Anthropology from Rose's Books, IOBA

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin, 2005. First edition. 8vo. Dark brown quarter cloth over rich, tomato-orange boards with gilt lettering on spine, light brown endpapers, 260 pp. The western Amazon is the last frontier, as wild a west as Earth has ever known. For 30 years David Campbell has been exploring this lush wilderness. In this… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, 1927. New York: Macmillan, 1927. 3 volumes. 4to. First edition. Uniform dark blue cloth binding, titles in gilt. 781, 789, 841 pp. with cumulative index. Minor rubbing to extremities, very shallow chipping to top of spine on one volume. No writing inside. Hinges sound. Fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to..

New York: Crossroad, 1992. New York: Crossroad, 1992. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 357 pp. New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo.

London and New York: Macmillan, 1896. London and New York: Macmillan, 1896. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 605 pp. Published posthumously, edited by his widow, who then passed away, and completed by Arthur Platt as editor. Worldwide study. Lacking part of spine cloth. Binding rubbed along edges. On the plus side, hinges sound, no writing inside. Fair.. First Edition.… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co., 1912. London: Macmillan, 1912. Second edition, being a reprint of the first edition with corrections. 8vo. Hard cover bindings, 716, 865 pp. Titles in gilt, rough-cut pages. Edward Westermarck, in full Edward Alexander Westermarck, (born Nov. 20, 1862, Helsinki, Fin. -- died Sept. 3, 1939, Lapinlahti), Finnish sociologist, philosopher, and anthropologist who denied the widely held… Read more about this item

Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1970. Chicago and London: University of Chicago, 1970. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 152 pp. Black and white frontispiece and photograph plates. Edited with an Introduction by Peter Riviere. Classics in Anthropology series, Rodney Needham, editor. Fine in very fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, 1959. New York: Macmillan, 1959. First abridged edition by Gordon Rattray Taylor. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 451 pp. The Mothers was written as an attempt to explode the fallacy, propounded by Westermarck and others, that lifelong monogramy was the normal pattern of marriage throughout human society, polygamy representing a degeneration from the original monogramic pattern. Through… Read more about this item

New York: Henry Holt, 2008. Book club edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 288 pp. Acclaimed as "extraordinary" (New York Times) and "a classic" (Los Angeles Times), The Big Necessity explores a subject we'd prefer not to talk about it, but should; disease spread by waste kills more people worldwide every year than any other single cause of death.… Read more about this item

New York, NY: G.P. Putman's Sons, 1972. New York, NY, G.P. Putman's Sons, 1972. First American edition. 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering embossed on spine, profusely illustrated in color and black and white throughout, 432 pp. Dust jacket price clipped. Very good in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover.. First American Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Dutton, 1977. Ex-Library. Very Good. Hardcover. First American. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. New York, NY, Dutton, 1977. First American edition. Ex-library. 4to. Brown leatherette with gilt lettering embossed on spine, caramel colored endpapers, profusely illustrated in color and black and white throughout, 264 pp. Appears unread or gently read. Usual library marks. Very… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Dutton, 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. New York, NY, Dutton, 1977. First American edition. 4to. Brown leatherette with gilt lettering embossed on spine, caramel colored endpapers, profusely illustrated in color and black and white throughout, 264 pp. Appears unread or gently read. Fine in a near fine dust… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Atheneum, 1961. Book. Illus. by Ardrey, Berdine. Near Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Atheneum, 1961. First American edition. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and lime green lines embossed on spine, gilt lettering on front board, olive green textured endpapers, illustrated throughout, text block upper edge… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Natural History Press, Double Day & Company, Inc., 1970. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Garden City, NY: Natural History Press, Double Day & Company, Inc., 1970. First edition. 8vo. Cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine and attractive gold end papers. Appears unread. Today, because the whole world is… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Pantheon, 1968. Book. Very Good. Quarter Cloth. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Pantheon, 1968. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over blue boards with gilt and silver lettering embossed on spine and gilt decoration embossed on front board, green top edge on text block, rough… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Harper & Row, 1964. First edition. 8vo. Dark blue cloth with silver lettering and bronze decoration embossed on spine and front board, endpapers decorated with maps, illustrated in black and white, 296 pp. Dust jacket slightly… Read more about this item

Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Co., 1966. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition in English. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cleveland, OH, The World Publishing Co., 1966. First edition in English, 8vo. Gray pebbled cloth with gilt lettering embossed on spine, decorated endpapers, 64 color illustrations, 61 black and white illustrations, 223 pp. Appears unread or gently read.… Read more about this item

Chicago: Aldine, 1970. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. Chicago: Aldine, 1970. First edition. 8vo. Cloth binding, 343 pp. A collection of 12 essays by female anthropologists, including Margaret Mead. Indexed. Ex-library, appears to have been borrowed three times. Binding in very good condition with minimal wear. Expected ex-library marks. Very good in very good dust jacket, protected with… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 1986. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Books, 1986. First edition. 4to. Linen-look cloth with gilt lettering embossed on spine, sepia colored endpapers, lavishly illustrated in color and black and white throughout, 288 pp. This exciting book examines the results of the most modern archaeological techniques and… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Greenwillow Books, 1976. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Greenwillow, 1976. Third edition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Brown cloth with black lettering embossed onto spine and front board, illustrated with a map and black and white drawings, 118 pp. Set against… Read more about this item

New Haven: Yale University, 1922. Book. Good. Cloth. Early Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Haven, Yale University, 1922. First edition, second printing. 8vo. Green silk with gilt lettering on spine, illustrated in black and white throughout, 202 pp. A fascinating and comprehensive look at the evolution of early man, accompanied by 27 plates/illustrations. Rare! Two small… Read more about this item