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27758. Arbeitsgruppe Action Anthropology. Trickster. Wider das eurozentrische Denken. München: Trickster, 1980-1982, 1980, 102, 111, 64, 80pp., large stapled PAPERBACK volumes, 4 issues, very good, a few minor marks, $65
Includes 4 complete issues of the journal. Issues 4/5 Action Anthropology - 6/7 Der Anthropologe in Entwicklungsprojekten - 8 Action: Reflection; Marxismus - 9/10 Gari Kwaghbo singt.


6331. Augé, Marc, 1933-. Der Geist des Heidentums. Translated from the French by Michael von Killisch-Horn. Klaus Boer Verlag, 1995, [originally 1982], 319pp., very good dust-jacket, very good black boards, fresh copy, $16
French ethnologist on the West and the rest: present and past. Paganism and Christianity, heroes, myths, cannibals, witches, prophets, Nietzsche, Bataille, Freud. ISBN 3924963088


12705. Briffault, Robert, 1876-1948. Marriage, past and present: a debate between Robert Briffault and Bronislaw Malinowski. Edited with an introduction by Ashley Montagu. Boston: P. Sargent, 1956, 90pp. . 22 cm, very good sewn paper wraps, $10
Extending horizons books.


33672. Costa, Afonso. Bibliografia do etnólogo P.re Carlos Estermann, S. Sp.. Luanda: Gráfica Portugal, 1961, 15pp., stapled PAPERBACK, very good, cover lightly scuffed, $20
Instituto de Angola.


29001. Dalton, George, 1926-1991. Economic anthropology and development. Essays on tribal and peasant economies. New York, Basic Books, 1971, 1971, 386pp., very good dust-jacket, very good black cloth, glue stain from bookplate removed from rear endpaper, previous owner's stamp on three foredges, $25
Student of Karl Polanyi. Pursues the idea that modern society has invented economic man, alternatives can be found in archaic societies. ISBN 0465017851


10111. Durand, Frederic. Nordistik: Einführung in die skandinavischen Studien. München: Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung, 1983, 103pp. . 21 cm., PAPERBACK, very good, $12
Themen / Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung. 36. "Vortrag, gehalten an dem Mentorenabend der Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung in München-Nymphenburg am 2. November 1978. Mentor des Abends war Professor Dr. phil. Kurt Schier.". "Bibliographie zur Nordistik, bearbeitet von Francois-Xavier Dillmann":pp. 55-87.


25040. Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986. The myth of the eternal return, or, Cosmos and history. Translated from the French by Willard R. Trask. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1971, xv, 195pp., PAPERBACK, very good, previous owner's name, $6
Bollingen series ; 46. ISBN 0691017778


23421. Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986. Myth and reality. Translated from the French by Willard R. Trask. New York : Harper & Row, 1968, v, 212pp., PAPERBACK, good used copy, but worn around edges, $5
Harper torchbooks ; TB1369. Includes chapter on the magic and prestige of "origins", eschatology and cosmogony, myths and fairy tales, more. ISBN 0061313696


8414. Frobenius, Leo, 1873-1938. Dokumente zur Kulturphysiognomik. Vom Kulturreich des Festlandes. Berlin: Volksverband der Bücherfreunde, 1923, 344pp., very good decorated white half-cloth with red boards, corners slightly bumped, $25
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28332. Gadamer, Hans Georg, 1900-2002, Hrsg.. Biologische Anthropologie. Erster Teil. Stuttgart. Thieme: München, Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, 1972, 370pp., small PAPERBACK, very good used copy but with minor wrinkling at bottom of pages from pressure, $15
Neue Anthropologie, hrsg von Hans-Georg Gadamer und Paul Vogler, Band 1. [The Biologische Anthropologie constituted two volumes of the series, here ONLY VOLUME ONE]. ISBN 3423040696


32184. Gauger, Kurt, 1899-. Dämon Stadt. Ein anthropologisch-ärztlicher Beitrag zum Zeitgeschehen. Düsseldorf: Droste-Verlag, 1957, 171pp., very good dust-jacket, very good small cream-white cloth with cover drawing, $15
Schutzumschlag und Einband Fritz Blankenhorn. .


34017. Geertz, Clifford J., 1926-2006. Negara : the theatre state in nineteenth-century Bali. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1980, later printing, xii, 295pp., PAPERBACK, damaged copy adequate for reading, binding is solid and text has no markings BUT cover lamination is chipping, light moisture damage to top edge has caused wrinkling, corners bumped, $6
Bali and historical method -- Political definition: the sources of order -- Political anatomy: the internal organization of the ruling class -- Political anatomy: the village and the state -- Political statement: spectacle and ceremony -- Bali and political theory. ISBN 0691007780


33539. Geertz, Clifford J., 1926-2006. The religion of Java. Glencoe, Illinois, Free Press, 1960, xv, 392pp., good red cloth but cover faded along top edge and spine, light wear, $15
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35167. Geertz, Clifford, 1926-2006. Agricultural involution: the process of ecological change in Indonesia. Berkeley: Published for the Association of Asian Studies by University of California Press, 1968, 3d printing, xx, 176pp., PAPERBACK, good copy with tiny stains on side and bottom of spine, first and last sections are printed on paper that is slightly darker brown especially on the edge than the rest of the paper, $7
Monographs and papers / Association of Asian Studies. 11. With a 9-page foreword by Benjamin Higgins. Geertz begins with a discussion of theories relating environment and culture, and his preference for an "ecological" approach over older versions such as Ellsworth Huntington or Robert Park.


15988. Highland, Geneieve A.. General Index. American Anthropologist and Memoirs of The American Anthropological Association, 1939-1948. Menasha, Wisconsin: American Anthropological Association, 1951, 72pp., very good sewn paper wraps, $19
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2293. Hryniuk, Stella / Lubomyr Luciuk, ed.. Multiculturalism and Ukrainian Canadians: identity, homeland ties, and the community's future. [Toronto, Ont.]: Multicultural History Society of Ontario, Downsview, Ont., 1993, vi, 89 p.: ill.; 28 cm., large PAPERBACK, very good, $7.5
Polyphony; 13. ISBN 0919045634


6325. Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859. Kosmos. Für die Gegenwart bearbeitet von Hanno Beck. Stuttgart: Brockhaus, 1978, 453pp., large sewn PAPERBACK, very good, light wear, $18
. ISBN 387103018X


12820. Leenhardt, Maurice, 1878-1954. Do kamo. La personne et le mythe dans le monde melanesien. [Paris] Gallimard [1947], 5th edition, 259pp. illus. 19 cm, sewn paper wraps, paper browning but still good, $10
La Montagne Sainte-Genevieve, 6.


28997. Lepenies, Wolf, 1941-. Kritik der Anthropologie; Marx und Freud, Gehlen und Habermas; über Aggression. Von Wolf Lepenies und Helmut Nolte. München: Carl Hanser, 1971, 140pp., small PAPERBACK, clean, solid, usable reading copy but pages are warped, $13.5
Reihe Hanser, 61. ISBN 3446113940


27802. Lévi-Strauss, Claude, 1908-2009. Mitológicas III. El origen de las maneras de mesa. Mexico: Siglo veintiuno editores, 1976, Segunda edicion en espanol, 495pp., very good dust-jacket, light wear, very good green cloth, previous owner's name and inscription, $19
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23437. Lips, Julius E., 1895-1950. Die Erntevölker, eine wichtige Phase in der Entwicklung der menschlichen Wirtschaft. Rektoratsrede, 1949. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1953, 18pp., very good stapled paper wraps, but ex-library, however only neat minor markings, stamp, call number, $30
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15637. Lohr, Hanns. Aberglauben und Medizin. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1943, 17.-30. Tausend, 132pp., worn sewn paper wraps, tear at top of spine in rear, otherwise good copy, $15
.


11819. Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942. The dynamics of culture change. An inquiry into race relations in Africa. Edited by Phyllis M. Kaberry. New Haven: Yale university press. London, H. Milford, Oxford university press, 1945, xiv, 171pp. charts. 24 cm., very good brown cloth, a bit soiled, slight wear, $15
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22889. Martin-Behaim-Gesellschaft. Brücken über Breitengrade: die Martin-Behaim-Gesellschaft und ihre Kulturbeziehungen zum Ausland. Zum fünfundzwanzigjährigen Bestehen der Martin-Behaim-Gesellschaft hrsg. von Kurt Schleucher. Darmstadt: Turris-Verlag, 1977, 240pp.: ill. 25 cm, very good dust-jacket with a few chips and tears, very good green cloth, illustrated throughout, $24
. ISBN 3878300107


12743. McDougall, William, 1871-1938. Religion and the sciences of life. With other essays on allied topics. London, Methuen & Co., Ltd. [1934], xiii, 263pp. 19 cm, very good small blue cloth, cover a bit worn, endpapers darkened, $17
Includes essays on eugenics, darwinism, ethics of nationalism, anthropology and history.


17583. Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978. Male and female: a study of the sexes in a changing world. New York: W. Morrow, 1949, xii, 477pp., 22 cm, dust-jacket chipped at corners and bottom of spine, very good green cloth, pencil underlining on a few pages, previous owner's name: Israel Scheffler, $11
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23772. Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978. Growing up in New Guinea : a comparative study of primitive education. New York : Morrow, 1962, x, 384pp., PAPERBACK, very good, $5
A58, Apollo Edtion with 1962 preface.


24008. Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978, ed.. Cultural patterns and technical change (from the Tensions and technology series) A manual prepared by the World Federation for Mental Health. Edited by Margaret Mead. NY: New American Library, 1963, 8th printing, 352pp., small PAPERBACK, very good, previous owner's name, $5
Mentor book, MD134.


6339. Michael, Herbert. Das Leben. Der gesunde Mensch und sein schicksalhaftes Werden und Vergehen. Leipzig: Verlag von Georg Dollheimer, 1936, 208pp., large white woven cloth, top and bottom of spine frayed, $25
Heavily illustrated scientific but popular manual of the human body, with an 8 page transparent man laid in.


33667. Milheiros, Mário. Muata-Maiendo : o "crocodilo". Porto: Tip da Livraria Progredior, Edicao do Autor, 1950, 192pp., small sewn PAPERBACK, very good, paper somewhat browning, most pages still uncut, cover lightly worn around edges, $55
Colecção "aventuras", 2.


24664. Neumann, Erich. Die grosse Mutter: der Archetyp des grossen Weiblichen. Zürich, Rhein-Verlag, 1956, 350, xv p. illus., 185 plates, diagrs. 25 cm., very good large black cloth, cover a bit scuffed, jacket flaps taped to endpapers, some light foxing, $35
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29018. Rothacker, Erich, 1888-1965. Probleme der Kulturanthropologie. Bonn : H. Bouvier, 1965, 2. Auflage, 144pp., small PAPERBACK, worn used copy, ink notes inside rear cover, good usable copy, $15
Includes discussion of Polaritäten, Spannungen, Kulturganzen, Mensch und Umwelt usw.


27759. Schneider, Jane. Rumpelstiltskin Revisited: witch-hunting and the transition from linen to butter in early modern Europe. Paper in advance for participants in symposium no. 93: Cloth and the Organization of Human Experience, 1983. Amenia, New York: Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, 1983, 60 + 5pp., stapled paperback, very good, cover a bit soiled, $15
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2248. Siegel, Bernard J., 1913-. Slavery during the third dynasty of Ur. [Menasha, Wisconsin: American Anthropological Assn, 1947, 54 p. 25 cm., very good brown paper wraps, $12
American anthropologist; new ser., v. 49, no. 1, pt. 2. Memoir series of the American Anthropological Association; no. 66.


34968. Sponsel, Leslie E, 1943-, ed.. Indigenous peoples and the future of Amazonia : an ecological anthropology of an endangered world. Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 1995, ix, 312pp., dust-jacket chipped at top of spine, POOR CONDITION: green cloth cover is good BUT: HEAVILY MARKED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE BOOK: INK UNDERLINING, YELLOW HIGHLIGHTING, PENCIL NOTES, text is readable but if you don't want a heavily marked up book don't order this copy, $9
Why sell a book in this condition? Because someone might want the text and other copies are selling for at least $30. ISBN 0816514585


48910. Vollmer, Wilhelm. Wörterbuch der Mythologie - Cd-Rom. 3te neubearbeitete Auflage. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2001, , cd-rom for pc (or mac with free software download), text in German, $19
Digitale Bibliothek 17.The complete 1874 edition of Vollmer's classic, first published in 1836, on cd-rom, fully searchable with text easy to print. Over 5000 lexicon articles, 300 illustrations. ISBN 3932544226. Out of print in this form / beim Verlag vergriffen. ISBN 3932544226


27277. White, Leslie A., 1900-1975. The social organization of ethnological theory. Houston, Tex., William Marsh Rice University, 1966, 66 p. 23 cm., sewn PAPERBACK, very good, previous owner's name, $14
Monograph in cultural anthropology. Rice University studies, v. 52, no. 4, Fall 1966. Deals mainly with Franz Boas and A.R. Radcliffe-Brown.


1943. Wolff, Werner, 1904-1957. Island of Death: a New Key to Easter Island's Culture Through an Ethno-Psychological Study. 20 black and white plates. New York: J. J. Augustin Publisher, 1948, 228pp., very good black cloth, a bit faded and worn, corners slightly bumped, illustrated with hieroglypic tables, maps, drawings, previous owner's name: Samuel J. Howard, $85
Not in Exilarchiv.Anthropological and comparative historical study of Easter Island; comparison of language to Egypt, W.'s hypothesis on the transportation of the statues, and the folklore of Easter Island.