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19741557Millwood NY: Kraus Reprint 1974. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint of the 1925 original. 123 pp b/w illustrations from photographs with illustrations. Some sunning and light shelf wear to wrappers; contents clean and sound. Kraus Reprint unknown books
193013078New York: Fleming H. Revell 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 223 pp illustrated with line drawings by Oliver Whitwell Wilson. Brown pictorial cloth; no dust jacket. Private library stamp on title page and bookplate on front pastedown brief gift inscription on front flyleaf; otherwise a lovely copy with minimal wear. Folklore of the Bura people of northeastern Nigeria. Say Boas in the introduction "Folk tales.are of particular interest because they illustrate with great clarity the mode of thought the homely wisdom and the ethical concepts of the people. In Africa more than among other so-called primitive tribes many a tale illustrates a proverb relating to the proper everyday behavior. The Negro is fond of moralizing by means of moralizing tales." Fleming H. Revell hardcover books
192827195New York: W. W. Norton & Company 1928. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo. Presumed early reprint edition of Boas' classic study on anthropology and race. A strikingly attractive copy in black cloth binding with paper labels to front panel and spine. 246 pp. Lacks the rare dustwrapper. W. W. Norton & Company unknown books
200021475Princeton:: Princeton University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0691049742 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Princeton University Press, hardcover books
192621719American Anthropologist 1926. Softcover. Very good. Offprint from the American Anthropologist Vol. 28m No. 1 January-March 1926. 175 pp in original printed wrappers. Light soiling and some chipping to the wraps internally clean and tight. A. Irving Hallowell 1892-1974 was a cultural anthropologist known for his work with the North American Indians especially the Ojibwa. He was a student of Frank Speck but was also heavily influenced by Franz Boas. Bear Ceremonialism Hallowell's 1924 University of Pennsylvania doctoral dissertation was his first major publication. It has since become a classic in the field and the best-known comparative study of cultural traditions and ceremonies relating to bears. American Anthropologist unknown books
196111984London and Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First English edition. Translated from the French by John and Patricia Russell. 178 pp of text plus approximately 50 photographs some color. Previous owner's name on front pastedown else a fine copy in a clean dust jacket with minimal wear. Reflections on two years' residence in the New Hebrides now Vanuatu with much on the people and culture of the island's native villages. Oliver and Boyd hardcover books
197488702Mexico City: INAH 1974. Paperback. Very Good. Eight consecutive individual issues. black & white photos rather grainy 60-64 pages per issue. Softcovers in original wrapper. 28cm. Minor cover scuffing and wear. Former owner's name in some issues. Spanish text. Published quarterly 1960-1976. <br/><br/> INAH paperback books
199920526Berkeley: University of California Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0520224701 . Color illustrations throughout. First printing. Fine in an about fine tiny closed edge tear at the top of the front panel dust jacket. . University of California Press hardcover books
19102395Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1910. Hardcover. Good. xix 216 pp illustrations with illustrations sheet music index. Original green cloth lightly bumped and rubbed at corners. Both hinges cracked; text clean. A general section describes the intonation rhythm tone material and structure of Chippewa music. This is followed by chapters on music instruments; the Mide and their beliefs songs use of medicine and ceremonies; and Social songs on the White Earth and Leech Lake reservations. Government Printing Office hardcover books
19707176Boston: Little Brown 1970. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. NF/VG chip fm hd of spine panel. 173 pp 8vo. <br/><br/>The author looks at the question of 'What drives men to hunt and kill' Little Brown hardcover books
1991A000852 volumes: 704 pages with tables; 848 pages. Octavo 9" x 6 3/4" bound in original wrappers. Compiled by Warren J Benedict. First edition limited to 500 copies.<br /><br /> In the fall of 1965 Warren found in the John Carter Brown Library a very incomplete manuscript dictionary of the Tarascan language. In the catalog of the library it was indicated as a work of Father Gilberti who first publish the grammar 1558 and dictionary 1559 of the language. But the manuscript dictionary was very different than that of the dictionary published by Gilberti. Warren considered copying the document but because of the poor physical condition of the manuscript decided against doing so. In 1977 when Warren began to investigate further the life and writings of Brother Mathurin Gilberti he found in a bibliographic directory a quotation from a manuscript in the Latin American Library at Tulane indicating that it was a "Vocabulary Castilian-Tarasco-Tarasco and Castilian" written by Brother Gilberti. When asked about the content of the manuscript he was assured that the manuscript was published as the Gilberti vocabulary. He found that not only was it different in many ways from the published vocabulary of Gilbert but was a full version of which the dictionary of which the manuscript of the John Carter Brown contained only the last part. Since the manuscript in the Tulane library was completely legible and without major flaws it was possible to begin serious editorial work. So Warren called the manuscript of Tulane Text A. It consists of two parts: the Spanish-Tarasco part which has 130 leaves and the Tarasco-Spanish Part of 150 leaves. There was a note by the famous Mexican bibliophile Nicolás León indicating the provenance of the manuscript. This manuscript was an unpublished document in the hand of Father Gilberti. This vocabulary was produced after the one printed in Mexico in 1559 and therefore more copious and corrected. It was found among the books belonging to Mendoza in Guadalajara 1913 and bought in the Archdiocese. With the stamp on the title page is the "Sociedad Mexicana de GeografÃa y EstadÃstica"; but it is believed that it was part of Mendoza's collection because no files appear in the receipt proving that it had been donated in 1913 noted by Leon. Having satisfied his conscience Leon sold the manuscript to William Gates who in turn sold several photographic prints which are cited in the Newberry Library the Peabody Library and the Library of Congress. In 1924 Tulane bought the collection. The binding of the manuscript has a stamp of "Gates Collection" on the back of the cover. The original manuscript is written throughout in the same hand but has corrections and additions between the lines. Many of them are the original scribe but there are also many additions in another hand especially at the beginning of the Spanish-Tarasco part which may conflict sharply with the original. The manuscript of the John Carter Brown Library here called the Type B consisting of 148 leaves. This work is the compilation of all this material.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br /> Lightly soiled with gently bumped corners and light edge wear else a very good copy. Fimax Publicistas paperback books
19991583Window Rock AZ: Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department 1999. Softcover. Near Fine. xi 245 pp with illustrations majority from photographs. Very light handling wear; contents clean. A collection of over 25 papers from four conferences by various authors on a variety of subjects and aspects of Navajo culture. Organized into five sections: Aesthetics Doing Anthropology Health Economics and Contact Between Cultures. Due to size shipping charges may be more than standard for priority or international orders. Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department paperback books
199736706Reading:: Addison-Wesley. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 020177240X . First printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Addison-Wesley, hardcover books
19543173Mexico D.F.: Ediciones del Instituto Nacional Indigenista 1954. Softcover. Very Good. 9 x 11 inches 110 pp with folding map maps illustrations from photographs index in original wrappers. Some soiling and wear to wrappers wrappers beginning to separate from text block; text clean. Inscribed on frotn endpaper "For my good friend _______ with my regards Mex. D.F. the 2nd of May 1954. From F.M. Plancarte." Text in Spanish. On the Rarámuri or Tarahumara group of indigenous people living in the southern part of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Ediciones del Instituto Nacional Indigenista paperback books
19903268Santa Fe: Clear Light Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0940666111 . Foreword by N. Scott Momaday. Second printing. About fine in a near fine dust jacket that has a couple of edge tears and some minor wear at the crown of the spine. . Clear Light Publishers hardcover books
200022017New Haven: Yale University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0300081243 . Edited by Stephen Hugh-Jones and James Laidlaw. First printing. As new in like dust jacket. . Yale University Press hardcover books
198459816Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press 1984. 15 vols. Large 8vo. Full brick library binding. Fine. 15 vols. Large 8vo. University of Pittsburgh Press unknown books
19398091London: George Harrap 1939. 1st edition. Lt blue cloth. VG upper corners bumped. No dj. 256 pp maps & illustrations 8vo. <br/><br/>Traces the history of the development of civilization. George Harrap hardcover books
1902BOOKS0070233 volumes; xxviii862 pages with two fold out plates and numerous illustrations; xxxvi1107 pages with numerous illustrations; xxx729 pages with four maps including frontispiece 43 plates which one folds out and numerous black and white illustrations. Royal octavo 9 7/8" x 6 3/4". Bound in half leather with marbled boards. Three of five volumes. First edition. <br /><br />A few general observations on the contents of Gesammelte Abhandlungen are in order. Altogether the set includes 127 separate articles. Most were originally published in such well-known outlets of the 1887-1919 period as ZeitschriJt jilr Ethnologie Globus Science Internationales Archiv filr Ethnographie Ethnologisches Notisblatt Mittheilungen der Anthropologischen Gesellschajt in Wien Verojentlichungen aus dem Kdniglichen Museum filr Volkerkunde Berlin and the proceedings of the various International Congresses of Americanists held during these years. Occasionally these articles on being reprinted in the various volumes of Gesammelte Abhundlungen were substantially enlarged and revised by their author. A few of the most important papers were written especially for these volumes such as his well-known translations with copious notes of the Sahaguntine chants to the gods Vol. I his classic account of Tarascan culture at Contact Vol. III and his important descriptions of the ruins of La Quemada Vol. III and Teotihuacan Vol. V. Breaking them down into categories to illustrate again the great breadth of Seler's scholarly labors approximately 10 are devoted to studies of the Mexican codices 3 to Mexican calendrics 20 to Maya hieroglyphic writing and calendrics 3 to mythology 2 to general Mesoamerican linguistics 29 to analyses of archaeological objects or groups of objects 13 to descriptions always well illustrated of major ruins 6 to accounts of archaeological travels 14 to what might be called "general ethnohistory" 4 to direct translations of Nahuatl texts 3 to recent ethnography 3 to Conquest history I to geography and 4 on miscellaneous topics. In addition to this coverage of Mesoamerican matters which consumes the vast bulk of the volumes 4 articles deal with North America 3 with Central America and 5 with South America Andean region. The small number of articles specifically concerned with Mexican codices does not accurately reflect Seler's contribution to this field since as stated above his major works here were long monographs each thoroughly analyzing a major surviving specimen. American Anthropologist Volume 65: p1100<br /><br />Seler was born in Crossen an der Oder Prussia on December 5 1849; attended Joachimsthalsche Gymnasium Berlin 1863-1869; attended University of Breslau before serving a year of military duty in 1870-71 during the Franco-Prussian War; returned to his studies at University of Berlin in 1871 and passed his Oberlehrer examination in 1875; taught science and mathematics until he was forced to resign because of poor health in 1879; moved to Trieste and began studying linguistics and his interest in Pre-Columbian ethnography and archeology emerged; received his doctorate University of Leipzig 1887; director American Division Königlichen Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin 1904-22; his published papers and monographs made fundamental contributions to studies of aboriginal American linguistics archaeology native history and ethnography; died in 1922. <br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Corners bumped and rubbed bookplate on front pastedowns spines lightly rubbed. A very good set. A Asher & Company and Behrend & Company hardcover books
191061679Yonkers NY: Printed by the F.C.S.A. 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. No Jacket. <br/><br/> Printed by the F.C.S.A. hardcover books
199622359Stanford: Stanford University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0804725748 . First edition. As new in like dust jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap. . Stanford University Press hardcover books
195960471Paris: UNESCO 1959. Paperback. Good. Vols. I & II ONLY. index 259 391p. Wrapper. 24cm. Name on first page. Browned. Vol. I covers works published in 1955; Vol. II covers works published in 1956. <br/><br/> UNESCO paperback books
1987234690Bogota: Instituto Colombiano de Antropologia 1987. Paperback. 283p. wraps illustrations maps 8.5 x 11 inches very good condition. Text in Spanish. Instituto Colombiano de Antropologia paperback books
19342152Kumamoto Japan: Women's Work Committee of the Japan Lutheran Mission 1934. Sewn binding. Illustrated paper with traditional thread binding. Very good. 31 pages. 18.5 x 13 cm. Decorative translucent booklet regarding the Janice James School built at the foot of Mt. Tatsuda in Kumamoto City on land purchased in 1921. Describing the history of mission work in Japan the account of the girls school the widows home the old-age home - accompanied by black and white photos. Includes a card intended for slipping between the pages to block the light and make it easier to read. Covers lightly soiled with crease marks. Interior light foxing. <br/><br/> Women's Work Committee of the Japan Lutheran Mission unknown books
199934720Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0226900185 . First printing. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper else fine in a fine dust jacket. . University of Chicago Press hardcover books
