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New Turkish Paperback. 4to. (30 x 22 cm). Papers in English and Turkish. 1109 p., ills. IV. Kahramankazan International Folk Culture Symposium. Proceedings.= IV. Kahramankazan Uluslararasi Halk Kültürü Sempozyumu 29 Eylül - 1 Ekim 2016. Bildiriler. A very heavy set. Extra shipping cost will be requested.
"A portrait of the manners, morals, habits qualities and defects of tody'a Hellenes" The author casts a skeptical as well as sypathetic eye on his fellow Greeks (written just as the Junta took control in 1967) 120p. index (bookplate inside cover) Book
Beautifully illustrated book on Greek folk art embroidery and jewellery. "The examples chosen from among the wealth of the collection of the Museum of Greek Folk Art serve to provide a representative idea of the jewellery and embroidery complementing traditional folk costumes in Greece over the years" 38p text + 58p of plates (some col) bibliography. Book
14p., illus. Pamphlet Very good condition
Almost whimsical little book identifying and analysing beard types to describe the personality of its owner with illustrations and grooming tips for each style. Perfect gift for any "beardies!" Great condition, very minor edgewear, pages clean, tight and bright. Used
New English Original bdg. HC. 4to. (31 x 22 cm). In Turkish. [6], 324, [5] p., color ills. Isparta yöresel kadin giysileri. Local women clothings of Isparta city. 2000 copies were printed.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [xvi], 226 p. A study on local Erzurum folklore and customs. Içtimai adetlerimiz - inançlarimiz ve Erzurum ilindeki ziyaret yerlerimiz.
"The reader will discover how to throw flowers at the "bouzoukia"without blinding the singers, how to not outstay his/her welcome when staying as a guest at somebody's house or yacht, how to flirt without receiving a dirty look or a slap from a hot-blooded Greek, how to use his/her hands when eating at a taverna and many other fun and enlightening tips which we believe will help a visitor to adjust." [WorldCat lists NO copies in the USA] Book
300 pages. Index. Bibliography. Illustrated with colour photos, black and white photos and images of the petroglyphs discussed. "Describes, among many other things, the solitary spiritual meditations of young people in the mountains, a form of education once essential to all those who wished to succeed in life with their particular talents... Opens a discussion of some of the issues in rock research that relate to 'notating' and 'writing' on the landscape, around the world and through the millennia. This landmark publication presents a well-researched hypothesis to explain the evolution of symbolic or iconic writing from sign language, trail signs and from the geometric and iconic imagery of the dreams and visions of shamans and neophyte hunters." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A beautiful copy of this interesting work. Book
Oversize. 144 p., illus. w/ 100 photographs. Hardcover Very good condition good
The Title 'Anadi Memena: Kazaki Jeevan Ki Deewardari written/authored/edited by Yerkesy Hulmanbiek', published in the year 2018. The ISBN 9788121213691 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 202 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in Hindi. The subject of this book is Culture / Customs of Kazakh / Animal Science. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-
Fine Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish. 182 p., b/w and color ills. Dogu Anadolu'da Eski Türk inançlarinin izleri. Traces of the shamanic beliefs in East Anatolia.
Fine Turkish Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 64 p., color plates. Makedonya Türkleri (Türkmenler, Torbesler / Türkbas Çenkeriler be Yörükler) arasinda yasayan halk inançlari.
274p. Hardcover Very good condition, top of spine chipped
pp. 291, 14 [Publisher's catalogue]. Publisher's device on title page. Oval stamp "In Memory of Thos O. Freeborn" on title page. Top edge gilt. 180mm. Original full brown linen binding. Extremities bumped and worn. Small tear top of spine. Boards slightly stained. Hardbound. Very good. Scarce original edition. VERIA BX 3
228p. Illustrated with 120 wood engravings, including about forty impressive full page plates. Pictorial title pages. 8vo. 24 cm. Original publisher's cloth binding. Boards embossed in blind with gold pictorial of a Indian Man and Woman on front board. Spine deteriorated. Should be re-backed. Hardbound. Text includes chapters on: the condition of women in Pagan and Mohammedan Countries; Habits & Superstitions of the Thugs; The Shasters, or Sacred books of the Brahmins (by J. J. Weitbrecht); Description of Pagan Festivals (by Alexander Duff); Etc. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! INDIA BOX 1
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 20 plates on 16; original navy blue buckram, gilt back, blue top (lightly faded), a very good, bright, clean copy. The standard history of the Chinese Customs Service and a biography of Sir Robert Hart who directed its activities for nearly half a century. SCARCE.
Hardcover folio in green DJ. xii, 135 pages : b/w illustrations (some color), plates ; 29 cm Contents: Costume dolls -- Doll clothes -- Seventeenth century costume -- Eighteenth century costume -- Empire and early nineteenth century costume -- Mid-nineteenth century and Civil War costume -- Late nineteenth century costume. || Abstract: Includes patterns for dolls and costumes of 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. || Dolls -- Clothing -- Juvenile literature.
94 pages. Features: The NRA Show; Best Handgun - and the winner is...; .357 Mag = RAMS!; DuBiel Arms - The Midas Touch; Sweepstakes & Gun of the Month Winners; Cut-Rate African Safari; Customs by Spokhandguns; Gunshop Series - Paul Jaeger Co.; Guns That Held An Empire. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Folio 119p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
251p. Added engraved t.p. Hardcover Good condition, lacking 2/3 of backstrip
Book shows light shelf wear only. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 404 pages. Contents include: English customs, On being merry, A world-betterer, Theatre, Books, War, Foreigners, Imprisonment, Extermination, Growing old, etc.
85 pages plus six pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton and his adventures as a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, with photos. (Wilton's book entitled 'Russia's Agony' was first published in 1918); The Man-Eating Tigers of Rengarih; My Bear Hunt in the British Columbia Rockies - Part II, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Water-Wheels of Hama, Syria - with photo; Beyond the Law - part V - The Dalton Gang, the Condon Bank and the First National Bank at Coffeyville, Kansas; Fishing as a Vocation for War Heroes, by Ralph Stock; Photo of a fallen California Redwood - said to have been the largest tree in the world; In Unknown British Guiana - Part I - many nice photos; Tales of the Service - Part V - My Smuggle-Catching Adventures - by G.W. Hindmarch, a retired Customs and Excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Wonders of the Silver Spruce of British Columbia - in high demand for aircraft construction; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part V - by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with excellent photos; Our Seaplane Adventure - Captain Abbott Meade and his plane go down in the Indian Ocean; Photo of large pile of licorice root at Aleppo; The Revenge that went Wrong - James Bestow and his problem with a Yaqui Indian in Mexico; The Railway Conquest of the Australian Desert - construction of the thousand-mile transcontinental railway, from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta - with many excellent photos; The "War Wolf" - Serbia's war hero Colonel Voyin A. Popovich; Whale Flesh as Human Food - informative brief article on the growth of the whale processing industry in Canada, with photo; Doctoring War Horses - the personal experiences of Blue Cross worker Charles W. Forward in France and Italy. Nice ad for the Hudson Navigation Company's New York - Albany - Troy route. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Small tears on edge worn dust jacket. 201 pages. Many b&w photographs.
188p., illus. 26 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good