Anthropology

U. Tokyo Press; 1972. Revised edition. UTP 3045676825149. Hardcover; 170 pg. Dust jacket surface rubbed; edges lightly chipped, 1 small tear in top edge. Brown cloth cover; bottom of spine & corners lightly bumped. Owner's name on front free-endpaper. Some light creasing in pages and light pencil marks in text. Several fold-out genealogical charts & maps, esp. large map, 17 by 17 inches, tipped-in back endpaper. Text is in English.

Vols. 1 and 2: Soldiers and sailors. Vols. 3 and 4: Statesmen and sages. Vols. 5 and 6: Workmen and heroes. Vols 7 and 8 (missing): Artists and authors. Illustrations for each person, one full-page and often other smaller drawings.Note: This set is heavy 9kg. Arrangements can be negotiated for the most cost effective method of delivery. Some minor scuffing and wear on corners and spine. Interiors bound tight.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y.: Davison Press. Very Good. 1972. First Edition. Softcover. 74 pp., all half-tone photographs; square 12mo; stapled white wrappers of coated stock. Soil to covers. All photographs were taken in the last four years while traveling in the United States, Western Europe, and North Africa. .

Very fine hardcover, with dustjacket and case.Shipment of second, third, etc. items at very low prices. Check our full inventory!

Stuttgart: Princeton University, 1903. First edition. FOLIO VOLUME NARRATIVE OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY EXPEDITIONS TO PATAGONIA, 1896-1899, BY J B HATCHER, FUNDED BY J P MORGAN, ILLUSTRATED BY PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES. 13 inches tall folio volume, printed paper binding, photographic frontis with tissue guard, xvi, 314 pp, 50 figures on heavy paper with tissue guards, color double-page map of Patagonia and Terra del Fuego. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Narrative of the Expeditions; Geography of Southern Patagonia: The Plains, The Mountains, The Rivers of Patagonia, The Lakes of Southern Patagonia; The Coast of Patagonia; Climate; The Native Indian Tribes, Settlements in Southern Patagonia, Industries and Resources of Southern Patagonia; Summary; Errata; Index. Closed tear edge of last page and bottom corner of back cover; some tissue guards creased, covers clean, binding tight, text and plates unmarked, very good in custom archival mylar cover. JOHN BELL HATCHER (1861– 1904) was an American paleontologist and fossil… Read More

Presumed first edition (see photo of publication page). Book is in new condition. Dj has a slight tear (about one inch long) on the font near bottom of spine, some slight shelf wear along edges, some wrinkling on inside front flap, and has been scotch taped at the rear flap to the inside cover. Extensive text and photos on the creation, care, dancing and cultural significance of Pende masks by author who spent nearly three years in Zaire studying Pende sculpture.

Book will be sent by priority mail to any U. S. address at no additional charge. Shipment outside of the U. S. . may incur additional charges.

1682 1ed Customs of BRABANT Dutch Netherlands Belgium JB Christyn Antwerp FOLIO
Jean-Baptiste Christyn was a 17th-century Dutch diplomat of the Spanish Netherlands. Prior to serving as the Brabant government, he wrote an extensive and thorough history of the Brabant (European low countries) in which he outlined laws, customs, and people from all over the Netherlands and Belgium.
This enormous 17th-century folio covers Dutch and Belgian cities including Antwerp, Louvain, Bergen op Zoom, Geel, Steenokkerzeel, and many more.
Item number: #18125
Price: $750
CHRISTYN, Jean-Baptiste
Brabandts recht dat is Generale costumen vanden lande ende hertoghdomme van Brabandt midtsgaders van het hertoghdom van Limborgh stede ende lande van Mechelen
T'Antwerpen : By Michiel Knobbaert, 1682. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[10], 766 (i.e. 862)
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Pagination errors expected
· Language: Dutch
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~15in X 10in (38cm… Read More

xvi+521+[61 plates] pages with frontispiece, figures (some folding), tables, charts, maps, appendices, bibliography and index. Folio (12" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pectoral jacket. British School at Athens Supplementary Volume, 42. Co-edited by Neil Brodie, Christine Morris and Chris Scarre. Signed letter from Colin Renfrew laid in. First edition. The British School at Athens (BSA) has a long and distinguished link with the island of Melos. Cecil Harcourt-Smith made a preliminary visit to the island in January 1896 and this led to a series of excavations, first in the main urban centre and then at the site of Phylakopi. By the end of the first season Harcourt-Smith could note, "we have already found enough to show that the mound covered the remains of a prehistoric fortress or palace of the utmost importance". Three more seasons were conducted by Duncan Mackenzie (1897-99) and the final report was published in 1904. short season of… Read More

1747 ROME Nieupoort Senate Roman Law Customs Mythology Cicero Latin Utrecht
Willem Nieupoort, a 17th-century Dutch historian, wrote 'Rituum' as a supplement to traditional Roman antiquarian studies. He outlined various aspects of Roman orders including the establishment of Rome and the Roman Senate, the offices of religious priests, liturgical rites, and the importance of games and amphitheater entertainments. There is also an important section focused on the Roman army as well as a section on the private lives of Romans, exploring their clothing, customs, coins, and celebrations.
Nieupoort was a well-known and respected jurist of his time, thus much of his perspective in this work involves Roman law. He acknowledges the importance of Cicero, Plato, and other philosophers, but also mentions the Roman focus on mythology.
Item number: #18616
Price: $499
NIEUPOORT, Willem Hendrik
Rituum, qui olim apud Romanos obtinuerunt, succincta explicatio
Traiecti ad Rhenum [Utrecht]: Apud Ioannem Broedelet, 1747.… Read More

Cape Town SA, South African Museum, 1992, stapled paperback, 27 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Very Good condition in brown card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, small scuffs to covers, some evidence of previous damp near spine. An examination of Bushmen arrows as part of an intricate system of beliefs and rituals, not simply as agents of death. Illustrated throughout with six drawn figures. References appended. ISBN 9780868131269

Dail, Hubert. THE SINGING FOOL AND THE STORY OF SUNNY BOY. 1928 copyright, Novel Magazine Corp., 1929 copyright Grosset & Dunlap. AL JOLSON COVER. Novelized from the 1928 Warner Bros. Motion Picture with this same title. A Lloyd Bacon Production. Illustrated with scenes from the Photoplay starring AL JOLSON, star of THE JAZZ SINGER, first talking film ever produced, this being a sequel. Please excuse our batch of books photos. The Singing Fool is the only title available here. USED. VG/Good Original RARE dust jacket. Protected in a mylar wrap. Red boards, black titling. 218 pages, 5 ¼ X 7 ¾. A nice find for motion picture buffs/historians.

Black glossy paper wraps. French text. Minor wear to head of spine (see image), but otherwise a clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. Scarce.
9.5 x 11.75 in

La identificacion dactiloscopica informe de policiologia y de derecho publico por fernando ortiz primera edicion habana cuba 1913.es sin duda uno de los libros mas raros de don fernando ortiz,obedeciendo al deseo y la necesidad de aplicarla a la naciente tecnica policiaca en la republica de cuba en los primeros anos de la republica.
Fernando Ortiz Fernández (n. La Habana, Cuba, 16 de julio de 1881 - f. Ibidem, 10 de abril de 1969) fue un etnólogo, antropólogo, jurista, arqueólogo y periodista.
Estudioso de las raíces histórico-culturales afrocubanas. Criminólogo, lingüista, musicólogo, folklorista, economista, historiador y geógrafo. Realizó notables aportes relacionados con las fuentes de la cultura cubana.
Por su labor investigadora, así como por la amplitud y profundidad de sus temas de estudio es conocido como el tercer descubridor de Cuba, después de Cristóbal Colón y Alejandro de Humboldt. Investigó especialmente la presencia africana en la cultura cubana. Con el concepto de… Read More

First edition, only hardcover printing, review copy, signed by author on title page. Review slip with date stamp laid in; we are confident it belongs with this copy, as there is the slightest ghosting on the top middle of the half-title page that corresponds exactly in size with the slip. (Check the photo of the half-title to see.)
Signed by Wendell Berry on title page; no other writing. "First printing w" slug on copyright page, as per Freedman A16. Only 4000 copies printed, no later hc printings. (Neither Freedman nor Zempel & Verkler offer explanation for the added "w" in the edition slug, but there are other examples of this during these years; it may refer to where the book was printed.)
Condtion is NF with only flaw being paper-clip marks at top of pgs. 62-65, no ghosting or other marks. Dust jacket is NF, not price-clipped, slight wrinking at top of back panel and rear flap. (Again see photos.)
One of the rarest of Mr. Berry's books, more so signed, much less a review copy. This one is all three.

A. Conan Doyle. The Hound of The Baskervilles, Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes. First American Edition Second Impression Thus: McClure Phillips & Co., New York. States Second Impression Thus, Published March, 1902 R. Copyright 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle and George Newnes, Ltd. USED. GOOD- CONDITION. 249 pages plus adverts.