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451 p. + Frontis. Illustrated with full page plates, and text illus. 8vo. 215mm. Original full red cloth binding lettered in gold. Original priced dust jacket, slightly soiled, and worn at head of spine. Hardbound. Very Good. First published 1888. An interesting and informative book ENGLAND BX 6
"Meganisi is one of the smallest and most remote of the Greek Ionian islands . [this book ].reveals the historical dynamism of what appears at first sight to be a forgotten backwater. The villages of Meganisi are also .tightly-knit communities, and this detailed ethnographic study explores the basis on which th islander's solidarity and sense of identity are constructed and reconstructed despite population mobility and economic change : the values, sentiments and structures of kinship and family." 276p. illus, maps. bibliography. index. Book
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 287 p. Almanya'da Türk olmak. F. Almanya'da yasayan II. kusak Türkler'in sosyalizasyonu ve kültür degismesi. Being a Turk in Germany: Socialization and cultural change of second generation Turks living in Federal Germany.
Fine Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 350 p. Islâm'in kabul veya reddettigi halk inançlari. Hicaz bölgesi.
Very good condition, top and tail of spine are bumped, corners are slightly rubbed, d / j has a clear plastic wrapper, clear, bright and tight. ex - library with minimal stamps and labels. Ex - Library
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interion is clean and free of marking of any kind. Good, solid, clean reading copy. 223 pages, first published in 1911, the intro lists about 250 books that were consulted in the writing of this one. Heavily illustrated.
182 pages. Occasional black and white illustrations. "A precise description of Jewish life in Bessarabia, Roumania and Russia in the period between the years 1910-1940." - from Preface. Above-average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy reading copy. Book
International Library of Political Studies (Volume 22) "How do those living in diaspora form their own national and transnational identity? The Greek Idea offers a new critical paradigm from which to explore these identities. Drawing upon postcolonial theory, Maria Koundoura addresses and analyzes the cultural material that produced Greeces representation as both Europes origin and "other". The long association of Greece and English Literature began with English travellers' "discovery" of Greece in the late-eighteenth century and the reinforcement of the myth which placed Greece as the location of Western culture. However Greece now finds itself on the boundary of a Europe which had originally placed it at the center. Koundoura maps what this dual representation signifies for Greeks, both national and diasporic. In doing so she touches on England, Greece, the United States, Australia and twentieth century diaspora cultures. For scholars of postcolonial, English, European, Balkan, Modern Greek, and Diaspora studies this fascinating contribution to the growing area of transnational culture studies opens up the critical discourse in their field." 214p.bibiography index. Book
16p., 100 plates Unbound Ex-library, Good condition, some pages lightly edge chipped
8vo., with engraved frontispiece (original tissue guard present), illustrated title, printed title in red and black, and 92 engravings (26 full-page) in the text; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, chocolate endpapers, uncut, original gilt from backstrip preserved and mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With small blind stamp on printed title and small stamp on half-title and last leaf of index. A lovely copy.
168p. Hardcover Very good condition good
380 p. , illus. Hardcover Very good condition, in publisher's cloth, front hinge cracked at top & bottom. A second volume (not present) was published in 1846 with the title: Tiroir du diable
pp. xvi, 270. Illustrated with photographs. Softcover. Bison paperback. Very good. W11
Pages 194-284 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Romance of the French Foreign Legion; Adrift in a Mine-Field - two men drift through a mine-field in a crippled seaplane, fending off mines with their bare hands!; That Night - a rice-planter's cyclone ordeal on Bordelieu Island off the Florida coast; An Englishwoman in South America - Mrs. Mayer-Nixson describes the ways of Chilean (Chilian) policemen, the curious manners and customs of the people, and the odd habits of Chilean servants; The End of the Rainbow - an adventure of Etienne, a half-breed trapper in Northern Canada who had not heard of WWI; Rua the Prophet - the curious history of a Maori fanatic, Rua Kenana, who established a native "New Jerusalem" in the heart of the wild and inaccessible Urewera Mountains of New Zealand - article with great photos; Canada's Last Frontier - part II of a photo-illustrated narrative of a trip to Canada's Eskimo country - including a photo of Fort McMurray which was but a tiny clearing in the woods, plus a photo of an early oil well, and the Pelican gas 'gusher' which had been buring for 18 years!; Our Zambezi Lion-Hunt - adventure involving a black-faced lion; The Tale of the "Tara" - the adventures of the crew of the auxilliary cruiser "Tara," torpedoed off the North African coast - photo-illustrated article; Exploring the Black Canyon - A.L. Fellows and W.W. Torrence help tap a river by a tunnel which irrigates a previously barren valley in Colorado. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
cm. 17 x 24, xxviii-90 pp. Biblioteca di ?Lares? Il materiale raccolto in questo volume documenta una tradizione magica a sfondo pagano conservata tra i ceti contadini dell?Italia ottocentesca. Il saggio introduttivo analizza i temi centrali della collezione, in particolare il mito di Diana e di sua figlia Aradia, ed esamina il valore storico del testo. The material collected in this volume supports a magical tradition in a pagan setting preserved by country folk of nineteenth century Italy. The introductive essay analyses the main topics of the collection, in particular the myth of Diana and her daughter Aradia, and examines the historical value of the text. 267 gr. xxviii-90 p.
Very Good Condidion. Lacks Jacket; 8vo; 326 pages; 19 cm. "Deutsche Ubertragung von Martha Fleischmann. " Translation of CHILDHOOD IN EXILE. Autobiography. Nazi-era imprint. (GER-15-44)
Features: Great cover photo of an East German customs checkpoint at Berlin; Berlin Beleaguered - Today the population lives far better than when blockaded a decade ago but it feels a great unease generated by new Communist pressures; West Berlin Moods - photos of Berlin scenes; Labor's House Three Years After - anniversary of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. merger finds the union movement with some notable gains and a closetful of troubles; The 'Overwhelming' Robert Frost - At 84, the new poetry consultant to the Library of Congress looks like the symbol of a poet; What Went Wrong in Pakistan - Its sick parliamentary system has died - photo-illustrated article; How Balanchine Changed Ballet - something special has been achieved by the New York City Ballet, aged ten; The Oval Room - Eisenhoweriana; Messages From the Invisible Universe, by Arthur C. Clarke - Radio waves, reaching the earth from vast distances, are clues to a greater cosmos - with photo of the giant radio-telescope at Jodrell Bank, Manchester; Teaching the Young to Look - and See; Students in Search of Faith - Today's seminarians; Nice two-page color-photo ad for the Dorado Beach Hotel in Puerto Rico; Japan Turns Against the 'Gyangu' - crackdown on teen-age toughs; What Should a Man Tell His Wife?; Hottest Fighter in Town - Jose Torres; Lovely one-page color-photo ad for Jamaica features Mary Martin Halliday; The Care of the Reluctant Schoolboy; Play is Child's Work; Cookie Recipes; The Season for Springerle; Photos of fashionable rainwear for ladies; Photo feature of home designed by Richard Gordon to be child-proof; and more. 96 pages. Many fascinating black and white reproductions of photos plus sensational fashion ads, some of which are in color. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
260p. Paperback Very good condition
In this collection leading anthropologists provide a comprehensive yet highly nuanced view of what it means to be a Greek man or woman, married or unmarried, functioning within a complex society based on kinship ties. Exploring the ways in which sexual identity is constructed, these authors discuss, for example, how going out for coffee embodies dominant ideas about female sexuality, moral virtue, and autonomy; why men in a Lesbos village maintain elaborate friendships with nonfamily members while the women do not; why young housewives often participate in conflict-resolution rituals; and how the dominant role of mature married householders is challenged by unmarried persons who emphasize spontaneity and personal autonomy. This collection demonstrates that kinship and gender identities in Greece are not unitary and fixed: kinship is organized in several highly specific forms, and gender identities are plural, competing, antagonistic, and are continually being redefined by contexts and social change. Contents: Part One : Gender and kinship in marries life Part Two ; Gender, Kinship and Religion: 'Reconstructing' the Anthropology of Greece by Jill Dubisch; Cosmos and Gender in Village Greece by Juliet du Boulay; Silence, Submission and subversion: Towards a Poetics of Womenhood by Michael Herzfeld; The Resolution of a Conflict through song in Greek Ritual Therapy by Loring Danforth; The Limits of K inship by Roger Just. PART TWO GENDER AND KINSHIP OUTSIDE MARRIAGE: Sisters in Christ: Metaphors of kinship among Greek nuns by A Marina Iossafides; Friends of the Heart: Male Commensal Solidarity, Ge nder and kinship in Aegean Greece by Evthymios Papataxiarchis: Going out for Coffee? Contesting the Grounds of Gendered Pleasures in evryday Sociability by Jane Cowan; Hunters and Hunted: Kamaki and t he ambiguities of sexual Predation in a Grek Town by Sofka Zinovieff; Gender, Sexuality and the Person in Greek Culture by Peter Loizos and Evthymios Papataxiarchis.259p. plates. bibliography.index Book
209 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "Illuminates the underside of the Civil War." - James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Beautiful copy. Book
326 pages including bigliography and index. Frontis is a marvelous satellite photo of the entire Korean Peninsula! Clean and unmarked with minimal wear. Super copy. Book
242 pages. Index. Bibliography. "This superb volume, the definitive volume on Haida art, presents the most treasured works in what is considered the world's best collection, at the Canadian Museum of Civilization... Richly illustrated with 90 full-color photos of artworks (such as masks, pipes, rattles and other ceremonial objects)... and 95 black and white photos of artworks and rare historical images... The descriptive text... provides an informed overview of Haida art in a historical, cultural and cosmological context." - from dust jacket. Printed upon glossy stock. Illustrated endpapers. Other than an attractive library bookplate upon verso of front free endpaper, a blindstamp to the title page and a card pocket inside back free endpaper, clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A high quality copy of this wonderful work. Book
325 pages. "Roy MacGregor is the ultimate hockey writer... insider's knowledge, wit, elegant prose... deft skill and thorough research." - The Ottawa Citizen. Unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
Ancient Greek life interpreted from the evidence of ancient authors.495p. index. Nice decorative gilded binding with the same design as "Rambles & Studies in Greece' Macmillan 1892. Very slight wear on exterior with corners bumped . Book
Fine English Original bdg. HC. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 203 p. Kibris Türk folkloru. Folklore of Cypriot Turks. Enlarged Second Edition.
