SPENCE LEWIS

Myth and Ritual in Dance, Game and Rhyme

London, Watts. 1947, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. spine sunned, joints rubbed, light foxing to edges and prelims, second impression, vii 202pp+ plates, covers the many varied sacred dances, games and recitations, from the British Isles and primitive societies. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004978

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Religion Folklore Ritual Mythology Custom Comparative Religion Mysticism Rhyme Religious Sacred Games Sacral Folk-Dances, Popular Rhymes Maypole Hobby-Horse Mummers Morris Dancing

TURNBULL COLIN M

The Forest People

London, Reprint Society. 1963, First Thus. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. DW few short tears spine ends. 239pp + plates. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012520

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Ituri Forest Congo Pygmies African Anthropology

BARNES HAZEL M.

The Meddling Gods, Four Essays on Classical Themes

Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press. 1974, First Edition. (ISBN: 0803208383) Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. slightly sunned DW spine near fine copy. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009586

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Classical Studies Literature Greek Mythology Gorgon Alcestis Euripides T.S. Eliot Homer Sosia 0803208383

HERBERT MARIE

The Snow People

London, Book Club Associates. 1974, First Thus. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. unclipped dust jacket handling wear, book some age toning to paper, 254pp + plates, anthropologist living with Greenland Inuit. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 007258

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Greenland Arctic North Pole Eskimo Inuit Thule Herbert Island

ADLER MARTA

My Life with the Gipsies (gypsies / gypsys)

London, Souvenir. 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. DW has edge wear showing as tiny tears or chips and light surface soiling, unclipped. pen name to fep. offset foxing to endpapers, 204pp. translated from the German, the author travelled and lived with gypsies, marrying into their community to three husbands between the two world wars. Much information on the gypsy way of life and tradition. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012081

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Gypsies Gipsies Gypsys Travellers Folk Custom Lore

OAKES MAUD

Beyond the Windy Place, Life in the Guatemalan Highlands

London, Victor Gollancz. 1951, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. dust jacket chipped with some loss to edges, soiled, name stamp to fep and closed top edge, 338pp, author searched out and lived with the descendents of the Maya, the Mam Indians of Guatemala. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 008352

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Guatemala Maya Mayan Indians Indio South America Travel Explortion Anthropology Mam Indians

CURCIJA-PRODANOVIC NADA

Heroes of Serbia; Folk Ballads

London, Oxford University Press. 1963, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Dusan Ristic. clean tidy copy with protetcive sleeve over the dust jacket, 178pp, laid paper, rubricated title, nice copy. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005444

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: European Folk Tales Folklore History Culture East European Serbia Serb Kossova Turk Turks Aryan Dusan Ristic

SIMMS NORMAN

The Word-Singers: The Makers and the Making of Traditional Literatures, Pacific Quarterly Moana Vol 8 No 4

Hamilton New Zealand, Outrigger. 1984, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (200 gram rate) 77pp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012129

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Indigenous Peoples Literature Traditional Tradition Anglo-Saxon Oral Literature

HALLIWELL JAMES ORCHARD

The Nursery Rhymes of England, Collected Chiefly from Oral Tradition

London, Bodley Head. 1970, First Edition. (ISBN: 0370012542) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Maureen Roffey. unclipped dust jacket lightly worn, gift inscription to fep, vii 252pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012443

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Childrens Nursery Rhymes English British Folk Lore Verse Oral History 0370012542 Maureen Roffey

HALLIWELL JAMES ORCHARD

Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales of England

London, Bodley Head. 1970, First Edition. (ISBN: 0370012550) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Maureen Roffey. unclipped dust jacket lightly worn, small hole to lower fore edge fold, gift inscription to fep, x 277pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012444

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Childrens Nursery Rhymes English British Folk Lore Verse Oral History 0370012550 Maureen Roffey

DOMALAIN JEAN-YVES TRSLLEN ORTZEN

Panjamon

London, Hart-Davis. 1972, First Edition. (ISBN: 0246105690) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. first translated edition, unclipped DW, light spine lean, minimal edge wear to DW, 179pp + plates, map endpapers, Young zoologist hitch hikes from Europe, through Himalayas and Thailand to Borneo to obsevre rare animals, where he is forced to marry a Dayak chiefs daughter and lives with them. A true story of an amazing adventure. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012965

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Borneo Dayak Indo-China Anthropology Zoology Travel 0246105690

OVID

The Heroides or Epistles of the Heroines, the Amours, Art of Love, Remedy of Love, and Minor Works of Ovid Literally Translated Into English Prose, with Copious Notes By Henry T. Riley

London, George Bell. 1883, First Thus. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. blind embossed cloth, gilt spine, lightly rubbed, Bohn's Classical Library 5/-, viii +544pp + 31pp publisher's catalogue for 1882, this catalogue is on different paper stock and is split between the front and rear of the book with 16pp at front and remainder at rear, clean copy but tissue guard and frontis slightly foxed. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007814

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Ovid Classical Literature Ancient Rome Roman Italy English Translation Bohn's Philosophical Library

PITTMAN G P

Village India

London, Marshall Morgan and Scott. 1951, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. dust jacket with handling wear and light rubbing, book clean, 158pp, a christian missionaries account of village life in India. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 006293

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: India Subcontinent Hindu Islam Christian Missionary Peasantry Rural India

RABINOW PAUL

Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco

Berkeley, University of California Press. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0520035291) Slip Case, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) soft cover on quality paper, xiii 164pp some photos, Denis Dutton's copy 'Denis Dutton Dearborn 1978' to fep. Denis Dutton was Professor of Philosophy at Canterbury University New Zealand. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012431

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Morocco North Africa Sociology Anthropolgy Denis Dutton 0520035291

SHUTTLE PENELOPE & PETER REDGROVE

The Wise Wound, Menstruation and Everywoman New Revised Edition

London, Paladin. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0586085251) Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) VG used copy, new revised edition, an in depth look at menstruation and how it has affected the position and role of women in society throughout the ages. 1-the science of bleeding 2- the menstrual epidemic i-when is a curse not a curse? ii-when it's a blessing in disguise 3-animus,animal,anima 4-does the moon menstruate? 5-did the ancients have wisdom? 6- witchcraft; nine million menstrual murders 7-the mirror of Dracula, well researched and inspired. 358pp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007376

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: Womens Mysteries Feminism Menstruation Witchcraft Goddess New Edition Revised 0586085251