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Calcutta: Modern Book Depot. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. 147, v pages; Foreword by Verrier Elwin, D.Sc. (Oxon). Illustrated with photographs, large folding map of Assam and Nefa tipped in at rear. Contents clean and tight in original cream coloured boards in edgeworn dustjacket with chipping and staining (now in protective mylar cover); rear board has superfical stain. This work is an account of the author's travels to the tribal areas of Assam, NEFA, and the Naga Hills Tuensang area describing the cultural and social life of the people with a particular interest in the music and song of the region. The last two chapters "Tribal Faith" and "Tribal Dances" bring out the unity of the tribal outlook in the fields of religion ad artistic expression. .

Washington: Dumbarton Oaks. Very Good. 1978. Paperback. Studies in Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology, No 19; 78 pages; Former owner's blindstamp at bottom of titlepage, otherwise clean and tight in original printed tan wrappers. .

Mexico: Escuela Nacional de Antropologia e historia. Very Good+. 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Several folding maps. Index. Bibliography.; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. .

Cincinnati: Robert Clarke. Very Good-. 1881. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. x, 401 pages; Contents clean and secure in original green cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine and front cover. Very Good condition, but for a one inch water mark on front board and 2 inch water mark on rear board. The author lived in Columbia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia for 4 years (1861-65) and describes the people, nature, topography, villages, customs, ruins, etc. Welch 110. Larned 4032. Smith H47. Griffin 5321: 'A very informative account by the United States' minister to Ecuador 1861-1865. Excellent descriptions of the land, cities, roads, social life and political condition of Ecuador in the early years of Garcia Moreno's rule.' .

Rio de Janeiro: Jose Olympio. Very Good. 1968. Fourth Edition. Paperback. 183 pages; Contents clean and tight in original wrappers; wrappers worn at spine ends and corners. B&W illustrations and folding map. Text in Portuguese. Recife is the largest city in the Northeast region of Brazil. Recife is located where the Beberibe River meets the Capibaribe River to flow into the Atlantic Ocean. It is a major port on the Atlantic Ocean. Its name is an allusion to the stone reefs that are present by the city's shores. The many rivers, small islands and over 50 bridges found in Recife city center characterize its geography and gives it the moniker of the "Brazilian Venice." Gilberto Freyre (1900 – 1987) was a Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman, born in Recife, Northeast Brazil. He is one of the great Brazilian cultural interpreters of the 20th century, best-known for his sociological treatise Casa-Grande &… Read More

Philadelphia: Robert E. Peterson & Co. Very Good. 1853. Engraving. From The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans; 1 pages; Excellent 19th Century Hand Colored steel engraved Portrait of Henry R. Schoolcraft engraved by Illman & Sons. Image measures 7" X 4" (14" x 11" matted). Clean sharp nicely colored image, matted in white stock with clear mylar. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793 – 1864) was an American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist, noted for his early studies of Native American cultures, as well as for his 1832 expedition to the source of the Mississippi River. He is also noted for his major six-volume study of American Indians in the 1850s. .

Jyvaskyla: Museom Julkaisutoimikunta. Very Good. 1978. Paperback. Keski-Suomen Museoyhdistyksen Julkaisuja ; This jounral of the Central Finland Museum Society contains three major papers on a various topics from the three science related museums of the University of Jyvaskyla - anthropology, art history, and the history of Finland. Former owner's blindstamp on title page, otherwise clean and tight in original stiff wrappers. The first article is by Marja Rekiaro titled Vuodevarusteet Toivakan Huikon alueella 1871-1971 (textiles and bedding of the region); the second is Lotta Svard-jarjeston Jyvaskylan piirin ja Sisa-Suomen piirin Historia 1924-1944; the third is Taidemaalari Urho Lehtisen tyot Keski-Suomen Kirkoissa (Urho Lehtinen's paintings in Central Finland churches). .

Basel: Basel Institute of Ethnology. Very Good. 1989. First Edition. Paperback. 57 pages; Clean and tight in original printed wrappers. Former owner's blindstamp on title page Illustrated throughout with photographs. OCLC Number: 75563055 .

Geneve: Musee d'Ethnographie. Very Good+. 2003. Paperback. Bulletin du Centre Genevois d'Anthropologie, No. 6; 153 pages; Clean and tight in original glossy pictorial stiff wrappers. Blind stamp of previous owner on titlepage, otherwise clean and tight. OCLC: 66395291; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. .

New York: Museum of Primitive Art. Very Good. 1957. First Edition. Paperback. 32 pages; Contents clean and secure in original decorative wrappers. Illustrated with 34 b&w photographs of pieces from the exhibition, including sculpture, canoe prow, bird mask, etc. OCLC: 874314278 .

New York: Museum of Primitive Art. Very Good. 1958. First Edition. Paperback. 32 pages; Clean and secure in original decorative wrappers. Illustrated with 31 b&w photographs of pieces from the exhibition, including sculpture, scepters, a funerary mask and textiles. OCLC: 929446498 .

New York: Museum of Primitive Art. Very Good. 1957. First Edition. Paperback. (32) pages; Clean and secure in original pictorial wrappers. Features 39 illustrated wonderful works of primitive sculpture -- Easter Island, Polynesia, Africa, Middle America. Preface by Nelson A. Rockefeller, introduction by Robert Goldwater. From the collection of Stefan P. Munsing [1915-1994] who worked in New York City as a designer for Hans Knoll, Norman Bel Geddes and RCA. Munsing served in the Army in World War II, then as Chief of the Monuments, Fine-Arts & Archives Section in Munich. The MFAA was an Army unit locating stolen artworks which had disappeared into the huge Nazi hoards during the war. [The "Monuments Men"] Munsing later joined the U.S. Department of State during the later 1940's and '50's, where he established the State Department's Amerika Haus programs in Munich and Berlin and organized exhibitions and cultural programs in Germany and Austria. In… Read More

Nepmuvelesi Propogansa Iroda. Very Good-. 1972. First Edition. Paperback. Clean and secure in original pictorial stiff wrappers. Faint blindstamp of previous owner. Examines the Museum's collection of material related to ethnographic studies of the region of Hungary and the Danube area. Clean and tight in original pictorial wrappers, faint blindstamp of previous owner. .

Colorado Springs: Taylor Museum of Colorado Springs. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1959. Hardcover. (xiv), 273 pages; Former owner's names on ffep, otherwise clean and secure in original red cloth binding in edgeworn dustjacket with chipping at extremities. .

Szombathely: Savaria Muzeum. Very Good+. 1984. First Edition. Paperback. 40 pages; Clean and tight in original pictorial wrappers. Illustrated. .

Rio de Janeiro: Livraria Jose Olympio. Very Good-. 1951. Second Revised Edition. Softcover. 297 pages; 2a edicao, revista e aumentada. Illustracoes de Lula Cardoso Ayres e M. Bandeira. Special limited edition, signed by the author -- copy #24 of 200. Publisher's printed wrappers, fold-over flaps in the French style. Front cover lettered in black and blue-green, spine lettered in black. A clean tight copy, but the spine is toned, and has a short closed tear at the bottom end, and a pull (which has caused a chip missing) at the top. The slipcase is somewhat rubbed and worn at the joints, but is intact and has protected the fragile wrappers nicely. A significant book on his native region of Brazil's northeast, written by Gilberto Freyre [1900-1987] -- sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and politician. Freyre is considered to be the originator of luso-tropicalism -- prompted by the unique mixed racial background of Brazil, and unusual features… Read More

Rio de Janeiro: Jose Olympio. Very Good. 1968. Fourth Edition. Paperback. 158 pages; Contents clean and tight in original wrappers; wrappers worn at spine ends. B&W illustrations and folding map. Text in Portuguese. Gilberto Freyre (1900 – 1987) was a Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman, born in Recife, Northeast Brazil. He is one of the great Brazilian cultural interpreters of the 20th century, best-known for his sociological treatise Casa-Grande & Senzala (published in English as The Masters and the Slaves), a classic of modern cultural anthropology and social history. Olinda is a historic city in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, located on the country's northeastern Atlantic Ocean coast, just north of Recife and south of Paulista. Olinda features a number of major touristic attractions, including a historic downtown area and the Carnival of Olinda, a popular street party, similar to traditional Portuguese… Read More

Paris: Universite De Paris. Near Fine. 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Institut D'Ethnologie - Musee de L'Homme. Urban Ethnic relations in the Nigerian city of Niamey. Memoirs de L'Institut D'Ethnologie - 1 Text in French. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. .

New York: Museum of Primitive Art. Very Good. 1957. First Edition. Paperback. 20 pages; Three page Press Release for an exhibition at the Museum of Primitive Art titled Color in Sculpture and Ceramics running from October 30, 1957 thruough Frebruary 9, 1958. The printed Press Release is accompanied by four 8" x 10" glossy b&w photographs of examples of items in the exhibition with details of the exhibition and item description on verso (Items #2 Poro Society Mask (Nigere), #7 Ceremonial House Mural (Melanesia), #23 Water Buffalo Head (Ghana) and #52 Priest wearing Echecatl Mask (Vera Cruz). .

London. Very Good-. 1887. First Edition. Pamphlet. 20 pages; Removed document. Text clean and unmarked in original self-wrappers. L.C. deposit stamp at top of front wrapper (duplicate - copy 3), ink inscription: "The Smithsonian / Institution from / the Author", presumably in the author's manuscript. Date printed at end -- "London, May 5, 1887" OCLC 16324027 This fascinating article later appeared in The Calcutta Review, October 1887; pp. 209-228. From the text: "It is my deliberate opinion, though it is arrived at with sadness, that European civilisation presents itself to races in a low state of culture with such frightful concomitants, that it is better for them not to have known it." "We hear of no legends. The people are truly cannibals, and revengeful, but they have been cruelly used by Europeans, and are justified in their retaliation." The author, a remarkable individual, Robert Needham Cust (1821 – 1909) was a British… Read More