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Pilgrims Book House, 2005-12-15. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

Basic Books. Used - Good. Good condition. 2nd edition. (Lepcha, South Asian people) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

New York: Basic Books, 1967. Good trade paperback, 1967. Some wear, spine creased. Previous owner's name on first page.. Trade Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1967. Pages - 488. 2nd Edition. Jacket - Good/Hardcover. 1. Used - Very Good. Very nice, robust, dark red boards with gilt title. Contents very clean with no inscription. Dustcover very good, very minor wear and slightly faded.

Basic Books, Inc, 1967-01-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

London: Thomas Nelson. 488pp hardback, burgundy boards gilt in wrapper, bw plates including frontispiece, ex-college library with usual stamps and labels . Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1967.

New York, NY: Basic Books, Inc., 1967. 488 pp. Original tan cloth covers. Bottom corner of rear cover and spine ends slightly bumped. Previous owner's initials to top edge of front blank endpaper. Review slip laid-in. DJ moderately soiled w/ light chipping to corners and spine ends. Approx. 3/4" closed tear from top edge of front panel; approx. 1" closed tear from top edge of rear panel. Spine darkened. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Contents nice.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy.

Nelson, 1967. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Good in Good dust jacket. Evident wear. Interior clean and unmarked. Tight binding.

London.: Nelson.. 1967.. Black and white photographic illustrations, 488pp, appendices including "A Note on the Lepcha Language" and a "Vocabulary of Lepcha Words", index, dustjacket extremities little worn with sunned spine, a good hardback copy. .

Michael Joseph, 1938. 1st ed G+ as ex hospital library, just one stamp mark, top of spine a little worn and poor repair inside back cover, book has been covered in clear plastic, no dw, internally VG-. 510 pages, a detailed account of life with the Lepcha people of Sikkim, illustrated with b&w photos

New York: Basic Books, Publishers, 1967 A classic work in social anthropology. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. His stamp to the ffep. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 488 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, green topstain, photo frontis. Cover: beige, red titles spine; v lt shelfwear. DJ: unclipped, gray w/ screened photo and red titles front/spine; modest edge/shelfwear w/several tiny closed tears, spine well sunned and faded, large faint stain front.

M. Joseph. Used - Good. 1938. Cloth, octavo, 510 pp. Soiling, chipping, and tears to dj. Price clipped. A good amount of foxing to text and block. Front hinge starting. (Subject: Central Asia.)

Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, 1967. Very Good/No jacket. 8vo. 235 x 155mm, 488 pages. B/w photos. Book condition: Very good, clean red boards, tight binding, name on endpaper. No jacket. Comments: A detailed study of the Lepcha tribe of Sikkim in the Indian Himalayas. Subjects include: home life, food, money lending, law & order, kinship & marriage, Lamaism, The Mun, birth & childhood, sex, marriage & maturity, death.. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Basic Books, 1967. 2nd Ed. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Basic Books, Inc.; New York, 1967. Hardcover. Second Edition. Very Good, tan cloth binding with red lettering on spine, binding firm, moderate handling/rub marks to boards/spine, bumped bottom board edges and top board corners, some wear to spine edges, top text block edge stained green, small rub mark bottom text block corner, small and faint creases to top corner of few pages in front and rear, in a Very Good, sunned spine, some handling/scuff marks to panels/spine/flap margins and verso, some edge/corner wear with only few small creases/tears, Dust wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 488pp., indexed, appendix, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.

London: Michael Joseph. Good+ with no dust jacket. (1938). First Edition. Hardcover. Spine faded. 1/4" tears to cloth at head of spine. Gutters intact. Light spotting to page edges. Provenance: Ex-libris label of J. F. Holman on front pastedown. ; 510 pages + frontispiece + 57 illustrations on 31 plate leaves. Green cloth covers with red lettering on spine. "Lying under the western slopes of Kinchenjunga, in the small native state of Sikkim, is the reserve of Zongu, a rough and precipitous portion of poor land, which is the last home of the Lepchas, a little known Mongoloid race, formerly inhabiting the greater part of Sikkim and the hill-slopes of Kalimpong, and Darjeeling, now gradually dying out before the pressure of Tibetans and Nepali. The Lepchas of Sikkim have never had any contact at all with the white man. Three centuries ago they were conquered by the Tibetans and converted to lamaism; but, except for this conversion, they have carried on their old ways of life… Read More

Some rubbing. Light binding soil. Good. Frontis; 30pp photoplates. Social Anthropology Nelson London (1967) Second edition orig.boards 23x15cm, 488,(30) pp, Name inked on flyleaf. Contents: The Lepchas & Sikkim; Lepcha Life: Relations with the Environment: The Homes of the Lepchas; Getting Food; Relations with Foreigners: Money Lenders & Trading Friends; Relations with Other Lepchas: Law & Order; The Rules of Kinship & Marriage; Relations with the Supernatural: Religion: Lamaism; The Mun; The People of the Mayel; Life of the Lepchas: The Rhythm of Lepcha Life; Birth & Childhood; Sex, Marriage & Maturity; Death; Lives of Lepchas: Deviants & Defectives; The Life of Kurma; The First Dorjé Lapoon, His Family & Jiroong; Appendices.