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(New - will be sent to you direct from the publisher in Greece) fascinating for the student of Aegean history or of the contemporary, but now disappearing, Mediterranean way of life. The author distils her experiences as a traveller and knowledge as an anthropologist in this presentation of Greek village life, revealing the spiritual vision, social dexterity, intuitive symbolic perception and strength of character of these people. Eloquent. Survey of the changing lifestyle of a village in Evia Reprint of 1974 ed. OUP. 296p. illus.bibliography Book
96 pages. Bilingual, English/French. A montage of images - images found in the arts and crafts of Canada that reflect aspects of the games and pastimes which have long held the interest of Canadians. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Complementary bookplate upon front endpaper. Envelope affixed to back endpaper. No library markings. Some fading to brown cloth boards. Unmarked. Moderate wear and lean to spine. Book
xiv, 354 pages. Extensive surface tears and staining to back of dust jacket, creases on front edges and wear to edges with small losses in places. Top corner cut from front free endpaper.
250 pages. The revealing story of the people who live in the forest: the rubber trappers, river people, small landholders and natives. Author not only spoke to them; she lived among them, sharing their meals and their way of life. Clean. Very light wear. Unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
pp. xi, 265 + Portrait frontis. Tall 8vo. Original full green cloth binding lettered in gold. Original dust jacket. Hardbound. Near fine. The autobiography of a lawman and holder of world pistol shooting records. In 1941 he won the Custer Trophy, and was the leader of the US Treasury Department Pistol Team during years in which it won all the team matches at the US National Championships. W10
As New As New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Mint. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In English. 233 p., b/w ills. Turkish travellers on five continents: An anthology of 20th century Turkish travel writing. Translated into English by P. Mary Isin.
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In English. 206 p., color and b/w ills. Contents: Voyage to the Dawn-Place of the European Sun., Enis Batur; Dallam's travels, Master Thomas Dallam; Van.; Frederick Millingen.; Covel's diary., John Covel.; Raki diluted with water, James Dallaway.; Cities: Constantinople, Arthur Symons.; An organ for the Sultan, Stanley Mayes.; Voyage from Liverpool to Constantinople, Hermann Melville.; The vampires of Istanbul, Edourd Roditi.; The Palimpsest city, Juan Goytisolo.; Kitten with claws, Godfrey Goodwin.; Orient express, John Dos Passos.; The city of tomorrow, Le Corbusier.; Constantinople, Theophile Gautier.; Constantinople - Eight poems, Victoria Sackville-West.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In Turkish. 288 p. Study on midwifery in Turkey. Elleri tilsimli. Modern Türkiye'de ebelik.
Fine English Paperback. Small 4to. (26 xx 18,5 cm). Entirely in English. [6], 150, [1] p., ills. and maps. Yakûchia ni okeru minzoku seitaigakuteki jissen to bunka no denshô. Indigenous ecological practices and cultural traditions in Yakutia: History, ethnography, and politics. Subject: Yakut (Turkic peoples) Social life and customs. Ethnology. Russia (Federation). Sakha. Ethnoecology. Russia (Federation). Sakha.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 48 p., ills. A precious tractate on 'evil-eye' belief in the Islamic world as a pagan tradition. Islâm medeniyetinde putlara tapma devri kalintilarindan nazar degmesi inanci. Aslindaki resimlerle. Translated by Sahap Nazmi Coskunlar.
Book is in excellent condition, with slight curve to page block as the only flaw. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 320 pages, heavily illustrated throughout.
Clothing, jewelry, animal remains, ceramics, coins, and weaponry are among the artifacts that have been discovered in graves in Gaul dating from the fifth to eighth century. Those who have unearthed them, from the middle ages to the present, have speculated widely on their meaning. This authoritative book makes a major contribution to the study of death and burial in late antique and early medieval society with its long overdue systematic discussion of this mortuary evidence. Tracing the history of Merovingian archaeology within its cultural and intellectual context for the first time, Effros exposes biases and prejudices that have colored previous interpretations of these burial sites and assesses what contemporary archaeology can tell us about the Frankish kingdoms. Working at the intersection of history and archaeology, and drawing from anthropology and art history, Effros emphasizes in particular the effects of historical events and intellectual movements on French and German antiquarian and archaeological studies of these grave goods. Her discussion traces the evolution of concepts of nationhood, race, and culture and shows how these concepts helped shape an understanding of the past. Effros then turns to contemporary multidisciplinary methodologies and finds that we are still limited by the types of information that can be readily gleaned from physical and written sources of Merovingian graves. For example, since material evidence found in the graves of elite families and particularly elite men is more plentiful and noteworthy, mortuary goods do not speak as directly to the conditions in which women and the poor lived. The clarity and sophistication with which Effros discusses the methods and results of European archaeology is a compelling demonstration of the impact of nationalist ideologies on a single discipline and of the struggle toward the more pluralistic vision that has developed in the post-war years. ; 1.05 x 9.24 x 6.38 Inches; 272 pages
Hilarious survey of the habits and behaviour of modern Greeks - 1001 things a visitor needs to know, or just to laugh. Book
Hilarious survey of the habits and behaviour of modern Greeks! A tongue-in-cheek approach to the culture shock. Politics; Driving & Transportation; Shopping; Buying postage stamps; The work ethic & the ego; The law; afterthoughts. Book
270X215 mm. 67 pages. Hardcover. Cover corners worn. Cover stained. Spine slightly damaged. Spine edge missing. Gilt spine. Ex library copy with usual marks. Several pages age stained - no damage to text. Stickers on rear inner cover and last white page. Several pages loose. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and slight bumping to some corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with rubbing to upper and lower edges and general signs of handling. 285pp. A study of the experiences of specific groups of English working people from the advent of the enclosures to the 1970s. Illustrated.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original black cloth. Title lettered gilt on spine with traditional decorations. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters. [1], 334 p., 17 numerous woodcut plates with tissue papers. The attractive illustrations show important Islamic buildings in the region, portraits of locals, and views of the cities. Occasionally foxing on some pages and tissue papers, some notes on the blank pages in pencil. Otherwise a very good copy. Exceedingly rare first Turkish edition of this eye-witness travel account of American explorer and diplomat Schuyler's two-volume "Notes of a Journey in Russian Turkistan, Khokand, Bukhara, and Kuldja", describing the fall of the Khiva Khanate, Muslim life in Central Asian cities, and detailed geographical survey Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan. Schuyler's account gives detailed information on the Russian steppe and the Volga River before proceeding to Central Asia proper, with chapters on the Syr Darya, daily life in Tashkent, bazaars and trade, Samarkand, the Zarafshan Valley, and Hodjent (present-day Khujand, Tajikistan) and Kurama (a mountain range in present-day Tajikistan and Uzbekistan); Khokand, Bukhara, Issyk Kul (in present-day Kyrgyzstan) and Semiretch (present-day Semirech'e, Kazakhstan), and Kuldja (in present-day China), and concludes with chapters on Russian administration, Russian foreign policy in Asia, and the Khivan Campaign of 1873, in which Russia conquered the Khivan Khanate. Eugene Schuyler was an American diplomat, explorer, author, and scholar who was one of the first foreigners invited by the Russian government to see Russia's newly conquered territories in Central Asia. In 1873, while serving as the secretary of the American legation in Saint Petersburg, Schuyler made an eight-month trip through lands then little known to outsiders. He gathered extensive geographical information and wrote an account of his travels for the National Geographic Society and a lengthy confidential report for the U.S. Department of State. He was critical of the Russian treatment of the Tartars but otherwise saw the Russian presence in Central Asia as benign. (Source: World Digital Library). Very rare, couldn't be found in the registers of auctions and catalogs in recent years. Özege 14488.; Karatay TM, II, 725.; MKAHTBK, II, 1372.; Tarâzî 253.; Ihsanoglu, pp. 228-229. OCLC 24092745, 777711224, 13040444.
The story of Prayer beads in many countries and the travels of Aris Evangelinos as he travels through out the East - in particular a fascinating account of the significance of Greek worry beads , published by the Komboloi Museum 158p. illus Book
Pages xxiv, 257-320. Features: Cover illustration of Sugar-Loaf, Rio de Janeiro; The Haunted Mine - 1927 tale of a haunted goldmine in the Township of Timmins, Ontario, Canada; The Rest Cure - a sea captain's story of an unusual Atlantic voyage with a party of cowboys; Norfleet's Quest (part 2 of 2) - for three years Texas cattleman Frank Norfleet pursued a gang of confidence tricksters; Death of British Columbia lighthouse keeper Lawrence Dupuis; The Living Death - as strange 1925 a story from Mexico; The Sky-Riders - photo illustrated article about adventures of RCMP airmen maintaining law and order in Canada's vast Northern Territory; The Lawra Lion - a lion visits the Gold Coast; The Forbidden Path - two British officers in the Himalayan foothills; "Grey" - a close-up of manners and customs prevailing in the Northwest Territories of Canada near Yellowknife; First-Trippers; A Matter of Witchcraft - the strange story of a distinguished visitor who contrived to offend one of the wild tribes in the Territory of New Guinea; many nostalgic ads; The Australian Stockman - life of the drovers of Australia's vast Outback - article with photos and map; and more. Bit of pencil writing atop front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Covers beginning to loosen. Binding sound. A worthy vintage copy. Book
112 pages. List of plates. "We enter through Ms. Fellman's large-format Polaroid colour prints into a strange and even frightening world where members of the Yakuza, the Japanese equivalent to the Mafia, spend hundreds of thousands of yen and hundreds of hours of pain and torment being tattooed." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Please note: Top edges of all pages undulate mildly due to moisture exposure which has resulted in occasional very light discolouration. Remains an enchanting copy of this wonderfully unique and visual work. Book
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [iii], [3], 318 p., musical scores. Gaziantep folkloru. Folklore of Gaziantep local culture.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 106 p., ills. Examples of Turkish folkloric children's games. Türk çocuk oyunlarindan örnekler.
iv, 430 pages. "Being a catalog of books relating to the history, antiquities, languages, customs, religion, wars, literature, and origin of the American Indians in the library of Thomas W. Field, with bibliographical notes, and synopses of the contents of some of the works least known." - subtitle. Facsimile reprint of the 1873 first edition. "More than two thousand five hundred separate works, and twelve hundred essays, are catalogued." - iii. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful reference. Book
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 294 p. Sivas Dogansar folkloru. Folklore and folk culture of Dogansar district in Sivas City.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 294 p. Sivas Dogansar folkloru. Folklore and folk culture of Dogansar district in Sivas City.
