Search Results: Ethnology from Mike Park Ltd

New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1986. Well illustrated, horizontal quarto, pp 132, very clean internally, grey cloth in very glood cmndition, ina very good dustwrapper which is not price-clipped, and now nicely protected in a removable clear cover. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1932. [First reprint, in the same year as the first edition]. Illustrated, large octavo, pp xxx, 397. edges untrimmed, a large coloured folding map at the rear, a slight blemish from the front endpaper through to the frontispiece, otherwise very clean internally, brown cloth slightly faded marked and worn the spine a little more faded and slightly marked.. . First reprint. Cloth. Good.

Washington: Institute of Cross-Cultural Research, for The American University, 1971. Illustrated with a few maps only, octavo, pp xvi, 160, very clean internally, green cloth in good condition. [The Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles and Reunion.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

Dehiwala: Arjuna Consulting Co Ltd, 1997. Very well illustrated with maps, quarto, pp viii, 220, with the tiny signature of Brian O'Shea on the title page, otherwise very clean internally, paperback, a very good copy with just the slightest signs of use. VERY SCARCE. [Includes extensive sections on agriculture, the people and the physical environment.]. Paperback. Very Good.

Cuzco: Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cuzco, 1963. Two important articles contained in this scarce journal: Arte de la Lengua Quichua comprises 188 pages, and the Arquitectura comprises 36 pages, illustrated. Four other articles are also included. Thick 8vo, pages age-toned, one neat university stamp onthe front endpaper, otherwise very clean and tight internally, paperback, covers very slightly worn, signature on upper cover, spine wrinkled. VERY SCARCE. [Diego de Torres Rubio, one of the earliest authorities on native American languages, was born at Alcazar de Conseugra, Toledo, in 1557, and began his novitiate at Valencia in 1572. He joined the Society of Jesus, and in 1579, sailed for Peru, where he made practically a life-long study of the native languages.]. Paperback. Good.

New York: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1984. Illustrated, large octavo, pp xiv, 322, a few pencil notes on the rear endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, paperback, a very good copy. [Traces the history of the Aztecs, describes their government, religion, and culture, and recounts their conquest by the Spanish.]. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

The Hague: Dr. W. Junk, 1968. [Chapters in several languages, but primarily English.]. Two volumes, illustrated, octavo, pp xvi, 946, an owner's neat signature on each front endpaper, otherwise extremely clean internally, brown cloth, the front cover of the second slightly bleached, otherwise both volumes with just slight signs of use. . First Edition. Cloth. Good.

London: Eugenics Society, 1977. 8vo, pp. viii, 296. paperback, slightly worn. (This collection of essays is an attempt to show the various ways in which biological aspects of man are linked with social man.). First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1964. Well illustrated, octavo, pp 329, the hinge at the half-title cracked, sellotape marks on the endpapers, otherwise very clean and bright internally, green cloth in good condition.. First British edition. Cloth. Good.

Buenos Aires: Emece Editores, 1945. [Spanish text]. Five volumes, with reproductions of the original title pages, large octavo, PAGES UNCUT AND UNOPENED, marbled endpapers, red coth with black spine labels, slightly faded and rubbed but very firm, a good set. [Please note - the pages are uncut, unopened. They will need to be opened with a sharp knife. PAGINA SIN ABRIR.] SCARCE.] A heavy set - extra postage will be needed.. Second edition. Cloth. Very Good.

London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1979. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp 143, very clean internally, paperback, the covers with just the slightest sign of use. . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Tubner & Co Ltd, 1926. First edition. Six illustrations, octavo, pp xii, 132 + 12 page publisher's catalogue, very clean internally, dark blue cloth, a little stained and rubbed but otherwise very sound.. First Edition. Cloth. Good.

Amsterdam, Oxford & New York: Elsevier, 1983. A few illustrations, quarto, pp xii, 357, a very good copy. [This - the introductory volume to the World Animal Science series - is concerned with the wider aspects of world animal production, namely, the archaeological and historical aspects, the philosophical aspects, and the place of animal production in the world today. The volume provides a thorough review of the background and general concerns of modern animal production, and the lists of references accompanying the chapters are a useful guide for any reader wishing to pursue a specific topic in greater detail. The breadth of content and the authoritative reviews of the more general questions of importance to world animal science, give this multidisciplinary volume a wide-ranging appeal.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

San Francisco: Friends of the Earth Well illustrated with stunning photographs,and with many poems from a variety of authors, folio, pp 188, a good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper, Anthony Huxley's copy, with his ownership stamp. This book will be heavier than average to post - extra charge may be needed.. [ A beautiful account of nature and of Inuit life in the tundra and ice of North America.]. Cloth. Very Good/Good.

The Hague: Dr. W. Junk, 1964. A few plates, illustrations and maps, large 8vo, pp xxiv, 415, brown cloth, slightly worn. [A diverse and interesting collection of papers, including The Pleistocene environment in southern Africa; Bushman hunter-gatherers : a study in human ecology; plant lore of the bushmen; the eels of South African rivers; the oestroid flies of Africa, south of the Sahara, Karoo vegetation in relation to development of deserts etc.]. Cloth. Good.

The University of Chicago Press, 1996. A few illustrations, large 8vo, pp x, 425, paperback, a fine copy. [How were the tropical Americas formed? This volume draws on extensive, multidisciplinary research in its attempt to develop new views of the geological formation of the isthmus linking North and South America, and of the major environmental changes that reshaped the Neotropics to create its present-day marine and terrestrial ecosystems. The 24 contributors use current work in paleontology, geology, oceanography, anthropology, ecology and evolution to form this argument of rapid environmental and evolutionary change. Their conclusions seek a revision of existing interpretations of the fossil record and the processes - including invading Eurasian peoples - that have produced it.]. First Edition. Paperback. New.

Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1960. Well illustrated with line drawings throughout, octavo, pp viii, 157, slightly worn internally, paperback, covers very slightly worn, a duplicate from East Malling Research Station Library, with their stamp on the upper cover and the front endpaper and a small label on the spine... First Edition. Paperback. Good.

New York: Viking, 1987. Illustrated, large octavo, pp xii, 317, very clean internally, original cloth-backed boards, in a very good dustwrapper. [Mick Leahy with Mick Dwyer walked across New Guinea in 1930 and disproved the prevailing opinion that the interior of the island was unpopulated. In 1931, together with his brother Patrick, he explored the Kukukuku land. Mick and his brother Danny were leaders of the 1933 expedition into the Western Highlands. He also made two pioneering airplane flights into the western highlands, discovering the Wahgi Valley, taking thousands of photographs and movie film. Leahy believed in his right to go anywhere in New Guinea, in pursuit of gold, and he was accorded the right to penetrate the Highlands by the Administration. His diaries record that he and his party were responsible for 41 deaths between 1930 and 1934. In 1936, revelations of these deaths led to an inquiry, led by ADO (Assistant District Officer) Jim Taylor. He concluded that Leahy had acted in… Read More

Edinburgh University Press, 1970. Octavo, pp viii, 380, cloth very slightly marked, otherwise a very good clean copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

New York & Washington: Praeger Publishers, 1972. A few illustrations, octavo, pp xvi, 304, edges untrimmed, the top edge slightly foxed, a small price sticker on the front endpaper otherwise very clean internally, brown cloth very slightly marked and the lower corners very slightly bruised, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped but it is unevenly faded and very slightly worn. ["For centuries, hallucinogens have been of great significance in the ideology and religious practices of primitive societies. In fact, the use of psychotropic plants to achieve states of religious ecstasy goes back almost to the beginning of human culture. Furthermore, the content of the psychedelic experience in the West today has been found to be similar to that of the religious pilgrimages of Oriental and aboriginal New World groups. But one fundamental difference overshadows all similarities: In the traditional cultures described in this collection of ten essays, the hallucinogenic "trip" is a means to an… Read More