(Fitzgerald, W.H.; Force, Roland W.; and Kaeppler, Adrienne L.)

Directory of Asian-Pacific Museums. Compiled by W.H. Fitzgerald, Roland W. Force, and Adrienne L. Kaeppler

Honolulu, Hawaii: Bishop Museum Press, 1969. 1969. Honolulu, Hawaii: Bishop Museum Press, 1969. 1969. Very good. - Octavo, softcover, bound in printed light gray wraps. The covers are slightly rubbed and soiled. 61 pages with an alphabetical directory of museums by geographical region. There is a discreet bookseller's label mounted to the bottom of the rear pastedown. Very good.

Laid in at the front is the 13-page "1971 Supplement to Directory of Asian-Pacific Museums".

Rare in commerce. Very good .

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Book number: 21535

Catalogue: Anthropology

Keywords: ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGY; SCIENCE; NATURAL HISTORY; MUSEUMS; DIRECTORY OF ASIAN-PACIFIC MUSEUMS; AUSTRALIA; BRUNEI; CAMBODIA; CEYLON; CHINA; COOK ISLANDS; FIJI; FRENCH POLYNESIA; GUAM; HAWAII; HONK KONG; INDONESIA; JAPAN; KOREA; LAOS; MALAYSIA; NEW CALED

Andersun, Ammon; editor

The Beginning. (Stages of Development of the Brain-Glands and Bone from Fish to Man)

Published by the author, 1966. 1966. Published by the author, 1966. 1966. Good. - Octavo, rebound in maroon library cloth (bumped & rubbed) titled in gilt. xxxvi & 310 pages (small stains to front pastedown; small stains & ink inscription on front endpaper; 1 line underlined in ink). 13 pages of B&W illustrations & 2 B&W textual illustrations. Good.

First edition. Scarce. Good .

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Book number: 14484

Catalogue: Anthropology

Keywords: ANTHROPOLOGY; EVOLUTION; SCIENCE; BEGINNING; AMMON ANDERSUN; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; NATURE; NATURAL HISTORY.

(Andreasen, Karale). Bak, Ove

Kujavarsiks Rejse Til Manen: Eventyr Fra Grenland

(Copenhagen): Hernovs Forlag, (1977). (1977). (Copenhagen): Hernovs Forlag, (1977). (1977). Fine. - Small oblong quarto [8-1/4 inches high by 9 inches wide], boards in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is very lightly rubbed with the head of the jacket spine lightly chipped. There is a tear to the top edge of the rear panel. 94 pages. Illustrated in black, gray & white with photographic illustrations & reproductions of drawings by Karale Andreasen. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

First edition.

Wonderfully illustrated with surrealistic drawings of Eskimo life by Greenlander Karale Andreasen. The text is in Danish. Fine .

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Book number: 24090

Catalogue: Anthropology

Keywords: TRAVEL; ANTHROPOLOGY; ESKIMOS; GREENLAND; FOLK ART; ARTIST; KARALE ANDREASEN; KUJAVARSIKS REJSE TIL MANEN: EVENTYR FRA GRENLAND; OVE BAK; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Atzori, Mario; Fois, Guiseppina; et al

La Provincia Di Sassari: La Civilita E L'Arte. Testi Di Mario Atzori, Guiseppina Fois, Marco Magnani

Silvana Editoriale, (1983). (1983). Silvana Editoriale, (1983). (1983). Very good. - Quarto [12-3/8 high by 10-5/8 inches wide], cloth, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped. The dust wrapper is rubbed with a price- sticker on its spine. 199 & [1] pages. Profusely illustrated in color & black & white. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

The history and twentieth-century life of the people of the province of Sassari, including local tradiions, the arts, architecture, journalism, crafts and food. The text is in Italian. Very good .

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Book number: 24601

Catalogue: Anthropology

Keywords: ANTHROPOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; ARTS; ART; ARCHITECTURE; HISTORY; LOCAL TRADITIONS; ITALY; SASSARI; PROVINCE OF SASSARI; LA PROVINCIA DI SASSARI: LA CIVILITA E L'ARTE; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Avdeev, Arsenij Dmitrievic

[Titled in Cyrillic]: Proishoaedenie Teatra: Elementy Teatra V Pervobytnoobscinnom Stroe. [Origins of Theatre: Elements of Theatre from the Beginning]

[Leningrad & Moscow: Iskusstvo], 1959. 1959. [Leningrad & Moscow: Iskusstvo], 1959. 1959. Good. - Quarto, 10-3/4 inches high by 8-1/8 inches wide. Yellow cloth titled in orange and gilt on the spine with gilt silhouettes of ostriches stamped in gilt on the front cover and in blind on the rear cover. The head of the spine is heavily bumped with some lighter bumping to the corners and tail of the spine. 264 & [3] pages, with color pictorial endpapers and profuse illustrations throughout, including several tipped-in black & white plates and several full-page color plates. The rear hinge is starting at the top and a few page corners are very slightly creased. Internally very good.

A substantial work printed in the USSR with Russian text in Cyrillic script on the origins of theatre from an anthropological perspective. The illustrations include depictions of primitive tribal and native rituals. Most of the plates depict early masks from different regions of the world. Good .

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Book number: 33043

Catalogue: Anthropology

Keywords: THEATRE; ANTHROPOLOGY; MASKS; RITUALS; SCIENCE; THEATER; ORIGINS OF THEATRE; PROISHOAEDENIE TEATRA: ELEMENTY TEATRA V PERVOBYTNOOBSCINNOM STROE; RUSSIAN; ARCHAEOLOGY; TRIBAL; NATIVE; ARSENIJ DMITRIEVIC AVDEEV; USSR; SOVIET UNION; MOSCOW; LENINGRAD; COSTUM

Axinn, George H

New Strategies for Rural Development. Collection of Papers by George H. Axinn, Michigan State University U.S. A. And Tribhuvan University Nepal

(East Lansing, MI/Kathmandu, Nepal): Rural Life Associates, (1978),, (1978). (East Lansing, MI/Kathmandu, Nepal): Rural Life Associates, (1978). (1978). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed white wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed with light soiling to the rear wrap. There is an owner's name penned on the front wrap with a small stain to its lower half & a tear to its top edge. Half-title, title, [2] leaves & 194 pages. There is an owner's stamp & price stamp on the half-title. The publisher's American address has been corrected in green ink on the verso of the title & there are a few pencil markings to the last leaf of the text. There is a paper- clip mark to the top edge of 2 leaves & the bottom corner of the rear endpaper is lightly creased. Illustrated with black-and-white diagrams. Very good.

Scarce. Very good .

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Book number: 15233

Catalogue: Anthropology

Keywords: ANTHROPOLOGY; AGRICULTURE; EDUCATION; ECONOMICS; NEW STRATEGIES FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT; PAPERS; ESSAYS; GEORGE H. AXINN; COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; INFRASTRUCTURE; INSTITUTIONS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; AFRICA; ASIA; NIGERIA; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; GOVERNMENT; PRO

Balikci, Asen

Development of Basic Socio-Economic Units in Two Eskimo Communities. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 202

Ottawa: (Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery), 1964. 1964. Ottawa: (Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery), 1964. 1964. Very good. - Octavo, soft covers bound in printed brown-and-white wraps. The spine & extremities are slightly darkened. The wraps are lightly rubbed with the corners slightly creased. x & 114 pages. The bottom corners of the first few leaves are lightly creased. Illustrated with 4 black-and-white maps, 2 of them folding. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 31654

Catalogue: Anthropology

Keywords: ANTHROPOLOGY; CANADA; ESKIMOS; DEVELOPMENT OF BASIC SOCIO-ECONOMIC UNITS IN TWO ESKIMO COMMUNITIES; ASEN BALIKCI; SOCIOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ARVILIGJUARMIUT; PUVIRNITURMIUT; HUNTING; TRAPPING; SEALING; FISHING; MAPS; NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CANADA BULLETIN.

Beals, Alan R

Gopalpur: A South Indian Village

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. (1964). (1964). New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. (1964). (1964). Very good. - Octavo, pictorial wraps. x, 99 & [1] pages. Illustrated in black & white. Very good.

Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology.

A publisher's compliment slip is laid in. Very good .

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Book number: 4751

Catalogue: Anthropology

Keywords: ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; INDIA; SOUTH INDIA; VILLAGE; GOPALPUR; ALAN R. BEALS; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Berg, Gosta; editor

Circumpolar Problems: Habitat, Economy and Social Relations in the Arctic

Oxford [U.K.]: Pergamon Press, (1973). (1973). Oxford [U.K.]: Pergamon Press, (1973). (1973). Very good. - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly chipped & soiled with the extremities slightly darkened. viii & 194 pages. Illustrated in black & white with maps, tables & diagrams. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

First edition.

"A Symposium for Anthropological Research in the North, September 1969". Wenner-Gren Center International Symposium Series Volume 21. Very good .

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Book number: 24411

Catalogue: Anthropology

Keywords: ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCTIC; CIRCUMPOLAR PROBLEMS: Habitat, Economy and Social Relations in the Arctic; GOSTA BERG; GREENLANDERS; LAPPS; ESKIMOS; NENETS; CANADIAN INDIANS; CREE; SHEEP-REARING; SIBERIAN POLAR ZONES; WELFARE; ANCIENT SAMMS; TAREORMIUT; NUNAMIUT; A

Buliard, Roger P.

Inuk.

Farrar, Straus and Young, Inc. (1951). (1951). - Octavo, gray cloth. The top edge of the front cover is discolored. ix, [1] leaf & 322 pages. Illustrated with a double-page map & pictorial pastedowns & endpapers. A previous owner's name is penned on the half-title. There is minor foxing to the lower end of the fore-edge. Very good.

First edition.

Father Buliard was a Catholic missionary who chose to spend his priesthood ministering to the Eskimos in the Arctic.

The introduction is by Fulton J.Sheen. Very good .

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Book number: 36377

Catalogue: Anthropology

Keywords: ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCTIC; ESKIMOS; CATHOLIC MISSIONARY; FATHER BULIARD; ROGER P. BULIARD; INUK; FULTON J. SHEEN; MAP; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Caillois, Roger; Demoulin-Bernard, Henriette

Masques

(Paris): Olivier Perrin, (1965). (1965). (Paris): Olivier Perrin, (1965). (1965). Fair. - Small quarto [approximately 8-1/2 inches high by 7-3/4 inches wide], pictorial paper covered boards. The binding is rubbed & bumped. There is a large piece out of the head of the spine & a tear to the tail. The joints are worn & chipped. 98 & [4] pages plus colophon. Profuse black-and-white photographic illustrations by Georges Pierre. The book is cracked at page 6 and there is a small area of rubbing to the front endpaper. Fair.

"Masques exposes dans l'Annexe du musee Guimet en decembre 1959, avec la collaboration de la section des Sciences religieuses de l'Ecole pratique des Hautes Etudes et son Centre documentaire d'Histoire des Religions. Les commentaires accompagnant les photographies ont ete empruntes au catalogue de l'exposition qui a ete realisee avec le concours de la Reunion des Musees Nationnaux par Henriette Demoulin-Bernard".

The masks discussed here were exhibited at the musee Guimet in 1959. The explanatory captions to the photographs are by Henriette Demoulin-Bernard and are taken from the catalog for that exhibition. The preface is by Roger Caillois.

The text is in French. Fair .

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Book number: 28792

Catalogue: Anthropology

Keywords: ANTHROPOLOGY; MASKS; MASQUES; RELIGIOUS RITUAL; DISGUISE; FACE PAINTING; TATTOOS; DANCE; THEATRE; THEATER; COMIC MASKS; SUPERNATURAL; GODS; CARNIVAL MASKS; ROGER CAILLOIS; HENRIETTE DEMOULIN-BERNARD; PHOTOGRAPHER; GEORGES PIERRE; MUSEE GUIMET; EXHIBITION.

(National Museum of Canada).

The Algonkians. (Cover Title).

Canada: National Museum of Canada, 1938. 1938. - Octavo, softcover bound in cream-colored printed wraps. There are a few marks & small light stains to the wraps. The top 1-1/2 inches & the bottom 1/2 inch of each wrap is detached. 8 pages. Black-and-white illustrations, including a map showing the territories of the tribes. Good. National Museum of Canada's Guide to the Anthropological Exhibits. Leaflet 1, 1938. The Algonkians are original natives of southern Quebec and eastern Ontario in Canada. Most Algonkians live in Quebec. The nine Algonkian tribes in that province and one in Ontario have a combined population of about 11,000. Good .

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Book number: 95274

Catalogue: Anthropology

Keywords: AMERICANA; CANADIANA; ANTHROPOLOGY; CANADIAN INDIANS; FIRST NATIONS; THE ALGONKIANS; NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CANADA GUIDE TO THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL EXHIBITS, LEAFLET 1, 1938; ILLUSTRATIONS; MAP; QUEBEC; ONTARIO.

(National Museum of Canada).

Mackenzie River Tribes. (Cover Title).

Canada: National Museum of Canada, 1938. 1938. - Octavo, softcover bound in cream-colored printed wraps. The top 2-1/2 inches of he wraps are detached & their top corners are lightly creased. There is a tiny chip to the front edge of the front wrap. 6 pages. Black-and-white illustrations, including a map showing the territory of the tribes. Very good. National Museum of Canada's guide to the Anthropological Exhibits. Leaflet 3, 1938. Eight tribes shared the basin of Mackenzie River: Chipewyan, Beaver, Sekani, Slave, Yellowknife, Dogrib, Hare and Nathani. Some scholars believe the Mackenzie River natives to be the last people to migrate from Asia into America, arriving not many centuries before the Christian era. At the time of this publication the territory's population was only about 4,000. Very good .

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Book number: 95369

Catalogue: Anthropology

Keywords: AMERICANA; CANADIANA; ANTHROPOLOGY; CANADIAN INDIANS; FIRST NATIONS; MACKENZIE RIVER TRIBES; NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CANADA GUIDE TO THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL EXHIBITS, LEAFLET 3, 1938; ILLUSTRATIONS; MAP; MACKENZIE RIVER BASIN.

(National Museum of Canada).

Plains Indians. (Cover Title).

Canada: National Museum of Canada, 1938. 1938. - Octavo, softcover bound in cream-colored printed wraps. 10 pages. Black-and-white illustrations, including a map showing the territory of the tribes. Very good. National Museum of Canada's guide to the Anthropological Exhibits. Leaflet 4, 1938. "There were five tribes on the plains in the eighteenth century, the Blackfoot, Assiniboine, Sarcee, Gros Ventre, and Kootenay. The Gros Ventre retired southward into the United States about 1899, and the Kootenay crossed the Rocky Mountains into British Columbia; but many Cree Indians, and even some Ojibwa, moved out onto the plains to take their place." In the mid-eighteenth century there were about 25,000 Plains Indians but the tribes were decimated by two terrible smallpox epidemics. At the time of this publication, only about 15,000 were left, though their numbers were slowly increasing. Very good .

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Book number: 95370

Catalogue: Anthropology

Keywords: AMERICANA; CANADIANA; ANTHROPOLOGY; CANADIAN INDIANS; FIRST NATIONS; PLAINS INDIANS; NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CANADA GUIDE TO THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL EXHIBITS, LEAFLET 4, 1938; ILLUSTRATIONS; MAP.

Carus, Paul.

The Venus of Milo: An Archeological Study of the Goddess of Womanhood.

Chicago/London: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1916. 1916. - 8vo, brown paper covered boards (bumped; extremities faded; rear board soiled & rubbed) titled in maroon with oval sepia photographic illustraiton of Venus of Milo mounted on front cover. vii & 182 pp. (endpapers darkened with owner's name penciled on front endpaper; contemporary newspaper cutting [review of book] stapled to verso of frontispiece with offsetting to front endpaper; small hole in & offsetting to title). B&W frontispiece & profuse full-page & textual B&W illustrations. Good.

First edition. Paul Carus [1852-1919], philosopher and monist, author of this treatise on the cult of Aphrodite, was the founder of the Open Court Publishing Company. Good .

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Book number: 389

Catalogue: Anthropology

Keywords: ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHEOLOGY; CULT; APHRODITE; WOMEN; GODDESS; METAPHYSICS.