Search Results: Anthropology and Ethnography from Interquarian

Limbidi-Kathiawar: Eastern Law House, 1926. 38 (Introdcution to the various calendars) and 400 (tables for converting dates), blue buckram with gilt titles to the front cover and the Royal Crest (UK) to the front cover. From the library of The Privy Council with their name in gilt on the spine and stamped on the title and dedication pages. A scarce work giving the precise equivalents of calendrical dates used by the different communities of India under British rule.. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Small Quarto.

Canal Zone: Florida State University Isthmian Anthropology Society, 1969. 23 (x2 dual text in English and Spanish) 20 plates of applique designs and images produced in cloth by the Cunas Indians of the Panama Canal Zone. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Belem-Para, Brazil: Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, 1987. 69, Museum Catalogue on an exhibition of Amerindian culture, dual English-Portuguese text 8 x 7 Inches. Soft cover. Good. 8 x 7 Inches. Book.

Sao Paolo: Renig 337, french wrappers, numerous line drawings of plants, animals, native technologies, maps etc 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Third Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

London: Williams and Northgate, 1924. ix, 219, publishers's green cloth, gilt tiles to spine. front cover stained else very good. An anthropological view of the aftermath of the First World war, reparations etc."It is the intention of the following pages that we may come to learn to make our regrets serenely, with perhaps some hope that better instructed generations may be spared penalties for outraging rules discernible from the anthropological point of view.". First. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Book.

Melbourne, Castlemaine: Commonwealth of Australia, Sydney J, Endacott, 1925. 48, with three black and white photographs, Red boards, black titles to front and spine, spine faded, bookplate of John Lawson on fpd, some marginal underlining, generally very good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

Paris: Editions Bernard Grasset, 1939. 376 {5}, 8 maps (3 folding), 8 photographic plates with numeous sketches and drawings in-text. An account of the expeditions to southeast Greenland undertaken between 1934-37 by the French Ministry of National Education to conduct ethnographic, anthropological and geological research. Original pictorial wrapper bound in (tape repair to lower edge not affecting image), quarter buckram, marbled boards, red title label to spine. Bookshop stamp in title page. 12mo. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Book.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1991. x, 203, the results of fieldwork, a perceptive analysis of sex in modern Brazil. Some minor edge wear. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

London: Virgin Publishing, 2001. x, 486, 8 pls, publisher's grey boards. Near new but for grubbiiness of white dj-no inscriptions, dj complete 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1938. 326, folding map, orange cloth, black titles to spine, signature on ffep, spine faded, a few marks. Introduction, Biographical Sketch of Meadows Taylor-the text of the confessions of the Thug Amir Ali. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Book.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1974. 223, publisher's maroon cloth gilt. dj complete, some scuffs to back. A new interpretation of the nomadic background to the Hebrew Testament.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: George Redway, 1889. xii, 484, 2 folding diagrams, publisher's brown cloth, gilt tiles to spine, bevelled boards, brown chalked eps, heraldic bookplate in the name of Arthur Wood of Newbold Revel. A well preserved and firm copy, a little foxing to last pages of the index. A few marks to covers.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: Watts & Co., 1933. x, 244, 19 illustrations (maps and drawings) to illustrate the diffusion of the alphabet, the boomerang, inlaid jewellery, Indian influence on the culture of the New World, head-deformation, etc. Originally an an anatomist, Elliot Smith propounded the "hyperdiffusionist theory" ( a derogatory term allegedly coined by Glynn Daniel) of human development. Blue boards, gilt titles to spine and front cover, mildew mark on fore-edge of front cover else vg.. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Book.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1931. x, 274, 8 pp. Methuen book catalogue, publisher's turquoise cloth, gilt titles to spine, fore edge spotty. very good with little sign of use. ed. by Theodore Besterman. No inscriptions etc.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Buenos Aires: Ediciones Meridion, 1957. 210. 9 pls. and other illustrations. Paper wrappers 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". 7th Edition. Original Wraps. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Bogota: C. Valencia Editores, 1980. 210, 7 black and white illustrations, pictorial card covers. Text in Spanish. Testimonies of child workers in Colombia. Minor signs of use. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Woodford Green: Lalibela House, 1955. xxxviii, 747, 4 coloured plates, portrit frontispiece of Haile SellassieI, CLXIV half-tone plates, 22 ilustrations in the text, 3 examples of music in the text. Publisher's russet cloth with gilt titles to the spine, owner inscription of G. Barroni (?) 1956 on fpd. Spine faded, a little shelf wear, near very goof.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" (thick).

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1896. xxx, 442, 80 illustrations, diagrams etc, Cambridge Geographical Series, owner signature of John W. Hales 1896 on fpd. Publisher's maroon cloth gilt, spine darkened.

London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1971. 206, map frontispiece, 75 ills. blue cloth gilt titles to spine. Chapters on History and People, the establishment, religion and superstition, family life, the course of the year, occupations, life in Anatolia, the provinces. Slight discolouration in places, signature of Oxford academic Peter Fraser on ffpd 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1927. 93, 2 pages adverts, No. 8 in the Psyche Miniatures General Series. Quarter red cloth, printed paper covers on card, title label to spine faded, covers grubby. An ex-library copy from University of London Travelling Libraries-heraldic labelmon fpd, ticket holder on back ep, stamp on verso of title page and end of text.. Hard Cover. Fair. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall.