Alexander, W.D.

A Short Synopsis of the Most Essential Points in Hawaiian Grammar

Rutland, Vermont, Charles E. Tuttle, 1977. Fifth Printing. Softcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Big on orthoepy, a fine comparative study of a prototypic Polynesian language but one, Hawaiian, that has its own grammar. Tightly bound, clean, unmarked copy of a stated Fifth Printing, the First Tuttle Edition having come out in 1968 but the true First Edition having been published first in 1864. Dealer stamp, neatly affixed at first free endpaper at top, being of Vroman's. 59 pp. plus another range of other Tuttle titles. Bright red stiff card stock.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Boeknummer: 357185

Catalogus: Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific

Trefwoorden: W.D. Alexander Hawai'i Hawaiian grammar insular Pacific W.D. Alexander Polynesian languages

Andersen, Johannes C.

Myths and Legends of the Polynesians

Rutland, Vermont, Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1969. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition Thus, published by Tuttle first in 1969. Superior copy, near gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected, but price-clipped, then housed in the original publisher's stapled cardboard slipcase, thick, heavy, lightly abraded, with original paper label wrap-around intact. Bound handsomely in a bright red fine-weave cloth cover, with gilt lettering over black cloth label over spine. Accessible, influential "account of the history, art and mythology of the Polynesian races," with 16 full-color plates, 13 line illustrations, and 32 half-tone plates and 44 other black-and-white illustrations. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Prelims + 3-513 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Boeknummer: 351670

Catalogus: Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific

Trefwoorden: Johannes C. Andersen polynesia|Polynesians myths legends mythology

Van Baal, Jan

Reciprocity and the Position of Women: Anthropological Papers

Assan, the Netherlands, Van Gorcum, 1975. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers and text-block, sunning of green to light yellow on spine, light edge-wear, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Previous owner's ink-stamp at first free endpaper. Three major parts plus bibliography, eight short chapters, a long essay about women being or acting as objects, and the role of women as care-givers. [4], 5-128 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Boeknummer: 356616

Catalogus: Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific

Trefwoorden: gender studies women's studies Jan Van Baal New Guinea Papua marriage sexuality

Craig, Barry and David Hyndman, eds.

Children of Afek: Tradition and Change Among the Mountain-Ok of Central New Guinea

Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, University of Sydney, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Exceedingly scarce in the trade, there being only a single additional copy available on-line. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of laminated card-stock covers, less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Contributions to this fine reader in New Guinea ethnography by the editors and by D. Gillieson and G. Hope, B. Cranstone, R. Brumbaugh, M. MacKenzie, P. Swadling, T. Mawe and W. Tomo, D. Jorgensen, and T. Hays, who provides a fine bibliography. From the personal library of Dan Jorgensen, noted Papua New Guinea scholar and major ethnographer of the Telefol peoples of Western Province, Papua New Guinea. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. iv, 1-282 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Boeknummer: 355953

Catalogus: Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific

Trefwoorden: Barry Craig David Hyndman Mountain-Ok social control Papuan hinterlands Australian involvement urban anthropology Frank Hurley mental illness public health ethnography ethnology New Guinea Papua New Guinea anthropology Melanesia ethnographic fieldwork