Item 11375African Folktales: Traditional Stories of the Black World
Folio Society. Hardcover in slipcase. Like new in manufacturer's shrinkwrap.
Anthropology
Item 7690The Cult of the Dead in a Chinese Village
Stanford, CA. Stanford University Press, 1973. Second Printing. Hardcover, 280 pages. Second Printing. Cloth boards. Very light signs of handling and reading wear to boards. Gilding on spine. Light bumping to upper and lower outer spine. Dust jacket shows light signs of reading, handling and shelf wear. Light scuffing to.....
Item 6470Hungarian Folk Jewelry
Gyomaendrőd, Hungary: Kner Publishing House, 1983. Hardback, 67 pages. Light wear and soil to boards, corners lightly rubbed. Head of spine bumped. Small scuff to back board near foot of spine. Pages clean.
Item 6688December's Child: A Book of Chumash Oral Narratives
Berkley, CA: University of California Press, 1975. Hardcover, 359 pages. Light soiling and age toning to dust jacket. Small closed tears and small chips to edges. Piece approximately 3cm wide and 1cm long chipped from front panel bottom edge. Light wear and soiling to extremities of boards. Boards curved outward.....
Item 7535Ka: Stories of the Mind and Gods of India
Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Excellent condition, light shelf wear to dust jacket. Spine uncreased, pages clean and unmarked.
Item 10651Gods, Graves, and Scholars
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. Hardcover, 427 pages. Second printing. Minor wear and soiling to dust jacket, corners rubbed and small chip to front panel top edge. $7.95 flap price unclipped. Light rubbing to extremities of green cloth boards. Minor foxing to text block edges, interior clean.
Item 7735Hashish!
Los Angeles, CA: Red Eye Press, 1998. Trade paperback, 387 pages. Minor wear to cover, front cover lower corner creased and bumped. Pages clean, in nice shape.
Item 10354Essays in Early Indian Architecture
Oxford, UK. Oxford University Press, 1992. Hardcover, 151 pages. Light rubbing to extremities of boards. Minor wear and handling to dust jacket; top and bottom edges, as well as edges of spine are moderately bumped, scuffed. Small area of tiny dents on rear board through jacket as well. Ex-owner bookplate.....
Item 6352The Fire Ox and Other Years
London: Collins, 1947. Minor shelf wear to dust jacket. Head of spine bumped. 1cm closed tear to dust jacket front flap edge. Light rubbing to extremities of boards, otherwise in nice shape. Small faded brown stain to text block top edge. Pages crisp and clean.
Item 8069Book Of Greek Myths
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. First Edition. Hardcover, 192 pages. First Edition. Textured boards with embossed lettering on front board and outer spine. Bumping to top and bottom of outer spine. Foxing to top of front board and to text block. Scuffing to back board. Foxing to.....
Item 10637Edward H. Davis and the Indians of the Southwest United States and Northwest Mexico
Downey, CA: Elena Quinn, 1965. Hardcover, 224 pages. Light soiling and rubbing to extremities of brown cloth boards. Title on spine significantly faded. Light soiling to text block edges and intermittent to interior.
Item 6965The Lele of the Kasai
London: Oxford University Press, 1963. Clothbound octavo, 286 pages. Minor wear and soiling to dust jacket; a few short closed tears; dampstain to head of spine panel, mostly visible from interior. Light rubbing to extremities of green cloth boards. Bookplate on front pastedown. Anthropological survey of the titular Bantu ethnic.....
Item 10085Handbook of Northeastern Indian Medicinal Plants
Lincoln, MA: Quarterman Publications, 1986. Hardcover, 212 pages. Light soiling and minor wear to dust jacket, shelf wear to edges and 2cm closed tear to lower left quadrant of front panel. Light rubbing to extremities of yellow cloth boards, light soiling to text block edges. Pages crisp and clean.
Item 10215African Diasporas in the New and Old Worlds: Consciousness and Imagination (Cross/Cultures 69)
Rodopi, 2004. Soft cover. Octavo in wraps. Light rubbing to wraps; interior clean and crisp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Item 10180Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People
Artic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution)/ University of Washington Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Quarto in black cloth. Boards crisp and unworn; interior clean, tight, and bright; rubbing and some scratches to jacket, two small patches of sticker-removal damage to jacket front cover. **Due to size.....
Item 8032Fossils Of The Carpathian Region
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover, 483 pages. First Edition. Light bumping to top and bottom of outer spine. Gilding on front board and outer spine. Light wear and scuffing to boards. Light signs of reading, handling and shelf wear to dust jacket. Light creasing and scuffing.....
Item 7901Signs of Diaspora / Diaspora of Signs : Literacies, Creolization, and Vernacular Practice in African America
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1998. Light wear to edges of dust jacket. Boards in nice shape. Underlining in pencil intermittent throughout text.
Item 8861In The Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. Moser, Barry. Hardcover, 161 pages. Signed by illustrator Barry Moser on title page. First edition with full letter line. Light wear and soiling to dust jacket, flap price unclipped. Light wear to quarter cloth boards, corners slightly rubbed. Pages crisp and clean with vibrant.....
Item 10620Illuminations Of The Mystery Tradition
Manila, Philippines: Theosophical Publishing House, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover, 326 pages. Rare. First Edition. Green cloth boards with gilding and art on front board and outer spine. Rubbing and fading to boards. upper and lower spine and to corners. Age wear and soling to text block. Binding is tight. Light soiling.....
Item 10539Shortwinged Hawks: A Review of Ancient and Modern Hawking
Davis, CA: Self published, 1993. Hardcover, 167 pages. Inscribed with short personal note by E. W. Jameson as Bill J. A beautiful book in excellent, like new condition with 15 vibrant colorplates affixed within.
Item 7940The Pennsylvania Dutch
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1966. Tenth Printing. Hardcover, 451 pages. Tenth Printing. Art on front board and spine with gilding on spine. Light bumping to top and bottom of outer spine. Art on front and back inlay pages and paste-downs. Light foxing to text block Name and date written.....
Item 9998Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia
ABC-CLIO, 2005. Hardcover five-volume set. Complete five volume set in excellent condition. Corners of matte pictorial boards bumped slightly inward, otherwise near fine. Pages clean, securely bound, and free of writing / highlighting. **Due to size/weight of book, additional shipping charges may apply.**.
Item 6123Routledge Handbook of Chicana/o Studies
London, UK: Routledge, 2020. Cover lightly handled. Light soiling to text block. Significant yellow highlighting throughout first half of text.
Item 10921The Healing Hand: Man and Wound in the Ancient World
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1975. Minor edge wear and light soiling to dust jacket, light chipping to top and bottom of spine panel. Very light bumping to corners of boards, light soiling to text block edges. Pages crisp and clean.
Item 7684When It Rained in Egypt
Chaplain, IL. Bits Of Sunshine Publishing Comapny, 2004. First Edition. Softcover, 285 pages. First Edition. Heavy reading and handling wear to covers. Foxing to front and back endpapers. Creasing to covers and along outer front and back spine. Text seems to bee free of writing and highlighting.