Category: Anthropology & Indigenous Peoples

Island of Secrets: The Discovery and Exploration of Easter Island

Price: $17.00

Publisher: London, Robert Hale : 1975

Seller ID: 14780

ISBN-13: 9780709148708

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

Author discusses the 3 main theories of the origins of the people of Easter Island. 223pp, photo illustrated, map. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. Light bump to lower, front corner. Dustjacket is similar. Weight, 510g.
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The Legacy: Tradition and Innovation in Northwest Coast Indian Art

By: MACNAIR, Peter L. et al

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia Provincial Museum : 1984

Seller ID: 13056

ISBN-13: 9780888944184

Binding: Printed Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

First edition originally published: Victoria, B.C. : British Columbia Provincial Museum, 1980 in conjunction with an exhibition held there August 1971-December 1972; later re-designed and shown throughout Canada and at the 1980 Edinburgh International Festival. 193 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits ; 23 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Unpacked weight, 592g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges, at cost, without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal ra...
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The Magic Leaves : A History of Haida Argillite Carving

By: MacNAIR, Peter L.; HOOVER, Alan L.

Price: $70.00

Publisher: Victoria, BC, Canada, Royal British Columbia Museum : 2002

Seller ID: 14000

ISBN-13: 9780772647733

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: About 'As New'

History of Argillite Carving among the Haida First Nations of British Columbia. Previously published in 1984 by the British Columbia Provincial Museum. THis printing with a new foreword. 157 p. : ill., 1 map ; 27 cm. photographs by Andrew Niemann and Burt Storey. Veru bright, clean copy, still fresh and about 'as new'. Tight, square binding, no spine creasing. Weight, 841g.
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The Magic Leaves: A History of Haida Argillite Carving

By: MacNAIR, Peter L.; HOOVER, Alan L.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Victoria, B. C., British Columbia Provincial Museum : 1984

Seller ID: 038454

ISBN-13: 9780771884078

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: VG+

The history of Haida Argillite carving. Special publication (British Columbia Provincial Museum), no. 7. 211pp, profusely photo illustrated in b&w. 25 by 27 cm. Bright, clean interior. Small ink name to ffep otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding, no creases to spine. Minor wear to some edges of wrappers. Weight, 880g.
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The Northern Shoshoni

By: MADSEN, Brigham D.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Caldwell, ID, Caxton Printers : 1980

Seller ID: 25711

ISBN-13: 9780870042898

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

The book treats mostly the Shoshoni and Bannock Tribes of Utah and Idaho. 259 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, no wear to the cloth. Unclipped dustjacket, in protective brodart, is similar. Weight, 1.341kg, unpacked.
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Beliefs and Fertility in Bangladesh

By: MALONEY, Clarence et al

Price: $14.50

Publisher: Dacca, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research : 1981

Seller ID: 15849

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

First in-depth anthropological study of folk demography in rural Bangladesh society. xv, 366pp. Gift inscription on ffep in the hand of one of the three authors. Bright, clean interior. Sound binding. Dustjacket is clean and bright with a little edge wear. Weight, 650g. Reduced
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Ancestral Journeys: The Peopling of Europe from the First Venturers to the Vikings

By: MANCO, Jean

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Thames & Hudson : 2014

Seller ID: 056150

ISBN-13: 9780500051788

Binding: Cloth

Condition: As New

Who are the Europeans? Where did they come from? In recent years scientific advances have yielded a mass of new data, turning accepted ideas upside down. In this highly readable account, Jean Manco skilfully weaves the multiple strands of the very latest genetic evidence with archaeology, history and linguistics to produce a startling new history of Europe. 312pp, illustrated, maps. Book is 'as new' - bright, fresh, unmarked. Unclipped dustjacket is nearly similar showing just a little top edge wear. Unpacked weight, 775g. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are frequently incorrect and are vague ...
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The Plains Cree: An Ethnographic, Historical, and Comparative Study: 9 (Canadian Plains Studies)

By: MANDELBAUM, David G.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: University of Regina Press : 1978

Seller ID: 057148

ISBN-13: 9780889770133

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Canadian Plains Studies 9. Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina. 400pp, ,illustrated. Bright, clean interior. Unmarked except for a previous owner's name to the ffep. Tight, square binding no spine creases. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are often incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. We use Canada Post, the United States Postal Service and Asendia and try to offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images are available. Shipped well packed. USA postage is usually $6.90 - $9.00 unless extra heavy/large. Canadian po...
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NZ Souvenir Song Album

By: MAORILAND PUBS.

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Wellington, Maoriland Publications Ltd.

Seller ID: 19936

Binding: Printed Card Wraps

Condition: VG+

Five Maori songs for Piano/Vocal, with words. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound stapled binding. Weight, 100g. Ships via inexpensive Lettermail within Canada slightly more to the USA. Rates to the Rest of the World at cost.
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Ya Basta! : Ten Years of the Zapatista Uprising : Writings of Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos

By: MARCOS; VODOVNIK, Ziga

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Ljubljana, Slovenia, Studentska Zalozba : 2003

Seller ID: 20026

ISBN-13: 9789616446372

Binding: Card Wrappers, French Flaps

Condition: Fine

The anonymous Marcos, a spokesman for the Zapatistas, whose uprising began in Chiapas, Mexico in 1994, presents a collection of his messages in chronological sections through 2003. Also included are five EZLN (Zapatista) communiques. Translated from the Spanish. Forewords. 'Chiapas : symbol of resistance' / Noam Chomsky -- 'The unknown icon' / Naomi Klein. Introduction by Ziga Vodovnik : the struggle continues ...English language text throughout. 634pp, a few illustrations. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. tight, square binding, no spine creases. Heavy book weighing 1.185kg. We ship Worldwide, us...
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Aboriginal Indian Baskets

By: MASON, Otis Tufton

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Glorieta, NM, Rio Grande Press : 1970

Seller ID: 15513

ISBN: 87380-012-5

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Fine

Facsimile reprint of the 1902 Annual Report of the Smithsonian. pp171-548, 248 plates in b&w and in color. Bright copy, almost 'as new'.
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Wah'kon-tah : the Osage and the white man's Road

By: MATHEWS, John Joseph

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Norman, University of Oklahoma Press : 1932

Seller ID: 040863

Author's first book. The author is a member of the Osage Indian tribe, and was born in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, in the Mathews home adjoining the Osage Agency. Wah'Kon-Tah is the history of a proud, noble people who lived together in a heroic culture, spiritually at peace with God until they were driven onto a restricted reservation and came into contact with the machine dominated culture of the white man. Civilization of the American Indian series, v. 3. 359 p. : ill., illustrated lining papers, folded map ; 24 cm.Bright, clean copy. Ink gift inscription to the fep, otherwise unmarked. Tight, squa...
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Arctic Anthropology, Vol. XIII, Number1

By: McCLELLAN, Catharine - Editor

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Madison, University of Wisconsin Press : 1976

Seller ID: 17089

Binding: Printed Wraps

Condition: VG+

Bi-annual journal. 116pp, maps, diagrams. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. We ship from both Canada and the United States with very competitive rates. Weight, 350g.
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A Guide to the Indian Wars of the West

By: McDERMOTT, John D.

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A., Bison Books : 1998

Seller ID: 042966

ISBN: Guidebook to th

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: As New

Guidebook to the battlefields of the Indian Wars of the western United States. Over 100 sites detailed. 205 p. ; Includes bibliographical references. A bright, fresh, unmarked copy, 'as new'. Weight, 331g.
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Parsons on the Plains

By: McDOUGALL, John; BREDIN, Thomas

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Don Mills, Longman Canada : 1971

Seller ID: 10671

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: About Fine

'Forest, lake and prairie, Saddle, sled and snowshoe', and 'Stirring scenes of life in the Canadian North West'. Biography of John McDougall [1842-1917]. 193pp, illustrated. 24 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, no appreciuable wear to the boards. Unclipped dustjacket is nearly similar with one tiny, closed edge tear. Wright, 505g.
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Father Augustin Brabant : Saviour or Scourge? : The first Colonial Missionary among the Nuu-Cha-Nulth

By: McDOWELL, Jim

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Vancouver, B. C., Ronsdale Press : 2012

Seller ID: 1066

ISBN-13: 9781553801917

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Almost 'As New'

Biography of the first Roman Catholic missionary to live and work the aboriginal people of the West Coast of Vancouver Island. xv, 500pp, illustrated. Almost 'as new', just very slight signs of use. Unpacked weight, 811g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. USA postage usually $6.50 or less. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destination. Maximum postage to anywhere within Canada is now approx US$15.00- up to...
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Visions of the North: Native Arts of the Northwest Coast

By: McQUISTON, Don; McQUISTON, Debra; TILL, Tom; BUSH, Lynne

Price: $14.50

Publisher: San Francisco, California, U.S.A., Chronicle Books Llc : 1995

Seller ID: 041690

ISBN-13: 9780811808590

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: Near Fine

Book celebrates the lush landscape of the Pacific Northwest and the rich artistic heritage of its native peoples. 120 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 26 x 27 cm. Bright, clean copy. About 'as new' except for s small, ink name tp the front endpaper. Weight, 572g.
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Growing Up in New Guinea: A Comparative Study of Primitive Education

By: MEAD, Margaret

Price: $9.95

Publisher: New York City, Blue Ribbon Books, Inc. : 1930

Seller ID: 32871

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good, or Better

Following the sensational success of her first book, Coming of Age in Samoa, Margaret Mead continued her brilliant work in Growing Up in New Guinea, detailing her study of the Manus, a New Guinea people still untouched by the outside world when she visited them in 1928. x, 372pp, photo illustrated. Clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding. Olive green cloth shows minor wear to its extremities. Front board is clear; rear board shows some surface staining in light, red [paint?] Spine is sun darkened. Unpacked weight, 542g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service a...
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Letters from the Field 1925-1975

By: MEAD, Margaret

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row : 1977

Seller ID: 038813

ISBN-13: 9780060129613

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

50 years of letters from a working Anthropologist. Vol. 52 in the 'World Perspectives' Series. 1st printing, 8vo, 343pp, photo illustrated, maps. Hardcover in cloth with price-clipped dustjacked. Book is clean and tight with bright interior. DJ has edge wear, margin tears, chips etc. VG+/G+. Weight, 776g.
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The Piltdown Men

By: MILLAR, Ronald William

Price: $9.95

Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Press : 1972

Seller ID: 047014

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About Fine

The story...of how the Piltdown skull came to be discovered; how the hoax was exposed and who the hoaxer may have been. OCLC Number: 632143. 264 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Bright, clean interior, unmarked. Tight, square binding, no wear to the cloth.The price-clipped dustjacket is nearly similar. Weight, 480g.
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Category: Anthropology & Indigenous Peoples