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The Changing Landscape of South Etruria
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London: Paul Elek, 1979 First Edition. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Stranger and Friend: The Way of an Anthropologist
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London: Secker & Warburg, 1967 Introduction to the work of anthropologists.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Highland Clearances
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London: Secker & Warburg, 1976 The story of how the Scottish chiefs and lairds removed hundreds of highland clansmen from their lands between 1790 and 1850.. Sixth Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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The Jewel of Trancendental Wisdom [Chin Kang Ching, or The Diamond Sutra]
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London: The Buddhist Society, 1947 Foreword by Dr. W.Y. Evans Wentz. A scholarly translation, with copious foot notes, covers sections I-XXXII. Scarce.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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Political Institutions of West Africa
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London: Hutchinson, 1967 First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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The Amazing Amazon
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London: William Heinemann, 1952 First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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West African Trade and Coast Society: A Family Study
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London: Oxford University Press, 1969 Genealogical study of the progeny of an eighteenth century Irish slave trader Richard Brew in Southern Ghana.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Funeral Customs: Their Origin and Development
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London: T. Werner Laurie, 1926 Rebound in strong library binding.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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Someone Will Die Tonight in the Caribbean
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London: W.H. Allen, 1959 Translated by Stephen Becker.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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African Systems of Kinship and Marriage
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London: Oxford University Press, 1958. Study of the theories of kinship.. Fourth Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Arthurian Sites in the West
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Exeter: University of Exeter, 1975. Includes bibliography and index.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The World of Primitive Man
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New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1953 First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Grime's Graves Norfolk
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London: HMSO, 1970 Second Printing. Pamphlet. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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Folktales of Germany
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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1966 First U.K. Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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Portuguese Rule in Goa 1510-1961
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London: Asia Publishing House, 1963 First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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Introduction a La Psychopathologie Collective: La Secte Mystique des Skoptzy
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Paris: Edition Erka, 1949. Anthropological study of a bizarre Russian castration cult. The Skoptzy (also transliterated as Skoptsy, Skoptzi, Skoptsi, Scoptsy and other spellings) were a secret sect of Christianity in Russia. It was an offshoot of the sect known as the "People of God". The name itself is a plural of "skopets", which is a now-archaic word meaning "castrated one" in the Russian language. As their title indicates, the main feature of the sect was castration. They believed that after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve had the halves of the forbidden fruit grafted onto their bodies forming testicles and breasts. Thus, the removal of these sexual organs restored the Skoptsy to the pristine state before the Original Sin. There were two kinds of castration: the "lesser" and "greater seal" (i.e. partial and complete castration). For men, "lesser" castration was the removal of the testicles only, while "greater" castration was the removal of the penis as well. In this the Skoptsi maintained that they were fulfilling Christ's counsel of perfection in Matthew xix. 12 and xviii. 8, 9. The earliest records of female castrations date from 1815. Usually the breasts only were amputated, other accounts suggest that the labia were also removed. The Skoptsi also believed that a chief evil of the world is rooted in the lepost (bodily beauty, human sexuality, sex appeal, etc.) which prevents people from communicating with God. The way to perfection begins with the elimination of the cause followed by the liberation of soul. Castration ensured that all sins caused by lepost could not be committed. French text.. First Edition. Paperback. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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Fathers, Mothers and Society: Perspectives on Parenting
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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977 A review of the role and needs of parents through history and in modern parental situations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Archaeology
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New York: New York University Press, 1963 Chapters in 5 sections: The Aims & Methods of Archaeology; Western Europe; The Eastern Mediterranean; Asia & Oceania; The New World. Some fading and staining to boards.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Child Marriage: The Indian Minotaur An Object-Lesson from the Past to the Future
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London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1934 Some underlining in pen. Rare in any condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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Chaga Childhood: A Description of Indigenous Education in an East African Tribe
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London: Oxford University Press, 1967 Second Printing. Cloth. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Chaga Childhood: A Description of Indigenous Education in an East African Tribe
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London: Oxford University Press, 1940 First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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The Psychology of Witchcraft: An Account of Witchcraft, Black Magic and the Occult
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Edinburgh: John Bartholomew, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Tribe and Its Successors: An Account of African Traditional Life and of European Settlement in Southern Rhodesia
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New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1962 The effects of colonialism on the Mahona tribe.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Origin of Man
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1925 Revised and enlarged.. Second Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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Primitive Folk: Studies in Comparitive Ethnology
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London: Walter Scott, 1899 An account of some of the primitive peoples of the world. Those discussed include The Inoits, The Apache and tribes in India & Bengal. Part of the publishers Contempoary Science series. An important book in early ethnology.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Curious Byways of Anthropology: Sexual Savage and Esoteric Customs of Primitive Peoples
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New York: Privately Printed Robin Hood House, 1932 An account of some of the primitive peoples of the world. Those discussed include The Inuits, The Apache and tribes in India & Bengal. Limited to 1000 copies.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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A Village That Chose Progress: Chan Kom Revisited
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Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1967 Fourth Impression. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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Concise Maori Dictionary
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Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1951 Third Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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Treasury of Maori Folklore
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Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1963 First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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An Humbler Heaven
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London: Collins, 1979 First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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A Law of Blood: The Primitive Law of the Cherokee Nation
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New York: New York University Press, 1970 Examines the laws of the Cherokee nation at the time of their earliest meetings with the Europeans.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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This Holyest Erthe: The Glastonbury Zodiac and King Arthur's Camelot
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London: Perennial Books, 1974 Includes bibliography and index.. Second Impression. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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Homo Sapiens: From Man to Demigod
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London: Methuen & Co., 1972 First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Amish on the Iowa Prairie 1840 to 1910
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Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000 The story of how the Amish integrated themselves into a mid-American society, even as they preserved their own culture. Reschly traces the Amish in Iowa from their initial settlement in the 1840s, through the community's experiences at the close of the 19th century, when the rural economy of the USA had matured, and into the early part of the 20th century. As Reschly demonstrates, the Amish experience of marginality and persecution in early modern Europe led them to develop a repertoire of actions and attitudes that helped preserve their community during migration - an array of cultural practices and religious beliefs that contribute to what the Amish experience as the "portable community". In narratives of critical episodes, supported by quantitative and comparative analysis of census and land records, Reschly explores the paradoxical stability and adaptability of the Amish community in North America. Throughout the text, Reschly develops intricate portraits that illustrate aspects of the portable community, such as innovative agricultural practices, specific migratory patterns, and the Amish practice of distancing themselves from the wider society. He also examines gender and family relations, land ownership and inheritance, and participation in the Civil War, and includes an analysis of the dreams of Bishop Jacob Swartzendruber and the visions of "sleeping preacher" Noah Troyer. What emerges is a depiction of the Amish in Iowa that contradicts the common view that Amish communities are static and resist change.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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John Frum He Come: Cargo Cults & Cargo Messiahs in the South Pacific, a Polemical Work About a Black Tragedy
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New York: Doubleday & Company, 1974 The author went to the New Hebrides, now Vanuatu, to talk to the people of Tanna Island and his discoveries provide unusual insights into cargo cults and cargo messiahs of whom John Frum is one.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Bemba Marriage and Present Economic Conditions
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Northern Rhodesia: The Rhodes-Livingstone Institute, 1940 Rhodes-Livingstone papers Number Four. Rebound in strong library binding with original wraps preserved. Some pencil underlining.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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The Tropical Rain Forest: An Ecological Study
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1952 First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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Treasures of China
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London: Tandem, 1973 Illustrated history of ancient China.. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Chinese Art
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1935 Introduction Laurence Binyon. With Articles on Painting & Calligraphy, Sculpture & Lacquer, The Potter's Art, Bronzes, Jades, and Textiles by Laurence Binyon, R. L. Hobson, Leigh Ashton, A. J. Koop & Una Pope-Hennessy.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Shaka Zulu: The Rise of the Zulu Empire
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London: Longman, 1971. Superb study of the Zulus of South Africa. Shaka (sometimes spelled Tshaka, Tchaka or Chaka; ca. 1787 - ca. 22 September 1828) was the most influential leader of the Zulu Empire. He is widely credited with uniting the Zulu sub-tribes into the beginnings of a nation that held sway over the large portion of Southern Africa between the Phongolo and Mzimkhulu rivers. His military prowess and destructiveness have been widely credited. His statesmanship and vigour in assimilating some neighbours and ruling by proxy marks him as one of the greatest Zulu chieftains.. Tenth Impression. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Ethiopian Adventure: From the Red Sea to the Blue Nile
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London: Odhams Books, 1959 Translated by Eva Wilson. Rebound in strong library binding.. First English Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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Social Organisation
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1926 Study of the theories of kinship.. Second Impression. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Jews, the English Poor and the Gypsies; With a Proposal for an Important Improvement in the British Constitution
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London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848 All edges gilt. Rare.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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The Gipsies; being a brief account of their history, origin, capabilities, manners and customs; with suggestions for the reformation and conversion of the English Gipsies
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London: William Lister, 1865 Some fading to boards. Authorship has been attributed to early methodist Henry Woodcock. Rare. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket, as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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The Gypsies: Their Origin, Continuance, and Destination or, The Sealed Book Opened
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London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 The most complete edition. All edges gilt, boards a little grubby. Rare. Fifth Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Christianity and Mythology
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London: Watts & Co., 1900 Important comparitive study of the mythology of christianity and hinduism. Rare.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Selected Highland Folktales
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Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1961 Title page not present.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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Indian Communities in Action
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Tempe: Arizona State University, 1967 The book discusses community development among several Southwestern Indian tribes. It dwells mainly on the Navajos but includes one chapter on the San Carlos Apaches of Arizona.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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The Eternal Ones of the Dream: A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Australian Myth and Ritual
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New York: International Universities Press, 1971 Rebound.. Second Printing. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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Children of the Desert: The Western Tribes of Central Australia
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New York: Basic Books Inc., 1974 Includes much on the sexual customs along with notes, glossary and index.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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