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Rise and Fall of Maya Civilization, The


Thompson, J. Eric S.

Hardcover. Norman, OK, Univ. of Oklahoma, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white illust. 287 pages. Dust jacket w/ edgewear, chipping; spine slightly faded. Previous owner's sticker on front fly leaf. Else clean and tight.

Record # 60610


Price: $13.00 

 

Rituals, Mantras and Science: An Integral Perspective (India's Scientific Heritage)


Burde, Jayant

Hardcover. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1st Edition, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 262 pages. Hardcover. Green cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, agewear (see image). Pages clean. Binding good. Spine straight. Using structural analysis, the author shows that rituals in general, whether religious, political, social or otherwise have common structural patterns.

Record # 33460


Price: $25.00 

 

Roots of the Blues, The


Charters, Samuel

Hardcover. Salem, Marion Boyers, Inc., 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 151 pages. Hardcover. 8 pages of black & white photographs. Light wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611695


Price: $15.00 

 

Rope of Moka, The: Big-Men and Ceremonial Exchange in Mount Hagen, New Guinea


Strathern, Andrew

Hardcover. London, England, Cambridge University Press, 1st Edition, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 254 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Previous owner's name stamped on front flyleaf. Some underlining and notes within. Red cloth cover board, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket has bottom of front flap corner clipped. Agewear to Dust jacket. Binding good. Spine straight. Dr. Strathern presents the first full length account in English of the moka. Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology 4

Record # 33483


Price: $25.00 

Russian StudiesSchapiro, Leonard Bertram
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Russian Studies


Schapiro, Leonard Bertram

Hardcover. New York, NY, Viking, 1st, 1986, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 400 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Small tear to dust jacket repaired with tape. Some edge wear to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 469257


Price: $13.00 

Sacha RunaWhitten, Norman E.
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Sacha Runa


Whitten, Norman E.

Hardcover. Quito, Ecuador, University of Illinois Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 348 pages, b&w illustrations. Light wear and tearing and sun-fade to spine, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 458739


Price: $19.00 

 

Sacred Landscapes - The Threshold Between Worlds


Davis, Lynn

Hardcover. New York, Sterling Publishing Corporation, First Edition, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 246 pages. Hardcover. Peat cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Dime sized bump to front board corner, small blemish to gutter of front flyleaf. Otherwise very clean & unmarked. Stunning full page photography in black & white, beautifully presented to accompany text. Dust jacket with light marginal wear to edges. A very nice copy.

Record # 751102


Price: $63.00 

 

Sacred Scriptures of the Japanese, The


Wheeler, Post

Hardcover. New York , Henry Schuman, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 562 pages, in a lightly chipped, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 407398


Price: $25.00 

 

Sandpaintings of the Navaho Shootingway and the Walcott Collection


Leland C. Wyman

Hardcover. Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 102 pages. 44 color and b&w plates. No jacket. Two-toned blue cloth. Spine somewhat worn otherwise in good shape.

Record # 605069


Price: $13.00 

 

Savage Mind (La Pensee Sauvage), The


Levi-Strauss, Claude

Hardcover. London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1st English, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 290 pages. 8 black-and-white illustrations, plus black-and-white figures and charts throughout. Minor edge wear and sun-fading along dust jacket spine. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Otherwise, clean, tight copy.

Record # 856176


Price: $38.00 

Savages And Civilization: Who Will Survive?Weatherford, Jack
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Savages And Civilization: Who Will Survive?


Weatherford, Jack

Hardcover. New York, Crown, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 310 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 468702


Price: $13.00 

 

Scattered Round Stones - A Mayo Village in Sonora, Mexico


Yetman, David

Hardcover. Albuquerque, University of New Mexico, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, B&W photos, 351 pages

Record # 175573


Price: $35.00 

Scots, The: a photohistoryMacKinnon, Murray
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Scots, The: a photohistory


MacKinnon, Murray

Hardcover. New York, Thames & Hudson, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Hardcover. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Blind stamp on cover. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469034


Price: $25.00 

 

Search of the Primitive, In


Cotlow, Lewis

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 454 pages. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Dust jacket with chipping along edges, wrinkling to back cover. Small area of fading to cloth at bottom of spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612672


Price: $25.00 

 

Searching the Criminal Body: Art/Science/Prejudice


Erony (Curators), Susan, Nicole Hahn Rafter, PhD

Softcover. Albany, NY, Univeristy Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of NY, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 67 pages. Softcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. A bit of age wear to wrapper, but still in very good condition, clean and unmarked inside.

Record # 31040


Price: $23.00 

 

Self-Decoration in Mount Hagen


Strathern, Andrew

Hardcover. London, Backworth, 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 208 page. Hardcover with dust jacket. Moderate abrasion and ripping on top edge of jacket with taped repairs. Slight foxing on inner cover.

Record # 2230450


Price: $23.00 

 

Sex Offenders


Gebhard , Paul H.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred C. Kinsey , 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 905 pages. Includes extensive graphs and tables of data. Binding cracked between back cover and rear fly leaf. Else clean, tight copy.

Record # 857243


Price: $31.00 

Shape of the Past, The: Studies in Honor of Franklin D. MurphyBuccellati, Giorgio
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Shape of the Past, The: Studies in Honor of Franklin D. Murphy


Buccellati, Giorgio

Hardcover. California, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 322 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white photographs. Clean, unmarked copy. Small tears on dust jacket along top and bottom edges and spine.

Record # 468503


Price: $25.00 

 

Shelter: Models of Native Ingenuity


The Katonah Gallery

Softcover. Katonah, New York, The Katonah Gallery, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 56 pages, plus acknowledgments. Collection of essays published in conjunction with an exhibition at The Katonah Gallery. Brown stapled covers with black illustration and titles, introduction by James Marston Fitch, 7 essays by various authors, profusely illustrated with b&w plates throughout. Very slight rubbing to covers; a clean, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 806169


Price: $26.00 

Social Change in the Pacific IslandsRobillard, Albert B. (ed.)
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Social Change in the Pacific Islands


Robillard, Albert B. (ed.)

Hardcover. London, Kegan Paul International, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 507 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Normal age wear to jacket, fading along spine. Clean and tight copy.

Record # 2231016


Price: $19.00 

 

Society Against the State: Essays in Political Anthropology


Clastres, Pierre

Softcover. New York, Zone Books, 5th, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 218 pages. Softcover with light wear to wrappers. Tight copy.

Record # 2233769


Price: $19.00 

 

Soil-Tilling and Agricultural Rites in the Trobriand Islands


Malinowski, Bronislaw

Hardcover. Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, Reprint, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 500 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Light pencil marking inside. Coral Gardens and Their Magic, Volume 1. First published 1935.

Record # 2230464


Price: $23.00 

Solomon Island Society, A: Kinship and Leadership Among the Siuai of BougainvilleOliver, Douglas L.
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Solomon Island Society, A: Kinship and Leadership Among the Siuai of Bougainville


Oliver, Douglas L.

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st Edition, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 533 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket has chipping and fading to spine, with old tape repairs to inside. Slight foxing to top of text block, blemishes to side and bottom.

Record # 33569


Price: $35.00 

Sorcerers of Dobu: A Social Anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western PacificFortune, R.F.
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Sorcerers of Dobu: A Social Anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific


Fortune, R.F.

Hardcover. Great Britain, Butler & Tanner Ltd., Revised Edition, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 318 pages. Hardcover. Green cloth covers, gilt title on spine, some fraying on edges. B/w illustrations throughout. Notes and light pencil underlining throughout. Binding good. Dust jacket has some agewear (see image). This book is both a dramatic record of the Dobuans' daily life and an especially rich source of information on primitive psychology.

Record # 33536


Price: $25.00 


  
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