Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London : University of California Press, 1975. 8vo. Grey cloth. xiv, 153 pp. Illustrated with one 2-page color photograph, plus 23 b&w photographic plates. Dust jacket worn at extremities. Slight shelfwear to lower edges, particularly at the heel of spine. Overall very good plus in like dust jacket. (more information)

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Locust Valley, NY : J. J. Augustin Publisher, (1953). 8vo. Cloth. viii, 70 pp. + 2 pp. advertisements. B/w photographs. "Monographs of the American Ethnological Society," edited by Esther S. Goldfrank. Spine and edges toned; extremities rubbed, plates lightly foxed. Very good overall. (more information)

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New York : Praeger Publishers, 1994. 8vo. Wraps. xix, 404 pp. Near fine. As new. (more information)

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The Hague, Paris : Mouton Publishers, (1978). 8vo. Cloth. 438 pp. Illustrated. Very good in a very good dj. (more information)

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Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press, 1986. 8vo. Cloth. vii, 305 pp. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper, else near fine in a very good plus, price-clipped, dust jacket. (more information)

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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1968. 8vo. Cloth. Two volume set, 751 pp. in toto. Part of the FOLKTALES OF THE WORLD series under the general editorship of Richard M. Dorson. Dust jackets have rubbing, wear, and chipping at edges. Dust jacket of volume I has some water damage at the back upper left corner. Books have slightly cocked spines, light shelfwear and rubbing to extremities, and lightly soiled edges. Previous owner’s name inscribed in blue ink on the front free endpaper of volume I. Else good plus in good minus dust jackets. (more information)

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New York : The Athlone Press, 1967. Second edition with new introduction and epilogue. 8vo. Cloth. 490 pp. Illustrated with 16 b/w photographs. Spine soiled. Top and bottom corners of front board bumped. Parallel indentations to front and back boards 2” from top corners. Owner’s bookplate inside front board, owners name stamped on title page. Overall condition is very good with all faults as noted. (more information)

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London : Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1952. 8vo. Red cloth. 500 pp. Illustrated frontispiece, 108 other illustrations and maps. Light shelfwear and rubbing to extremities, hinges tender, previous owner’s name on ffep, some pencil underlining, else very good. (more information)

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New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., 1932. 8vo. Tan cloth. xxviii, 318 pp. Eight b&w photograph plates with two photos on each plate, plus six b&w illustrations and one b&w map within the text. Dust jacket is soiled and chipped, has a large open tear at head of spine, smaller open tear at heel of spine, small closed tear at top edge of rear jacket panel. Book is slightly soiled, light shelfwear, has a small tear in the cloth over front joint, small holes in cloth over rear joint, hinges slightly tender. Overall very good minus in a good just jacket. (more information)

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Albuquerque, NM : University of New Mexico Press, (2000). 4to. Cloth. xiii, 497 pp. With b/w illustrations. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. (more information)

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Norman and London : University of Oklahoma Press, 1993. 8vo. Wraps. xvi, 364 pp. Several b/w illustrations. Near fine. (more information)

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Norman and London : University of Oklahoma Press, 1993. 8vo. Wraps. xvi, 364 pp. Several b/w illustrations. Near fine. (more information)

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New York : Octagon Books, 1964. Facsimile of the 1937 Knopf edition. 8vo. Red cloth. xvi, 350, xix pp. Light shelfwear, light fading to spine, else very good. (more information)

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Paris : Geuther, (1972). 8vo. Stiff paper wraps with heavy plastic dj. 495 pp. Text in French. Selections from the T.O.C. - La circoncision dans le pays kissi. Practiques divinatoires kissi. La goumbe: une association de jeunesse musulmane en basse Cote d’Ivoire. Bref apercu sur les principaux culte syncretiques de la basse Cote d’Ivoire. Spine is suntanned, else very good plus. Scarce. (more information)

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New Haven and London : Yale University Press, (2000). 8vo. Cloth. x, 406 pp. Light rubbing, bumping to heel edge. In very good plus condition. (more information)

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Mexico : (Litexa, S.A.), (1971). 729/2000. First Spanish language edition. Large square 8vo. Stiff paper wraps. 163 pp. Text in Spanish. A fascinating study of the sybolism of the hand in Asian and Mesoamerican cultures. Spine rubbed at heel. Bottom edge lightly rubbed. Very good. (more information)

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New York : Viking Press, 1962. First edition, with second set of photos bound after page 160 and a corrected Book Club edition table of contents page. 8vo. Embossed cloth. i-xvi, 256, xvii-xxxii pp. Illustrated with two sets of sixteen b/w photo plates, illustrated endpapers and other b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket is chipped along extremeties, with two small open tears along top edge over spine. Cloth worn through to boards on lower corners and lower board edges near front and rear hinge, slight scuffing to foredge of rear board. Otherwise very good plus in a like dust jacket, with faults as noted. (more information)

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Manchester : Manchester University Press, 1966. 8vo. Cloth. xviii, 238 pp. Illustrated with nine b/w plates, 30 b/w tables, seven b/w diagrams, and two fold-out b/w maps. Light edgewear, foxing, and soiling. Bumped head and heel. Rubbed corners. Foxed edges. Good plus with like dust jacket. (more information)

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New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. 8vo. Cloth. 465pp. Fist edition. Illustrated with sixty-four pages of photographs, with a foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh. “... details the Tasaday’s discovery in 1971 and their first years of contact with modern society ... This same depth of portrayal is given to the late Charles A. Lindbergh’s part in expeditions to the Tasaday ... .” Very good in a very good dust jacket. (more information)

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Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1991. 8vo. Cloth. xii, 371 pp. Rubbing to extremities. Very good plus, no dust jacket issued. (more information)

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Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1965. 8vo. Cloth. 157 pp. Very good in a very good dj. (more information)

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Prospect Heights, IL : Waveland Press, 1996. 8vo. Wraps. 248 pp. B/w illustrations. Superficial shelfwear, else very good plus. (more information)

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Elisabethville, Katanga : Centre D’Etude des Problemes Sociaux Indigenes, n.d. (circa 1962). 4to. Wraps. 217 pp. Text in French. Wraps soiled and edgeworn, with a chip to the middle head edge of the front panel. Internally very good plus, overall very good minus. (more information)

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Paris : Mouton and Co., 1974. Tall 8vo. Wraps. 261 pp. Illustrated with occasional black and white photographs. Signed and inscribed by the author. Coffee stain to front wrapper, fore-edge and bottom edge and first blank, else very good. Text in French. (more information)

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Paris : Doctoral Thesis, 1970. Two volume set, Doctoral thesis, later published in 1974 by Mouton and Company. 4to. Hand lettered Linen over stiff paper-boards. Wraps. 388 pp. Doctoral Thesis, signed and inscribed by the author to Professor Kurt Wolffe. A few pencil notes by Professor Wolffw, else very good plus. Text in French. A unique presentation copy. (more information)

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Austin and London : University of Texas Press, (1971). 8vo. Cloth. xvii, 552 pp. Light rubbing to edges, dj moderately edgeworn and also has a 2 cm tear at head of front wrap. Very good in a very good dj. (more information)

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New York : Humanities Press, (1971). Reprint of 1925 edition. 8vo. Cloth. 487pp. Maps (1 fold-out). This is an in-depth academic detailing of the history and development of totemism in cultures throught Australia, with analysis from a psycho-analytic perspective. Slight shelf wear, some scuffing on cover and bottom edge, some bent pages. Very good. (more information)

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Tuscaloosa and London : University of Alabama Press, 2001. 8vo. Stiff paper wraps (softcover). x, 282 pp. Very good plus. (more information)

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Carbondale and Edwardsville : Southern Illinois University Press, 1973. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. [xiii], 225 pp. Dust jacket is bumped and chipped at head of spine and shows very slight rubbing to lower extremities, else very good plus in a very good minus dust jacket. (more information)

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New York : Vantage Press, 1991. 8vo. Cloth. xv, 293 pp. B/w illustrations and 4 color plates. Light edgewear to boards. Shelfwear only to dust jacket, with scuff marks on the rear flap fold. Upper right front flap of dust jacket is is priceclipped. Very good plus, in a very good dust jacket. Sergio Trevino examines the origin of all living hominoids and concludes that it is a fact that all of them descend from distant grain collectors. (more information)

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