'A critical ethnography of the West in its changing relations with other societies. Analyzing cultural practices such as anthropology, travel writing, collecting, and museum displays of tribal art. . . [Goodreads]. xii, 381pp, illustrated, index. Bright, white pages - some light pencil underliniung and tiny notes - easily erased. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Sun-faded spine. 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 667g unpacked. Canadian domestic post... View More...
Translation of an early, 17th century work by Father Bernabe Cobo. 279pp, maps. Bright, clean interior, unmarked. Tight, square binding. Faint center-crease to spine. Weight, 470g. 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 5kg total weight, boxed, insured, trackab... View More...
Annual Report of the National Museum of Canada. Included are 4 scholarly articles - 1] Archaeological Investigations in Bering Straight, 2] Restoration of Totem Poles in British Columbia, 3] Ornithological Investigations near Belvedere, Alberta, 4] Commercial bent Grasses [Agrostis] in Eastern Canda. 126pp, illustrated with photo plates. Bright, clean interior. Unmarked. Tight, square binding. One tiny nick out of top margin of front wrapper. Weight, 370g. View More...
"What does the world look like through the eyes of a shaman? To help answer this question, Dr. Bradford Keeney and Nancy Connor present Shamans of the World, an intimate encounter with traditional healers from ten unique indigenous cultures." x, 286 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm. An 'as new' copy - bright, clean and unmarked, still quite fresh. Tight, square binding, no wear to the cloth boards. Similar, unclipped dustjacket. We use both the Canadian Post Office and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges. This item weig... View More...
Single Issue, English languge. ISSN 0715-3244. Seven scholarly articles and much mores. 162pp. Bright, clean, unmarked copy appearing about 'as new'. Unpacked weight, 285g. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations. View More...
Single Issue, English languge. ISSN 0715-3244. Seven scholarly articles and much mores. 163-334pp. Bright, clean, unmarked copy appearing about 'as new'. Five pieces of related advertising laid-in. Unpacked weight, 334g. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations. View More...
German language text. 407pp, 46 illustrations in the text, two endpaper maps. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, no wear to cloth. Similar, unclipped dustjacket. About 'as new'. Weight, 570g. View More...
Study of a Lost Tribe of Bushmen. Foreword by R.C.J.Van Hoogstraten. 1st ed., 8vo, 232pp, photo illustrated. Hardcover in brown coth with clipped dustjacket. Dustjacket has small repaired tears. VG/G+. Weight, 508g. View More...
Published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California and the City of Oaxaca de Ju'arez, Mexico, August 21 - November 2, 1994. Curated and organized by Mary Jane Gagnier de Mendoza and Linda Craighead. 96 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked copy, almost 'as new'. Weight, 450g. View More...
A package of readings developed to give employees of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and other interested individuals an introductory overview of Aboriginal peoples in canada and in British Columbia. Undated, circa 1988. 79pp. Copy from the library of B. C. journalist, outdoorsman and conservationist, Lee Straight. A few notes and corrections made by Straight to the text. Several pieces of correspondence relating to the book etc., laid-in. Book has clear plastic outer wrappers and a cloth spine. Fine condition. Weight, 380g. View More...
The Natchez Trace road is one of Americas best kept secrets... a beautiful, historic drive from Natchez Mississippi to Nashville Tenesee. 160 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes index. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Almost s new`. Weight, 397g. View More...
'More pictures of Custer-related people, places and artifacts are assembled here than in any other book or museum collection'. Originally published: Seattle: Superior, c1964. 192 p. : ill., ports., facsims., maps ; 28 cm. Bibliography: p186-189. - Includes index. A bright, clean, unmarked copy with a tight, square binding. Near new appearance. Weight, 571g. View More...
One-volume account of the Maori voyages and the settllement of Aotearoa - the Maoria name for New Zealand. 115pp, illustrated by the author, index, front endpaper maps. Bright, clkean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, sound hinges. No wear to the brown cloth. The unclipped dustjacket is bright and clean with a a small amount of edgewear. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations. View More...
A history of the Toltecs of Central Mexico, from about AD 900 to AD 1179. 533pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. Dustjacket is nearly similar. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. Unpacked weight 950g. 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...
A Catholic Priest's years with the Arctic Eskimos of Northern Canada. Signed dedication by Paul King on title page. 1st ed., 8vo, 316pp, illus by James Houston. Hardcover in rust cloth with spectacular dustjacket art. DJ has a little edge wear, small splits, chips, but front panel illustration is bold and bright and very attractive. Spine a little cocked. About VG/G+ 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 les... View More...
A Catholic Priest's years with the Arctic Eskimos of Northern Canada. 1st ed., 8vo, 316pp, illus by James Houston. Hardcover in rust cloth with quite spectacular dustjacket art. DJ has a little edge wear, small splits, chips, but front panel illustration is bold and bright and very attractive. 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 destinat... View More...
this book is set in colonial Massachusetts where, in 1704, a French and Indian war party descended on the village of Deerfield, abducting a Puritan minister and his children. Although John Williams was eventually released, his daughter horrified the family by staying with her captors and marrying a Mohawk husband. xiii, 315 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked copy, about 'as new'. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Weight, 490g. View More...
Catalogue of an Exhibion of Indigenous Native Costumes from Guatemala along with considerable textual explanation and background. 72pp, profusely illustrated with colour photographs, maps, diagrams etc. Brighjt, clean interior. Previous owner's signatures to the title page otherwise unmarked. Sound, tight binding, no spine creases. Bright, unmarked wrappers. 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 412g. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and dist... View More...
A volume in the series 'American University Studies: Series 11, Anthropology and Sociology; Vol. 10'. 418pp. Bright, clean copy, internally and externally. Tight, square binding. Bright, glossy boards, substantially without wear. Weight, 650g. View More...
The papago Indians of Arizona and their basketry. 48pp, photo illustrated in color and in b&w. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. Weight, 190g. View More...
