Anthropology

U. Tokyo Press; 1972. Revised edition. UTP 3045676825149. Hardcover; 170 pg. Dust jacket surface rubbed; edges lightly chipped, 1 small tear in top edge. Brown cloth cover; bottom of spine & corners lightly bumped. Owner's name on front free-endpaper. Some light creasing in pages and light pencil marks in text. Several fold-out genealogical charts & maps, esp. large map, 17 by 17 inches, tipped-in back endpaper. Text is in English.

London: Hippolyte Bailliere, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Part of The Ethnographical Library. 6pp of advertisements, xiv, [4], 239pp. Modern brown half calf over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gold. Four color plates, two folding maps (one of the seats of the Papuan Race in the Indian Archipelago; the other of New Guinea), one folding plate with illustrations of the different typologies of heads of Papuans and North Australians, two tables, one of which lists specimens of Papuan and North Australian dialects, and two in-text illustrations. Internally very clean with a few small spots to four of the leaves, very mild foxing to the verso of the plates and to the folding plate. A near fine copy. ; Octavo.

Hutchinson. London. 1929. First edition. Large 8vo. 288pp. Photo frontis., 63 further plates, text illus., folding map. Original red cloth, sunned to spine, corners bumped. Some minor spotting/foxing. "With the Publisher’s Compliments" lightly stamped to title page.

Owen Rutter (1889-1944) FRGS, FRAI, Member of the Athenaeum Club, travel writer, North Borneo Civil Service, editor of the Balkan News, partner in the Golden Cockerel Press.

Palmerston North: Dunmore Press LTD [0-86469-049-5] 1985. (Trade paperback) 198pp. Near fine. Tables, diagrams, notes, bibliography, index. "Although Maori children have considerably more school 'success' in New Zealand than their Aboriginal counterparts in Australia, the evidence still shows that the underlying European structures and ideologies of New Zealand's education system leave many Maoris disadvantaged for life". Book about Children, Maori Children & School. Locale: Australia; New Zealand. (Anthropology, Anthropology, Education, Ideology, Indigenous Peoples).

NY: Dutton, 1942. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Dutton, 1942, first printing. 8vo., 352pp. Blind embossed terracotta cloth with silver spine titles. Crisp, near fine copy, unworn, unmarked. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.

Presumed first edition (see photo of publication page). Book is in new condition. Dj has a slight tear (about one inch long) on the font near bottom of spine, some slight shelf wear along edges, some wrinkling on inside front flap, and has been scotch taped at the rear flap to the inside cover. Extensive text and photos on the creation, care, dancing and cultural significance of Pende masks by author who spent nearly three years in Zaire studying Pende sculpture.

Book will be sent by priority mail to any U. S. address at no additional charge. Shipment outside of the U. S. . may incur additional charges.

Hanover: Ben Nikolaus Förster, 1718. Leather bound. Very good. A lovely old copy of of "A Brief and accurate system of modern geography, By a new and curious method." Translated and expanded by Johann Bernhard Heinzelmann from the sixth edition of Patrick Gordon's "Geography anatomized." Covers countries, customs, religions, and currency of the time and places.Bound in calfskin, with repaired cracking at the joint and wear to leather on front cover. Spine titled in faded gilt lettering. Missing the first free endpaper. Page edges stained with age. Double sheet title page in red and black ink. Part II divided by a double page illustration. Final page of the "Register" missing 1" circular section. Fraktur typeface. Text in German. 964 pp. octodecimo 4" x 6" tall

1747 ROME Nieupoort Senate Roman Law Customs Mythology Cicero Latin Utrecht
Willem Nieupoort, a 17th-century Dutch historian, wrote 'Rituum' as a supplement to traditional Roman antiquarian studies. He outlined various aspects of Roman orders including the establishment of Rome and the Roman Senate, the offices of religious priests, liturgical rites, and the importance of games and amphitheater entertainments. There is also an important section focused on the Roman army as well as a section on the private lives of Romans, exploring their clothing, customs, coins, and celebrations.
Nieupoort was a well-known and respected jurist of his time, thus much of his perspective in this work involves Roman law. He acknowledges the importance of Cicero, Plato, and other philosophers, but also mentions the Roman focus on mythology.
Item number: #18616
Price: $499
NIEUPOORT, Willem Hendrik
Rituum, qui olim apud Romanos obtinuerunt, succincta explicatio
Traiecti ad Rhenum [Utrecht]: Apud Ioannem Broedelet, 1747.… Read More

Cape Town SA, South African Museum, 1992, stapled paperback, 27 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Very Good condition in brown card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, small scuffs to covers, some evidence of previous damp near spine. An examination of Bushmen arrows as part of an intricate system of beliefs and rituals, not simply as agents of death. Illustrated throughout with six drawn figures. References appended. ISBN 9780868131269

Bangkok: River Books, 2005. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, about 9 1/2" x 7" (despite larger size indicated on the back cover). In illustrated boards. Place marker ribbon sewn in. Dvd included (but not tested). Many hundreds of colour photos. Notes, Glossary, Bibliography and Index. Minor wear only. Heavier book might require an additional shipping charge (contact us for a quote). No markings.

Black glossy paper wraps. French text. Minor wear to head of spine (see image), but otherwise a clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. Scarce.
9.5 x 11.75 in

Glosario de afronegrismos,diccionario de voces de origen africano.y su significado utilizadas en cuba.primera edicion,encuadernacion original en ,media piel,buen estado,su autor,Fernando Ortiz Fernández (n. La Habana, Cuba, 16 de julio de 1881 - f. íb., 10 de abril de 1969) fue un etnólogo, antropólogo, jurista, arqueólogo y periodista. Estudioso de las raíces histórico-culturales afrocubanas. Criminólogo, lingüista, musicólogo, folklorista, economista, historiador y geógrafo. Realizó notables aportes relacionados con las fuentes de la cultura cubana. Por su labor investigadora, así como por la amplitud y profundidad de sus temas de estudio es conocido como el tercer descubridor de Cuba, después de Cristóbal Colón y Alejandro de Humboldt. Investigó especialmente la presencia africana en la cultura cubana. Con el concepto de transculturación realizó un importante aporte a la antropología cultural.Indagó y profundizó en los procesos de transculturación y formación histórica de… Read More

La identificacion dactiloscopica informe de policiologia y de derecho publico por fernando ortiz primera edicion habana cuba 1913.es sin duda uno de los libros mas raros de don fernando ortiz,obedeciendo al deseo y la necesidad de aplicarla a la naciente tecnica policiaca en la republica de cuba en los primeros anos de la republica.
Fernando Ortiz Fernández (n. La Habana, Cuba, 16 de julio de 1881 - f. Ibidem, 10 de abril de 1969) fue un etnólogo, antropólogo, jurista, arqueólogo y periodista.
Estudioso de las raíces histórico-culturales afrocubanas. Criminólogo, lingüista, musicólogo, folklorista, economista, historiador y geógrafo. Realizó notables aportes relacionados con las fuentes de la cultura cubana.
Por su labor investigadora, así como por la amplitud y profundidad de sus temas de estudio es conocido como el tercer descubridor de Cuba, después de Cristóbal Colón y Alejandro de Humboldt. Investigó especialmente la presencia africana en la cultura cubana. Con el concepto de… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1911. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Edition. Revised Third Edition of The Golden Bough: Part II. Title page dated 1911. "Third Edition May 1911 / Reprinted November 1911" stated on the copyright page. Publisher's original dark-green cloth binding with gilt illustration on front board and gilt lettering on spine. Large and heavy volume measuring 9" x 6" x 1 1/2". xv + 446 pages + 2 pages publisher's ads. In VERY GOOD condition. Bright and clean, tightly bound and square, with strong uncracked hinges. Spine is not sun-faded and gilt illustration and lettering are bright and unworn. Chipped and frayed top spine end and a tiny chip at the bottom spine end. Rubbed top front corner. Boards have some very faint small stains. Flawless interior with no browning to endpapers and only slight age-toning to pages with no foxing. No previous owner markings..

First edition, only hardcover printing, review copy, signed by author on title page. Review slip with date stamp laid in; we are confident it belongs with this copy, as there is the slightest ghosting on the top middle of the half-title page that corresponds exactly in size with the slip. (Check the photo of the half-title to see.)
Signed by Wendell Berry on title page; no other writing. "First printing w" slug on copyright page, as per Freedman A16. Only 4000 copies printed, no later hc printings. (Neither Freedman nor Zempel & Verkler offer explanation for the added "w" in the edition slug, but there are other examples of this during these years; it may refer to where the book was printed.)
Condtion is NF with only flaw being paper-clip marks at top of pgs. 62-65, no ghosting or other marks. Dust jacket is NF, not price-clipped, slight wrinking at top of back panel and rear flap. (Again see photos.)
One of the rarest of Mr. Berry's books, more so signed, much less a review copy. This one is all three.