Structure, Verses, Agency Books

Emerging Class in Papua New Guinea: The Telling of Difference

Gewertz, Deborah and Frederick K. Errington · 1999

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Cambridge, England, Cambridge University Press, 1999. . . Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound softcover copy, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. From the personal library of a noted Papua New Guinea-based researcher, scholar, activist and...

Emerging Class in Papua New Guinea: The Telling of Difference

Gewertz, Deborah and Frederick K. Errington · 1999

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Cambridge, England, Cambridge University Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Black cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine and to front cover over bur...

The Enigma of the Gift

Godelier, Maurice; Nora Scott, translator · 1999

$20.80 (€18.87 | £15.74 | ¥3,321)

Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago Press, 1999. First English Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Splendid condition softcover copy of an important text, published first in the original French in 1996, translated here by Nora Scott. Sterling condition softcover ...

Leviathans at the Gold Mine: Creating Indigenous and Corporate Actors in Papua New Guinea

Golub, Alex · 2014

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

Durham, North Carolina, Duke University Press Books, 2014. . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. As fine an ethnographic exploration of the Porgera Joint Ventures goldmine site in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, as there is. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled ti...

Through Wildest Papua

Hides, J.G. · 1937

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

London, England, Blackie & Son, 1937. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Stated Reprint Edition of the original 1935 publication of a significant contribution to the ethnology and...

Death & the Right Hand

Hertz, Robert; Rodney and Claudia Needham, translators · 1960

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Glencoe, Illinois , The Free Press, 1960. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Sunning along edges of the blue cloth over boards, previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered...

Changing Contexts, Shifting Meanings: Transformations of Cultural Traditions in Oceania

Hermann, Elfriede, ed. · 2011

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

Honolulu, Hawaii, University of Hawaii Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Scarce in the trade, there being only a few other booksellers selling copies. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny du...

Sinuous Objects: Revaluing Women's Wealth in the Contemporary Pacific

Hermkens, Anna-Karina and Katherine Lepani, eds. · 2017

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Canberra, A.C.T., Australia, Australian University Press, 2017. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy softcover copy, with unfurled tips and tight binding, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Scattered pencil tick-marks and underlining, from the ...

Them Also; out of the Dark

Horne, Shirley · 1968

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

, , . First Edition. Softcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. A lot of two works of Christian missionization by Shirley Horne from the Unevangelized Fields Mission. Very Good condition with illustrated, printed card-stock wraps, staple-bound. Them also is devoted to the "primitive...

Indian War Veterans: Memories of Army Life and Campaigns in the West, 1864-1898

Greene, Jerome A. · 2007

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

, Savas Beatie, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn but some furling along front bottom edge. Stated Firs...

Politics in New Guinea: Traditional and in the Context of Change: Some Anthropologcal Perspectives

Berndt, Ronald and Peter Lawrence, eds. · 1971

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Perth, Western Australia, University of Western Australia, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sturdy, tightly bound in dark green cloth over boards, mottled covers, split to front-bottom joint neatly glue-repaired, clean interior but for previous owner's...

Politics in New Guinea: Traditional and in the Context of Change: Some Anthropologcal Perspectives

Berndt, Ronald and Peter Lawrence, eds. · 1971

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

Perth, Australia, University of Western Australia, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, clean but for previous owner's penned inscription, minimal rubbing to extremities. Scattered pencil notations, si...

The Evolution of Highland Papua New Guinea Societies

Feil, D.K. · 1987

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

New York, Cambridge University Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A brilliant comparative analysis of the various cultures of four different provinces in highland Papua New Guinea. Stated First Edition, bound colorfully in an illustrated hardcover ...

Warfare and Shamanism in Amazonia

Fausto, Carlos · 2001

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Cambridge, England, Cambridge University Press, 2001. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. First English Edition, translated from the original Portuguese by David Rodgers. A brilliant ethnographic survey of warfare and shamanism in Amazonia, grounded in t...

The Evolution of Highland Papua New Guinea Societies

Feil, D.K. · 1987

$22.40 (€20.32 | £16.96 | ¥3,577)

Cambridge, England, Cambridge University Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A brilliant comparative analysis of the various cultures of four different provinces in highland Papua New Guinea. Stated First Edition, bound colorfully in an illustrated ...

Leadership and Change in the Western Pacific: Essays Presented to Sir Raymond Firth on the Occasion of His 90th Birthday

Feinberg, Richard and Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo · 1996

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.30 | ¥7,026)

London, England, London School of Economics, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Previous owner's address label at first free endpaper. Bright and shiny dust ja...

Oral Traditions of Anuta: A Polynesian Outlier in the Solomon Islands

Feinberg, Richard · 1998

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

New York, Oxford University Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and accessible ethnography that represents 25 years' ethnographic cooperation between the ethnographer, Richard Feinberg, and the people of Anuta Island in the eastern Solomon Is...

Tagore's Last Poems

Tagore; Shyamasree Devi and P. Lal · 1972

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

Calcutta, India, A Writer's Workshop Saffronbird Book, 1972. Second Revised and Enlarged Edit. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Decorated heirloom cloth, hand-made, over boards, says note at book's end, protected in plastic sleeve. Transcreated, the publisher says, from the...

Mary, the Devil, and Taro: Catholicism and Women's Work in a Micronesian Society

Flinn, Juliana · 2010

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

Honululu, Hawaii, University of Hawai'i Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The religion of Catholicism is extremely patriarchal and thus its official narratives and hierarchies sometimes make too little room for women's roles within it. This fine e...

Tikopia Ritual and Belief

Firth, Raymond · 1967

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Boston, Massachusetts, Beacon Press, 1967. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, bound in brick-red cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny p...