New York: William Morrow, 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Translated from the Danish by Estrid Bannister. Green cloth boards with black cloth spine, gold decorative stripe on black portion of cover, gold lettering on spine. Some fading to green edges. No bumping, fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright with clean map-illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with many black and white plates. 192 pages. Clean dust jacket ... View More...
New York: John Day, 1961. Stated First American Edition. Very Good/Very Good+. "First American Edition" on copyright page in very clean unclipped jacket. Clean beige cloth boards with maroon lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean (some tanning to pages). Small previous owner name and date ink-stamped at top edge of front free endpaper. 255 pp. with index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped (4.50 on front inside flap), unchipped, no tears, slight rubbing to front flap fold ... View More...
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1960. First Edition. Very Good+/Near Fine. Clean rust brown cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers, with tasteful previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. 295 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with very slight surface wear at top and bottom spine edges. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. This book is the result of twelve years of field and library work, replacing myths and ex... View More...
Cambridge / London: Harvard University Press, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean black boards with red cloth spine, black title box and gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean red endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated in black & white. 331 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A leading biological anthropologist... View More...
Very clean hardcover first edition, first printing in unclipped dust jacket. Blue boards with darker blue cloth spine, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. All pages and edges are clean with clean blue endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Light dust-speckling to text block edges. 316 pages. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, one very tiny closed tear at top of front inside flap; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. View More...
First Edition, first printing, SIGNED by author John L. Comaroff (association copy), in clean original dust jacket. Clean toast brown cloth boards with dark gray lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean and bright with clean blank endpapers. Inscribed and signed on title page: "Terry and June (sp?), Many thanks for EVERYTHING. Affectionately, John 7.xxiii.81." Introduction and one chapter (The Sociocultural Order) has many marginal notes and underlining (mostly in pencil). 293 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is... View More...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. "First Edition" stated on copyright page, in clean original jacket. Clean purple cloth boards with silver decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no previous owner markings. Illustrated with 45 photographs, 39 line drawings, and three maps. 338 pages + index. Clean dustjacket is price clipped, no chips or tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The story of the hunt for seven caves scat... View More...
Clean hardcover book and dust jacket. Clean unfaded black boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with maps and drawings by Aldren A. Watson. 414 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Ten thousand years ago, all men were hunters. This book is the story of how early peoples hunted and fished to obtain food, clothing and shelter. This distinguished anthropological account, g... View More...
New York: MacMillan, 1971. Stated First Edition. Very Good/No Dustjacket. 257 pgs. VG Clean brown cloth boards. Binding tight. No names or writing inside. Pages clean and bright. Illustrated with color and black & white photographs. A study of vanishing primitive cultures, including the Masai, the Pygmies, the Eskimos, Australia's Aborigines, and more.Anthropology. View More...
New York: MacMillan, 1971. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing, signed by author. Very clean brown cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper. Illustrated with photographs. 257 pgs. with index. Clean bright dustjacket has not been price clipped, is unchipped, hint of edgewear at top rear edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Typed one-page transcript of Lowell Thomas Tape on "The Twilight of the Primitive" book review laid in. A ... View More...
New York: Macmillan, 1971. Stated First printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Edition, "First Printing" stated on copyright page. Clean brown cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name and address neatly penned at top corner of front free endpaper; no other marks. 257 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs (color and black & white). Clean unfaded dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with a few very short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover... View More...
New York: Viking Press, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/near fine. First Edition in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean dark green paper-covered boards with lighter green cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with green endpapers. Faint remainder mark on bottom text block page edges. 245 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped, slightest surface rubbing; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A moving journal of the author's so... View More...
Fine first edition, first printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean black paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Small bump to lower board edge. No fraying or tears, no fading. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. 250 pages. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A revealing story of the people who live in the Amazon River Valley: the rubber tappers, river people, small landholders and natives. Augusta Dwyer not only spoke to them; she lived a... View More...
New York: Grove Press, 1998. First Thus. Near FIne. Very clean softcover book. One very small corner crease at bottom of rear panel. No chipping, wear or curling. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. 326 pgs. with index. Illustrated with color photographs. 8vo. Adventure. View More...
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995. First American Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. Clean first American edition in unclipped dust jacket. Dark brown cloth boards with gold dolphin decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. With 177 illustrations, 43 in color. Preface by the authors. 240 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable myl... View More...
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. First Edition, Second Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. Very clean orange/brown cloth boards with blind-stamped design on cover, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages are clean. Maps on endpapers. Previous owner name at top edge of front free endpaper. 256 pgs. with index. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with one tiny closed tear at front flap lower corner (1/4"). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Native American. View More...
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1956. First U.K. Edition. Near FIne/Very Good+. Clean red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 198 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has several shallow chips along top edges. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Two young French students of Ethnology set out on an adventure to South America to learn about its people, their customs and personalities. 8vo. South America. View More...
New York: Hanover House, 1955. Stated First Edition. Fine/near fine. Stated First Edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with red title box, silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean map-illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with many glossy black and white photographs. 284 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, small wrinkle at top corner of rear panel, not price clipped; nice photo of author with an amazing camera in hand on rear pa... View More...
New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Very clean ivory cloth boards with gold and black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square. Pages and edges are clean and bright; clean endpapers, with no names, writing or marks. 119 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, has a few tiny closed edge tears at bottom corner of inside front flap fold. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A poignant account of how the poor die, as it follows the death of an old woman in Mexico. 8vo. Mexico. View More...
Berkeley / Los Angelese: University of California Press, 1973. First Edition . Very Good+/Very Good+ . Clean unfaded black cloth boards with small gold illustration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean red map-illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 602 pp. with index. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, two short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Scholarly exploration of the origin,... View More...
