Anthropology from JimsOldBooks

Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Publishing, 2000. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Looks at the kachina (or more correctly katsina), small carved wooden figures used in the culture of the Hopi Indians, and more so at the modern Hopi carvers. Signed by the… Read more about this item

Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, 1967. Ex library copy with remains of paper labels inside font board and on f/ep, ink stamps on f/ep, title page and rev, and on page edges. Unclipped dustwrapper has creasing and small tears to the edges, and a lot of fading to the spine. Bumping to spine ends and corners, white library markings… Read more about this item

Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, 1977. Minor scuffing to spine ends, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Number 1 in the publisher's Monograph Series, this book looks at the Beechey and Belcher collections of Eskimo artifacts (hunting and fishing items mostly) acquired by Captain Beechey and Lieutenant Belcher of HMS Blossom from Natives in northern… Read more about this item

Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, 1992. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. Monograph number five in the publisher's series, a collection of pieces by different authors on aspects of baskets and basketmaking among native American peoples (North and South America) . 175pp, 10 colour and 175 b&w… Read more about this item

Boston: Beacon Press, 1970. Some fading to the spine and foxing to back panel of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to lower end of red cloth spine strip, a previous owner's name and date (1974) on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Written for children aged around 10-12, the book deals with the legends… Read more about this item