Published in collaboration with the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. "A volume in the series, 'Schiffer Book for Collectors'. 260, [12] pages : illustrations (some color); general value guide ; 28 cm. Includes all areas of North America including the Pacific Northwest in Canada and the USA. Ownership markings to the inside of the front wrapper and to the following page. Otherwise the book is bright, clean and without further marks. Tight, square binding, no spine creasing. Unpacked weight, 1.325kg [approx 3lbs] View More...
Description of the cultures of Africa from Cairo to the Cape - spread of Islam, totemism, craftsmanship, music, witchcraft, divination, slavery, women and government. 8vo, 313pp, illus, photo illus. Hardcover in tan cloth with price-clipped dustjacket. VG/G+ View More...
Designs from the Maya civilisation by archaeologist/artist, Wilson G. Turner. 40 b&w illustrations, 2 color illustrations. Introduction. Captions. 48pp. Paperbound. Bright and fresh, about 'as new'. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. This item weighs 200g unpacked. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates based on specific destination and weight. View More...
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Masks held at the Royal Ontario Museum in 1959. Unpaginated. Foreword, numerous illustrations with descriptice text. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight,sqaure binding. Only very slight surface soiling to wrappers. Weight, 340g. View More...
Northern Science Research Group, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. NSRG 71-1. Volume 1 - History. First of 3 Volumes. xiv, 124pp, maps, folding plates [maps], figures. Very bright and clean copy, unmarked. Tight, binding, no wear to the wrappers. Scan available. Weight, 495g. View More...
Major new interpretation of the last Indian-American frontier. 325pp, photo illustrated. Near new copy, very clean with solid binding. 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. Postage to anywhere within Canada, can now be approx US$15.00 for weights up to 5kg total weight, boxed, insured, trackable and faster than regular parcels. Le... View More...
'A major new interpretation of the last American-Indian Frontier'. 325pp, illustrated, maps. Almost 'as new' copy.NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are frequently incorrect. 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. Postage to anywhere within Canada, can now be approx US$15.00 for weights up to 5kg total weight, boxed, insured, trackabl... View More...
Current economic and social conditions in an Eskimo Village in Northern Alaska. Printed-typescript. 166pp. Interior is very bright, clean and unmarked. Stapled binding is sound. Front wrap detached at top staple and weak at second. Small ink signature at top of front wrap. We ship from both Canada and the United States with very competitive rates. Weight, 350g. Lettermail rates may apply. View More...
Beginnings: Roy Vickers's Works. Tsimshian artist Roy Vickers becomes the first contemporary native artist to be given an individual show at the Museum, with an exhibition which covers four years of work, consisting of 11 wood carvings and 30 silkscreens, including The Creation of Eve, a print made especially for this exhibition. The Invitation has a reproduction in miniature of Vicker's 'The Creation of Eve'. Tiny note in ink to back panel. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $4.00 to $6.90 depending on exact weight and location. Image ava... View More...
Seven essays forming an impoortant compendium of recent sociological and anthropological research on utopian communities - a fascinating glimpse into a much-neglected aspect of the counter-culture. 242pp. Bright, clean, unmarked copy in a similar dustjacket, both about 'as new'. Weight, 610g. View More...
Idaho State Historical Society, Picture Series No. 1. Undated. Consists of a printed folder with inside pocket holding 24 single pages of reproduced, historic photographs and a 2 page list of plates with explanations. Interior contents are Fine. Folder has a little edge wear, otherwise clean and bright. Weight, 210g. View More...
"Starting with an analysis of activism in one Mayan community, a Harvard anthropologist examines the role of indigenous intellectual and their influence in pormoting the rights of Guatemala's indigenous majority on local, national, and international levels." xxii, 288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.Bright, clean, unmarked copy, about 'as new'. Tight, square bidning, no spine creasing or exterior marks. Weight, 479g. View More...
Designed to accompany a permanent exhibit in the Ruth and Earl Scott Gallery of the American Southwest at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Southwest Native American Indian philosophy - Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Apache. xii, 79 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 28 cm. Bright, clean and unmarked, appears unused. Weight, 342g. View More...
Museum note (University of British Columbia. Museum of Anthropology), no. 35. North American indigenous artifacts. 70 pages : all colour Illustrations. An 'as new' copy - bright, fresh and unmarked. Unpacked weight, 323g. Eligible for inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail rates to Canada, a little more to the USA and other Countries. View More...
An Apollo edition, A-358. Masks and mythology of the Native peoples of Western North America. 273pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a tight, square binding. Almost 'as new'. Weight, 450g. View More...
Occasional Papers of the Archaeological Sites Advisory Board of British Columbia, No. 1. Two parts - xi, 101pp & v, 22pp - photo illustrations, diagrams, maps etc. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a tight, square binding. Near 'as new'. Weight, 400g. View More...
Coles Canadiana collection. Facsimile reprint of the original 1910 first edition. xiv, 453 p. : ill., map, ports. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, no spine creasing. Minor wear along spine edges. Weight, 581g. View More...
Catalogue of the Jerry Twomey Collection of Inuit sculpture from the Canadian Arctic - an Exhibition held at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2003-2004. 128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, portraits ; 31 cm. Exhibition curated by Darlene Coward Wight. A small, printed slip attached to the page following the title page indicates that this copy was a gift from Jerry Twomey to a named individual. Bright, fresh, unmarked copy. Tighjt, square binding with an uncreased spine - about 'as new'. Weight, 707g. View More...
'Keish', legally James Mason, best known by his nickname Skookum Jim Mason [1855-1916], was a member of the Tagish First Nation in what became the Yukon Territory of Canada. Credited with making the gold discovery at Discovery Claim that led to the Klondike Gold Rush. xiv, 229pp, photo illustrated, index. Prepared for Heritage Branch, Department of Tourism, Government of the Yukon by Rab Wilkie and the Skookum Jim Friendship Centre. A bright, clean, unmarked copy - about 'as new'. Displays an ISBN Number that appears incorrect. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Po... View More...
