pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Maureen Roffey. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hodder, 1895 olive cloth with gilt vignette to cover. cloth rubbed through at corners , tail and head of spine chipping. front hinge cracked, edges of frontis and the tissue guard are foxed. some minor foxing and soiling throughout the text. xii, 382, ii + frontis .plates in the text. In 1865 Maggie Paton set sail for… Read more about this item

Auckland: Strong and Ready, 1965 (500 gram rate) 122pp +plates, green cloth sunned to spine, titled in black to cover.includes line drawings, bibliography and index. DW sunned spine with title nearly completely faded.. DW edges a little rubbed etc. Book contents near fine. SIGNED TITLE BY AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR. Covers most cultures with reference to tree lore. Privately printed for the… Read more about this item

London: Dent, 1924 (500 gram rate) small dark olive green cloth, titled to spine with dulled gilt and decoration, Everyman's Library edition #697, slight lean to spine, top edge dusted dark green, 251pp + 4pp adverts, nice paper and good sewn binding, double woodcut Wm Morris style title page, This is an in depth account of all Gypsy /… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, 1980 light cover wear, top edges of first two pages clipped, light age browning, good reading copy, new revised edition, an in depth look at menstruation and how it has affected the position and role of women in society throughout the ages. 1-the science of bleeding 2- the menstrual epidemic i-when is a curse not a curse?… Read more about this item

London: Dent, 1968 bound in Sundour cloth decorative boards, Children's Illustrated Classics series book number 66, price clipped dust jacket has some light rubbing to the edges with rubbed corners and spine ends, viii 184+ 4pp adverts, coloured line drawings in the text, VG copy, retelling of various ethnic myths, illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. reprint. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Very… Read more about this item

Odense: Flensteds Forlag, 1949 ANDERSENS FAIRY-TALES IN DANISH, blue cloth with gilt border and flower with fairy design, top edges gilt, vol 1- 1949, 186pp + 162pp / vol 2- 1950, 159pp + 170pp, line illustrations, clean unmarked copies, Udgivet i samarbejde med H.C.Andersens Hus i Odense. Titelvignet klipning av H.C.Andersen, Topp gullsnitt. . Decorative Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. Illus.… Read more about this item

Hamilton New Zealand: Outrigger, 1984 (200 gram rate) 77pp,. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.