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19122919613John Murray 1912. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1300grams ISBN: John Murray hardcover
1954050967New York: Scientific American Inc. 1954. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good . Very Good Slight Wear Tiny Corner Band To Pages At Rear <br/> <br/> Scientific American, Inc. unknown
20092325904Cambridge University Press 2009. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN:9780521846301 Cambridge University Press hardcover
19942929221Borneo Research Council 1994. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item900grams ISBN:0962956813 Borneo Research Council hardcover
1968ML613<p>New Haven Conn USA: HRAF Press 1968. Second printing. Paperback. Very Good. This is an anthropological study of a rubber tapping community in Jandram Hilir in Selangor West Malaysia. Its main focus is how such a community interacts with the outside world. In its 171 pages the author looks at Malay villager stereotypes of outsiders how villagers react to outside eventshow the economics of the village governs its interaction with outsiders and the basis of social relations amongst the villagers themselves. There is also a bibliography and glossary of Malay colloquial terms used in the text. Very Good Paperback Weight 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has lost its original brightness and there is a bit of fading at the back. There is a price written in ink at one corner of the title page. The binding is tight the text clear and there is mild tanning of the pages.</p> HRAF Press paperback
18654939734Macmillan and Co 1865. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. Medium 8vo. Brown publisher cloth with decorative gilt and brown borders on front board and backstrip. Gilt motif on front board. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Full split in backstrip seam. Bumped corners and light fraying. Split hinges with net exposed. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Binding reasonably tight. Several pages are marked in pencil and red crayon. Several plates. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1250grams ISBN: Macmillan and Co hardcover
19693992487Holt Rinehart and Winston 1969. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. 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 item300grams ISBN:0030828228 Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover
1969ML1003New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston 1969. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. This work summarises the work of the author and his wife in trying to discover how aboriginal Dusun children in North Borneo grew up and took on the cultural norms of their society. During their two year stay in two different villages they were particularly keen to discover in what ways if any such enculturation differed from similar processes in other societies. That said the author goes to particular lengths in making observations rather than mixing in theory. Very Good Paperback. 137 pages whose contents include 1 - The Setting of Enculturation 2 - Methods of Study 3 - Conception Pregnancy and Birth 4 - Infancy 5 - Childhood Years 6 - Patterns of Enculturation & 7 - Changes in Enculturation. There are also lisst of references cited and recommended reading as well as a linguistic chart and black and white photographs. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover has very little wear other than a bit of light fading across the top at the front. There is a small bookseller's sticker on the inside front cover The binding is tight the text clear and there is very mild tanning of the pages. Holt, Rinehart & Winston paperback
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
1930r7143Oxford: Oxford University Press. G: in Good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Front inner hinge cracked. 1930. First Edition. Black/gilt hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm 9" x 6". xvii 355pp. B/w photographsfigures in the text and rear fold out map. An ethnographic account of a native people of Papua with special emphasis on ritual and religious belief. . Oxford University Press hardcover
1972044346New York: Torchbooks-Harper and Row 1972. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff color illus. wraps. Mild handling wear covers lightly soiled. Square uncreased binding clean interior beyond former owner's name stamp on upper front flyleaf and inside back cover. xi179 pp. 1st ptg. w/ complete number line. Torchbooks-Harper and Row Paperback
1852BOOKS001501<p>3524 ad pages with frontispiece 6 plates and map. Duodecimo 6 3/4" x 4 3/4" bound in original publisher decorative blind stamped cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine. First American edition. First published in London 1851.<br /><br />William Henry Brett was born in Dover and following the death of his father he was raised by his grandfather. At the age of thirteen or fourteen Brett became a Sunday school teacher. He was recommended to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel by Reverend Thomas Medland the curate of his church. In 1840 he left England for British Guiana. Brett was ordained a deacon in 1843 by Bishop William Austin. After suffering from malaria he was forced to return to England in 1849 but returned late the following year. In total Brett spent almost forty years as a missionary to the native peoples of South America retiring in 1879. He translated the New Testament and the Book of Common Prayer into several of their languages. William Henry Brett married Caroline Nowers in 1845. Brett died Oct. 2 1886 Paignton at the age of 67. In 1880 Brett published Legends and Myths of the Aboriginal Indians of British Guianaand in 1881 Mission work among the Indian tribes in the forests of Guiana. In 1851 he had publishedIndian missions in Guiana.<br /><br /><strong>Condition: </strong>Spine sunned corners bumped spine ends and corners moderately rubbed gilt dulled. Over all a very good copy.</p> Robert Carter & Brothers hardcover
21-5H0495810827<p>Used book in great condition. No writing or markings. Some wear to front cover. 21-5H0495810827</p>
2001023293Leiden: Colofon 2001. First Edition Collectible . Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 403pp. Original pictorial wraps. One Foot in Heaven conflates two main perspectives on women propagated by the Islamist government of Sudan since its inception in 1989: as mothers and wives within the walls of their compounds. Central are the biographic narratives of two working women in Kebkabiya a town in Darfur each belonging to a different class: low-class market women and highly esteemed female teachers. Based on anthropological research1990-1995 the author analyses the narratives as part of the multi-layered context in which these were performed. Pages are clean no writing underlining or highlighting. Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Covers have some light scuffing. Shelfwear light bumping to extremities light nicking to head of spine corners rubbed. This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Nice reading copy. <br/> <br/> Colofon paperback
1989AN-41Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1989. Scholarly text presents a detailed study of the internal workings of the household economy and the interrelationship with social and economic life. Drawing comparisons among Western and Third World cultures the contributors demonstrate the complexities and variations in households; utilize detailed intimate knowledge of family affairs to illustrate how gender and authority shape households' internal political economy; and consider the role of the household in economic development. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press Paperback
198722259New Haven: Yale University Press 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 294 pp indexed and illustrated. Boards slightly bowed mild edgewear date writting in ink on title page. Internally sound and clean. Dust jacket has some chipping and short tears. A comprehensive ethnographic survey of the uses of tobacco in nearly three hundred Indian societies in South America. Scarce in hardcover. Yale University Press hardcover
19975825281Cambridge University Press 1997. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN:0521594022 Cambridge University Press hardcover
19854937163University of Illinois Press 1985. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item800grams ISBN:0252011171 University of Illinois Press hardcover
1975032815Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good DJ. Xiv 237 Pp. Violet Cloth Printed In Black. The Ninth Publication Of The Six Cultures Project "The Most Important To Date". First Printing. Fine In A Very Good Dj Minute Losses Top Of Spine Edge Touch Of Rubbing 3/16" Closed Tear Bottom Of Front Panel1/8" Closed Tear Top Rear Flap Fold. <br/> <br/> Harvard University Press hardcover
19959542797Cornell University Press 1995. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item850grams ISBN:9780801431548 Cornell University Press hardcover
1999004537New York NY U.S.A.: Rizzoli International Publications Incorporated 1999 First edition 192 pp. More than 150 color photographs and an introductory essay recount William Wheeler's visits with the Efe a tribe of pygmies in the Ituri rain forest of the Congo who by virtue of their remote location are the world's oldest pure-blooded ethnic group. Preparing for hunts playing musical instruments caring for the children of the tribe and laughing these images are more like portraiture than documentary photography—the dignity self-reliance and joy of these families shows clearly in their faces. Presented in a beautiful linen-covered album format of full and double page images edged in black and uncluttered by text Wheeler's photos capture a way of life that has remained intact for thousands of years. Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated hardcover
1999004536New York NY U.S.A.: Rizzoli International Publications Incorporated 1999 First edition 192 pp. More than 150 color photographs and an introductory essay recount William Wheeler's visits with the Efe a tribe of pygmies in the Ituri rain forest of the Congo who by virtue of their remote location are the world's oldest pure-blooded ethnic group. Preparing for hunts playing musical instruments caring for the children of the tribe and laughing these images are more like portraiture than documentary photography—the dignity self-reliance and joy of these families shows clearly in their faces. Presented in a beautiful linen-covered album format of full and double page images edged in black and uncluttered by text Wheeler's photos capture a way of life that has remained intact for thousands of years. Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated hardcover
1909e7197London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. G : in Good condition plus without dust jacket. Rebound with new eps. Scattered browning. Rear fold out map has a folded section loose. 1909. First Edition. Red hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 160mm 9" x 6". xxiv 431pp. Numerous b/w illustrations and fold out coloured map. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd hardcover
1909BIB316651London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. 1909. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Previous owner's details to front pastedown. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Fold-out map to rear. Translated by Alice Werner. xxiv 431pp 22pp Publisher's Catalogue. The findings of the German Geographer and Ethnologist's expedition to German East Africa in 1906. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd hardcover
1997x-075070411XFalmer Pr 1997. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 220 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. Falmer Pr paperback
