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195929075Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1959. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/near fine. Very thick clothbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 583 pp. Biography of Benedict by her star pupil Margaret Mead. Inked name to front pastedown else a beautiful near fine copy in dustwrapper. First edition stated of this important work. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
199213829Amsterdam: Nederlands Museum 1992. softcover. Very good. 36 pp text and bibliography 16 plates one folding. Light soiling to front cover internals clean binding sound. Nederlands Museum paperback books
195523760Madrid Spain: Postales Alcala 1955. Two postcards divided backs with the Elsi Gumier signed artwork enhanced by the hand stitched fabric costumes; standard postcard 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" approx. size; not postally used; light wear; in very good condition. Postcard. Not Bound. Very Good. Postales Alcala Paperback books
190712817Washington D.C.: United States Government Printing Office 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. xxix 296 pp of text including index followed by 129 plates. The bulk of the volume is taken up by two papers by Fewkes: "The aborigines of Porto Rico and neighboring islands" and "Certain antiquities of eastern Mexico." Bound in original olive green cloth with gilt illustration on the front board. Binding tight contents unmarked. Cloth is rubbed through to the boards at the corners as well as the fore edge of the front board. Due to size shipping charges will be more than standard for priority or international orders. United States Government Printing Office hardcover books
199937248New Brunswick:: Rutgers University Press. Fine. 1999. Paperback. 0813527201 . First paperback edition. Fine in pictorial wraps. . Rutgers University Press, paperback books
19072268Berkeley CA: University of California Press 1907. Softcover. good. University of California Publications American Archaeology and Ethnology Vol. 2 No. 5. pp. 165-393 with index laid in. Wrappers edgeworn and with one-inch chip missing from upper spine minor foxing dampstain to one corner of last few leaves not affecting text. Organized into three major sections covering the Yaudanchi dialect the Yauelmani dialect and other dialects and comparisons. Discusses phonetics grammatical structure vocabulary etc. University of California Press unknown books
19741556Millwood NY: Kraus Reprint 1974. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint of the 1924 original. 42 pp with illustrations in original wrappers. Some sunning to spine and edges of wrappers title hand-written on spine; contents clean and sound. Description of of Zuñi scalp ceremonials in 1921 and 1891 with a section on changes in the ceremonials over time. Kraus Reprint paperback books
1913839Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1913. Hardcover. Near fine. 76 pp illustrations foldout with bibliography. Original olive cloth. Minor damage to margin of folding plate; else fine in original printed envelope this somewhat tattered. Organized into three main sections: Rio Grande Valley Geology and Topography and Climate and Evidence. Government Printing Office hardcover books
19721580El Paso TX: El Paso Archaeological Society 1972. Softcover. Good. Special Report Number 11. iii 48 pp with illustrations some from photographs bibliography in original illustrated wrappers with stapled binding. Light handling wear a few notes written on back cover 4 pages of text with minor annotation in ink. El Paso Archaeological Society unknown books
196813332London: Frank Cass 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Facsimile reprint of the 1906 edition. 564 pp indexed bound in red cloth. Light dust soil to top edge else fine. Dust jacket has light soiling at the edges and chipping to the corners and head of spine. Study of the religion and philosophy of the various tribes of the lower Niger including the Efik Ibo and Ibibio. Frank Cass hardcover books
196111971London and Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First English edition. Translated from the French by James Hogarth. 187 pp extensively illustrated with photographs some color. Previous owner's name on front pastedown else a fine copy in a clean slightly rubbed dust jacket with a few ink marks on the rear panel. Account of an expedition in search of the elusive shell of the golden cowrie--the larges of the world's 250 known cowrie species--with much on the people and culture of the island's native villages. Oliver and Boyd hardcover books
19882400Baton Rouge: Louisiana Strate University Press 1988. Hardcover. Green cloth covered boards. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 185 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. At the beginning of the eighteenth century sugar in France was still a luxury commodity imported in small quantities and consumed only by the very rich. By the time of the revolution sugar was so popular that riots occurred when its price rose unreasonably. In spite of its importance the sugar business has been largely ignored by historians. This comprehensive study covers all aspects of the sugar business from the procurement of African slaves who were forced to work the sugar plantations through the process of growing sugar and refining distribution and consumption. Pristine copy. <br/><br/> Louisiana Strate University Press hardcover books
196813443Gregg Press 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two volumes in one reprints of the 1923 and 1924 Cambridge editions. 176; 205 pp with folding maps and illustrations; both volumes indexed. Light dust soil to fore edge else a fine copy in the original green cloth. No dust jacket. Gregg Press hardcover books
196313686Paris: Presses Universitaires de France 1963. Soft cover. Very Good. Deuxieme Second edition. 532 pp w/map tables bibliography. Original printed wrappers. Light cover wear some spine creasing. Binding sound contents unmarked. Text in French. Presses Universitaires de France paperback books
1946256394Mexico: Sociedad Mexicana de Antropologia 1946. paperback. good. Tomo VIII. Nums. 1 2 y 3. Illus. folding tables. 8vo pr. wrs. wrappers lightly soiled spine and back wrapper lightly dampstained. Mexico: Sociedad Mexicana de Antropologia 1946.<br/><br/> Sociedad Mexicana de Antropologia unknown books
19879403Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0395380170 . First printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
19142269Berkeley CA: University of California Press 1914. Softcover. Very Good. University of California Publications American Archaeology and Ethnology Vol. 11 No. 2. pp. 177-188. Light handling wear to wrappers evidence of old erasure on front cover else very good. University of California Press unknown books
196912664San Diego CA: San Diego Museum of Man 1969. Soft cover. Very Good. 8.5 x 11 inches stapled. 9 pp with 17 b/w illustrations. Minor cover wear. No markings. Describes a kit containing materials used in a Navajo Indian Peyote ceremony. San Diego Museum of Man paperback books
198720843NY: Greenwood Press. Near Fine. 1987. Hardcover. 0313238170 . First printing. About fine in blue cloth. No dust jacket as issued. . Greenwood Press hardcover books
193013242New York: Payson and Clark Ltd 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 338 pp with pictorial endpapers and drawings by Binder. Spine very slightly sunned else a fine copy. Dust jacket is lightly dust soiled and edgeworn and has some internal reinforcement with tape. A novel based on the author's experience living among the Didinga people of East Africa. Payson and Clark Ltd hardcover books
19931582Window Rock AZ: Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department 1993. Softcover. Very Good. xvi 389 pp with maps in original wrappers. Very light shelf wear with a few short tears at spine; contents clean. A collection of over 30 papers from three conferences by various authors on a variety of aspects of Navajo culture see scan of partial table of contents. Due to size shipping charges may be more than standard for priority or international orders. Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department paperback books
19741575Millwood NY: Kraus Reprint 1974. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint of Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology Harvard University Vol. XXII No. 1. xi 282 pp with b/w illustrations from photographs bibliography. Light handling wear to wrappers internals clean and sound. Organized into three main parts: Kinship and Social Organization kinship system; courtship marriage divorce; households lineages etc. Hopi Ceremonialism Katcina Cult tribal iniation solstitial and solar ceremonies customs and rituals relating to war women's ceremonies and Miscellany economy adolescent rites sex practices et al. First published in 1944. Kraus Reprint unknown books
1946A08036 volumes. 420 pages with plates tables and figures. Articles by 17 various authors in the field of anthropology; 571 pages with two foldout maps tables and figures; 345 pages with seven fold out maps tables foldout figure and accordion fold "El Lienzo de Jucutacato"; 399 pages with tables; 33025 maps two folding and 21 foldout table pages with tables four folding and maps two folding;551 pages with tables some folding plates and figures. Royal octavo 9 1/4" 7 1/4" bound in three quarter leather. Prologue by Silva Herzog. From the library of Professor Robert "Van" Kemper First edition.<br /><br /> Miguel Othon de Mendizabal wss an educator and Mexican anthropologist who fought for agrarian reform and the welfare of the indigenous people of Mexico. He studied at the National Preparatory School and later at the National Museum of Archaeology Ethnography and History. In the National Autonomous University of Mexico UNAM worked as chief investigator in the Mezquital Valley Hidalgo state and then as director of the Institute for Social Research. He worked for the National Polytechnic Institute and head of the Laboratory of Anthropology and later became director of the Institute of Economic Research. During the administration of President Lazaro Cardenas 1934-1940 he served as advisor to the Department of Indian Affairs and director of the Workers' University. His work scattered in journals was published in six volumes under the title Collected Works 1946. He also published An Essay on the American native civilizations The Nahua chronology The evolution of the indigenous cultures of Mexico and the division of labor The evolution of northwestern Mexico Mining and Mexican metallurgy Four problems of indigenous and Agricultural developments Mezquital Valley among others. Included is El Lienzo de Jucutacato with the codex in folder.Robert V. Kemper born in San Diego California on November 21 1945 resided in Dallas Texas where he was Professor of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University. He received his Ph.D. in Anthropology in 1971 from the University of California at Berkeley and spent the academic year 1971-1972 there as a National Endowment for the Humanities Post-Doctoral Fellow in Mexican American Studies before joining the SMU faculty. At SMU he served as Chair of the Department of Anthropology President of the Faculty Senate and member of the University Board of Trustees. His research interests included migration and urbanization history of anthropology community development tourism Mexico and the United States. His numerous publications include Anthropologists in Cities 1974 Migration and Adaptation: Tzintzuntzan Peasants in Mexico City 1977 Migration Across Frontiers: Mexico and the United States 1979 Chronicling Cultures: Long-Term Field Research in Anthropology 2002 and Urban Life 5th ed. 2010. He has served as President of the Society for Latin American Anthropology and the Society for Urban Anthropology as well as editor of Human Organization editor for Social-Cultural Anthropology of the American Anthropologist and associate editor for Urban Anthropology.<br /><br />Condition<br /><br />Bound in three quarter leather with "Kemper" stamped to spine heal. Some staining to leather else a very good set. Kemper Derechos Asegurados hardcover books
19741558Millwood NY: Kraus Reprint 1974. Softcover. Near fine. Two volumes in printed wrappers. Part I: pp. 151-225; Part II: pp. 229-338. Both volumes show some very light sunning to spine and edges of wrappers and have titles written by hand on the spine; contents clean and sound. Originally published in 1917. Describes many aspects of Zuni ceremonialism and includes a fascinating register of ceremonial events at Zuni compiled by Margaret A. Lewis a Cherokee who traveled from Oklahoma in 1899 as a schoolteacher in the Indian Service. Kraus Reprint paperback books
198827278NY: William Morrow. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0688067220 . Book club edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . William Morrow hardcover books
