La Haye: Martinus Nijhoff, 1968. xi, 267 pp. Footnotes, bibliography, index. Text in French. CONDITION: Very light overall handling wear with light bumping to corners of boards. Text clean and free of all marks. Minor chipping along edges of dustjacket with light sunning.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 25 x 17 cm. ... (more information)

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Providence, RI: Berg Publishers, 1994. xv, 213 pp. Notes on contributors, 9 essays. Appearing for the first time in English translation, this highly acclaimed French study (originally published as L'ordre mondial relache) seeks to ascertain the direction of the new world order in the aftermath of the Cold War. The distinguished contributors present a European view on post-Cold War politics. Their conceptual approach will provide a useful and lasting framework for the study of international relations.. First... (more information)

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Ann Arbor, MI: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, 1969. ii, 308 pp. Light overall handling wear (no creasing to spine). Text clean and free of all marks. Former owner's name in ink on first free endpaper.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 23 x 15 cm. ... (more information)

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Banning, CA: Malki Museum Press, Morongo Indian Reservation, 1976. xxviii, 349 pp. Map on endpapers, illustrations, notes, appendices, glossary, index. This rare work is the first book-length anthropological study of the culture, world view, language, and oral literature of the Chemehuevi people, one of the least-known southern Californian Native American tribes. The author (1895-1983) was married to a Chemehuevi, George Laird, from 1923 until his death in 1940. While he was growing up, George ran with the ... (more information)

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Ann Arbor, MI: Authorized facsimile by UMI (University Microfilms International) Dissertation Information Service, 1991. PhD dissertation, 1986 (Fordham University). 277 pp. Illustrations, footnotes, bibliography.. Reprint. Paperback. Fine. 17 x 22 cm. ... (more information)

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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1981 xvi, 487 pp. Plates, bibliographical footnotes, 2 appendices, index, list of contributors. A very important collection of 11 scholarly papers by leading experts on the Yüan Dynasty. CONTENTS: Introduction [John D. Langlois]. 1) Structure and function in the Yuan imperial government [David M. Farquhar]. 2) Chinese official historiography at the Yüan court: The composition of the Liao, Chin, and Sung histories [Hok-lam Chan]. 3) Southern Chinese schola... (more information)

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Albany, NY: State University of New York Press (SUNY), 1995. xiv, 393 pp. Notes, select bibliography, index. Many of ancient India's religious traditions are alive in modern India, and many of these are in conflict with one another regarding the future of India. The author provides a historical analysis of the current religious situation, ranging widely in time from the Indus Valley civilization to the present, offering a new interpretive framework through which to understand India's present communal confli... (more information)

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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1987 xiv, 674 pp. Bibliographical endnotes, index. This is the true American edition published by Princeton University Press (now out of print) in the original, durable, light gray cloth binding (the series is also published in India by Motilal Banarsidass in a significantly lower-quality edition). Samkhya is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, systems of classical Indian philosophy. This book traces its history from the third or fourth century B.C. through the t... (more information)

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Lund, Sweden: CWK Gleerup, 1986. 211 pp. Endnotes, bibliography, index. Text in Swedish. The author's published doctoral dissertation on Admiral Sören Norby (formerly under King Christian II) and politics in Gotland during a volatile period. CONDITION: Sewn binding. Moderate overall handling wear to card covers. Text clean and free of all marks.. First Thus. Paperback. Good. 23 x 16 cm. ... (more information)

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. xi, 204 pp. List of contributors, bibliographical references, index. CONTENTS: 1) Planning a research project [G.W. Lasker]. 2) Research designs and sampling strategies [C.G.N. Macie-Taylor]. 3) Biocultural studies of ethnic groups [B. Bogin]. 4) Migration [M.A. Little and P.W. Leslie]. 5) Collection of human population genetic data [D.F. Roberts]. 6) Nutritional studies in biological anthropology [S.J. Ulijaszek and S.S. Strickland]. 7) Historical demography and... (more information)

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Los Angeles, CA: Institute of Archaeology, University of California, 1976. ix, 81 pp. 31 black-and-white plates, bibliographical notes, appendix. In this scholarly, thematic work (out-of-print), the author examines the legacy of Skopas of Pharos (4th century BC), the reputed sculptor of a famous monumental sculptural group with a marine subject (referred to as a "marine thiasos") depicting Poseidon, Thetis, Achilles, Nereids and other marine creatures. Now destroyed and in fragments, the group app... (more information)

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Kobenhavn (Copenhagen): C. A. Reitzels Forlag, 1972. 443 pp. 18 map plates (loose, in rear pocket), 46 illustrations, indexes, bibliography. Text in English. This scarce study provides a comprehensive history of the place names of North Greenland. (NOTE: This book is complete in itself and is NOT a companion volume to the book published as Vol. 180, No. 1.) Text and map plates in near perfect condition: pages unopened. Oversized card covers show light overall wear and soiling, and minor chipping along edges... (more information)

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Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Press, 2004 Only published in softcover. 160 pp. Map, biographical notes, index. A collection of poetry in English about the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. Very minor overall rubbing to card covers.. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. 21 x 14 cm. ... (more information)

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Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998. ix, 173 pp. Appendix, notes, bibliography, index. Creating an unconventional portrait of the life and thought of an Enlightenment historian and scientist, this study focuses upon Jeremy Belknap's letters, journals and essays, which provide a clear sense of how a dialogue with the past can yield an appreciation of life and acceptance of self. Author of the three-volume "History of New Hampshire" and the two-volume "American Biography," Jeremy Belknap (1744-179... (more information)

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Paris: Honoré Champion, 1996. 444 pp. Annexes, bibliography, index. Text in French. Small bumps to lower corners of boards and bottom of spine. Several minor bumps to edges of boards.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). 16 x 23 cm. ... (more information)

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976. 105 pp. Bibliography, index. Written by one of the twentieth-century's great anthropologists, this is an introduction to structuralism and its application in social anthropological analysis. CONDITION: Text clean and free of all marks, except for two lines of penned notes on pasted rear endpaper. Moderate overall wear to cloth-covered boards.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 24 x 16 cm. ... (more information)

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Paris: Librairie Alphonse Lemerre, 1881. Complete set of 4 volumes [no dates marked, but published 1881-1899], including "Poèmes barbares" [1881; 368 pp.], "Poèmes antiques" [1886; 317 pp.], "Poèmes tragiques" [1886, Édition revue et augmentée; 238 pp.], and "Derniers Poèmes" [1899; 315 pp.]. Bound in quarter brown leather, boards covered in marbled paper; 4 raised bands on spine, with gilt floral decorations stamped in panels... (more information)

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Boulder, CO: Johnson Books, 2006. xiii, 193 pp. Illustrations, author biographies. Very minor handling wear to covers; text clean and free of all marks.. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 23 x 16 cm. ... (more information)

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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005 xxxix, 235 pp. A classic history of the French Revolution, originally published (in French) in 1939. With a new introduction by Timothy Tackett. CONDITION: The bottom of the book block has been stamped "Examination copy," else the book is nearly like new. Ships fast!. Revised Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 22 x 14 cm. ... (more information)

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