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xi+196 pages with frontispiece portrait, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Count Karl Nesselrode, Russian foreign minster 1816-1856, was a controversial figure in the government o Nicholas I. the rapprochement with Britain, perhaps his finest achievement, was opposed by tsarist historians as an example of the "cosmopolitan diplomacy" that weakened their country in competition with Western powers. Condition: Previous owner's name on front paste down. Jacket edge wear with minor closed tears, spine sunned else a very good copy in like jacket.

xiv+152+[4 ad] pages with tables, appendices and index. Quarto (10 1/2" x 7 1/2") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Volume XLI, number 2. First edition. The author of this source seeks to determine the factors which are responsible for the conversion of individual Navajo to one or another religious sect. This source treats principally the activities of the Mormons, who are settled among the Navajos at Rimrock, and a less conspicuous but also influential sect which he designates 'Galilean.' Through the analysis of survey-sample results and of life-history materials, his interpretation of Navajo conversion experience rests largely upon psychological rather than sociological foundations. Condition: Previous owner's name on front wrapper, corners bumped, rubbed and creased, spine ends rubbed else very good.

xviii+283 pages with maps, plates, figures, tables, charts, illustrations, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. From the library of Sinclair Hood. First edition. The pre-classical civilization of the Cycladic islands has fascinated people ever since nineteenth-century travelers saw fine objects from Bronze Age Tombs, including the marble figurinnes which have continued to stimulate the artistic imagination. In recwent years the islands have become a focus of tourism and Thera (Santorini), with its spectacular volcanic geology and buried Bronze Age town (Akrotin), has regained something of its prehistoric magnetism. Martin Sinclair Frankland Hood (1917-2021), generally known as Sinclair Hood, was a British archaeologist and academic. He was Director of the British School of Archaeology at Athens from 1954 to 1962, and led the excavations at Knossos from 1957 to 1961.Condition: Hood's stamp to half title with his pencil marginalia. Edge… Read More

5-20 pages. Quarto (10" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Journal of Asian Studies, Volume XXX, Number 1 complete issue. First edition. Contents: Chinese Legal Studies in Early 18th Century Japan: Scholars and Sources by Dan Fenno Henderson; The Culture of Indian Politics: A Stock Taking by Ashis Nandy; Truong Vinh Ky and Phan Thanh Gian: The Problem of a Nationalist Interpretation of 19th Century Vietnamese History by Milton E Osborne; The Place of International Law in Chinese Strategy and Tactics: The Case of the Sino-Indian Boundary Dispute by Arthur A Stahnke; The Influence of Jurchen Rule on Chinese Political Institutions by Jing-Shen Tao. Condition: Corners and spine heal bumped, corners creased ele very good.

198 pp. plus city map. German-language travel guide to Moscow.  Pages clean except for first page, where previous owner wrote in the date and place purchased. Cover has its original plastic covering.

6.25" x 9.5" 243 pp. incl. title index and subject index. Pages clean, binding tight, cover in like-new condition with perhaps very slight fading of spine.

Instituto Caro y Cuervo 1968 Bogata, 1968 G-VG 2d PB Tall 8vo 381 [wrappers] Edges chipped with some tears, lightly soiled.. Soft cover.

404-419 pages with tables and bibliography. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Ethnology Volume III, Number 4 complete issue. First edition. After a description of the background, this paper will present a descriptive analysis of a se of law cases collected in a Zapotec town involving decisions of the court, of town citizens and the court, and of family members and the court. The analysis of the case materials will explore specific aspects of Zapotec social life such as the kings of people who use the courts, the range of grievances which they take there, the dyads which appear in opposition, the age of delinquency, and the relationship between type of conflict and outcome. such law cases, in documenting interpersonal relations, enrich the understanding of data required by observation and interview techniques. Condition: Spine sunned, corners and spine ends bumped, edge wear else about very good.

S1-S90 pages with diagrams, figures, photographs and cited references. Quarto (11" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Current Anthropology Volume 28, Number 4 Supplement complete issue. First edition. Yamaguchi was born in Bihoro, Hokkaidō. A key figure in the introduction of structural anthropology to Japan, Yamaguchi was also noted for his engagements with political questions such as the Japanese emperor system and assimilation policies. Yamaguchi was also noted as a writer on the concepts of hermaphroditism and the trickster, and performed fieldwork in Asia, Africa, and elsewhere. Contents: The Dual Structure of Japanese Emperorship by Masao Yamaguchi; Weather Watching and Emperorship by Noboru Miyata; The Symbolism of Social Discrimination: A Decoding of Discriminatory Language by Osamu Mihashi; The Dragon Palace Child: An Anthropological and Sociohistorical Approach by Kazuhiko Komatsu; Folk Culture and the Liminality of Children by Yoshiharu Iijima; The Torimono Dance: The… Read More

xxi+234 pages with tables, figures, maps, drawing, photographs, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with black lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Foreword by Jeremiah F Epstein. First edition. On a remote mountainside, 2,000 meters above sea level in the northern Sierra Madre Oriental, the rock-shelter at La Calsada has yielded basic archaeological data for one of the least understood regions of prehistoric North America. This comprehensive report, with detailed information on artifacts and stratigraphy, provides baseline data for further explorations in the region and comparison with other North American gatherer-hunting groups. Condition: A fine copy in like jacket.

65 pages with diagrams Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") issued in wrappers. Edited and arranged by M Niemeijer. 1st edition. Condition: Corners bumped and creased, age darkening to edges. Over all a very good copy.

[[ii],xxix,[vii],191,[1]blank, 223 pages with 1 of 3 large fold out maps and 15 of 19 engraved fold out plates. Octavo (8" x 5") bound three quarter leather with raised spine bands and gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. Edited by Sir Tancred Robinson. Second edition, preferred over the first edition "because it has the chart of the western and southern oceans." (Hill) In 1699.First published in 1694, which contained only two maps, The book is important because it contains one of the earliest English accounts of Abel Janszoon Tasman's famous voyage of 1642 from Batavia, during which he discovered Tasmania and New Zealand and visited Tonga and Fiji (Hill 1475).Rear Admiral Sir John Narborough, RN was an English naval commander of the 17th century, who served with distinction during the Anglo-Dutch Wars and against the Barbary Coast pirates. He was descended from an old Norfolk family. He received his commission in 1664, and in 1666 was promoted lieutenant for gallantry in the action with the… Read More

360 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter red cloth with gilt lettering to spine over blue boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Portraying the supercharged milieu of high pressure, high stakes pinnacle of world class tennis with his characteristic vivacity and from maturity of experience, Ilie Nastase builds these elements into an exciting season of murderous competition. Condition: Very good to fine in a near fine jacket.

71-85 pages with table and bibliography. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Ethnology Volume VII, Number 1 complete issue. First edition. The election held in January, 1965 for the Zuni Tribal Council was a significant event in Zuni history. For the first time, officers of the Council were elected by secret ballot, and women participated in the voting. The election involved a conflict about tribal programs and its outcome sharpened the social antagonisms in the pueblo. Condition: Old institution stamp to front wrapper, corners bumped, creased and rubbed, spine heal severely bumped, light edge wear about very good.

227-241 pages with bibliography. Royal octavo (10" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Ethnology Volume XLIV Number 3 complete issue. First edition.
In India, caste groups ensure their durability in an era of multiculturalism by officially representing caste as cultural difference or ethnicity rather than as unequal descent-based relations. Challenging dominant social theories of caste, this book addresses questions of how caste survives the system that gave rise to it and adapts to new demands of capitalism and democracy.
Based on original fieldwork, the book shows how the terrain of culture captured by a new grammar of caste revitalizes castes as cultural communities so that the culture of a caste is produced, organized and naturalized in the process of transforming jati (fetishized blood and kinship) into samaj (fetishized culture). Castes are shown to not be homogenous cultural wholes but sites of hegemony where class, gender and hierarchy over-determine the meanings and materiality… Read More

ix+111 pages with charts, maps, figures, photographs, tables and appendix. Quarto (10 1/2 x 8") bound in original publishers's wrappers. New World Archaeological Foundation Publication number 16. From the library of professor Thomas R Hester. First edition.The problem of the Chiapanec, a people whose principal seat was in the vicinity of Chiapa de Corzo but whose traditional Nicaraguan origin is seriously question, is one that requires for solution a combined historical and archaeological study. In the study of such an interesting problem, the available historical sources are only the base that motivates the search for knowledge,by reason of being inexact and extremely superficial, whereas archaeological research is the instrument that permits refining this knowledge, placing the facts within a temporal and spatial framework closer reality. Thomas R Hester is professor emeritus of the University of Texas at Austin and is the author of a number of works on anthropology and archaeology. He is still… Read More

491 pages including bibliography and index. Octavo (9" x 6 1/2") bound in original wrappers. First edition, limited to 500 copies.

The work presented here is the result of the 8th International Conference on Migration. Population Mobility in the World, which was held in October 2011 at the premises of the Institute for Economics and Business Research at the University Michoacana of San Nicolas de Hildago in Morelia, Michoacan. In this book are works by prestigious researchers from home and abroad, all specialists on immigration, texts that are written by the authors in their original language, Spanish and English, where you realize migration from different aspects, concepts and visions. This time, as the title shows, we wanted to give priority to see the way and how migration in the world is presented, including inquiring beyond showing boundaries, the interesting work presented here is to analyze as in other countries are living, experienced and addressing the social phenomenon of international… Read More

85-102 pages with tables and bibliography. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Revista Mexicana de Sociologia Volume XLVI (46) Number 4 complete issue. First edition.Contents: Decentralizacion: una cuestion de metodo by Jordi Borja; La crisis, la planificacion y la calidad de la vida: en manejo de las nuevas relaciones historicas entre espacio y sociedad by Manuel Castells; Los caminos de encuentro by Lucio Kowarwick; Movimientos sociales urbanos en Mexico by Manuel Perlo and Martha Schteingart; El movimiento de los destechados colombianos en la decada de los anos 70 by Gilma Mosquera Torres; El tercer gobierno peronista y las villas miseria de la ciudad de Buenos Aires (1973-1976) by Alicia Ziccardi; Mata Machado: aspectos de las luchas sociales en una favela carioca by Luis Antonio Machado da Silva and Paulo Magalhaes; Sao Paulo: las luchas de los excludios de la ciudad por el derecho a la ciudadania, 1970-1982 by Pedro Roberto Jacobi.Condition: Light edge wear,… Read More

69 pages with tables (one folding). Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 7 1/2") bound in three quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine, wrappers bound in. prologue by J Ignacio Rubio Mane. From the library of George M Foster. Second edition. Two works Catalogo de los curators y misiones de la Nueva España originally published in 1813 and Memoria sobre la poblacion del Reino de Nueva España published in 1820 (Howes N25 ("aa"); Medina, México 11925; Palau 188524; Sabin 52111) are reprinted for the first time in one volume. Just before independence, an effort to calculate the population of Mexico's population as of 1810. Alta California is listed with 19 missions and a population of 20,781--mostly Indians. Tejas is given a population of 3,334. George McClelland Foster, Jr born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on October 9, 1913, died on May 18, 2006, at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979, when he… Read More

xiii+220 pages with maps (one folding), charts, tables, figures, drawings, photographs and appendices. Quarto (10 3/4" x 8 1/2") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Center for Archaeological Investigations Research Paper Number 25. First edition. This is a report of archaeological investigations at the Kingfish site, a prehistoric site located within a proposed extension of Peabody Coal Company's River King Pit #3 surface mine. The existence of the archaeological site was not know at the time the mine started to operate; however, 70 to 90 percent of the site was left intact. The investigations were conducted to evaluate the significance of the site within the scope of knowledge of the region's prehistory and to provide recommendations for future management. Condition: Corners bumped and rubbed else a better than very good copy.