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New York & London:: Oxford University Press,, (1969). Good only (some wear to the covers).. Trade paperback. Although the Dayaks of Borneo have a gruesome reputation, known only for their skulls and their headhouses, and quoted as examples of the most primitive savagery, the author spent two years among them after the end of the World War II… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1998). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. "Two journalists who came back from an assignment in Indian Country with a powerful message for humankind share the intensely personal story surrounding their time with the Wisdomkeepers, and continue to extoll the Native American approach to humanity and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cleveland, Ohio:: World Publishing Co.,, (1950). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very good in dark green cloth with gold lettering (lettering rubbed and illegible on spine), no dust jacket. . First edition. A comprehensive look at the nose in psychology, literature, art, plastic surgery, folklore and anthropology, written in an entertaining and non-technical fashion by a medical… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York:: Free Press,, (1993). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. An anthropologist's account of how "knowledge about early humans has leaped dramatically during the last generation. [In] 1950, biological anthropology was born at a conference at Cold Spring Harbor. This new science replaced the old method of studying fossil… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia:: University of Pennsylvania Press,, (1995). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in gray cloth (a new copy.) No dust jacket as issued.. First edition. From the foreword: This is a tale of Indians and whites living together in a small Iowa community. It is also about an anthropologist returning to his home town, and how he got… Saber más sobre este artículo

Tucson:: University of Arizona Press,, (1999). Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (faint remainder line). 1st trade paperback printing. A study of symbolism around bulls and bullfighting which is used to examine the broader anthropological issues of identity and nationhood. Discusses in some detail three regional feistas focused on the bull in different areas of the country - Bilbao,… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York & Oxford:: Oxford University Press,, (1998). Hardcover first edition -. Fine (a new copy) in light tan boards with silver lettering, no dust jacket as issued.. First edition. "The first ethnography of one of the most spoken mother tongues on earth, Bangla, this study represents a new approach to troubles talk, combining the rigor of… Saber más sobre este artículo

New Haven:: Yale University Press,, 1923.. Hardcover -. Very good in dark green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine (prev owner's name, tanning to pages), no dust jacket.. 3rd printing. Includes lectures by Richard Swann Lull, Harry Burr Ferris, George Howard Parker, James Rowland Angell, Albert Galloway Keller, & Edwin Grant Conklin on the antiquity of man,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Lincoln:: University of Nebraska Press,, (1998.). Good overall - underlining on a few pages, stains to bottom edge of textblock.. Trade paperback. "This innovative study reveals the creative world of a Native community. Once seminomadic hunters and gatherers who traveled by horse wagon, canoe, and dog sled, the Dene Tha of northern Canada today live in government-built homes… Saber más sobre este artículo

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada:: Lone Pine Publishing , (1992). First edition -. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers with self-flaps. . First printing, a trade paperback original. The author, a Harvard ethnobotanist, writes with empathy and understanding and personal experience about indigenous tribes from the tropics to the Arctic circle. Included are chapters on shamanic healing, the plants… Saber más sobre este artículo

Mountain View, CA:: Mayfield Publishing Company,, (1996.). Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Fourth Edition, a trade paperback. A comprehensive anthology containing essays by many anthropologists include Claude Levi-Strauss, Peter Furst, Francis Huxley, Bronislaw Malinowski, Carl Sagan, Lawrence Wright and others. This edition includes nine new articles. Among the sections are those on shamans, on the religious use… Saber más sobre este artículo

Seattle:: University of Washington Press,, (1989.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. "An anthropological study of boyhood in a group of related Igbo villages in southeatern Nigeria." Illustrated with maps, figures and photographs. Bibliography, index. xxiv, 344 pp. Photographic endpapers.

New York:: Harper Collins,, (1996.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A look at learning through experience of global culture - from her travels and living in Iran, the Philippines, Tibet, America and more. By the daughter of anthropologists Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, who is herself a well-known anthropologist. INSCRIBED on… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York:: Harper Collins,, (1996.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in fine dust jacket (a new, unread copy, but with a remainder line).. First printing. A look at learning through experience of global culture - from her travels and living in Iran, the Philippines, Tibet, America and more. By the daughter of anthropologists Margaret Mead and… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York & Oxford:: Oxford University Press,, 1995.. Fine (a new copy). First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A completely revised and updated version of the 1983 book, 'The Biology of Religion.' Reveals how religions in all parts of the world meets the needs of ordinary people - includes discussion of such topics… Saber más sobre este artículo

Seattle:: University of Washington Press,, 1968.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in green cloth (gift inscription on front endpaper, no dj.). First printing. Illustrated with photographs, maps, charts. Glossary, bibliography, index. 284 pp.

New York:: Pantheon,, 1992.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.). First printing. A look at the dual origins (old English and African) of the corn-shucking ceremony on antebellum plantations. Illustrated, extensive notes, appendix with original accounts of the ceremony, index. 342 pages.

Homewood, IL: Dorsey,, 1975.. VG . Trade paperback.

New Brunswick, NJ:: Rutgers University Press, , 1986.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. Examines aspects of both the daily and ceremonial life of these people in Papua New Guinea. Charts, two maps, glossary, bibliography, index. xviii, 309 pp.

New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, 1975.. Hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 2nd printing. Includes 64 pages of photographs. Index. 465 pages.