Search Results: Anthropology from N & A Smiles

London: London: Thornton Butterworth 11th imp. Oct 1936 12mo 256pp, 1936 GD+ original boards, covers warped & stained, internally very clean throughout.

London & Bombay: Longmans, Green, & Co 1899 First Edition 8vo xii,272,4,32pp, 1899 Ex-Library, VG original blue cloth, front end-papers stained & library stamped, else very clean throughout.

London: Hodder & Stoughton (c.1926) 8vo 260pp, 1926 Near Fine original blue cloth, lacking dust jacket.

London: Hodder & Stoughton 1926 12mo 260pp, 1926 GD+ original blue boards, slight staining to front board, former owner's details to ffep, otherwise very clean throughout.

London: London: Senate Books 1995 8vo 312pp Trade Paperback ISBN 1-85958-027-0, 1995 Fine. Facsimile of 1953 edition.

Cambridge at the University Press 1896 First Edition 8vo xxx,442pp ill., 1896 VG original blind-stamped maroon cloth, gilt titles, moderate shelfwear, lower corners bumped, mild foxing to edges, otherwise very clean throughout.

London: London: Macmillan & Co 1933-36 First Editions 3 vols 8vo, 1933 VG set in original cloth, moderate shelf wear, volume one is ex Mercantile Library New York, carries their bookplate inside front cover, imprint & stamp on title page, former owner's name in ink inside front cover, some ink underlining in preface only, otherwise an attractive copy, very clean throughout. Volumes two and three have moderate shelfwear, otherwise nice copies, very clean throughout. An attractive complete three-volume set.

London: The Harborough Publishing Co (Ace Books H323) 1960 First UK Paperback Printing, 1960 Good Reading Copy, edges worn, covers creased, otherwise clean throughout, illustrated with b&w photos.

London: David Nutt 1889 First Edition 8vo xxvi,277pp, 1889 VG original blue cloth, gilt spine, ends worn, light shelf wear, otherwise very clean throughout, with errata slip & fold-out map.

London: London: Senate 1997 Trade Paperback ISBN 1-85958-487-X, 1997 Very Fine. Originally published 1926.

Panther Books 745 1958 First Panther Paperback Printing, 1958 Near Fine. Light edgewear, mild age-toning to pages, otherwise a very attractive copy, very clean throughout. Cover art by Josh Kirby.

National Museum of Canada Bulletin 65 Anthropological Series No.15 1958 Fourth Edition 8vo xii,452pp ill. VG original red cloth, gilt titles, slight edgewear, front hinge a little slack, numerous b&w and some colour plates, the large folding map in rear pocket is in fine condition.

Delhi: Hind Pocket Books (Orient Paperbacks E-2) nd (c.1960's) First Indian Paperback Edition, 1960 Good reading copy, illustrated with b&w plates.

St Albans: Panther Books 1976 First Panther Paperback Printing ISBN 0-586-04257-1, 1976 GD+ Moderate edgewear, light creasing to spine, covers slightly dulled, mild age-toning to pages, else a solid copy, very clean throughout.

New York: Boni & Liveright 1927 Second Revised Edition 2 vols 8vo xx,375,vi,341pp (Artificial ISBN: 1299960804), 1927 Two Volumes. Near Fine original green cloth, Ex Syracuse University Library, from the collection of Frederick Philip Hier, Jr. A very attractive set.

London: William Kimber 1955 First Edition demy 8vo 204,4pp ill., 1955 GD+ original teal cloth, illustrattion pasted to front cover, front cover & half-title page very slightly affected by bookworms, spine sunned, moderate shelf wear, illustrated with b&w plates.

London: Granada Publishing/Panther Books 1978 Third Panther Paperback Printing, 1978 VG+

London: London: Privately Printed for Chas. J. Sawyer 1952 First Edition roy.8vo 319pp, 1952 VG+ to Near Fine original red boards, Inscribed and Signed by the Author on ffep, light shelf wear, otherwise very clean throughout, in VG slightly frayed and edge-worn DW, with tape repair to head of spine, now protected in Brodart sleeve. A collection of four essays based on appendices originally published in Penzer's edition of Tawney's Katha-Sarit-Sagara (The Ocean of Story), with many revisions and additions. In the first essay we are introduced to the Poison Damsel. Her nature is examine d and dissected, her methods described, and the possible explanations of her origin are considered, including the origin of venerial disease. The Tale of Two Thieves, familiar by its version in Herodotus, is traced throught its two thousand year his tory, with the different motifs considered in detail. In the third essay, Sacred Prostitution is dealt with in detail, both in India, the Ancient East and West… Read More

London: David Nutt 1909 First Edition 2 vols 8vo, 1909 Two Volumes, Fine original blue blind stamped cloth, gilt spine, mostly uncut. A very attractive pair.

London: Methuen & Co 1924 First Edition 8vo 216,22pp, 1924 VG+ original cloth.