NY, George H. Doran, 1st, 1912, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 480 pages plus index. Many b&w photographs, folding map in rear. Ex-library with usual markings, stamping. Binding shaken. A detailed study of the Ekoi people of Nigeria.
Hardcover. New York, Funk & Wagnalls, First Edition, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 273 pages. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with graphic totem decoration to front printed in blue, orange & black ink. Orange titles to spine, maps to endpapers. Dust jacket with tears to edges, age toning now protected with a plastic cover. Profusely illustrated in black & white, tight bindng, clean & unmarked pages throughout.
Hardcover. Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 248 pages, b&w illustrations. Tan marbled boards with gilt title to spine. Pictorial dust jacket with light wear and wrinkle to spine, and slight foxing to back cover, else a very nice, tight copy.
Softcover. New York , American Museum of Natural History, unknown, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 63 pages, illustrated in b&w. Guide leaflet Series No. 41. Paper covers.
Hardcover. New York, Abbeville Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 251 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners inscription on half title page. Illustrated with full color photographs. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, England, Tavistock Publications, 1st Edition, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 296 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Black cloth cover boards (light abrasion to top of front cover board), gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, has a couple of small tears along the top (see image). Pages clean. Top edge dyed, some sight tanning. This book is inspired by the work of Audrey Richards CBE whose writing on ritual contains many of the insights that have been developed in later studies.
Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 528 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Small creases on first few pages. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Paris, Les Editions Vega, Reprint, 1964, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages. Softcover. French text. Previous owners initials at top edge of front cover; Name also on front endpaper. Darkening to spine. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Seattle, WA, University of Washington Press in association with the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 282 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Normal light wear and slight blemish on cover, but otherwise clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1st Edition, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 259 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Some wear and small tear to upper edge of jacket, fading, scuffing to back. Foxing to top of textblock, inside jackets and in end papers. Clean and tight copy otherwise.
Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 313 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Slight wear and fading on jacket and foxing on text block.
Hardcover. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1st Edition, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 90 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket shows minor age wear to edges, one very small puncture to upper spine. Tight copy with very light pencil marking, name of former owner in pen in front end papers.
Hardcover. Seattle, WA, University of Washington Press, 1st Edition, 1959, 307 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. B/w illustrations (maps). Some light foxing to top edge, slight tanning to edges. Pages clean. Pine straight. Binding good. Agewear to covers (see image).
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 260 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. The story of an epic scientific adventure on the far edge of the Amazon. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Light age toning to text block edges Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.
Softcover. Lima Peru, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 341 pages, b&w illustrations, photographs, fold-out maps. Softcover with illustrated wrappers. A social study of a Peruvian town in 1955. Mild tanning to paper otherwise excellent condition.Spanish text.
Hardcover. New York, E. P Dutton & Co Inc , 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 264 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustration on front cover. B&w photography throughout. Dust jacket price clipped. Musty odor. Edge wear and fading to dust jacket. Otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Paris, France, Les Editions G. Cres & Cie, 1st, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 4 Volume Set. Hardcover. FRENCH TEXT. B/w illustrations throughout. Former owner's bookplate on front endpapers of all 4 books. Multi-color cover boards with brown leather quarter/spine and matching leather corners. Cover boards have some agewear. Spine has raised bands with paste down title labels in gilt. Leather is showing age wear and worn at edges and spine, in places. Tanning from age throughout and foxing to top edges. Gutters split in some areas, but no pages are detached or missing. Beautiful, old set that is "a general introduction to the study of the arts in Asia for the cultivated public." Vol.1: L'Orient: 362 pages; Vol. 2: L'Inde: 370 pages;Vol. 3: Le Chine: 360 pages; and Vol. 4: La Japon: 319 pages.
Softcover. New York, Norton & Co., 1st Edition, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 352 pages. Softcover. Fading to spine and wear to covers, crease to bottom front corner. Foxing to top of text block. Small plate with former author's name in front end papers. Pen marking along the spine.
Softcover. US, University of California Press, reprint , 1994, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 340 pages. Light curling and edge wear to dust jacket. Slight foxing to title page, otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London/NY, Tavistock Publications, 1st Edition, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 170 pages. Hardcover. Buff/yellow cloth cover boards, brown title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, spine slightly faded, otherwise excellent dj. Pages clean, binding tight, spine straight. Drawing on the extensive fieldwork he has carried out in the Highlands area of Papua New Guinea over the past 20 years, Professor Strathern argues that linear theories of social change, whether materialist or idealist, are incorrect.
Hardcover. New York NY, Rand McNally , 1st, 1956, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 240 pages; b&w photographs: small tears and folding on dust jacket, but intact. Edges of pages yellowed with some scratches, and cover edges worn around bottom. Otherwise clean copy.
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