Structure, Verses, Agency Books

Language Shift and Cultural Reproduction: Socialization, Self and Syncretism in a Papua New Guinean Village

Kulick, Don · 1998

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Cambridge, England, Cambridge University Press, 1998. Reprint Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the series, Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding,...

Alchemy in the Rain Forest: Politics, Ecology, and Resilience in a New Guinea Mining Area

Jacka, Jerry K. · 2015

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Durham, North Carolina, Duke University Press, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. From the publisher's blurb, "In Alc...

The Fifth Child

Lessing, Doris · 1988

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The Fifth Child is brilliant. The fifth child is a monster. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Brigh...

The Battle for Rome: The Germans, the Allies, the Partisans, and the Pope, September 1943-June 1944

Katz, Robert · 2003

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

New York, Simon & Schuster, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Well-written, accessible, fascinating social history of the fall of Rome, Italy to the Allies during World War Two and the formation of the Triple Axis. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, ...

Lost Girl

Jacobson, Alan · 2021

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Tualatin, Oregon, Norwood Press, 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being no additional copies in this state and condition available on-line currently. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" or "a" in "number" line ...

Lost Girl

Jacobson, Alan · 2021

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Tualatin, Oregon, Norwood Press, 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being no additional copies in this state and condition available on-line currently. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" or "a" in "number" line ...

Lost Girl

Jacobson, Alan · 2021

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Tualatin, Oregon, Norwood Press, 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being no additional copies in this state and condition available on-line currently. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" or "a" in "number" line ...

The Alchemy of Love

Engstrom, Elizabeth · 1998

$18.40 (€16.69 | £13.93 | ¥2,938)

Eugene, Oregon, Triple Tree Publishing, 1998. First Edition. . Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and accessible rumination on the interface between art and artist creativity, on the one hand, and fiction and literary devices, on the other. DOUBLE-SIGNED by both the author and th...

The Alchemy of Love

Engstrom, Elizabeth · 1998

$18.40 (€16.69 | £13.93 | ¥2,938)

Eugene, Oregon , Triple Tree Publishing, 1998. . . Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and accessible rumination on the interface between art and artist creativity, on the one hand, and fiction and literary devices, on the other. DOUBLE-SIGNED by both the author and the artist at ...

The Alchemy of Love

Engstrom, Elizabeth · 1998

$18.40 (€16.69 | £13.93 | ¥2,938)

Eugene, Oregon , Triple Tree Publishing, 1998. First Edition. . Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and accessible rumination on the interface between art and artist creativity, on the one hand, and fiction and literary devices, on the other. DOUBLE-SIGNED by both the author and t...

The Alchemy of Love

Engstrom, Elizabeth · 1998

$18.40 (€16.69 | £13.93 | ¥2,938)

Eugene, Oregon , Triple Tree Publishing, 1998. First Edition. . Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and accessible rumination on the interface between art and artist creativity, on the one hand, and fiction and literary devices, on the other. DOUBLE-SIGNED by both the author and t...

Tapa in Polynesia

Kooijman, Simon · 1972

$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.36 | ¥8,304)

Honolulu, Hawaii, Bishop Museum Press, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition softcover copy, an uncommonly good-looking exemplar of a precious book about the arts and crafts skills and designs of Polynesian tapa cloth-artists. Unfurled ti...

From Primitive to Postcolonial in Melanesia and Anthropology

Knauft, Bruce · 1999

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

Ann Arbor, Michigan, University of Michigan, 1999. . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine collection of essays drawn from a series of lectures given in 1997-1998. Stunning full-color photographs by the author's wife, Eileen Cantrell. Sterling condition softcover copy, wi...

Reverse Anthropology

Kirsch, Stuart · 2006

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Stanford, California, Stanford University Press, 2006. . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Plentiful black-and-white illustrations and ph...

Exchanging the Past: A Rainforest World of Before and After

Knauft, Bruce M. · 2002

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago Press, 2002. . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and readable ethnography of the Gebusi of Papua New Guinea and their social change and culture change. Plentiful full-color plates and illustrations. From the personal library of...

War and Peace in Jalemo: The Management of Conflict in Highland New Guinea

Koch, Klaus-Friedrich · 1974

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound simply in green cloth over boards...

My Gun, My Brother: The World of the Papua New Guinea Colonial Police, 1920-1960

Kituai, August I. K. · 1998

$22.40 (€20.32 | £16.96 | ¥3,577)

Honolulu, Hawaii, Center for Pacific Island Studies, University of Hawaii, University of Hawaii Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the Pacific Islands Monograph Series, being No. 15. A brilliant ethnohistory by a noted ...

The South Seas in the Modern World

Keesing, Felix · 1942

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

London, England, George Allen & Unwin, 1942. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Scarce in the trade, there being few copies available on-line of this First Edition. Bound simply in brown cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, soft and flexible, Bruised tips, scuffing t...

My Gun, My Brother: The World of the Papua New Guinea Colonial Police, 1920-1960

Kituai, August I. K. · 1998

$22.40 (€20.32 | £16.96 | ¥3,577)

Honolulu, Hawaii, Center for Pacific Island Studies, University of Hawaii, University of Hawaii Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the Pacific Islands Monograph Series, being No. 15. A brilliant ethnohistory by a noted ...

Strange Island. The Noona Dan in the South Seas

Klemensen, Arvid · 1965

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

London, England, Souvenir Press, 1965. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy of the First English Edition, translated from the original Danish of the 1963 First Edition; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, clean b...