Langness, L.L. and Terence E. Hays, eds.

Anthropology in the High Valleys: Essays on the New Guinea Highlands in Honor of Kenneth E. Read

New York, Chandler and Sharp Publishers, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Scarce in this state (a stated First Edition) and condition. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked but for previous owner's inscription. Pebbly brown cloth over boards, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn, price-clipped. Contributions by both editors, together and singly, but also by Gilbert Herdt, Kerry Pataki-Schweizer, Roy Wagner, Marie Reay, Harold F. Levine, Fitz John Porter Poole and others, being a festschrift for Kenneth Read and his pioneering ethnography of the Eastern Highlands of now Papua New Guinea.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Good,

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Book number: 358163

Catalogue: Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific

Keywords: Kenneth Read Eastern Highlands Province L.L. Langness Gilbert Herdt Kerry Pataki-Schweizer Fitz John Porter Poole festschrift

Langness, L.L. and Terence E. Hays, eds.

Anthropology in the High Valleys: Essays on the New Guinea Highlands in Honor of Kenneth E. Read

Novato, California, Chandler & Sharp Publishers, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine festschrift for Kenneth E. ("Mick") Read, one of the key figures in New Guinea Highlands ethnography of the 1960s and 1970s. Bound handsomely in textured burgundy leatherette, with a bright, clean, unmarked interior and tight binding. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, tape-repaired short, closed tear at top edge, sunned along spine from orange to light tan, else fully intact, not price-clipped. Contributions by Langness, by Terence E. Hays, by the two of them together, and by Anna Meigs, Harold G. Levine, Marie Reay, George D. Westermark, K.J. Pataki-Schweizer, Roy Wagner and Fitz John Porter Poole. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xi 370 pp. plus a bibliography by Hays of Read's major works.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Editor. . Fine/Good,

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Book number: 356770

Catalogue: Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific

Keywords: L.L. Langness Terence E. Hays Kenneth E. Read Mick Read Anna Meigs Harold G. Levine Marie Reay George D. Westermark K.J. Pataki-Schweizer Roy Wagner Fitz John Porter Poole