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Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

5924 Shenandoah Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90056-1426, U.S.A.
wongbooks@gmail.com

Anthropology

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This selection contains 35 title(s) on 2 pages.
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	BRENNAN, LOUIS A. No Stone Unturned: An Almanac of North American Prehistory NY: Random House, 1959. later printing, fine hard cover book/edgewear otherwise good+ dust jacket, One of the earlier synthesis of North American pre-history (carbon 14 dating was first used in 1950). USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 602] Book number: 50703 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	BRONOWSKI, J. The Ascent of Man Boston: Little Brown, 1973. 4th printing, shelfwear otherwise very good hard cover book/chipped at head of dust jacket spine & edgewear otherwise good+ dust jacket. USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 774] Book number: 5000 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	DE CASTRO, JOSUE The Black Book of Hunger NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1967. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/closed tear otherwise very good+ dust jacket, The former UN official's comprehensive study of world wide hunger and famine. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1290] Book number: 50706 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	CERAM, C.W. The Secret of the Hittites: The Discovery of an Ancient Empire NY: Knopf, 1956. 3rd printing, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown (inside front cover) otherwise fine hard cover book/dust jacket spine ends chipped otherwise good dust jacket. USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 516] Book number: 50704 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	CHILDE, V. GORDON The Aryans: A Study of Indo-European Origins NY: Dorset Press, 1987. 1st edition, fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1032] Book number: 103951 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	DIAMOND, JARED Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed NY: Viking, 2005. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket, What caused some of the great civilizations of te past to collapse into ruin?. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1290] Book number: 106746 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	DONNER, FLORINDA Shabono NY: Delacorte, 1982. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/closed tears & light edgewear otherwise very good dust jacket, The author's observations of curing or witchcraft practices among certain Indian tribes in Venezuela & Brazil. USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 516] Book number: 50707 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	DRUMMOND, HENRY The Ascent of Man NY: Pott, 1894. 1st printing of 1st US edition, owner's name on front end paper otherwise fine hard cover book/no dust jacket, The Lowell lectures on evolution. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1720] Book number: 50007 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	FRANK, WALDO The Rediscovery of Man: A Memoir and a Methodology of Modern Life NY: Braziller, 1958. 1st printing of 1st edition, ink line on page foredge & end papers darkening otherwise near fine hard cover book/inside dust jacket flaps darkening otherwise near fine dust jacket. USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 516] Book number: 50710 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	FREEMAN, DEREK Margaret Mead and Samoa: The Making and Unmaking of an Anthropological Myth Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1983. 1st printing of 1st edition, small smudge along top edge otherwise very good+ hard cover book/light edgewear & dust jacket spine slightly faded otherwise very good dust jacket, Freeman refutes Mead's earlier characterization of Samoan society and adolescence. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 100033 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	GOULD, STEPHEN JAY Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History NY: Norton, 1993. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/slight wrinkling on dust jacket spine otherwise near fine dust jacket. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 688] Book number: 50008 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	HARDIN, GARRETT EDITOR Population Evolution & Control San Francisco: William Freeman, 1964. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/closed tears & edgewear otherwise very good dust jacket, A selection of writings beginning with Malthus and extending to Darwin and into the 20th Century. USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1075] Book number: 50713 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	HEILBRONER, ROBERT L. The Future as History: The Historic Currents of Our Times and the Direction They are Taking America NY: Harper & Row, 1959. 1st printing of 1st edition, owner's blindstamp (embossed imprint) & date on front end paper otherwise near fine hard cover book/dust jacket spine chipped & closed tears otherwise good+ dust jacket. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 602] Book number: 50714 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	HOWARD, JANE Margaret Mead: A Life NY: Simon & Schuster, 1984. 1st paperback edition, near fine in decorative wrappers (soft cover book). USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 516] Book number: 50009 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	LEAKEY, L.S.B. By the Evidence: Memoirs, 1932-1951 NY: Harcourt Brace Johanovich, 1974. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/light edgewear & dust jacket spine slightly faded otherwise very good+ dust jacket, The second of the three volume autobiography. USD 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 5 \| £UK 4.75 \| JP¥ 645] Book number: 101666 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	LEWIN, ROGER Bones of Contention: Controversies in the Search for Human Origins NY: Simon & Schuster, 1987. 2nd printing, fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket, A historical comparison of how Coloradans have reacted to certain problems over time. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 688] Book number: 50033 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MEAD, MARGARET Blackberry Winter: My Earlier Years NY: Morrow, 1972. 4th printing, near fine hard cover book/edgewear on dust jacket spine ends otherwise very good dust jacket. USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 \| £UK 3.25 \| JP¥ 430] Book number: 50718 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MEAD, MARGARET Blackberry Winter: My Earlier Years NY: Morrow, 1972. 4th printing, fine hard cover book/light edgewear otherwise near fine dust jacket. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 602] Book number: 50719 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MEAD, MARGARET Culture and Commitment: A Study of the Generation Gap Garden City: Natural History Press/Doubleday, 1970. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/closed tears otherwise near fine dust jacket. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 602] Book number: 50717 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MEAD, MARGARET Letters from the Field: 1925-1975 NY: Harper & Row, 1977. 1st printing of 1st edition, tiny wear spot on edge otherwise near fine hard cover book/tears & chips otherwise fair dust jacket, Volume 52 in World Perspectives. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 602] Book number: 50720 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MEAD, MARGARET & NICOLAS CALAS EDITORS Primitive Heritage NY: Random House, 1953. 1st printing of 1st edition, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown (inside front cover) & light shelfwear otherwise near fine hard cover book/two small chips otherwise very good dust jacket. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 602] Book number: 50721 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MEAD, MARGARET AND RHODA METRAUX A Way of Seeing: Perspective on a Changing World NY: Morrow, 1974. 1st Morrow paperback edition, owner's name on title page otherwise near fine in decorative wrappers (soft cover book). USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 \| £UK 3.25 \| JP¥ 430] Book number: 50722 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MILLS, C. WRIGHT EDITOR Images of Man NY: Braziller, 1960. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/closed tear & edgewear otherwise very good dust jacket, A selection of the best work in sociology in the 19th and early 20th Century. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 688] Book number: 50723 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MORRIS, DESMOND The Human Zoo NY: McGraw Hill, 1969. 1st printing of 1st US edition, near fine hard cover book/ 1/4 inch chip on top dust jacket spine & edgewear otherwise very good dust jacket. USD 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 2.75 \| £UK 2.5 \| JP¥ 344] Book number: 50013 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MORRIS, DESMOND The Human Zoo NY: McGraw-Hill, 1969. 1st printing of 1st US edition, fine hard cover book/dust jacket chipped & edgewear otherwise very good dust jacket. USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 516] Book number: 50014 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.

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	BRENNAN, LOUIS A. No Stone Unturned: An Almanac of North American Prehistory NY: Random House, 1959. later printing, fine hard cover book/edgewear otherwise good+ dust jacket, One of the earlier synthesis of North American pre-history (carbon 14 dating was first used in 1950). USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 602] Book number: 50703 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	BRONOWSKI, J. The Ascent of Man Boston: Little Brown, 1973. 4th printing, shelfwear otherwise very good hard cover book/chipped at head of dust jacket spine & edgewear otherwise good+ dust jacket. USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 774] Book number: 5000 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	DE CASTRO, JOSUE The Black Book of Hunger NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1967. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/closed tear otherwise very good+ dust jacket, The former UN official's comprehensive study of world wide hunger and famine. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1290] Book number: 50706 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	CERAM, C.W. The Secret of the Hittites: The Discovery of an Ancient Empire NY: Knopf, 1956. 3rd printing, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown (inside front cover) otherwise fine hard cover book/dust jacket spine ends chipped otherwise good dust jacket. USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 516] Book number: 50704 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	CHILDE, V. GORDON The Aryans: A Study of Indo-European Origins NY: Dorset Press, 1987. 1st edition, fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1032] Book number: 103951 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	DIAMOND, JARED Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed NY: Viking, 2005. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket, What caused some of the great civilizations of te past to collapse into ruin?. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1290] Book number: 106746 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	DONNER, FLORINDA Shabono NY: Delacorte, 1982. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/closed tears & light edgewear otherwise very good dust jacket, The author's observations of curing or witchcraft practices among certain Indian tribes in Venezuela & Brazil. USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 516] Book number: 50707 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	DRUMMOND, HENRY The Ascent of Man NY: Pott, 1894. 1st printing of 1st US edition, owner's name on front end paper otherwise fine hard cover book/no dust jacket, The Lowell lectures on evolution. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1720] Book number: 50007 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	FRANK, WALDO The Rediscovery of Man: A Memoir and a Methodology of Modern Life NY: Braziller, 1958. 1st printing of 1st edition, ink line on page foredge & end papers darkening otherwise near fine hard cover book/inside dust jacket flaps darkening otherwise near fine dust jacket. USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 516] Book number: 50710 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	FREEMAN, DEREK Margaret Mead and Samoa: The Making and Unmaking of an Anthropological Myth Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1983. 1st printing of 1st edition, small smudge along top edge otherwise very good+ hard cover book/light edgewear & dust jacket spine slightly faded otherwise very good dust jacket, Freeman refutes Mead's earlier characterization of Samoan society and adolescence. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 100033 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	GOULD, STEPHEN JAY Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History NY: Norton, 1993. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/slight wrinkling on dust jacket spine otherwise near fine dust jacket. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 688] Book number: 50008 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	HARDIN, GARRETT EDITOR Population Evolution & Control San Francisco: William Freeman, 1964. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/closed tears & edgewear otherwise very good dust jacket, A selection of writings beginning with Malthus and extending to Darwin and into the 20th Century. USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1075] Book number: 50713 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	HEILBRONER, ROBERT L. The Future as History: The Historic Currents of Our Times and the Direction They are Taking America NY: Harper & Row, 1959. 1st printing of 1st edition, owner's blindstamp (embossed imprint) & date on front end paper otherwise near fine hard cover book/dust jacket spine chipped & closed tears otherwise good+ dust jacket. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 602] Book number: 50714 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	HOWARD, JANE Margaret Mead: A Life NY: Simon & Schuster, 1984. 1st paperback edition, near fine in decorative wrappers (soft cover book). USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 516] Book number: 50009 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	LEAKEY, L.S.B. By the Evidence: Memoirs, 1932-1951 NY: Harcourt Brace Johanovich, 1974. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/light edgewear & dust jacket spine slightly faded otherwise very good+ dust jacket, The second of the three volume autobiography. USD 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 5 \| £UK 4.75 \| JP¥ 645] Book number: 101666 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	LEWIN, ROGER Bones of Contention: Controversies in the Search for Human Origins NY: Simon & Schuster, 1987. 2nd printing, fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket, A historical comparison of how Coloradans have reacted to certain problems over time. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 688] Book number: 50033 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MEAD, MARGARET Blackberry Winter: My Earlier Years NY: Morrow, 1972. 4th printing, near fine hard cover book/edgewear on dust jacket spine ends otherwise very good dust jacket. USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 \| £UK 3.25 \| JP¥ 430] Book number: 50718 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MEAD, MARGARET Blackberry Winter: My Earlier Years NY: Morrow, 1972. 4th printing, fine hard cover book/light edgewear otherwise near fine dust jacket. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 602] Book number: 50719 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MEAD, MARGARET Culture and Commitment: A Study of the Generation Gap Garden City: Natural History Press/Doubleday, 1970. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/closed tears otherwise near fine dust jacket. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 602] Book number: 50717 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MEAD, MARGARET Letters from the Field: 1925-1975 NY: Harper & Row, 1977. 1st printing of 1st edition, tiny wear spot on edge otherwise near fine hard cover book/tears & chips otherwise fair dust jacket, Volume 52 in World Perspectives. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 602] Book number: 50720 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MEAD, MARGARET & NICOLAS CALAS EDITORS Primitive Heritage NY: Random House, 1953. 1st printing of 1st edition, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown (inside front cover) & light shelfwear otherwise near fine hard cover book/two small chips otherwise very good dust jacket. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 602] Book number: 50721 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MEAD, MARGARET AND RHODA METRAUX A Way of Seeing: Perspective on a Changing World NY: Morrow, 1974. 1st Morrow paperback edition, owner's name on title page otherwise near fine in decorative wrappers (soft cover book). USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 \| £UK 3.25 \| JP¥ 430] Book number: 50722 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MILLS, C. WRIGHT EDITOR Images of Man NY: Braziller, 1960. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/closed tear & edgewear otherwise very good dust jacket, A selection of the best work in sociology in the 19th and early 20th Century. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 688] Book number: 50723 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MORRIS, DESMOND The Human Zoo NY: McGraw Hill, 1969. 1st printing of 1st US edition, near fine hard cover book/ 1/4 inch chip on top dust jacket spine & edgewear otherwise very good dust jacket. USD 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 2.75 \| £UK 2.5 \| JP¥ 344] Book number: 50013 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MORRIS, DESMOND The Human Zoo NY: McGraw-Hill, 1969. 1st printing of 1st US edition, fine hard cover book/dust jacket chipped & edgewear otherwise very good dust jacket. USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 516] Book number: 50014 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.