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London:Heinemann,1982.. Rep. "The book outlines the transition from man's precursors to man himself, the manners and customs of primitive society, and the origins and nature of religion and the moral order." Pp.12/282. P/b, crease to lower front corner. G+.
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Anthropology Made Simple.
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The Discovery of Man. The Story of the Inquiry into Human Origins.
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London: Readers Union/Hamish Hamilton,1940.. Pp.339,8 b/w plates,owners name to half-title, spotting to index. Red cloth, rubbed. G.
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Early Hominids of Africa.
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London: Duckworth,1978.. 1st ed. "This book brings together the findings of a group of eminent palaeoanthropologists concerning the natural history, the geological setting, the locomotor and feeding behaviour, and the taxonomic diversity of the hominids who lived and died in Africa between five and one hundred million years ago." Pp.10/598, several figure illustrations, owner's bookplate to verso front cover, a heavy book which will require extra for postage. Black cloth, d/w has some sunning to spine. VG/G+.
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Easter Island. A Stone-Age Civilization of the Pacific. Translated from the French by Michael Bullock.
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London:The Scientific Book Club,1957.. Utilizing all the available evidence as well as his own observations during a scientific expedition to the island, Dr Metraux attempts to reconstruct its former civilization and to shed light on the problematic elements of its past and present." Pp.249,6 illustrations in the text,, spotting to endpapers.Red cloth, illustrated d/w edges chipped. G+/G+.
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Growing up in New Guinea.
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Harmondsworth: Pelican Books, 1942.. 1st ed. A Study of Adolescence and Sex in Primitive Societies. Pp. 215/3 (ads). Toning to pages. P/b. G.
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Knowing the African. (signed).
by SMITH, Edwin W.:
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London: Lutterworth Press, 1946.. 1st edition. "Whether he is discussing the African's Religion or his Sexual Relationships, his Folktales and indigenous Education or his future Literature, to travel with Dr Smith this way of understandng, is joy and enrichment". Contents: 1.The Missionary's Objective; 2.Know Your People; 3.The Changing African; 4.The Sexuality of the African; 5.Some Aspects of African Religion; 6.African Indigenous Education; 7.The Function of African Folk-Tales; 8.A Literature for Africa. Pp.194, inscribed by the author (W.R.Chapman, with the author's best wishes. Edwin W.Smith, 22 Apr. 1950) to front free endpaper, endpapers tanned. Blue cloth has slight fading to top and tail of spine. Dustwrapper worn with tears and losses. Good/Poor.
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The Mellah Society. Jewish Community Life in Sherifian Morocco.
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Chicago and London:: The University of Chicago Press, 1989.. Revised and Translated from the Hebrew by the author. "This study straddles two disciplines, history and social anthropology....The documentary sources are rich. They comprise over thirty collections of the legal responsa of rabbis who served in the Jewish community courts of eighteenth and nineteenth century Morocco." Pp.xiv/152, 16 pages of black & white photos and illustrations. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. VG.
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The Mystic Rose : A Study Of Primitive Marriage And Of Primitive Thought In Its Bearing On Marriage By Ernest Crawley. A New Edition, Revised And Grealy Enlarged By Theodore Besterman. In Two Volumes .
by CRAWLEY, Ernest. (Alfred Ernest Crawley 1869-1924) / BESTERMAN, Theodore 1904-1976 .:
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London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 36 Essex Street, 1927 .. A very good two volume set with original dustwrappers. First published by Macmillan in 1902. Now revised and grealy enlarged by Theodore Besterman. Vol. I. : pp.xx./pp.375/[1p. - colophon]. Vol. II. : pp.vii./[1p.]/pp.340/[1p.] . Each volume with Grey dustwrapper, now protected by a removable clear plastic cover. The dustwrappers have edge tears and are lightly soiled. Each volume in clean brown cloth and bright gilt titles to the spine, just light bumping to the corners. Clean text throughout, just a couple of light brown blemishes. A very good set. ** "Alfred Ernest Crawley (11 July 1867 � 21 October 1924) was an English schoolmaster, sexologist, anthropologist, sports journalist and exponent of ball games. Crawley reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 1902 and 1906.[3] He also reached the quarterfinals of Queens in 1913. Though lawn tennis was Crawley's favourite sport, he was also fond of golf, figure-skating, fives, and revolver…
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The People of America. (Peoples of the World Series).
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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1973.. This book is the first volume in a new international series describing the living peoples of each continent in the context of their biological origins and development. It attempts to summarize the history of man in America from the standpoint of the different varieties of man - Indians, Whites, Negroes, Asiatics, their physical and physiological characteristics, their diseases etc...over a time period of 25-30,000 years, endng with the US census of 1970." Pp.14/261+16 b/w illustrations; owner's name to fep. P/b with illustrated cover. G+.
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Primitive Man and his Ways. Patterns of Life in Some Native Societies. (Translated from the Danish by Roy Duffell.)
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London: Odhams Press Ltd., 1960.. 1st English ed. "This lucid and penetrating book is by an internationally renowned anthropologist who has spent many years in field work - from Greenland and Alaska to the Philippines and Solomon Islands." Pp. 239, 57 illustrations, 3 diagrams, uneven toning to fep. Light green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has creasing and small edge chips. G+/G+.
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Primitive Government.
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Middlesex: Pelican Books, 1962.. 1st ed. "In this survey of the way in which government is conducted without modern technical equipment, Dr Mair throws much new light on its historical evolution." Pp.288, pages toned. P/b, page edges toned & creasing to covers. G+.
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Society in India. Volume One: Continuity and Change.
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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1972.. Second printing. "Volume One opens with the concepts of social system and of caste order and then defines the major components of Indian society. Family and kinship relations are next discussed, with particular attention to the relevance of family relations in the larger society. Hierarchical ranking is central to relations among people of differnet caste groups, or jatis..." Pp.xii/323/37(bibliography)/14(index), map to end, owner's name to half-title page. Paperback, minor edge wear. VG.
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Society in India. Volume Two: Change and Continuity.
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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1972.. Second printing. "Two kinds of social change, recurrent and systemic, are considered. Recurrent changes have come about through social mobility, through religious movements, and through the absorption of tribal peoples. The final chapters summarize the discussion of psychological forces and social processes in Indian society and appraise the trends of modern social change." Pagination continues from voloume one pp.327-665/37(bibliography)/14(index), map, owner's name to half-title page. Paperback, fading to spine, scuffs to rear. Good.
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Tlingit: Their Art, Culture and Legends. The Alaska Indian.
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North Vancouver: Hancock House Ltd., 1981.. 2nd Printing. A study of the art, history, culture and legends of these people. Pp. 95, b/w illustrations throughout, map to front endpapers, ads to inside back cover. P/b. VG.
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Totem Poles of Stanley Park.
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Vancouver: Westcoast Words, 2004.. When totem poles were first erected in Vancouver's Stanley Park in the early 1920's, they were a source of fascination for visitors and locals alike...This 80 page resource combines lively text with abundant photographs, illustrations and maps ...it details each of the Park's totem poles, from the carved figures to the stories of the pole or the artists who created it..also provides basic information on Northwest Coast art and how to identify common crest figures." Pp.80, colour and black & white photos and illustrations throughout. Paperback. VG.
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Wolf Child and Human Child. The Life History of Kamala, The Wolf Girl.
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London: Methuen and Co.Ltd, 1941.. 1st British edition. Based on the diary account of a child who was reared by a wolf and who then lived for nine years in the Orphanage of Midnapore in the province of Bengal. "The strange and remarkable story of Kamala, the Bengali Wolf girl, who in early infancy was carried off by a she-wolf to its lair. There this child gradually acquired the ways of the wolf, until eight years later, when a kindly missionary discovered her. Taken to an orphanage in Midnapore she was slowly brought back to human ways, so that by the time of her death at the age of seventeen she had attained many of the characteristics of a normal child." Pp.xvi/95, 8 pages of collotype illustrations + 4 line illustrations, owner's name to front free endpaper, mild spotting to closed page edges. Red cloth, dustwrapper rubbed with edge tears and small losses to top and tail of spine. G+/G.
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