Anthropology

Toronto, Viking/Penguin Canada, 1991, hardcover, xvi-200 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Very Good in Very Good+ dustjacket, Signed by the Author on the front endpaper. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, light edge bumps, rubs, in new Brodart sleeve. An examination of diseases and other catastrophes that have decimated world populations throughout history. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs and reproductions of artworks. Appended: Bibliography and Index. ISBN
9780670831227

Chicago: Center for Urban Policy/Loyola University, 1980. First Edition, first printing. Original edition, precedes the 1986 reprint. Printed wrappers. Published Chicago: Center for Urban Policy/Loyola University, 1980. 8vo., v+222 pp. Plain cream wrappers with front printed in brown. A near fine copy.. 1st. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo..

University Of Texas Press, Austin, 1980; First Edition; 4to, 280 pages; illustrated. Exhaustive study of Mexican mask-making and use, detailing materials used, regional differences, and symbolic and social functions. Hundreds of color photographs by the author, each accompanied by full descriptive data. Fine, in a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp.

Second edition revised and greatly enlarged. William Blackwood and Sons. London. 1900. Octavo. xxv, 452pp. Photo frontis., 40 plates, 4 sketch maps, illus. Original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine and blind lettering to cover. Top edge green.

Extended sections, with the additional index lacking in the first edition.

Robert Munro (1835–1920) Scottish archaeologist.

Lagos, Nigeria: Department of Culture, 1987. Some wear to outer edges of cover, but no creasing to the spine of this soft-cover book. A ''Nigeria Magazine'' publication, this book deals with the use of masks in traditional drama of the Igbo (formerly Ibo) people of southern Nigeria. 164pp, 33 b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/None. 341pp; No DJ, green cloth boards with gilt titling to spine, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, Fine condition. Richly detailed ethnographic and historical analysis of a South Indian merchant-banking caste, providing the first comprehensive analysis of the interdependence among Indian business practice, social organization, and religion. Illustrated with photos, maps & diagrams.

323 pp. Introduced and edited by Garrick A. Bailey

Chunghwa Post, 2004. Hardcover. Used- Fine condition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows very light shelf wear. All stamps and postcards are included in the book. The plastic holders for the postcards on pg. 17-23 are coming slightly unglued. No markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

NEW ~ 644pp. Brief preface by Zacarias Marquez Terrazas, Departamento de Investigacion Historica de la Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, 2010. David Brambila, S.J. colaboracion de Jose Vergara Bianchi, S.F. Preface to first ed. Norogachi, 1953. Eighty chapters with an appendix.

University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1968. Hardcover. Used- Very good condition. Book is clean and tight with some mild shelf wear. Dust jacket shows some minor damage and small tears at the edges. No further markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books

Ten Little Indians Dodd, Mead Greenway Edition, Copyright 1967 by Agatha Christie Mallowan. States: First published in the Greenway Edition in the United States 1978. Number line starts with 2. Used. VERY GOOD/ VG Unclipped original bright orange fish motif dust jacket. ffp $8.95 A nice, crisp copy in a mylar wrap. DJ spine states 24. Our DJ spine is slightly sunned. "Ten Little Indians, aka And Then There Were None and (offensive language alert) Ten Little N*ggers, is a mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, described by her as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November, 1939 as Ten Little N-ggers, after the children's counting and minstrel song, which serves as a major plot element."

Cape Town SA, South African Museum, 1992, stapled paperback, 27 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Very Good condition in brown card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, small scuffs to covers, some evidence of previous damp near spine. An examination of Bushmen arrows as part of an intricate system of beliefs and rituals, not simply as agents of death. Illustrated throughout with six drawn figures. References appended. ISBN 9780868131269

Smith, Lillian. Strange Fruit. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944 1st. Edition, Stated 23rd Printing Thus. BANNED BOOK. USED. VG/VG Dust jacket. Author photo back panel. Now protected in a mylar wrap. About this book: Strange Fruit is a 1944 bestselling novel debut by American author Lillian Smith that dealt with the then-forbidden and controversial theme of interracial romance. The title was originally "Jordan is so Chilly", with Smith later changing the title to Strange Fruit.

This is Volume Two only of a two volume set. It is the Second Edition, 22nd thousand, bound in 3/4 leather (leather spine and corners) with marbled covers and marbled endsheets.There is a former owner's handwritten name and date (1890) and bookplate inside. The book is in very good condition.

Costumbres,satiras,observaciones articulos y ensayos de wenceslao galvez y del monte sobre costumbres,satiras,humor y folklore cubano primera edicion habana cuba 1932 caratulas originaales.libro muy raro,[out of print].solo se publico una sola edicion.reuniendo los articulos,ensayos y satiras de wenceslao galvez y del monte [matanzas,cuba 1867].destacado periodista y jugador y manager de beisbol cubano.siendo uno de sus primeros historiadores.estudio leyes en la universidad de la habana y fue un afamado critico cubano