Anthropology from Minotavros Books

Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2004. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Paperback, xiv, 325pp.A small crease to upper right corner of front cover, o/w fine. Celebrating early societies, agriculture, their politics and government in early Africa.

London: Oxford University Press, 1967. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Green cloth, xxxii, 359pp. Frontispiece, incl. 16 plates (recto & verso).Small rubber star stamp on front free endpaper, otherwise fine in a near fine but slightly soiled jacket along the front edge. An analysis of the 'medicine murders' in 1945-1946, magic and sorcery, religious beliefs and education, as… Read more about this item

New York: Touchstone, 1962. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 295 pp. Spine sunned. Remainder mark to tail edge. Toning to covers and interior.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. xxii, 266 pp., [16] pp. B&W photos. Spine sunned, small chip to tail edge of front cover, bruise to rear joint. Awarded the 1978 Wellcome Medal for Research in Anthropology by the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and… Read more about this item

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. SIGNED first edition. Bound in genuine leather. Full brown morocco with gilt tooling on boards and spine. A.E.G. Moire endpapers. Ribbon marker. xxii, 375 pp. B&W illustrations. Light fatty bloom starting to corners, large chip to lower corner of last… Read more about this item

London: Seeley, Service & Co, 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. SIGNED with inscription to ffep. Orig. orange cloth. T.E.G. 352 pp. [33] plate illustrations. Bookplates of I. & F.W. Hosken and Maurice Katz. Spine sunned, tilted, creased, lightly worn at ends. Split to foot of front joint. Cloth repairs to… Read more about this item

London: The Hakluyt Society, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. blue cloth, sailboat device to front boards. cxxviii, 327, 26 pp. B&W illustrations; vii, 328-916 pp., 27-57 pp. B&W illustrations. Small bruise to fore edge of rear board to volume I with corresponding perforation to jacket. Dust jackets are rubbed, lightly bumped… Read more about this item

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Creme cloth with primitive figures on lower front board, xiv, 303pp. Illustrated. About fine in a very good but sunned dust jacket.

Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 1941. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Orig. maroon cloth. xxi, 236 pp. Colour frontis. w/ tissue guard. Copiously illustrated in B&W. Spine cocked, bruising to corners, a few small spots of soiling. Bookplate of C.B. Farrar.

Merida: Estudios Basso, 1983. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Paperback, 278pp. Illustrated with b/w and color pictures and maps. Light sunning to covers, otherwise near fine. The author examines writing, language, architecture, transportation, food, religion and other examples of the Maya and civilizations in the Yucatan.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co, 1892. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo. The International Scientific Series, Vol. XLIV. Orig. red publisher's cloth. vii, 365 pp. Spine sunned, damp stained and worn to spine foot, chipped to spine head. Stain to head of front board, chafing to extremities. Bookplate to front pastedown. Front hinge… Read more about this item

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. 233 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Light bumping to upper rear corner. Staining to upper corner of ffep.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology series. Soft cover. x, 96 pp. [2] pp. B&W photos. Covers rubbed, spine tilted, chip to spine head. Very good.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo (super). Orig. brown cloth. xviii, 235 pp., [63 pp. B&W plates with 98 illustrations]. Spine cocked. A few light white scuffs to extremities. Else fine.

Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing, 1943. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Full red cloth. Map endpapers. xx, 416 pp. Numerous duotone illustrations in text. Very light chafing to spine ends. Bookplate of C.B. Farrar to front pastedown. Dust jacket is price clipped, lightly edge worn. Newspaper article about Hoffman's death laid in. The extraordinary adventures of a great… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Orig. brown cloth, gilt titles. xvii, 626 pp., [29] plates. B&W illustrations in text. Light rubbing to extremities, else fine. Bookplate of C.B. Farrar.

London: Watts & Co, 1934. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo (small). Thinker's Library No. 14 & 15. Orig. brown stamped cloth. xvi, 180 pp.; 166 pp. B&W illustration in text. Spine tilted. Dust jacket has minor chips to spine head, sunned to spine. For the first time this delightful class in the Science of Man becomes… Read more about this item

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. green cloth. 349 pp. Dust jacket lightly edge worn, ring stain to rear cover, else fine.

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1929. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Orig. green pebbled cloth, gilt titles. viii, 453 pp. Light rubbing to extremities. Offsetting to endpapers. Else fine.

London: Watts & Co, 1934. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo (small). Thinker's Library No. 42. Orig. brown stamped cloth. xiv, 146 pp. B&W illustration in text. Spine tilted. Dust jacket has minor chips to spine head, sunned to spine. An interesting and informative record of the steps by which our knowledge of primitive races and customs… Read more about this item