Search Results: Anthropology from Ariel Books

Canberra, Australia: Australian National University Press, 1985. Author is a Professor of archaeology and anthropology at the University of Auckland and the text is based on his 1977 Phd thesis. CONDITION Signed by author inside front, green card wraps, pp xx 262 with 131 figural, photo and map illus. Some waer and scuff to back, name inside front and place names highlighted to first map. Tight and clean copy. OVERWEIGHT. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

London, United Kingdom: The Walton Press, 1962. Blue bds with brigh Gilt title (small ding top front, sl bruised cnr, fresh) pp 275 with 20 nice monotone plates (tight and very clean, not inscribed) Original DJ is rubbed to edges with a short tear, not price clipped.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, & Co, 1934. Charles Gabriel Seligman was a British physician, ethnologist and Professor at London School of Economics and was highly influential as the teacher of such notable anthropologists. Contains 30 papers mostly on the ethnology of Africa and Oceania, by his ex-students the leading anthropologists of the day. CONDITION Red verticle ribbed bds with bright gilt title (cnrs curved, not worn) pp vii 385 with 19 photo plates. Very bright and crisp copy, name in pencel to front pastedown. DJ has loss at spine ends and edge wear. Overweight. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, 1975. Graham Jackson was a New Zealand anthropologist who spent time living with and researching the Kopon and the Kalam people of the Lower Kaironk Valley in Papua New Guinea. Authors own copy complete with examiners report inserted, Authors inscription to Dr Nancy Bowers Professor of Anthropology at the University of Auckland. CONDITION Bound in Red rexine with gilt spine title, pp x 527 with figures, charts and tables. OVERWEIGHT . Author Dedication. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/N/A. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Privately Printed.

Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago Museum , 1967. Anthropology No 4.Contains descriptions of Archaeology and the distribution of artifacts. Stapled wraps, 63 pages with figural illus and maps. Label residue top front else very bright and crisp. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hawaii, USA: Bernice P Bishop Museum, 1970. Includes history of the area and results of archaeological examinations of various locations. CONDITION Tan card wraps, pp xi 139 with phot and figural illus, tables, and 4 fold outs at rear. Tear top front spine head, leading edge has got wet with crease at some stage causing causing colour bleed to edge of first 3 pages at front. o/w bright and clean copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Constable & Co, 1966. Blue bds (clean and unworn( pp xviii 251 with illus and photos. Crisp copy with light edge spotting. DJ has light wear to spine ends and tips.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Walter Scott, 1895. Author was an ethnologist and Smithsonian Institution curator. Written as part of Scott's Contemporary Science Series edited by Havelock Ellis. CONDITION Burgundy bds with bright gilt titles, 419 pages, 75 nice engraved illus, 8 photo plates and a fold out on various stone implements. Copy has lightly faded spine o/w unworn, bright and crisp with owners book plate.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: W A G Skinner Govt Printer , 1925. Fraser investigated Maori Pa sites on the islands and estimated population of Nga Toki hapu of the Ngati Wai prior to their extermination in 1823 by a raiding party make to island of Aorangi tapu. CONDITION Stapled wraps have author dedication to A S Wilkinson fellow botanist for Kapiti island. Paginated 8-14 containing a map and 7 photo illus.. Covers are toned with stain to spine edge and electrical sketch in pencil to rear.. Author Dedication. First Edition Thus. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1889. International Scientific Series. Red cloth bd with Black decoration and bright Gilt spine title (mostly fresh with small damp spots top front edge, cnrs bruised, spine darkened with head and foot edges starting to fray) Black eps, pp 315 with fold out tribal chart, large illustrated catalogue to rear (tight with only the odd expected fox spot, not inscribed). First English. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1952. Recognised as an important feminist study from this Columbia University Anthropologist. First published in 1935, Sex & Temperament is a fascinating and brilliant anthropological study of the intimate lives of three New Guinea tribes from infancy to adulthood. Focusing on the gentle, mountain-dwelling Arapesh, the fierce, cannibalistic Mundugumor, and the graceful headhunters of Tchambuli. Mead advances the theory that many so called masculine and feminine characteristics are not based on fundamental sex differences but reflect the cultural conditioning of different societies. CONDITION Green bds with Gilt title (unworn with one cnr sl bruised, bds have damp discolouration) pp xxii 335 interior is pristine and unread, not inscribed. Original Yellow has titles in Green flags, in plastic protection it is fresh and unworn, price clipped. A nice bright and tight copy. Overweight. 3rd Impression. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Souvenir Press, 1961. Authentic revelations of curious mating customs of all ages and all races, and the history and significance of modern marriage conventions. CONDITION Teal bds with gilt title, not worn, pp 322 with 18 illus, tight and fresh, original wrapper is lightly scuffs with chip to top of spine. An excellent copy.. First UK. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, USA: Carnegie Institution , 1913. Part I Ethnographical and Geographical sketch of land and people; Part II Discussion of the linguistic material; Pat III Vocabularies. CONDITION Ex University Library cop with minimal markings to front end page and copyright page only. Green library binding of buckram cloth, 236 pages 2 fold out maps one in colour, rear one has be taped. Copy is bright and crisp as new otherwise. Overweight. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Richard Bentley, 1869. Covers wedding traditions from all religions and numerous societies, including the superstitions. CONDITION Vol 1pp x 241, Vol 2 pp viii 268. Red cloth with decorative spine and gilt detail to fronts (spine detail faded and cloth slightly mottled, unworn) green eps, internally bright and crisp with very odd spot. OVERWEIGHT. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.