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London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. 255pp, bw ills, maps. Blue cloth in jacket. Jacket slightly rubbed. Moderate foxing throughout. The author travelled to India, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Celebes, the Moluccas and New Zealand learning about the arts, ceremonies and taboos of 'primitive poeples' along the way. . First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1959. xxvii, 484pp + publisger catalogue at rear, index, few diagrams. Green cloth in jacket. Some foxing to jacket, edges, endpapers and prelims. By taking the small group to be a microcosm of society the author gives a theory of social behaviour.. Third Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Melbourne: Cengage Learning, 2006. xii, 332pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw ills. Pictorial card. Moderate edge wear to covers, crease to top front corner. Multidisciplinary analysis of racism in Australia examining complex questions of cultural diversity, social justice, discrimination, human rights and community relations. Several chapters give particular emphasis to the situation of indigenous Australians.. Third Edition, Reprint.. Soft Cover. Very… Read more about this item

Sydney: Cowrie Books, 2002. 32pp, bw ills, map. Pictorial card. Very slight edge wear to cover. Tells a Trobriand Islands (PNG) highlighting the strict oblidation, or duty, in the matrilinear Trobriand culture for a brother to make gardens for his sister.. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Port Moresby: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies in association with Niugini Press., 1979. 56pp, bw ills, references. Pictorial card (red, black & white). A little light rubbing. Content includes Indigenous Anthropology in PNG; Some Aesthetic Concepts in Melpa; 3 plays; Eleven Canoe Prows from the Trobriand Islands; a historical poem from the Trobriands and drawings by Kambau Namaleu Lamang..… Read more about this item

Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1969. iv, paginated in parts (approx 150pp). Olive green card. Light foxing to prelims. Includes: The Problem of Teenage Boys on Moen, Truk: A Test of a Popular Diagnosis; A Study of School-Community Relations in Truk; Representative Democracy in Truk District. The development and Operation of a New Political Form; Current Influence of Traditional Leaders and… Read more about this item

Suva: Institute of Pacific Studies of the University of the South Pacific, 1977. 72pp, index, bibliography, appendix, bw ills, map. Pictorial card. Crease at bottom front corner, possibly glued at contents page.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Melbourne: The Author, 2007. 369pp, index, references, appendices (inc glossary), bw & col ills, map. Pictorial boardswith black spine. Sticker remnant to front cover, tiniest of bumps to fore-edge of front cover, slightly shaken. Tyhe first official book about Turkish Cypriot migration to Australia. Also studies the struggle involved with establishing the major Turkish Cypriot entities which act as foundations… Read more about this item

Alice Springs: Nganampa Health Council, 1993. In the past we were happy and free from sickness; and in the future we will become strong and healthy again. viii, 88pp, catalogue, col ills, map. Black cloth in jacket. Text in both English and Pitjantjatjara. An Anangu concept of health. The paintings reflect the desert landscape, and define the complexities of modern… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1964. xvi, 200pp, bw ills. Green cloth in jacket. Minor crease to front flap, small chip bottom front, and several chips at bottom rear. Some surface insect damage to bottom of front board. Idriess describes the adult lige of indigenous Australians.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1990. HEAVY. 238pp, index, bibliography, numerous color photos. Or cream boards in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. Now a classic work in its field this book details natural remedies from the Australian bush. Looks at the plants and animals used in bush remedies and considers their commercial and conservation prospects.. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

Crawley, W.A.: University of Western Australia, 2008. HEAVY. 239pp, glossary, num col photos. Black cloth in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. Collection of over 100 photographs with oral stories capturing the beauty, humour, sadness and friendship of a traditional Aboriginal community in Western Australia's Western Desert region grappling with the demands of Western culture. . First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Greenhouse Publications, 1988. 256pp, bibliography, appendices, tabels, line drawings, 250+ colour photographs, map, pictorial endpapers. Orange boards in jacket. Jacket spine faded, light edge wear, prev owner name on front free endpaper. Aboriginal bush medicine of over 40 Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. Illus. by Knight, Terry (photographer); Alexander, Valerie;… Read more about this item

Utgefandi, Iceland. 1984-1991: Olafsfjardarkaupstadur, 1984. VERY HEAVY-will require additional postage to most destinations. 3 volume set-complete in slipcase. 334, 404, 378pp; index, bw & col ills, endpaper maps. Blue leather (faux?) in jackets with slipcase. Volume 3 has some bug marks to edges but otherwise all volumes show only minor edge wear to jacket. TEXT IN ICELANDIC. Extensive local history… Read more about this item

Armidale: New England Regional Art Museum with Powerhouse Publishing, 2004. 132pp, index, bibliography, notes, num bw & col ills. Pictorial card with integral flaps. Near new. The story of the Chinese people who came to, and sometimes settled in, New South Wales from the first arrivals in the early 1800s, through the turbulant gold rush years and into the 20th… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Instition Press, 1989. 188pp, index, notes, num bw & col ills. Pictorial card. Light edge wear to covers. Explores the relationship between changes in fashion and our changing ideas about masculinity and femininity. Encompasses everything from changing body types to changing hairstyles, from military uniforms to blue jeans and lingerie. . First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good.… Read more about this item

New York: Columbia University Press, 1918. 302pp, index, errata slip at rear, bibliography, tables, graphs. Brown cloth, no jacket. Some surface silverfishing to cloth, name torn from front free endpaper, somewhat shaken, small bookseller label at front, occasional foxing. Scarce as first edition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo.

Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1964. xv, 184pp, 16pp bw ills, index. Pictorial boards in jacket. Some fading to spine, rubbed at folds. SIGNED and inscribed (to Bob) by author on front free endpaper. Overall a fresh attractive copy. Mixed in with more serious matters are a variety of the hilarious, and sometimes, sordid stories for which the Northern Territory of… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1969. 294pp, index, bw ills, map. Or brown cloth in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket, offset toning to endpapers. The story of a mission started at Hanover Bay, Western Australia in 1912. The mission, now operating as a cattle station, continues with over 200 Aboriginal residents, some of whom work the station and others who… Read more about this item

New York: Arno Press, 1969. 592pp, bw ills. Cloth boards in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. Originally published in 1891. Significant documents in the history of political violence evoking the emotional and political context in which territorial conquest took place in the American West.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.