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1) THE SECRET MUSEUM OF MANKIND. Five volumes in one

Manhattan House NY no date. few light spots on cover. minor rubbing along bottom edges of cover. Reproduction of photos taken in the 19th or early 20th Centuries. Because of poor copying technique I would nominate this as the most ugly in the out-of-print cannon. Previous owner's stamp on endpapers. good copy. no dj. photo illustrations. Cloth. Large 8vo.. (more information)

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2) KNOWING DIL DAS. Stories of a Himalayan Hunter
Alter, Joseph S

Univ. of Penna. Press (2000). xviii & 193pp. Glossary. Index. Fine. No dj. 1st printing.. (more information)

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3) THE SOCIAL CONTRACT. A Personal Inquiry into the Evolutionary Sources of Order and Disorder
Ardrey, Robert

Athebeum 1970. . Near fine. Drawings by Berdine Ardrey. 1st edition. Cloth. Nicked dj. Large 8vo.. (more information)

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4) DAWN BEHIND THE DAWN. A Search for the Earthly Paradise
Ashe, Geoffrey

John Macrae Book/ Henry Holt (1993). 1st printing thus. Light and short scratch on rear cover. viii & 274pp. Very good. Few illustrations. 1st paperback ed. Trade paperback. 8vo.. (more information)

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5) CULTURE. Man's Adaptive Dimension
Ashley Montagu. M.F.(editor)

Oxford Univ. Press NY 1968. One tick mark of table of contents. vi+ & 289pp. Near fine. Cloth. Nicked dj. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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6) CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY. A World Journal of the Sciences of Man. Volume I. 1960
Associates of Current Anthropology. Sol Tax (Editor)

. Sponsored by The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc. Small quarto. Contains five issues (including one double issue):Jan., March, May, July, Sept-Nov. All issues bound together including their paper covers. 456pp. Slick paper has a little color change. Articles include bibliographies. Very good. Cloth. 4to.. (more information)

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7) GOD BLESS THE DEVIL! Liars' Bench Tales
Aswell, James R. and others

University of N.Carolina Pr. Chapel Hill 1940. xi & 254pp. Tennessee Writers' Project of WPA, minor shelfwear. else fine. illus.by Ann Kelley. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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8) POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF POWER
Banton, Michael (Editor)

Tavistock Publications (1968). #2.in A.S.A. Monographs series. A.S.A. is the Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth. xlii & 142pp. Small label shadow on rear cover. Very small erasure mark on front cover. Articles on local and tribal politics in India and Africa. Plus a critique on the typology of States and political systems. Introduction is by Max Gluckman and Fred Eggan. Very good. Trade paperback. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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9) GROUP SEX, An eyewitness report on the American way of swinging
Bartell, Gilbert D. (Ph.D.)

Signet/NAL (1971). 5th printing. Mild darkening of paper. 224pp. Ubderlining in red on several pages. Still legible. Good. Paperback. 12mo.. (more information)

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10) CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN AFRICAN CULTURES
Bascom, William R. and Melville J. Herskovits (Editors)

Univ. of Chicago Press (1959). Minor fading of lettering on spine. vii & 309pp. with index. Very good. No dust jacket. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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11) SONG, DANCE, AND CUSTOMS OF PEASANT POLAND
Benet, Sula

Roy Publishers No date. c.1952. Preface by margaret Mead. Printed in Great Britain. Soil marks on outside. I will provide decorated paper wrap. Autographed presentation note signed by author: 'To Carl Withers with best regards from Sula Benet. New York, August 1952. 247pp. Text very good. No dj. Illustrations. Cloth. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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12) LOOKING FOR DILMUN
Bibby, Geoffrey

Knopf 1969. ix+ & 383 & vii+pp. Owner's small label on fly. Lost civilization in East Arabia. Near fine. no dj. Drawings, mapsm\, plates. 1st edition. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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13) THE KENSINGTON RUNE STONE, New Light on an Old Riddle
Blegen, Theodore C

Minnesota Historical Society St Paul 1968. viii & 212pp. Bibliography by Michael Brook. Fine with clear mylar covered dj. Illustrated. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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14) EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY. A Reader in Human Biology
Bleibtreu, Hermann K. (Editor)

Allyn & Bacon Boston (1969). 3rd printing Feb. 1970. Ink cross-out and number on title page. Light underlining in pencil on several pages. vii & 456pp. Good. Illustrations. Trade paperback. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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15) ECO HOMO
Boaz, Noel T

Basic Books (1997). Small label shadow on half-title page and on flyleaf. ix & 278pp. Near fine. 1st printing. Hardback. Fine dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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16) MAN'S EVOLUTION. An Introduction to Physical Anthropology
Brace, C.L. and M.F. Ashley Montagu

Macmillan (1965). Gilt lettering outside. xii & 352pp. Smooth paper. In three parts: General Biological Background, The Fossil Record, Living People. Very good. No dj. Illustrations. 1st printing. Cloth. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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17) BED THE TURTLE SOFTLY: Legends of the South Pacific
Branham, Mary Edith & Joel S

Scott Publications Mukilteo, WA (1975). Map on front endpapers. Very mild bump to upper outside corner. 182pp plus preliminaries. Index. Stories collected in American Samoa, Western Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, New Hebrides. Near fine with edge faded dust jacket. Drawings by Harriet U. Fish. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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18) PIONEER TO THE PAST. The Story of James Breasted , Archaeologist
Breasted, Charles

Scribner's NY 1947. Map. spine faded and speck spotted. crease in rear cover. good copy. frontis. Cloth.. (more information)

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19) AMERICAN DAWN. A New Model of American Prehistory
Brennan, Louis A

Macmillan (1970). Little bump to lower outside corner. Gilt lettering on spine. viii & 390pp. Bibliography, Index. Very good. 1st printing. Cloth. Very good dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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20) MAPS AND DREAMS
Brody, Hugh

Pamntheon (1982). xix & 297pp. Bibliography. Index. Fine. Maps, tables, figures. 1st Amer. ed. Hardback. Fine dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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21) TUTANKHAMUN, The Golden Monarch
Carter, Michael

David McKay NY (1972). 135pp. no dj. outside faeded, marked & stained. inside clean & tight. good. 1st Amer. ed. Cloth. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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22) IN THE COMPANY OF MAN. Twenty Portraits by Anthropologists
Casagrande, Joseph B. (Editor)

Hareper & Vrother (1960). Decorated front cover. Map endpapers. Chapters by Raymond Firth, Margaret Mead, Cora Du Bois, David G. Mandelbaum, Robert H. Lowie, Clyde Kluckhohn among others. xvi & 540pp. Very good. Illustrations. Cloth. Nicked dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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23) THE ANTECEDENTS OF MAN. An Introduction to the Evolution of the Primates
Clark, W.E. Le Gros

Quadrangle Chicagoi 1960. Name written on flyleaf. 374pp. very good+. Illustrations. Cloth. Very good dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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24) ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE MAKING
Cleator, P.E

St Martin's (1976). . Fine but no dj. Illustrated. Hardback. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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25) THE PUERTO RICAN BUSINESSMAN, A Study in Cultural Change
Cochran, Thomas C

Univ. of Pennsylvania Phila. (1959). 198pp. ink underlining on a few pages. small dot spots on front cover. very good copy. F12. Cloth.. (more information)

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26) MAN IN ADAPTATION. The Cultural Present
Cohen, Yehudi A

Aldine (1968). (xii & 433pp). Minor wave in paper and in cover from previous dampness. Light stain on cover. In six sections: Concept of Culture, Hunting & Gathering, Horticulture, Pastoralism, Agrivculture, Transition to Modernity. Good reading copy. Trade paperback. 8vo.. (more information)

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27) MAN IN ADAPTATION. The Institutional Framework
Cohen, Yehudi A

Aldine Atherton Chicago (1971). (xii & 478pp). In six sections: Marriage & Family, Law & Social Control, Religion & Magic, Values & Ideologies, Individual in Adaptation, The Arts. Fine. Trade paperback. 8vo.. (more information)

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28) MAN IN ADAPTATION. The Biosocial Background
Cohen, Yehudi A

Aldine (1968). (xii & 386pp). Minor wave in paper and in cover from previous dampness. Light stain on cover. In five sections: Issues & Concepts in Adaptation, Primate Background, Man's Physical Adaptations, Speech, Cultural Adaptations via Archeology. Good reading copy. Trade paperback. 8vo.. (more information)

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29) CORD (Committee on Research in Dance) Research Annual, VI. 'New Dimensions in Dance Research: Anthropology and Dance--The American Indian
Comstock, Tamara (Editor)

CORD (1974). Squarish 8vo. (Approx. 9' x 7'). 'The Proceedings of the Third Conference on Research in Dance. March 26-April 2, 1972 at University of Arizona.' Decorated front cover. Name on verso of front cover: 'Ellynne Skove, Spring 1983.' Foreward by Allegra Fuller Snyder. xii+ & 354pp including biographical notes. Includes articles by Edward H. Spicer on the Yaqui and by Alan Lomax on choreometrics. Very good. Illustrations. Wraps.. (more information)

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30) THE ORIGIN OF THE RACES
Coon, Carleton S

Knopf 1962. xli, 724pp plus 21page index. Tear in margin of one page repaired. Very good. No dj. Illustrations, Maps, Tables. 1st edition. Cloth. Large 8vo.. (more information)

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