Rambles and studies in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Dalmatia with an account of the Proceedings of the Congress of Archaeologists and Anthropologists held at Sarajevo, August 1894. de Munro, Robert - 1900

[4]+xlii+373+[4] pages with folding map, 10 plates, appendix and index. Royal Octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and stamping to spine in original jacket. Edited by Ralph Piddington. First edition.Dr Williamson left, on his death, a collection of manuscripts dealing with a variety of Polynesian problems. Most of these manuscripts have been published previously. The remainder of of his unpublished manuscripts have been brought together and edited by Ralph Piddington, who has also reviewed material published since Williamson's death The first part of the book deals with particular topics: Warfare, the Drinking of Kava, the Society known as the Arioi, and customs relating to Sex, Courtship and Infanticide. The second part deals with problems of historical reconstruction in Polynesian Culture, theories of Origin, the Relation between Polynesia and Melanesia and an appendix on Assam parallels, with an analysis of recent studies in Polynesian History by… Leer más

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department: Historic Sites and Restoration Branch, Austin, TX, 1980. First Edition. Softcover (Spiral Bound). Very Good Condition. Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. 375 pp. Pages are tight and clean. Has some curled corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 - 3 pounds. Category: Archaeology; United States; 1970s; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001403. . Additional shipping charges may apply.

NY: Scribners, 1983. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. HARDCOVER. 1983. FIRST PRINTING of REVISED EDITION. AS NEW, bound in green cloth with map drawings on front and back endpapers in hunter green pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. 'A former cultural attache at the American Embassy in London shares his knowledge of many places most tourists never see.' 'The author seems to have gone everywhere, read everything and eaten in every kind of place along the way. --Smithsonian.' Illustrations. Index.. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Boards have water stain.DJ with clipped corners and water stains.Feathered edges to pages.

Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson and Sons Limited, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Cloth in DJ; First Edition; 149pp; Minor staining to DJ, previous owner's name to FFEP, boards square, clean & bright, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/Good+ condition. Scarce vintage monograph on Manx phonology. University of Edinburgh Linguistic Survey of Scotland Monographs No. 2.

Berlin: Walter De Gruyter, 1978. First Edition. Folio. Deutsches Arcaelogisches Institut. Altertuemer von Pergamon. Band XII. Im anhang: Topographische Karte von Pergamon. Mit beitraege n von A. Furtwaengler und E. Toepperwein-Hoffman. 105 pp. With 24 leaves of plates and 6 folding maps. Original cloth. Good copy.

Bar Harbor : Sherman Publishing, 1929. Pamphlet. Very Good. 28 pages. 6 x 9 in. Several illustrations. White paper cover, two staples hold together binding. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD: Heavy foxing on covers , foxing stain on back cover & last page, cover eaten at edges and spine edge, top edge lightly bumped. Pages very white, illustrations very clean.

147 pages with frontispiece, tables, plates, illustrations and bibliography. Quarto (10 3/4" x 8 1/2") issued in wrappers. Prologue by Carlos Zolla. Limited to 1000 copies. First edition.This book, Water in the Cosmovision of Indigenous Peoples in Mexico, is a photographic and documentary testimony of the relationship between this important sector of our society and the vital liquid; it is a recognition of their ancestral practices and techniques to rationally use and protect this essential resource. This work represents an important contribution to the diffusion of the different cultures of water in our country. With this, the deep roots of Mexicanness are also strengthened.Condition:Light soiling to wrappers else a very good to fine copy.

Printed for the Proprietors, Published by John Saunders, 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. Full Title: The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross, R.N. Knt. To The Arctic Regions; for the Discovery of a North West Passage; performed in the years 1829-30-31-32- and 33. To which is prefixed An Abridgment of the former Voyages of Captns, Ross, Parry, & Other Celebrated Navigators to the Northern Latitudes. Compiled from Authentic Information and Original Documents, transmitted by William Light, Purser's steward to the expedition. Illustrated by Engravings from Drawings Taken on the Spot. 1st Edition:(2/3rd printing?) ii, 716 pages, engraved vignette title page, dictionary of the Esqimaux language, appendix. Brown, half morocco boards. The narrative (p.100-694) is apparently based upon statements by Mr. Light, of whom Captain (Sir John) had been highly critical (in his biography of the Victory's crew, 1835). The book includes many small incidents and details,… Leer más

Prague: Fr. Borový, 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine -/very good -. Hofmeister, Adolf. 188, [4] p.: illustrations by Adolf Hofmeister; 21 cm. Orange cloth with black spine and cover titles; brown, black, and orange decoration of front cover to resemble a suitcase. Dust jacket with front section echoing front cover suitcase illustration. Publisher's advertisement for travel works by Karla Capka on back dust jacket section. The third volume in the series Knihy Dobré Pohody. Ma-Fa was the pseudonym of the Czech journalist and author Marie Fantová (1893-1963). Book is in Near Fine- Condition: boards are slightly curved; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good- Condition: rubbed; 0.5-cm. tear from upper edge of front section, without loss; minor loss at head of spine; very lightly soiled. Very scarce.