Elwin, Verrier

Folk-Songs Of The Maikal Hills

Verrier Elwin; Shamrao Hivale · 1944 · Dodman Books

£650.00 (€778.53 | $874.29 | ¥138,137)

Oxford University Press, 1st Edition, Scarce collection of 619 songs, second volume in the Specimen Of The Oral Literature Of Middle India series. Light toning to stock and occasional minor marginal pencil marks, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Endpapers split at hinge...

India&Apos;S North-East Frontier in the Nineteenth Century

Verrier Elwin · 1962 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.62 | $228.66 | ¥36,128)

London, Oxford University Press, 1962. Cloth. A fascinating account of the history of exploration by Westerners in India, with a dust wrapper. Verrier Elwin (1902-1964) was a British-Indian anthropologist and tribal activist, who went to India as a missionary before going on t...

The Kingdom of the Young

Elwin, Verrier · 1968 · Greensleeves Books

£15.00 (€17.97 | $20.18 | ¥3,188)

good 0196903688. 1968, with dustjacket, inscription on endpaper, feint foxing to endpapers & edge, contents clean no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981 Oxford University Press

Truth about India _ Can We Get It

Elwin, Verrier · 2017 · San Francisco Book Company

€60.00 ($67.38 | £50.09 | ¥10,646)

London Routledge Hardcover Octavo green papered boards, white lettering, no dust jacket, 105 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Very good

The Tribal World of Verrier Elwin: An Autobiography

Verrier Elwin · 1964 · The Book Merchant Jenkins, ANZAAB / ILAB

A$88.00 (€54.23 | $60.90 | £45.28 | ¥9,622)

Oxford University Press Oxford First Edition Very Good Condition Very Good 22cm x 13.5cm. xii, 356 pages, frontispiece, [20] pages black and white illustrations. Cloth, leather label, gilt lettering, illustrated jacket. Minor shelf wear and very minor tanning. Very minor chips...

Maisons des jeunes chez les Muria. Présentation en adaptation française par le Docteur Alfred Bigot. Cinquième édition.

ELWIN Verrier · 1959 · Library 'Pierre de Ronsard'

€20.00 ($22.46 | £16.70 | ¥3,549)

Paris, Gallimard, 1959. in-8, broché, couverture souple à rabats éditeur, 454 pages, "illustré de planches de photos sur papier couché ; couverture ornée d'une photo en jaune." Dos légèrement incurvé avec fins plis de lecture, bon état.

Myths of the North-East frontier of India.

Elwin,Verrier. · 1958 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€29.50 ($33.13 | £24.63 | ¥5,234)

Shillong, North-East Frontier Agency, 1958. 448 pp. Orig. hardcover. - No d./j.

Man in India a Quarterly Record of Anthropological Science with Special Reference to India. Vol 27, No. 1, March 1947.

RAMESH CHANDRA ROY; W.G. ARCHER; VERRIER ELWIN · 1947 · Tinakori Books

$19.00 (€16.92 | £14.13 | ¥3,002)

Patangarh, 1947, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 99 pages. "tours in the Balipara frontier tract, Assam", "a note on the administration of the American Indian in the U.S.A.", "early records of Indian tribes", "The Tiger Cult and its Literature ...

Man in India a Quarterly Record of Anthropological Science with Special Reference to India. Vol 26, No. 3 & 4, September-December 1946.

RAMESH CHANDRA ROY; W.G. ARCHER; VERRIER ELWIN · 1946 · Tinakori Books

$19.00 (€16.92 | £14.13 | ¥3,002)

Patangarh, 1946, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, ca. 80 pages. "love songs from Oudh and Rajputana", "the theory of rent among the Mundas of Chota Nagpur", "notes on tribal justice among the Apa Tanis", "three Ahom folk-tales", "Bratas in Benga...

Man in India a Quarterly Record of Anthropological Science with Special Reference to India. Vol 25, No. 3, September 1945.

RAMESH CHANDRA ROY; W.G. ARCHER; VERRIER ELWIN · 1945 · Tinakori Books

$19.00 (€16.92 | £14.13 | ¥3,002)

Santal Parganas, Bihar, 1945, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, ca. 70 pages. "Charms from Chhattisgarh", Pardhan ideas about witchcraft", "the cult of the clan gods", "witchcraft in the dangs", "the folk-tales about witches", "early records conc...

Man in India a Quarterly Record of Anthropological Science with Special Reference to India. Vol 24, No. 3, September 1944.

RAMESH CHANDRA ROY; W.G. ARCHER; VERRIER ELWIN · 1944 · Tinakori Books

$19.00 (€16.92 | £14.13 | ¥3,002)

Santal Parganas, Bihar, 1944, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, ca. 70 pages. "more Santal songs", "the plough punishment", some Munda religious ceremonies", "the illegitimate child in Santal society", "the Enadi", "migration". Good.

Man in India a Quarterly Record of Anthropological Science with Special Reference to India. Vol 24, No. 2, June 1944.

RAMESH CHANDRA ROY; W.G. ARCHER; VERRIER ELWIN · 1944 · Tinakori Books

$19.00 (€16.92 | £14.13 | ¥3,002)

Santal Parganas, Bihar, 1944, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, ca. 70 pages, one b/w illustration. Festival songs. "Nag-panchami", Diwali painting", "a honey festival", "a pig festival in the central provinces", the Laru Kaj", "the use of myths ...

Man in India a Quarterly Record of Anthropological Science with Special Reference to India. Vol 24, No. 1, January 1944.

RAMESH CHANDRA ROY; W.G. ARCHER; VERRIER ELWIN · 1944 · Tinakori Books

$19.00 (€16.92 | £14.13 | ¥3,002)

Santal Parganas, Bihar, 1944, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 66 pages, one b/w illustration. Folk-songs of Chhattisgarh, "beliefs concerning human sacrifice among the Hill Reddis", the reproductive life of maler women", "matriarchy in Kerala",...

Man in India a Quarterly Record of Anthropological Science with Special Reference to India. Vol 23, No. 4, December 1943.

RAMESH CHANDRA ROY; W.G. ARCHER; VERRIER ELWIN · 1943 · Tinakori Books

$19.00 (€16.92 | £14.13 | ¥3,002)

Santal Parganas, Bihar, 1943, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, ca. 80 pages, one b/w illustration. An Indian Riddle Book. "extracts from a riddle book", "the riddles of death". Good.

Man in India a Quarterly Record of Anthropological Science with Special Reference to India. Vol 23, No. 3, September 1943.

RAMESH CHANDRA ROY; W.G. ARCHER; VERRIER ELWIN · 1943 · Tinakori Books

$19.00 (€16.92 | £14.13 | ¥3,002)

Santal Parganas, Bihar, 1943, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, ca. 80 pages, one b/w illustration. Murder number. "Folk songs", "one hundred Maria murders", "Santal murders", "short remarks of some remarkable crimes in the Central Provinces & Be...

Man in India a Quarterly Record of Anthropological Science with Special Reference to India. Vol 23, No. 1, March 1943.

RAMESH CHANDRA ROY; W.G. ARCHER; VERRIER ELWIN · 1943 · Tinakori Books

$19.00 (€16.92 | £14.13 | ¥3,002)

Santal Parganas, Bihar, 1943, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 94 pages, one b/w photo. Folk-song number. "A short anthology of Indian folk-poetry", "my village still sings", "Baiga petry", Mother Kosi songs", The role of the songs in Konyak cul...

The Baiga

Verrier Elwin · 1939 · Salsus Books

£50.00 (€59.89 | $67.25 | ¥10,626)

Book Good 1st Edition John Murray London 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall xxxi 550pp hardback, brown cloth gilt maps, illustrations in text and bw plates including frontispiece, presentation copy to 'Hilda' signed by ?students from Cambridge on front end-paper, some light scattered sp...

The Aboriginals [Oxford Pamphlets On Indian Affairs No.14]

Verrier Elwin · 1944 · Dodman Books

£7.50 (€8.98 | $10.09 | ¥1,594)

Bombay, Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, The 14th pamphlet in this wide-ranging series looking at matters concerning India and the subcontinent. All in VG internal order on low grade stock. Light wear only to brown-printed card covers. 12mo. 32pp, Very Go...

Maisons des jeunes chez les Muria - "Tel" n°35

Elwin Verrier · 1978 · Le-livre.com

€25.80 ($28.97 | £21.54 | ¥4,578)

Gallimard, 1978. 1978. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 454 pages. Plats et dos jaunis.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne. .