Kiev, Ukraine: Ukrains'ke Istorychne Tovarystvo u SShA, 2000 818 pp. Frontispiece plate, footnotes, bibliography. Only published in paperback. Majority of articles in Ukrainian; a few in English. Prof. Wynar was the founder and president of the Ukrainian Historical Association, and the author of many scholarly books and articles on Ukrainian history. Sewn binding. Minor wear to covers.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good Plus. 23 x 15 cm. ... (more information)

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. xvii, 221 pp. Chronology, endnotes, bibliography, index. A critical study of the Nobel Laureate's (1991) work which challenged apartheid in South Africa.. First Edition. Paperback. Like New. 22 x 14 cm. ... (more information)

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Budapest: Neprajzi Muzeum, 1998. 223 pp. Introduction (Benda Gyula), portrait, glossary, indexes. Text in Hungarian. A memoir of the Hungarian uprising of 1848-1849. Light overall wear to covers.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). 25 x 17 cm. ... (more information)

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Beograd (Belgrade): SRpska akademija nauka i umetnosti, 1970 139 pp. Illustrations (some color), bibliographical footnotes. Each article in both Serbo-Croatian (Cyrillic) and French. CONTENTS (French titles): Notre art populaire. Traitement figuratif et plastique dans l'architecture rurale. Pierres tombales en Serbie. Caracteres plastiques due costume populaire. Ceramique populaire en Serbie. Oeufs colories (oeufs de Paques). Icones sur verre. CONDITION: . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 23 x 17 cm. ... (more information)

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Rochester, NY: Royal Historical Society / Boydell Press, 1998. x, 247 pp. Footnotes, bibliography, index. Thomas Hodgskin was one of the most significant thinkers of nineteenth-century radicalism. An active writer for over fifty years and an associate of Bentham and James Mill amongst others, his life provides a paradigm for understanding the evolution of radicalism from Waterloo to the Second Reform Act. This study rescues him from his marginalisation and mis-casting as an `early English socialist': far fr... (more information)

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Copenhagen, Denmark: Rosenkilde and Bagger, 1979 Scarce. Only published in softcover. 359 pp. Portrait, footnotes, bibliography, index. Text in English with frequent passages in Russian. A scholarly study of Boris Pil'njak--an important but unfortunately little-known Soviet writer--and his art during his most productive period. CONDITION: Sewn binding. An ex-library copy (stamped "withdrawn"; call number sticker on spine; library stamps and marks on title-page; pocket inside rear cover; barcode st... (more information)

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Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 2001. xiv, 263 pp. Map, illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index. An ethnohistorical analysis of the forces threatening the Náyari (Cora) society of northwestern Mexico and the role of indigenous ceremonialism in legitimating political authority. CONTENTS: 1) Introduction. 2) People, land, and livelihood in Santa Teresa. 3) "On top of the earth": the symbolism of descent-group mitote ceremonies in Santa Teresa. 4) The politics of Tereseño ... (more information)

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Leningrad: Gidrometeorologicheskoe, 1964. 175 pp. Footnotes, fold-out chart, figures, bibliography. Text in Russian. This is a study of the climate in the Caucasus. Paper-covered boards show light overall wear, a nick to side edge (rear board), moderate wear and chipping at corners, light foxing to top and bottom edges, and overall uneven discoloration from exposure. Binding is sound; text is clean. A non-circulating, ex-library copy (the only evidence of this is the presence of the library and withdrawn st... (more information)

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Cambridge, MA: American School of Prehistoric Research, Peabody Museum of Harvard University, 1948. xliv, 252 pp. + plates. Maps, plates, illustrations, notes, bibliography. Prefatory material contains a memorial for George Grant MacCurdy (with complete list of publications) and short obituaries of Addison L. Green, Charles Peabody, Vladimir J. Fewkes, and Hugo Obermaier, as well as a short memorial for the author of this monograph, James H. Gaul (1911-1945), whose brief career ended tragically in a Nazi co... (more information)

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London: Wildy and Sons, 1901 Rare. 54 pp. A polemical study of the legal rights of Great Britain regarding the Netherlands South African Railway (Nederlandsch-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorwegmaatschappij) following the British victory in the Second Boer War (1899-1902). CONDITION: An ex-library copy (stamped withdrawn; library bookplate on front pasted endpaper; library marks on title-page). Rebound in plain green cloth with original paper covers preserved. Paper is brittle: nearly half of the pages are loose (al... (more information)

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983 ix, 252 pp. Bibliographical notes, indexes. A collection of 8 scholarly articles, plus a bibliographical survey of British scholarship, on Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevskii's (1821-1881) literary legacy. CONTENTS: Introduction [Malcolm V. Jones]. 1) The young Dostoyevsky: an assessment in the light of recent scholarship [Victor Terras]. 2) The causes of crime and the meaning of law: "Crime and punishment" and contemporary radical thought [Derek Offord]. 3) ... (more information)

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Bethesda, MD: Study of Child Growth & Development & Disease Patterns in Primitive Cultures, National Institute of Neurological Diseases & Blindness, National Institutes of Health (US Department of Health, Education & Welfare), 1970. Scarce. 181 pp. Indexes. Reprinted with index, June 1970 (originally published in 1963). Dr. Gajdusek shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976 with Dr. Baruch S. Blumberg for their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemina... (more information)

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Bethesda, MD: Study of Child Growth and Development and Disease Patterns in Primitive Cultures, National Institute of Neurological & Communicative Disorders & Stroke, National Institutes of Health (US Department of Health, Education & Welfare), 1979. Scarce. Complete set of two parts bound in one volume: xli, 395 pp.; xv, 310 pp. Illustrations, indexes. Reprinted with index, June 1979 (originally published in 1968). Dr. Gajdusek shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976 with Dr. B... (more information)

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Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International, 1994 399 pp. Virtually like new except for one crease along spine; text clean and free of all marks.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 22 x 14 cm. ... (more information)

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Athens, OH: Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, 1979 12 pp. 12 black-and-white illustrations, bibliography, map. A short, informative guidebook which accompanied a 1979 exhibition of Nigerian textiles (selections primarily from Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, and Nupe cultures). CONDITION: Stapled pamphlet. Very light handling wear; text clean and free of marks. Inscribed on title-page by one of the authors to friends.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 28 x 22 cm. ... (more information)

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Meisenheim am Glan, Germany: Verlag Anton Hain, 1970. ix, 305 pp. Bibliography. Text in German. Light overall rubbing and minor soiling to card covers. Upper corners of covers and book block moderately bumped.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 16 x 23 cm. ... (more information)

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Meisenheim am Glan, Germany: Verlag Anton Hain, 1971. 196 pp. Text in German. Light overall rubbing and minor soiling to card covers.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 16 x 23 cm. ... (more information)

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Turku: Nordic Institute of Folklore, 1993. Only published in paperback. 240 pp. Illustrations, endnotes, list of authors. These scholarly essays present contemporary perspectives in the study of folklore and traditional cultures in Nordic societies. Papers include: 1) Nordic frontiers: An introduction. 2) Folklore, modernity, and postmodernism: A theoretical overview. 3) Folklore and cultural identity. 4) Folklore and the genderized world: Or twelve points from a feminist perspective. 5) Rethinking visual r... (more information)

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Department of English, Illinois State University, 1994. 103 pp. Contains the previously unpublished texts of six of the annual "Norman H. Sprouse Carlyle Lectures" delivered annually at the University of California, Santa Cruz.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 26 x 18 cm. ... (more information)

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Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1988. xxii, 318 pp. Arnold family chart, illustrations, notes, selected bibliography, index. Set in the heart of antebellum America, this book chronicles the two lives of a man who signified in microcosm a divided nation moving toward Civil War. Northern businessman and member of the Rhode Island elite as well as southern planter and slaveowner, Arnold was the epitome of the wealthy, successful, paternalistic entrepreneur. His talents enabled him to preserve his weal... (more information)

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