Social Science from Pulp & Circumstance

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada (Random House), 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A survey of the scope and seriousness of the problems that beset our world with an emphasis on the possibilities for optimism going forward. Hardcover in black boards with gilt titling on the spine. … Read more about this item

New York: Penguin Press, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An expose of Abu Ghraib prison and the treatment of prisoners by American forces during the 2003 Iraq War. Hardcover in black boards with white titling to the front cover and on the spine. Excellent copy: … Read more about this item

New York: Vintage (Penguin Random House), 2021. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Joint biography of the Shawnee Chief and his sometimes inspired brother. Vividly portrays the peoples and events of the pan-Indian resistance of the early 19th century. First published in 2020, this copy is a first printing of the 2021… Read more about this item

Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions International, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to: 9¾ - 12" tall. Explores the relationship between visual patterns and the underlying cosmology. Originally published in 1976, this copy is a second printing of the 1999 American soft cover edition. Illustrated with line drawings that often include blue ink for emphasis. Text… Read more about this item

New York: Pantheon Books (Random House), 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Focusing on, but not limited to, Egypt, this is an "informative, insightful, and engaging account of a highly sensitive and still largely secret aspect of Arab society" (front flap, publisher). Hardcover in red boards with silver… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1995. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Memoirs by a man who lived among the Inuit from 1948 to 1962 and who was instrumental in promoting and popularizing Inuit art. Hardcover in blue boards with gilt titling on the spine. Illustrated endpapers. Map and b&w… Read more about this item

New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An American social history that reveals how the holiday as evolved and what it tells us about American culture. First published in 1995, and then as a trade paperback in 1996; second printing thus. Eight pages of b&w… Read more about this item

Sausalito, California: Post-Apollo Press, 1993. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. These letters are poignant essays, written in the shadow of war, that tell of the lives of women in the cities visited by the author. Binding square and tight. The book appears unread, though we rate is only as Very Good… Read more about this item

Shantou, China: Shantou University Press, 2007. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An English language study of the effects of migration on the regions the migrants have left behind. Soft cover with flaps. Illustrated in b&w with charts, graphs and diagrams. Bibliography. Binding square and tight. Wraps a little… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam Books, 1975. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Argues that our social evolution has gone askew due to our increasing discontinuities with the environment, the community and our own bodies. First published 1974. Mass market paperback edition (Bantam Y6342) published 1975; second printing thus. Notes. Index.… Read more about this item

London: Sphere Books Lts, 1978. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. UK mass market paperback, first printing thus, based on a 1977 TV documentary by David Ambrose & Christopher Miles, The speculation here is that the Earth is doomed and there exists an international conspiracy of long standing to preserve a small… Read more about this item

Toronto: Seal (McClelland and Stewart - Bantam), 1979. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The autobiography of Maria Campbell, a Metis woman who survived violence, abandonment, poverty, drugs, and prostitution to find pride, purpose and connection with the aid of her Cree great-grandmother. Copyright 1973. Seal edition 1979, first printing thus.… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam Books, 1975. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Economic arrangements and cultural complexities as social engineering that benefit the rich and screw the average person. First edition 1974. Bantam edition 1975; third printing thus. Mass market paperback (Bantam Books Nonfiction X6491). A pale brown toning to… Read more about this item

Sooke, BC: Sooke Region Museum, 1992. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. oblong 4to: 9¾ - 12" long. An introduction to the T'Sou-ke people and the people of Sooke, a small community on the western coast of Vancouver Island. First edition and stated Limited Edition. Hardcover in glossy boards without dust jacket. Illustrated… Read more about this item

Nanaimo, BC: Theytus Books, 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Oral history from a hunter, logger and fur trapper who was also the hereditary chief of the Pacheenacht people of Vancouver Island's west coast. Hardcover in black boards with silver titling to the spine. Map. Sixteen pages of b&w… Read more about this item

Sooke, BC: Sooke Region Museum, 1990. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Darlene George . Staple-bound booklet in b&w card covers. Illustrated in b&w. Song transcriptions. Previous owner's address label inside front cover. A little toned at the spine. Minor wear only.

Sooke, B.C.: Shirley Women's Institute Historical Research Group, 1990. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Profiles of three women who were leaders in the Women's Movement and focused on educational opportunities for rural women in BC and around the world. Slim staple-bound booklet in textured card covers. Illustrated in b&w. … Read more about this item

Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2014. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Part of the series "Turning Points in Ancient History" edited by Barry Strauss. Later trade paperback printing includes a new afterword by the author. Frontis "Map of the Late Bronze Age" Illustrated in b&w with eleven figures (photos… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1994. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A work of "philosophical anthropology" first published in the UK, 1994. This copy is a US trade paperback edition. Index. Very Good: square at the spine and firmly bound. Card covers have a little curl. A… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in yellow cloth with gilt front cover illustration and gilt titling to the spine. First American edition. Larger octavo: additional shipping charges due to weight are a possibility. Maps on endpapers. 45 colour illustrations on plates… Read more about this item