Resultados de búsqueda: Anthropology from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: photographic. bound in original blue hardcover binding with silver titles on the spine. Slightly bumped at the top right-hand side of the spine, traces of foxing to the top and front edges of the text block, previous owner's name stamp on the front free end page. Illustrated with 32 black-and-white plates. Translated from the original French by James Cameron, the author spent time visiting the pigmy tribes of French Equatorial Africa and lived among them as their friends. The author was determined to produce a full and detailed record of the lives of this extraordinary race of tough, surprisingly friendly little people who survive solely by hunting. Centuries have passed and they have shown no interest whatsoever in becoming herdsman, let alone in growing crops. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 213, (3) pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s).… Leer más

Flamingo, London, 1995. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Maps & photographs. In this lavishly illustrated book, Wilfred Thesiger recreates a lifetime's journeying in some of the world's least known places – travels in Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran, the Yemen in the time of the Civil War in the mountain country of the Hindu Kush – paraphrasing the rear panel blurb The only damage of note is the previous owner's 1st name top of the page. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Maps & photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Travel & Places; Iraq; 20th century; Anthropology. ISBN: 0006548172. ISBN/EAN: 9780006548171. Inventory No: 0267741. . 9780006548171

Macdonald and Jane's Publishers, London, 1980. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/good. Illustrator: Various. 1.5 kg; XII, 340 pages, includes appendix, and bibliography for each chapter, and index. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white line drawings, and black-and-white photographs, diagrams, charts, maps etc bound in white cloth with blue boards, trace of foxing to the white cloth, otherwise the book itself was in good order. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. Badly faded on the spine section, the original fire engine red now being a gold. The author has written what is easily the best book available on an enigma that is only now beginning to receive scientific scrutiny. From the Australian Aborigine pre-Christian dousing, Italians, American Indians, Japan and even Russia, the subject is thoroughly examined. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped… Leer más

Wiley, New York, 1970. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. second-hand copy, slight rubbing of the edges of the paperback binding, internally clean, no annotations. "A genuine introduction by virtue of its comprehensiveness and objectivity, EDUCATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGY is a boon to educators who understood the need for development of a subject area in which the tools of anthropology could be applied to education." Rear panel blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. X, 171, [3] pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: education; anthropology. ISBN: 0471495131. ISBN/EAN: 9780471495130. Inventory No: 0283618. . 9780471495130

William Collins, London, 2013. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. the author emulates David Attenborough, and instead of doing it with gorillas, does it with the English, asking questions such as what is this species, the English? Where does it live? What doesn't it? Why does it eat that? And why has developed such an exotic mating rituals? No cliche is left unturned in his attempts to answer whether the English are really a nation of binge drinking, horse meat eating, tailgating, grumbling slobs or, is there something altogether more beautiful to be found lurking behind the Cypress leylandii? Size: Trade Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Anthropology; United Kingdom; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 0007490453. ISBN/EAN: 9780007490455. Inventory No: 0251702. . 9780007490455

Duang Kamol, Bangkok, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. acknowledgements, note on spelling and the use of words and names, introduction by author, appendix, method of work, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with two, three page foldouts on Thai attitudes and the occasional figure. Colour illustrated paperback binding with black coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. "This book is an exposition of the ideas and values that give meaning to life in Thai society, and an attempt to bridge the gap between intensive village ethnography and the characterisation of the overall culture of a modern nation state." -- from rear panel blurb. Creasing to the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Reading creases to the back strip. Tanning of the text block edges and to the edges of the pages with a few stains to the top text edge. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [5], VI -… Leer más

The University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Poor Condition. 700 g; LVIII, 246 pages, last five pages blank, includes references cited, index. Photographic illustrated dustwrapper. The top edge of the text block shows signs of foxing, and there is some softness to the hinges. The text appears to be free of any marginalia. The dust jacket is badly rubbed, and chipped, with the front fold over flap almost detached. Now protected. Bertrand Russell, in his History of Western Philosophy, does not even mention Spencer. The reason was twofold: the principal subject of his investigation -- cultural evolution -- began to lose popularity at the beginning of the 20th century; also, many of his most illuminating ideas had been absorbed into the general domain of modern thought. A reverse trend has now set in, however. The study of cultural evolution is once again being actively pursued, and Spencer is beginning to be recognised as the… Leer más

Longmans, London and Harlow, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. foreword by R. C. J. Van Hoostraten, acknowledgements and foreword by author, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Photographic dustwrapper with yellow and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of expedition members and friends to the rear dustwrapper panel. An expedition set out from Witwatersrand University to look for the legendary tribe of river Bushmen who lived in the vast swamps of the Okavango Basin (a land locked area between the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and southern Africa). The author, the only journalist on the team, recounts the exciting journey and of the discovery of 14 surviving members of the Tannekwe people. Softening to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and rubbing to the lower book edges. Dust marks… Leer más

Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 240 pages, bibliography, index, end page maps, original illustrated dustwrapper. The text is profusely illustrated with colour photography and maps. Published to coincide with the PBS television series, this book is David Attenborough's latest excursion into the field of natural history, where he explores the history and the current state of this fascinating region, which became the cradle of civilisation. There is a vertical cut in the middle of the rear panel that has been been repaired with a piece of tape on the otherside. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Archaeology; Local History; Anthropology; Natural History; ISBN: 0316057509. ISBN/EAN: 9780316057509. Inventory No: 0285820. . 9780316057509

Jonathan Cape, London, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Includes bibliographical references and index. front of Dustwrapper lightly rubbed, with minor edgewear to top of jacket. Changes forever the way all of us, men and women, think about ourselves as we grow older and the way society thinks about aging. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 672 pp.,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Anthropology; Sociology; ISBN: 0671400274. ISBN/EAN: 9780671400279. Inventory No: 0236070. . 9780671400279

Picador, London, 1976. reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: drawings & maps. a nice clean second-hand copy with no annotations, no damage. Includes many illustrations by the author, and translated from the original French by Stephen Hardman. This is the extraordinary and magical story of a boy he brought up in a herd of gazelles in the Sahara – a true story in a setting close in atmosphere to that of St Exupery's Little Prince – rear panel blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 128 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: drawings & maps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: anthropology; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 0330246720. ISBN/EAN: 9780330246729. Inventory No: 0283270. . 9780330246729

Faber & Faber, London, 1953. Second Impression. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Various. 300 g; 176 pages, including 14 charts for selecting games. Illustrated dustwrapper over orange cloth boards. Apart from a slight dustiness to the top edge of the text block the book is in very good order. The dust jacket is gently rubbed at the top of the spine with a trace of fraying. The lower corner of the dust jacket has been clipped even though there is a publisher's printed price adjacent. My guess is that they have used the first edition dust jacket and repriced it, so, as such this is not a damaged dust jacket. 162 games, hunts and tricks -- There is a variety of simple or ingenious, quiet or active, long or short, sober or foolish games, and a final chapter gives hints of entertaining large groups -- in clubs, for example -- front fold over blurb, Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on… Leer más

Benziger, Zurich & Düsseldorf, 1997. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: photography & black and white drawings. translated into the German by Dorette Deutsch. Complete text is in German. Illustrated with copies of artwork reproduced in black-and-white as hand drawn, & colour photographs of the drawings in situ. At the rear of the book is an extensive alphabetical bibliography. The areas covered in the book are Asia, other parts of the Oriente, north Africa, South Africa, Europe, North and South America, Latin America, Oceania, and the art of the Aborigines of Australia. I REITERATE – THE BOOK TEXT IS IN GERMAN Size: Folio (over 12" tall ). 424 pages. Text is in German. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photography & black and white drawings. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Pickup Only. Category: Art & Design; Ancient (BC); German Language; Anthropology.… Leer más

Leicester University Press, Leicester, 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. List of figures, list of tables, list of abbreviations, preface by editor and index. The text is illustrated with numerous maps, figures, black-and-white photographs and line drawings. Illustrated paperback binding with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. "In this series of essays – based on proceedings of a course of lectures held in Leicester in 1974 – the central theme is a comparative examination of the archaeological evidence for a change over from a basically hunting and gathering economy to one dependent on the domestication of plants and animals – the so-called 'Neolithic Revolution.' Secular attention is paid to the origins of agriculture in the near East, Asia and the Americas as well as the application of modern ethnographic studies to… Leer más

Leicester University Press, Leicester, 1980. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. List of figures, list of tables, list of abbreviations, preface by editor and index. The text is illustrated with numerous maps, figures, black-and-white photographs and line drawings. Illustrated paperback binding with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. "In this series of essays – based on proceedings of a course of lectures held in Leicester in 1974 – the central theme is a comparative examination of the archaeological evidence for a change over from a basically hunting and gathering economy to one dependent on the domestication of plants and animals – the so-called 'Neolithic Revolution.' Secular attention is paid to the origins of agriculture in the near East, a Siana and the Americas as well as the application of modern ethnographic studies to… Leer más

Leicester University Press, Leicester, 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. List of figures, list of tables, list of abbreviations, preface by editor and index. The text is illustrated with numerous maps, figures, black-and-white photographs and line drawings. Illustrated paperback binding with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. "In this series of essays – based on proceedings of a course of lectures held in Leicester in 1974 – the central theme is a comparative examination of the archaeological evidence for a change over from a basically hunting and gathering economy to one dependent on the domestication of plants and animals – the so-called 'Neolithic Revolution.' Secular attention is paid to the origins of agriculture in the near East, Asia and the Americas as well as the application of modern ethnographic studies to… Leer más

Cummings Publishing Company, Menlo Park, California, 1973. First Edition. Softcover (Illustrated). Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. About the author, acknowledgements, introduction by author, notes, further reading, references and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography. Illustrated (wraparound) paperback binding with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The title does say it all, and the area that the author is including as Melanesia (a very fluid area in the Pacific region) is defined by the" ... western end of New Guinea through Fiji, including the Bismarck Archipelago (containing new Britain, new Ireland, and the Admiralties), the Torres Strait islands, the Solomons, the New Hebrides, and New Caledonia." – from the introduction page 1. Creasing of the book corners, and the panels show small creases as well. Rubbing of the book edges and there is sunning to the panels. Remnants of a sticker can be seen to the top… Leer más

Penguin Books, Middlesex, England, 1981. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. explanation by author and appendix. Colour illustrated card cover with black coloured titles to the front panel and black-and-white coloured titles to the backstrip. A creative history detailing the growth of the Irish mind, from the wild Celts, to the invasion of both the Danes and Normans then of the English and of the upsurge of Irish nationalism 1800s, are discussed in a clear thought-provoking manner. Basically how the Irish became the Irish. A little creasing to the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Light browning of the textblock edges and pages. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 174, [2] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; Ireland; Anthropology. ISBN: 0140051112. ISBN/EAN: 9780140051117. Inventory No: 0117979. . 9780140051117

George Allen & Unwin, London, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: James Scott. 500 g; 304 pages, end page maps, text illustrated with black-and-white line drawings, and a number of pages of black-and-white photography taken by the author. Illustrated dustjacket. The dustjacket rear panel shows traces of foxing, as does the top edge of the text block. In this unique book, the author -- anthropologist Donald Marshall describes present-day life on Ra'ivavae, and to explain its roots he brings its colourful past vividly to life. With photographs and drawings, this book is an article of study of a culture that was overwhelmed by the Western world. -- Paraphrasing the front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: James Scott. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Anthropology; Sexuality; Local History -- Pacific; Inventory No: 0231815. . Leer más

George Allen & Unwin, London, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Gary/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: James Scott – Illustrator, Author – Photographer. Map illustrated end pages, showing the greater Pacific region and then the island of Ra'ivavae in particular. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs taken by the author and black-and-white drawings done by James Scott. Pale green coloured cloth covered boards with self embossed decoration to the front panel and dark blue coloured titles to the backstrip. Blue coloured tint to the top text edge. In this unique book, the author -- anthropologist Donald Marshall -- describes present-day life on Ra'ivavae, and to explain its roots he brings its colourful past vividly to life. This book is a study of a culture that was overwhelmed by the Western world. Softening and rubbing of the backstrip edges and a little rubbing of the top book corners and lower book edges. Some patchy sunning to… Leer más