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Malay Customs and Traditions
Alhady, Alwi Bin Sheikh Donald Moore for Eastern Universities Press Ltd Singapore 1962 Soft cover Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Softback with card covers. Some reading creases to the spine. Pages have significantly browned / darkened. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. A small greasy mark on the title page and copyright page. Binding is firm. Good condition. Subjects include customs, piercings, marriages, funerals, language etiquette and laws. pp. xv, 128. 105635
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10.00 GBP
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Primitive Labour
Buxton, L. H. Dudley Methuen & Co Ltd Essex Street, London 1924 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback without dust jacket. Original dark green boards. Some light foxing to pages and pages are age-toned / slightly tanned. From the collection of the archaeologist Christopher Hawkes (1905-1992) and bears his signature and date (1928) on the front endpaper. pp. viii, 272. 105729
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9.00 GBP
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The Urgent West: An Introduction to the Idea of the United States
Allen, Walter John Baker 1969 0212998293 / 9780212998296 First Edition Hardcover Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Original green boards; some rubs to the boards. Otherwise in nice, clean condition. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Dust jacket not price clipped. 244pp. 305194
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5.00 GBP
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The Pitt-Rivers Museum, Farnham: General Handbook
Buxton, L. H. Dudley (edited by) Farnham Museum 1929 First Edition Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback without dust jacket. Original grey boards. Darkened spine, with a couple of marks to the spine. Some foxing to the outer closed textblock page edges. Binding firm. From the collection of the archaeologist Christopher Hawkes (1905-1992) and bears his signature in pencil on the front endpaper. pp. 63, plates. 105746
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12.50 GBP
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Gifts and Poison: The Politics of Reputation
Bailey, F. G. (edited by) Basil Blackwell Oxford 1971 0631138005 / 9780631138006 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. Original green boards. Binding firm. In very good clean condition throughout. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Dust jacket not price clipped. pp. vi, 318. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. 105628
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15.00 GBP
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A Tribal Survey of Mongalla Province
By Members of the Province Staff and Church Missionary Society ; edited by L. F. Nalder Negro Universities Press New York 1970 0837128625 / 9780837128627 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Reprinted from the original edition of 1937. Hardback without dust jacket. Original brown cloth. In very good - near fine condition. Clean, tight and unmarked. pp. viii, 232. 105417
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8.00 GBP
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More Ancestral Images: A Second Hong Kong Album
Baker, Hugh SCMP - South China Morning Post 1980 Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. Both the book and dust jacket are in very good clean condition. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. The dust jacket has slightly faded at the spine. pp. viii, [4], 164. 308374
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8.00 GBP
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Kaulana na Pua: An Hawaiian Album, 1890-1930
Campbell, James Kimo ; Thompson, Pete ; Vorhies, Aleen (editors) Pueo Press California 1976 0917850009 / 9780917850004 First Edition Soft cover Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Soft back. Some light marks to the covers and a reading crease to the spine. First printing. In very good, clean condition inside. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. This collection of photographs, drawn from archival sources, is a record of, and a tribute to, the Hawaiian people and the lives they led as their world changed around them. Photographers include R. J. Baker, Davey, Montano, Theodore Kelsey. Most of the subjects of these portraits were poor, rural folk or tourist-industry workers, now lost to history. pp. 71. 106018
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15.00 GBP
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Dancers of God
Ballif, Noel ; translated from the French by James Cameron Sidgwick & Jackson London 1955 First Thus Hard Cover Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. Original blue boards; minor bump at the base of the spine. Significant foxing to the outer closed textblock page edges and light foxing to endpapers and pastedowns. The binding is firm and pages clean. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed at the edges, with a few short nicks. Front flap of the dust jacket not price clipped. pp. 213. 012899
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5.00 GBP
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Power and Protest in American Life
Barbrook, Alec ; Bolt, Christine Martin Robertson Oxford 1980 0855201320 / 9780855201326 Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Original red boards. Book and dust jacket both in very good clean condition. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is supplied in a loose archival protective film sleeve (does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way). 21.5cm. 375pp. 300978
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10.00 GBP
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Fenwomen: A Portrait of Women in an English Village
Chamberlain, Mary Virago in association with Quartet Books 1975 0704328003 / 9780704328006 First Edition Hardcover Good Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. Original purple boards, a little bruised at spine ends. There is a large pale brown stain to the top outer closed textblock edge with a couple of smaller marks to the other edges. Dust jacket flaps are browned. Binding firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Front flap price clipped. 186pp. A good reading copy. 105319
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18.50 GBP
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The Races of Man: Differentiation and Dispersal of Man (Physical Anthropology)
Bean, Robert Bennett The University Society | Chapman & Hall Ltd New York and London 1935 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Black cloth binding, with red titles; boards rubbed at the spine and corners. Contents VG, clean. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. 134pp. 301571
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7.00 GBP
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Principles of Anthropology
Chapple, Eliot Dismore; Coon, Carleton Stevens Jonathan Cape London 1947 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. Original green boards. A couple of minor bumps. A little light foxing to the outer closed textblock foredge. Top edge green. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is generally greyed/ discoloured. Front flap not price clipped. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. pp. xi, 718. A HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. 052747
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15.00 GBP
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The Spirits of the Yellow Leaves
Bernatzik, Hugo Adolf; with the collaboration of Emmy Bernatzik ; translated into English by E. W. Dickes Robert Hale Limited London 1958 Hardcover Very Good Fair Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. Original blue boards. There are some very pale marks to the front board (only visible in good light). The binding is firm and pages clean though there are a few minor foxing spots to outer closed textblock page edges. 222pp. The dust jacket is worn - grubby grey-ish marks to the back cover, rubs to edges, short tears and some loss to the top edge of the front cover and the bottom edge of the back cover. Front flap not price clipped. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. 105302
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12.50 GBP
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The Trail of the Arctic Nomads
Brandon-Cox, Hugh William Kimber London 1969 0718303415 / 9780718303419 First Edition Hardcover Good Fair Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. Original blue boards. Bumps to the top corners. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Binding firm. The dust jacket is worn - creased, rubbed, torn at the edges, with some repairs to the underside by a previous owner. Front flap price clipped. 192pp. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. 105360
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8.00 GBP
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Social Evolution
Childe, Prof. V. Gordon Watts & Co. Fleet Street, London 1951 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback, without dust jacket. Original blue boards. Rubs to the spine edges and ends. Second impression. Based on a series of lectures at the University of Birmingham. From the collection of the archaeologist Christopher Hawkes (1905-1992) and has his signature and date in pencil at the top edge of the front endpaper, with extensive notes throughout the text and to rear pastedown and endpaper in pencil. pp. viii, 184. 307594
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10.00 GBP
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Tribes of the Sahara
Briggs, Lloyd Cabot Harvard University Press Cambridge, Massachusetts 1960 First Edition Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback, without dust jacket. An EX-LIBRARY copy, with the usual library marks and stamps. Original red cloth binding, with some light marks to the boards. The binding is firm and pages are nice and clean. A good reading or study copy. pp. xx, 295. 105368
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8.00 GBP
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Becoming a Woman Through Romance
Christian-Smith, Linda K. Routledge Florence, Kentucky, U.S.A. 1990 0415901030 / 9780415901031 Hardcover Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. A few (very few) pencilled marginal notes and marks. The dust jacket is a little tanned and has a few small closed tears around the edges. pp. 208. 300049
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10.00 GBP
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The Ascent of Man
Bronowski, Jacob ; with a foreword by Melvyn Bragg The Folio Society London 2012 Hardcover Fine Slipcase Fine Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Hardback with slipcase - both the book and slipcase are in excellent FINE condition - this copy is still in publisher's shrinkwrap and is as new. Printing /edition not known as this copy is still in shrinkwrap. Illustrated throughout. A HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. 307724
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20.00 GBP
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Sexuality and Birth Control in Social and Community Work
Christopher, Elphis Temple Smith London 1980 085117194X / 9780851171944 Soft Cover Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Second hand paperback. Some light reading creases to the spine. Two previous owner's names written inside the front cover and on the half-title page. The binding is firm and pages clean and unmarked. 335pp. 019943
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4.00 GBP
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Ilonka Speaks of Hungary: Personal Impressions and an Interpretation of the National Character
Brophy, John Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd London 1936 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback, without dust jacket. 2nd impression. Original red boards. Faded at the spine and small light mark to the rear board. Two gift inscriptions and a separate owner's name and date on the front endpapers and pastedown. Some foxing to the outer closed textblock page edges and light occasional spots to pages. pp. 256, 32. 307046
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21.00 GBP
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Sacred Cows: Is Feminism Relevant to the New Millennium?
Coward, Rosalind HarperCollins London 1999 0002555514 / 9780002555517 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Original red boards. A little bruised at the spine ends. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Pages have slightly darkened / tanned. Binding firm and pages clean. DJ not price clipped. 232pp. 014782
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4.00 GBP
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The Evolution of Society (The Thinker's Library, No. 122)
Brown, J. A. C. Watts & Co. Fleet Street, London 1947 First Edition Hardcover Good Very Good Book 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall
Original red boards. First edition. The boards are rubbed at the base of the spine and there is a short tear in the boards at the base of the spine. The binding is otherwise firm. There is some light foxing to the endpapers and outer closed textblock edges. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. 184pp. The dust jacket has some minor rubs and nicks to the edges but is otherwise bright and clean. Front flap of the DJ not price clipped. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. 105109
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5.00 GBP
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Sociology Applied to Practical Politics
Crozier, John Beattie Longmans, Green and Co. 1911 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Blue cloth binding, a little bumped at the spine ends and remnants of an old white sticker at the top of the front board. Ex-library but with minimal marks. Foredges untrimmed. 320pp. 300570
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10.00 GBP
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Chinese Creeds and Customs, Volume II
Burkhardt, V. R. ; with illustrations by the author The South China Morning Post Ltd Hong Kong 1959 Hardcover Very Good Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
6th impression. Hardback with dust jacket. Original red boards with black titles. Top edge black. Binding firm and pages nice and clean. Previous owner's name and date in pencil on the front endpaper. Dust jacket bright and clean but has been trimmed a bit short at the top edge - the jacket is too short for the boards. pp. 201, ix. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. 105347
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7.50 GBP
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Feminists Don't Wear Pink and other lies: Amazing women on what the F-word means to them
Curtis, Scarlett (curated by) Penguin Books London 2018 0241357187 / 9780241357187 First Edition Hard Cover New No jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾
New hardback. RRP £12.99. First impression. We asked 52 women: what does the F word mean to you? The result is extraordinary. The must-read book for 2018. Curated by journalist and activist Scarlett Curtis, with incredible pieces by:Emma Watson - Zoe Sugg - Keira Knightley - Gemma Arterton - Bridget Jones (by Helen Fielding) - Saoirse Ronan - Liv Little - Dolly Alderton - Karen Gillan - Alicia Garza - Jameela Jamil - Kat Dennings - Nimco Ali - Beanie Feldstein - Olivia Perez - Amika George - Evanna Lynch - Akilah Hughes - Tanya Burr - Grace Campbell - Alison Sudol - Elyse Fox - Charlie Craggs - Rhyannon Styles - Skai Jackson - Tasha Bishop - Lolly Adefope - Bronwen Brenner - Dr Alaa Murabit - Trisha Shetty - Jordan Hewson - Amy Trigg - Em Odesser - Emi Mahmoud - Lydia Wilson - Swati Sharma. Warning: contains a lot of feminism and some explicit content! Published in partnership with Girl Up, the UN women's foundation; royalties will benefit this amazing charity. 135 x 204 x 35 (mm). pp. 358. BK0006
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9.99 GBP
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Chinese Creeds and Customs, Volume III
Burkhardt, V. R. ; with illustrations by the author The South China Morning Post Ltd Hong Kong 1960 Hardcover Very Good Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
3rd edition. Hardback with dust jacket. Original red boards with black titles. Spine ends and corners bumped. Top edge black. Previous owner's name and date in pencil on the front endpaper. Pages clean and binding firm. A previous owner has repaired a few short tears to the dust jacket edges and reinforced the underside of the jacket at the base of the spine. Looks like acid-free tissue has been used for the repairs. The dust jacket has also been trimmed a bit short at the top edge. pp. 164, [4], vii, The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. 105346
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7.50 GBP
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The Little Universe of Man
Darlington, C. D. George Allen & Unwin London 1978 0045700109 / 9780045700103 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. Original black boards. The binding is firm and the book itself is in very good, clean condition. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. The dust jacket is faded at the spine and the surface laminate of the back cover has peeled to the bottom corner, exposing the white underside of the jacket. pp. 307. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear film sleeve. 016878
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5.00 GBP
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Feminists Don't Wear Pink and other lies: Amazing women on what the F-word means to them
Curtis, Scarlett (curated by)
9.99 GBP
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More Ancestral Images: A Second Hong Kong Album
Baker, Hugh
8.00 GBP
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Rethinking Palliative Care: A Social Role Valorisation Approach
Sinclair, Paul
6.00 GBP
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From Silence to Sanctuary: A guide to understanding, preventing and responding to abuse
Chevous, Jane
5.00 GBP
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Being Arab
Kassir, Samir ; with an introduction by Robert Fisk ; translated into English by Will Hobson
6.00 GBP
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Social Evolution
Childe, Prof. V. Gordon
10.00 GBP
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Language: A Linguistic Introduction to History
Vendryes, J. ; translated by Paul Radin
12.50 GBP
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We Europeans: A Survey of Racial Problems
Huxley, Julian S. ; Haddon, A. C. ; with a chapter on Europe Overseas by A. M. Carr-Saunders
25.00 GBP
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