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30787/ by F. E. Williams Assistant Government Anthropologist with an introduction by W. M. Strong and a memorandum by J. H. P. Murray. At head of title: Territory of Papua. Port Moresby : Edward George Baker Government Printer 1923. First edition. Series: Anthropology Report no. 4. Octavo 230 mm original printed blue wrappers pp xiii 1 blank 78 with numerous b/w photographic plates and a folding map at rear; an excellent copy with the Government Printer's acknowledgement of receipt slip still loosely inserted; from The Papuan Collection of Charles Fletcher Melbourne his bookplate to the inside of the upper wrapper. Very scarce first edition of this famous work on Papuan Gulf cultures by the eminent Australian anthropologist F. E. Williams who would serve as Government Anthropologist of the Territory of Papua from 1928 until his death in 1942. unknown
19284845397Oxford University Press 1928. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN: Oxford University Press hardcover
192813216London: Oxford University Press 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. The Orokaiva consist of several tribes that reside in the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. The Orokaiva have a history of European contact as Papua New Guinea was annexed by the British government in 1888 and subsequently became an Australian territory in 1905. The Orokaiva religion is concerned primarily with spirits of the dead. A Taro Cult was established in the early 1900's and was originally directed toward supplicating taro spirits. This quickly shifted towards the placation of spirits of ancestors and departed relatives who are said to control taro growth. The Orokaiva Taro Cult is both a fertility cult and cult of the dead. Religious practitioners called taro men act as medicine men sorcerers and weather magicians.--db of Religious History. Orokaiva Magic is a psychological interpretation of the reasoning behind the practice of magic among the Orokaiva. Descriptions of Orokaiva folkways are often interspersed with witticisms. The predominant theme that permeates all phases of native life seems to be the effect of the newly introduced Taro cult upon the Orokaiva. Since Williams was writing this monograph primarily for the use of the Papuan Government a great deal of emphasis is placed on how Orokaiva society could be improved by introducing new educational policies. Francis Edgar Williams 9 February 1893 - 12 May 1943 was an Australian anthropologist who worked for the government of the Territory of Papua from 1922 to 1942. While in the field Williams did many of the standard tasks of anthropologists at the time he differed from his peers by revisiting field sites many times over years. This frequent exposure to the Papuan culture led his work to be far more realistic than the often romanticized fieldwork and subjects of his contemporaries."The three parts of this book were presented as Anthropological reports nos. 6 7 and 8 to the Papuan government." Lightly bumped corners/head and tail light toning uncut pages else tight bright and unmarred. Presentation copy from author to W.F. Armstrong. Dark blue cloth with gilt decorative device. 8vo. 225pp. Illus. b/w folding map frontis. Lacking DJ. Oxford University Press hardcover
1930132788Oxford: Oxford University Press 1930. Hardcover. near fine. xvii 355pp. Octavo. Publisher's blue cloth; spine title in gilt. Minor shelfwear to crown and foot corners of boards slightly bumped. Printed dust jacket price clipped; spine slightly browned with some creases to foot and crown. Small stain to rear panel edges somewhat browned. Pictoral frontis; 35 B/W plates from photographs figures in text folding map at rear. An exceptionally clean and neat copy; map superlative. near fine Williams served as the official anthropologist for the British territory of Papua. His anthropological studies focussed mainly on the Orokaiva peoples of the region. 1930 Oxford University Press hardcover
193693153Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press. 1936. Octavo cloth boards dustjacket b&w plates text illus pp xxxvi 452. Clear adhesive removeable protection to dustjacket previous owner's name blindstamped title page previous owner's bookplate anthropologist D'Arcy Ryan near-fine condn in near-fine dustjacket. NB: this is the edition that was bound from the first edition sheets but without the folding sketch map at the end. Detailed anthropological study of a people of the far south-West of New Guinea by the Government Anthropologist. Scarce. 1st edition. Boards. Oxford at the Clarendon Press hardcover
193615036Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1936. Good/poor. Hardcover : pp. v xxxvi 1 452 : frontispiece : illustrated with 19 plates 36 figures with-in text 3 diagrams folding map at back scarce : navy blue cloth boards : pale brown illustrated unclipped jacket.<br /> <br /> Previous owner's stamp to front endpaper and half-title page; if there was any lettering to spine it has long ago worn off; spine ends pressed and discoloured; text block edges very tanned; remnants of tape marks to endpapers; half-title page tanned and foxed; gutter at back tender and split; dust jacket tender and tired with quite a bit of chipping to edge and a 6cm split to spine tail spine darkened and tide marked. Oxford at the Clarendon Press unknown
196969828xxxvi 1-452 pages with fold out map a the rear a 1969 reprint of a title out of print since 1950 illustrated throughout with photographic plates and line drawings Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press hardcover
1924143258Port Moresby: Government Printer and printed in Sydney by Alfred James Kent Government Printer of NSW 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Port Moresby Government Printer and printed in Sydney by Alfred James Kent Government Printer of NSW 1924. Large octavo xvi 283 pages with numerous line illustrations plus 50 plates comprising 27 reproduced from photographs 19 line illustrations - one with added colour - 2 maps overprinted in red a folding map and a genealogical diagram. Original light blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; spine moderately sunned and a little worn at the extremities; sides unevenly sunned; edges and endpapers a little marked; free endpapers tanned; a very good copy. 'Cloth 20/-; Paper 15/-' is printed at the foot of the title page. 'The report was written in 1923 after a stay of nearly eight months in the Purari Delta during the previous year' author's preface. The four-page introduction by Sir John Murray Lieutenant-Governor of Papua is a worthy addition to the report. <p>Loosely inserted are ten original vintage prints each 87 × 116 mm or the reverse of photographs reproduced as full-page plates in the published report. They are the plates before pages 7 13 and 33 and after pages 28 106 110 112 148 154 and 160. The quality of the prints suggests they are produced from the original negatives exposed by Williams in the field. A large-format modern print of another plate facing page 66 is loosely inserted. Government Printer (and printed in Sydney by Alfred James Kent, Government Printer of NSW) hardcover
200912005Paris Editions des béatitudes 2009 Un volume in-8 dos collé, couverture aubergine illustrée, 287 pages. Bon état.
606775not signed on a full length action shot of Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams trying to stuff an unidentified masked man in the on open safe with a smiling banker also unidentified from the 1947 film "Over the Santa Fe Trail." Photograph is on single weight stock; 8" x 10"; very good minor signs of handling; 1947. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1941127748Washington: GPO 1941. ix 401p. somewhat worn wraps with rubberstamp on cover. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Bulletin no. 638. GPO unknown books
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L3 box799 b7<p>To Friends at Christmas: A Garland of Holiday Greetings in Verse 1927-2009. Collection of Bake greetings that Betty and Bettina distributed to their friends. William H. Blake Elizabeth C. Stanton Blake Elizabeth S. Blake with Faith Ferguson. Paperback 161 pp. The book was signed by Bettina Blake on title page.</p> paperback
191160593San Francisco: Sierra Club 1911. First Edition . Original Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 9 3/4" x 6 1/4. Pillsbury Picture Company W.L. Huber . San Francisco: Sierra Club 1911. First Edition. June 1911 Issue Vol. VIII No.2 . Original printed wrappers 9 3/4" x 6 1/4"; 61 pp. 15 unpaginated photographic plates ads. Very Good with a 2" slit at spine top and some adjacent glue deterioration being the only salient flaw. See scans. Clean bright. Photographs are largely uncredited but two are by W.L. Huber and several by the Pillsbury Picture Company.The scan of the contents page lays out the array of always-inspired articles and their authors: F.E. Matthes R.W. Poindexter Jr. Cornelius Beach Bradley J. Grinnell and Marion Randall Parsons as well as editor William Frederic Badè. A short issue in just Very Good condition - but very scarce. SC-2. <br/> <br/> Sierra Club unknown
1967B2790Canada: University of Toronto Press 1967. Dust jacket slightly worn otherwise in very good condition. Binding: Contemporary full cloth flat spine with title. Size: 8vo Pages: P. half-title printer's imprint title printer's imprint 1 vii-xx 1 blank 1-123 blank 1 blank index 11 Category: Book Bibliography & Reference Books; University of Toronto Press hardcover
191163657San Francisco: Sierra Club 1911. First Edition . Original Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. 9 3/4" x 6 1/4. Herbert W. Gleason E.T. Parsons M.V. Tenney Edward Gray H.E. Bailey W.P. Boland P.S. Bernays C.C. Clarke C.H. Hamilton C.W. Pohlman Mabel Sykes R.L. Glisan Arthur Gray Geo. W. Hall . San Francisco: Sierra Club 1911. First Edition. January 1911 Issue Vol. VIII No.1 . Original printed wrappers 9 3/4" x 6 1/4"; 88 pp. numerous unpaginated photographic plates other features and ads. Very very Near Fine certainly one of the nicest examples available from this early in the series. Very minute traces of handling not even any of the typical issues with the overextending circuit binding yapp binding. See scan. Clean sturdy handsome bright. Everything we all aspire to be. See scans. The scan of the contents page lays out the array of always-inspired articles Cathedral Peak; Tuolumne; Yosemite Valley; Kings River; Gray-Crowned Leucosticte; Mount Kinabalu Borneo; Red Peak; Mountain Meadows; "Light Burning"and more and their authors: John Muir Francois E. Matthes R.L. Glisan F.W. Foxworthy S.L. Foster Milton S. Ray Harold C. Bradley F.E. Olmsted and Marion Randall Parsons. The photographs for which the publications has long been famous were executed for this issue by Herbert W. Gleason E.T. Parsons M.V. Tenney Edward Gray H.E. Bailey W.P. Boland P.S. Bernays C.C. Clarke C.H. Hamilton C.W. Pohlman Mabel Sykes R.L. Glisan Arthur Gray and Geo. W. Hall. with a large number of uncredited shots as well. Very difficult issue to find in this condition. Ships in a new sturdy protective box of course; not a bag. L SC-2. <br/> <br/> Sierra Club unknown
1889005255Claremont 1889. Wooden box. Very Good. N.d. circa late 19th century. 52 separate sheets housed within a handsome wooden carrying case or box. Fifty of these sheets contains a dried and flattened plant sample -- flowers leaves and stems -- with the plant or flower identified in a neat handwriting and most unusual accompanied by a pen and ink vignette. The vignettes are a mix -- some replicate the plant or leaf and thus might be regarded as modestly scientific in purpose; others are of objects or animals which a pleasant to look at or have an appealing association to the artist -- tennis racquets a sailing boat an owl and the like; yet a third group and these are to us the most special are pure whimsy with a touch of humor. This third category also doesn't relate to the plants or flowers. Perhaps one thing that ties all the extra artistic fillips together is that they have an outdoorsy sporty or summer day quality about them. It goes without saying that the plant samples are arranged neatly and even artistically. We know who the collector and artist was because his name is on both a title page and a brass label attached to the carrying case. The title page also informs us that this collection was created during the Summer of 1889 and for Claremont High School. We would guess that the Claremont in question is one in New Hampshire based on where this collection was found but we can not state that definitively. At the time Claremont was a prosperous mill town and presumably this young Willey would have been from an affluent family who afforded him the leisure to create such a collection. including a title page a second prelim with a pencil illustration of a rose and "Handle with Care" exhortation and 50 leaves with leaf and flower samples every one of which also has an original sketch of some kind. The box really an artist's carrying case with wooden handles attached with thin braided rope to the wood an brass clasps and studs measures 35 by 27.5 cm and is 4.5 cm deep. Each of the leaves the sheets is 32.5 by 25 cm. Loss of some leaves and some chipped leaves as to be expected given the dryness of the organic material. Chips on the side of the title. The title and other prelim are discolored by the metal bar which has held them down in the box. unknown
1889005255Claremont 1889. Wooden box. Very Good. N.d. circa late 19th century. 52 separate sheets housed within a handsome wooden carrying case or box. Fifty of these sheets contains a dried and flattened plant sample -- flowers leaves and stems -- with the plant or flower identified in a neat handwriting and most unusual accompanied by a pen and ink vignette. The vignettes are a mix -- some replicate the plant or leaf and thus might be regarded as modestly scientific in purpose; others are of objects or animals which a pleasant to look at or have an appealing association to the artist -- tennis racquets a sailing boat an owl and the like; yet a third group and these are to us the most special are pure whimsy with a touch of humor. This third category also doesn't relate to the plants or flowers. Perhaps one thing that ties all the extra artistic fillips together is that they have an outdoorsy sporty or summer day quality about them. It goes without saying that the plant samples are arranged neatly and even artistically. We know who the collector and artist was because his name is on both a title page and a brass label attached to the carrying case. The title page also informs us that this collection was created during the Summer of 1889 and for Claremont High School. We would guess that the Claremont in question is one in New Hampshire based on where this collection was found but we can not state that definitively. At the time Claremont was a prosperous mill town and presumably this young Willey would have been from an affluent family who afforded him the leisure to create such a collection. including a title page a second prelim with a pencil illustration of a rose and "Handle with Care" exhortation and 50 leaves with leaf and flower samples every one of which also has an original sketch of some kind. The box really an artist's carrying case with wooden handles attached with thin braided rope to the wood an brass clasps and studs measures 35 by 27.5 cm and is 4.5 cm deep. Each of the leaves the sheets is 32.5 by 25 cm. Loss of some leaves and some chipped leaves as to be expected given the dryness of the organic material. Chips on the side of the title. The title and other prelim are discolored by the metal bar which has held them down in the box. <br/><br/> unknown books
in-12, 120 pages, broche, couverture.— Un des 50 exemplaires sur Featherweight numerote. Tres bel exemplaire. [BE-1]
23748Liège, Editions Pax, 1941. 15 x 23, 73 pp., broché, état moyen (couverture défraîchie, cachets du Collège jésuite Saint Stanislas à Mons).
1978RO40068383Les Assemblées de Dieu. 1978. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos frotté, Intérieur bon état. 170 pages, 1er plat illustré, photographies noir et blanc hors texte, un exemplaire a les mors frottés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 234-La foi
Les Assemblées de Dieu. 1978. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. légèrement passée. Dos frotté. Intérieur bon état. 170 pages, 1er plat illustré, photographies noir et blanc hors texte, un exemplaire a les mors frottés. Photographies issues du film de Dick Ross et Associés. Ecrit en collaboration avec Jean et Elisabeth Sherrill, traduit de l'anglais par Jean-Claude H. Lanau.
1977mon0000227886Double X 1977T. paperback. Good. 0.4000 10.7000 8.3000. Softcover. Clean text - NO writing NO highlighting. Some light surface wear to front and rear panel and some light rubbing at hinges with a small 2"" faint crease near fore-edge of front panel. Good reading copy of a SCARCE item. Double X paperback
18923083705Berlin: Freund & Jeckel 1892. XVI, 328 Seiten. Frakturdruck. 8° (17,5-22,5 cm). Schön illustrierter Jugendstil-Orig.-Leinenband mit Goldschnitt. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
19431369521CAN. New. 1943. Soft Cover. This is a reprint edition. . CAN paperback
