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Hardcover. Quarto. x + 94 pp. Black textured boards, gilt titling to spine, frontis, map, b&w illustrations. Very light rubbing along edges, spine ends, corners. Otherwise, a tight and bright VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. (Dust jacket lightly rubbed with one inch tear along top edge of front flep.)
The Jimi River Expedition.1950. Exploration in the New Guinea Highlands.
BAGLIN, Douglass, and DE COURCY, Catherine (Foreword by Paias Wingti).
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988.
Price: $60.00
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Hardcover. 8vo. xviii + 324 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine, maps on paste downs and end pages, maps, figures, b&w illustrations, references, index. Cambridge Human Geography series. Spine ends lightly rubbed, otherwise a tight and bright Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. (Dust jacket not price clipped.)
Islands, Islanders and the World. The Colonial and Post-Colonial Experience of Eastern Fiji.
BAYLISS-SMITH, T. P., BEDFORD, Richard, BROOKFIELD, Harold and LATHAM, Marc (With contributions from Muriel Brookfield) (Foreword by G. Glaser).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
Price: $35.00
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Hardcover. Small Quarto. 316 pp. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine, silhouette blind stamped to upper board, maps, b&w illustrations, appendix, index. Dominion Museum Bulletin Number 9. Spine ends slightly rubbed and bumped. Otherwise, a tight and bright VG+ copy in VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket rubbed and creased along edges, small tear along lower rear corner, not price clipped.)
Maori Agriculture. The Cultivated Food Plants of the Natives of New Zealand, with Some Account of Native Methods of Agriculture, Its Ritual and Origin Myths.
BEST, Eldon (Foreword by R.K. Dell).
Wellington, New Zealand: A.R. Shearer, 1976.
Price: $30.00
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Hardcover. Small Quarto. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine, silhouette blind stamped to upper board, b&w illustration, maps, appendix, index. Dominion Museum Bulletin No. 7. Thin and faint vertical white stripe on upper board. Overall, a solid and unmarked VG copy in VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket lightly rubbed, two inch chip missing on top of rear cover, dark , semi circle darkening the chip, not price clipped.)
The Maori Canoe. An Account of Various Types of Vessels Used By the Maori of New Zealand in Former Times. With Some Description of Those of the Isles of the Pacific, and A Brief Account of the Peopling of New Zealand.
BEST, Elsdon (Foreword by R.K. Dell).
Wellington, New Zealand: A.R. Shearer, Government Printer, 1976.
Price: $50.00
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Being Muslim the Bosnian Way. Identity and Community in a Central Bosnian Village.
BRINGA, Tone.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995.
Price: $125.00
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Hardcover. Tall 8vo. v + 124 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine, blind rules to upper board, fold out color map as frontis, fold out map, tables, index. World Dominion Survey Series. Small chip on lower edge of upper board, spine ends, edges and corners rubbed and lightly bumped, page edges slightly darkened and foxed, bookplate on front paste down, owner's ink and date stamp on front free end paper, early pages lightly foxed and unevenly browned. Otherwise, a solid and unmarked VG copy in VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket spine darkened, one inch tear on spine edge of front jacket, half inch tears along upper edges, not price clipped.)
Missionary Survey of the Pacific Islands.
BURTON, J. W. (Foreword by Alexander McLeish).
London: World Dominion Press, 1930.
Price: $95.00
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Hardcover. 8vo. x + 202 pp. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine, bibliography, index, b&w illustrations. Overall, a tight and bright Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. (Dust jacket not price clipped.)
The Anthropology of Numbers.
CRUMP, Thomas.
Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1990.
Price: $45.00
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Hardcover. Quarto. 132 pp. Black papered boards with gilt titling to spine, color frontis, b&w illustrations, map. Edges, spine ends and corners rubbed and lightly bumped, page edges slightly foxed. Otherwise, a tight and unmarked VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. (Dust jacket lightly rubbed with a few small chips, not price clipped.)
Kilenge Life And Art. A Look at a New Guinea People.
DARK, Philip J. C.
London: Academy Editions, 1974.
Price: $25.00
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Hardcover. 8vo. 178 pp. Teal cloth with silver titling to spine, map, tables, b&w line drawings, map, bibliography, index. Vertical red mark on bottom edge of pages. Otherwise, a tight and bright Near Fine copy in VG+ dust jacket. (Dust jacket rubbed along edges, creases along edges and one small tear along lower spine edge, not price clipped.)
Under the Rainbow. Nature and Supernature Among the Panare Indians.
DUMONT, Jean-Paul.
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1976.
Price: $20.00
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The Language Game. Papers in Memory of Donald C. Laycock.
DUTTON, Tom, ROSS, Malcom & TRYON, Darrell (Editors) (Eulogy by Michael Sawer).
Canberra: Australia National Organiza, 1992.
Price: $65.00
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Hardcover. 8vo. viii + 294 pp. Red papered boards with gray titling to spine and upper board, map, graph, bibliography. Edges very lightly rubbed. Otherwise, a tight and bright Near Fine copy. No dust jacket.
Oral Traditions of Anuta. A Polynesian Outlier in the Solomon Islands: Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics
FEINBERG, Richard.
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Price: $20.00
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Hardcover. Tall 8vo. Bright red cloth with gilt titling to spine, fold-out map and table, appendices, index. Corners and spine ends rubbed and bumped, owner's name on front free end paper, book seller's sticker on front paste down. Otherwise, a tight and bright VG copy in Near VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket lightly faded, with numerous small chips and tears along edges and spine ends, not price clipped.)
History and Traditions of Tikopia (Memoir No. 33).
FIRTH, Raymond.
Wellington: The Polynesian Society, 1961.
Price: $25.00
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Hardcover. Tall 8vo. 424 pp. Maroon cloth with gilt titling to spine, graph, b&w illustrations, index. Light rubbing and bumping along edges and corners, small bump on upper rear board, small white spots of discoloration to top edge of pages. Overall, a tight and bright VG+ copy in VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket sunned, two small glue stains on top of jacket front, not price clipped.)
Rank and Religion in Tikopia: A Study in Polynesian Paganism and Conversion to Christianity
FIRTH, Raymond.
London: George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1970.
Price: $20.00
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Hardcover. 8vo. viii + 490 pp. Dark orange cloth with gilt titling to spine, frontis, b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. Second Edition with new introduction and epilogue. Lower edge of boards rubbed lightly, page edges slightly browned, owner's name to front free end paper, book sticker on front paste down. Otherwise, a solid and unmarked VG+ copy in VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket spine faded, rubbed along edges and folds, small tear at head of spine, price clipped.)
The Work of the Gods in Tikopia: London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology. Nos 1 and 2.
FIRTH, Raymond.
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press / Athlone Press, 1967.
Price: $35.00
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Hardcover. 8vo. xvi + 490 pp. Green cloth with silver titling to spine, maps, tables, appendix, bibliography. Overall, a tight and bright Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. (Dust jacket lightly rubbed, not price clipped.)
The Yimas Language of New Guinea.
FOLEY, William A.
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1991.
Price: $35.00
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Hardcover. 8vo. x + 288 pp. Orange cloth with gilt titling to spine, b&w illustrations, tables references. London School of Economics. Monographs on Social Anthropology No. 40. Spine lightly cocked, top edge of pages slightly dusty, bookseller's sticker on front paste down, owner's ink stamp on front free end paper. Otherwise, a solid and unmarked VG+ copy in VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket rubbed along all edges, spine faded, one half inch chip on upper spine, not price clipped.)
Time and Social Structure and Other Essays.
FORTES, Meyer.
London: Athlone Press, 1970.
Price: $12.00
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Hardcover. Large 8vo, xxviii + 318pp. Original green cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine b&w illustrations, index. A sociological analysis of the complex tribal organization and primitive psychology of the Dobu Islanders of eastern New Guinea based upon the author's six month stay in the Dobu community. While the work covers all aspects of Dobu culture: social organisation, the garden, spirits of the dead, economics, dance, song, and sex, his chapters on "the black art" and male ritual practice are widely acknowledged as of great importance to the study of New Guinean belief and custom. Spine ends and lower front board bumped, very light fading to cloth at extreme edges, bookplate, otherwise a tight, bright VG+ copy in Good dust jacket. (Dust jacket darkened at spine and edges. Rubbed, chipped and torn at edges, clipped).
Sorcerers of Dobu. The Social Anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific.
FORTUNE, R. F. (Introduction by B. Malinowski).
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd., 1963.
Price: $45.00
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Hardcover. 8vo. xxviii + 318 pp. Black cloth with red titling to spine and upper board, frontis, b&w illustrations, index, uncut pages. Corners bumped, page edges darkened and paper browned, small white drop on top edge of papes. Otherwise, a solid VG copy in Near VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket darkened, chips and tears along edges and spine ends, not price clipped.)
Sorcerers of Dobu. The Social Anthropology of The Dobu Islands of The Western Pacific.
FORTUNE, R. F. (Introduction by B. Malinowski).
New York, NY: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1932.
Price: $50.00
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Sorcerers of Dobu. The Social Anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific.
FORTUNE, R.F. (Introduction by B. Malinowski).
London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1932.
Price: $50.00
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Hardcover. 8vo. 224 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and decorated upper board, frontis, b&w illustrations. Spine ends and edges lightly rubbed, foxing along page edges and throughout . Overall, a solid VG copy in VG- dust jacket. (Dust jacket foxed and darkened, small tears along edges, price clipped.)
The Gospel of the Sun.
GERBAULT, Alain.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1933.
Price: $75.00
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