Culture Studies from Minotavros Books
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How Societies are Born: Governance In West Central Africa Before 1600
by Vansina, Jan
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- 1st Edition
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- 2004
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- Soft cover
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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. Item Price
SGD 40.08
Alienation: A Symposium
by O'Keeffe, Timothy (editor)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1960
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- Hardcover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 35.07
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London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Black paper boards. 188 pp. Spine tilted. Dust jacket is sunned to spine, rubbed to extremities, damp stained to spine foot, soiled to rear. Ten gifted 'exiles' were asked what made them leave their own countries to live, even temporarily,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mermaids and Ikons: A Greek Summer
by MacEwan, Gwendolyn
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- 1st Edition
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- 1978
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- Soft cover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 30.06
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Toronto: Anansi, 1978. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 110 pp. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Light edge wear, light scuffs to rear cover. Well-known poet and novelist Gwendolyn MacEwan explores her strongly personal responses to a complex civilisation, in this her first non-fiction book. Moving from the urban… Read more about this item Item Price
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Inuit Art: An Introduction
by Hessel, Ingo
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1998
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- Hardcover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 80.16
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Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hessel, Dieter (photography). 4to. Black cloth boards, gilt titling to spine. x, 198 pp. Bruising to top edges of boards, damp staining to tail edges. Dust jacket sunned and lightly damp stained to spine, a few spots of light soiling The Inuit of the Canadian Arctic have… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Jew Among All Nations
by Kidder, D.P. (editor)
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- No Jacket
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- 1851
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- Hardcover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 75.15
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New York: Lane & Scott, 1851. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 32mo. Revised by the editor. Quarter black leather, marbled paper boards. 178 pp., [2] pp. ads. Engraved frontis. & engravings in text. Binding worn. Ink ownership inscriptions to ffep. Foxing and browning to interior. Rfep lacking. Item Price
SGD 75.15
Encyclopedia of Superstitions
by Radford, Edwin and Mona A.
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1949
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- Hardcover
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SGD 40.08
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New York: The Philosophical Library, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. blue cloth. x, 11-269 pp. Bruising to upper corners of boards and text block. Minor chafing to extremities. Dust jacket is lightly bumped to extremities, lightly soiled. This is the first time that the complete superstitions which exist,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Georgian Feast: A Vibrant Culture and Savory Food of the Republic of Georgia
by Goldstein, Darra
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1993
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- Hardcover
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New York: Harper Collins, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Pirosmani, Niko. 8vo. Orig. red paper boards. Map endpapers. xxv, 229 pp. Illustrated with paintings by Pirosmani. Light bruising to spine ends. Remainder mark to tail edge. Dust jacket is age toned with offset panels, lightly soiled, 1.5" closed perforation to front joint. Item Price
SGD 35.07
The Hippie Trip
by Yablonsky, Lewis
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 40.08
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New York: Pegasus, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Orig. red cloth. Faint damp stain to front board. Foxing to top edge of text block. Wear to rfep from removed bookplate or pocket. Dust jacket is price clipped, foxed, rubbed to extremities. "Half a million young people have rejected the American Dream. School, jobs, financial security,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Kunst und Kultur der Kykladen im Jahr 3000 vor Christus
by Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe
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- 1st Edition
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- 1976
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- Soft cover
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SGD 100.20
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Karlsruhe: Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, 1976. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 9.5" x 11" Soft cover. 616 pp. Fully illustrated. Covers lightly bumped to extremities, else fine. Item Price
SGD 100.20
Counterblast
by McLuhan, Marshall
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1969
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- Hardcover
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Full black cloth. 143 pp. Light soiling to head of rear board and edges of text block. Dust jacket is bumped to extremities, short tear to head of rear cover, rubbed to front cover, foxed to reverse. Item Price
SGD 40.08
Today's Stories from New Guinea
by Gwyther-Jones, Roy, Neville Threlfall, Worike Narewe
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- 1st Edition
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- 1969
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- Soft cover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 30.06
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Madang, New Guinea: Kristen Pres Inc, 1969. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo. Orig. wrappers, staple bound. 44 pp. Covers creased, age toned with offset panels, rubbing to rear cover. Item Price
SGD 30.06
Custom and Government in the Lower Congo
by MacGaffey, Wyatt
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1970
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- Hardcover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 75.15
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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Orig. blue cloth. xv, 322 pp. [4] pp. B&W photos, B&W illustrations in text. Dust jacket is price clipped, edge worn, scuffed to spine, longer tear with creasing and rubbing to tail edge of front cover with tape repair to reverse. Item Price
SGD 75.15
The Rites of Passage
by van Gennep, Arnold
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1965
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- Soft cover
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London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. viii, 198 pp. Sunning to rear cover, light toning to interior. Near fine overall. Item Price
SGD 40.08
Rain and the Feast of the Stars
by Hatsumi, Reiko
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1960
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- Hardcover
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London: John Murray, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Wong, Jeanyee. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. red paper boards. 215 pp. Small bruise to head of rear board. Dust jacket is age toned, spot of wear to head of front cover. Near fine. Item Price
SGD 40.08
The Forest People: A Study of the Pygmies of the Congo
by Turnbull, Colin M.
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- 1962
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- Soft cover
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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. Item Price
SGD 30.06
English Costume of the Nineteenth Century
by Laver, James
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1929
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- Hardcover
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SGD 36.07
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London: A. & C. Black, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Brooke, Iris. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. blue cloth. Pictorial endpapers. 89 pp. Fully illustrated in colour and line illustrations with facing descriptions. Minor rubbing to extremities, bruise to foot of rear board. Dust jacket is price clipped, age toned, chipped to extremities,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Oriental and Occidental, Northern and Southern Portrait Types of the Midway Plaisance. A Collection of Photographs of Individual Types of various nations from all parts of the World who represented, in the Department of Ethnology, The Manners, Customs, Dress, Religions, Music and other distinctive traits and peculiarities of their Race, with Interesting and Instructive Descriptions Accompanying Each Portrait
by Putnam, F.W.; World's Colubmian Expedition
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- 1st Edition
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- 1894
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- Hardcover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 626.25
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St. Louis: N.D. Thompson Publishing Co, 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Half morocco, burgundy cloth over board. Marbled endpapers and edges. [2 pp.], 80 ff. half-tone portraits. Recently professionally rebacked, new leather spine and spine label. Light wear to original leather corners. Spots of scuffing and staining to cloth.… Read more about this item Item Price
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An Account of the Interior of Ceylon and Of Its Inhabitants with Travels in that Island
by Davy, John
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1969
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- Soft cover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 50.10
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Dehiwala, Ceylon: Tisara Prakasakayo, 1969. Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The Ceylon Historical Journal, Volume Sixteen. Complete and unabridged from the original edition of 1821. Printed card wrappers. xxiv, 399 pp. Numerous plate illustrations, some in colour. Covers lightly age toned, a few spots of soiling. Dust jacket is creased, edge… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 50.10
Barbot on Guinea: The Writings of Jean Barbot on West Africa 1678-1712 [2 vols]
by Hair, Paul E.H. (general editor), Adam Jones, and Robin Law (editors)
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good
- Published
- 1992
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- Hardcover
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SGD 100.20
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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 Item Price
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Al-Shabak: An Extremist Sect in Iraq: Their Origin, Language, Villages, Beliefs, Traditions and Customs
by al-Sarraf, Ahmad Hamid
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1954
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- Soft cover
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SGD 350.70
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Baghdad: Al-Maarif Press, 1954. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. Scarce. Text in Arabic. Orig. green card wrappers. 314 pp. Sunned to extremities, bumped and creased to corners. Item Price
SGD 350.70