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The Pagans of North Borneo. by Rutter, Owen (Seligman, C. G. intro.) - 1929

by Rutter, Owen (Seligman, C. G. intro.)

The Pagans of North Borneo.  by Rutter, Owen (Seligman, C. G. intro.) - 1929

The Pagans of North Borneo.

by Rutter, Owen (Seligman, C. G. intro.)

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Hutchinson. London. 1929. First edition. Large 8vo. 288pp. Photo frontis., 63 further plates, text illus., folding map. Original red cloth, sunned to spine, corners bumped. Some minor spotting/foxing. "With the Publisher’s Compliments" lightly stamped to title page.

Owen Rutter (1889-1944) FRGS, FRAI, Member of the Athenaeum Club, travel writer, North Borneo Civil Service, editor of the Balkan News, partner in the Golden Cockerel Press.

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  • Date Published 1929
  • Keywords Travel, Borneo
Turkey; The Awakening of Turkey. The Turkish Revolution of 1908 (Publisher series: Oriental...

Turkey; The Awakening of Turkey. The Turkish Revolution of 1908 (Publisher series: Oriental Series Ambassadors' Edition.)

by Knight, E.F. (Edited with annotation by Charles Welsh.)

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Boston: J.B. Millet Company [1910], a numbered copy from a limited edition of 750. (Limp leather) 324pp. Very good. Black pebble-grained leather with gilt emblem on the spine. Top edge gilt, decorated endpapers, decorated title page, color frontispiece, photographs, index, some pages still uncut. L. Beling Tetens is also cited as the publisher on the title page. Edited with annotation by Charles Welsh. Publisher series: Oriental Series Ambassadors' Edition. Locale: Turkey. (History, Description and Travel, History, Politics, Revolution).
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The Frozen Deep
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The Frozen Deep

by Collins, Wilkie

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THE FROZEN DEEP BY WILKIE COLLINS, AUTHOR OF "THE WOMAN IN WHITE" AND "THE MOONSTONE". PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM F. GILL AND COMPANY, BOSTON, 1874, 1ST AMERICAN EDITION. ILLUSTRATED BY ALFRED FREDERICKS. USED. GOOD- CONDITION Green cloth boards with Black and gold gilt titling and ornamentation that remains fairly bright. Tight binding, bright pages. There is a liquid spill on a couple of pages as shown in our photos.
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The Croquet Player
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The Croquet Player

by Wells, H.G.

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Wells, H.G. The Croquet Player, A Dark Fantasy. Copyright 1937 H.G. Wells FIRST AMERICAN EDITION , THE VIKING PRESS. Used. VG/G Price-clipped DJ. Illustrated by Clifton Line. Boards are in nice shape. Printed in the US by the Haddon Craftsmen. By the author of 'War of the Worlds' and 'The Time Machine'. Illustrations by British artist Clifton Line. Plot Summary: "Something is horribly wrong in the remote English village of Cainsmarsh." A GHOST STORY.
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The Hole Book
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The Hole Book

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RARE OCTOBER, 1908 HARPER & BROTHERS. UNEXPURGATED FIRST EDITION. INCLUDES THE WATERMELON PAGE. COLOUR PRINTS. ILLUSTRATED BY PETER NEWELL. HOLE-DRILLED. ANTIQUARIAN. Good USED condition/ No DJ Included. USED. Front paper paste-down is scuffed. Binding is tight and all plates look in good shape. Finger marks noted. 7 3/8 X 8 7/8. This is so much fun! Like watching animation go by one frame at a time. And we're off, like a shot!
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Shrek!
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Shrek!

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SHREK! By William Steig. 1990 Stated First Edition, Farrar, Straux Giroux. QUITE RARE IN A STATED FIRST. Used. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NONE AS ISSUED. ISBN 0374368775. Swamp creatures back panel. Unpaginated. 8 5/8 X 10 7/8. Summary: Original source material for the beloved film of the same name. Summary: "Shrek, a horrid, ugly, little ogre, goes out into the world to find adventure and along the way encounters a witch, a knight in armor, a dragon, and, finally, a hideous princess, who's even uglier than he is!" About the artist/author William Steig: "He created his masterpiece character, Shrek, in 1990, at the age of 83." YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!
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To The Last Man!: Kulbes' Mongrels at the Chosin Reservoir, Korea, 1950
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"To The Last Man!": Kulbes' Mongrels at the Chosin Reservoir, Korea, 1950

by Kestner, Major Franklin D.R. (Sr.), U.S. Army Infantry, Retired: and James Livingston

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Tucson AZ, Westernlore Press, 1991, hardcover, xv-170 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Presentation copy--Signed and inscribed by the author to The Honorable George Miller, Mayor of the City of Tucson, Arizona, and gilt-stamped on the front board as such, Very Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end and corner touches. Dustjacket, edge nicks, rubs, small wrinkles, in new Brodart sleeve. A personal account of the author's service in Company D, 10th Engineer Battalion (Combat), 3rd Infantry Division, at the Chosin Reservoir Battle during the Korean conflict. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of black-&-white photographs. Forewords by Frank Kerr, Rick Seward, Gordon Green, and Philip A. Kulbes. Appended; Epilogue, Apology, Acknowledgements, Unit Citations.
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Encyclopædia Mundarica. 16 Volumes.
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Encyclopædia Mundarica. 16 Volumes.

by Hoffmann,Johann;van Emelen,Arthur

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New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House, 1998. Reprint of the 1930 edition. Hardcover. Very good. 16 volumes. Shipment of second, third, etc. items at very low prices. Check our full inventory!
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Gypsy Blood.

Gypsy Blood.

by LOMBARDI, FRANK, PHOTOGRAPHER.

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Poughkeepsie, N. Y.: Davison Press. Very Good. 1972. First Edition. Softcover. 74 pp., all half-tone photographs; square 12mo; stapled white wrappers of coated stock. Soil to covers. All photographs were taken in the last four years while traveling in the United States, Western Europe, and North Africa. .
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Resisting Occupation in Kashmir
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Resisting Occupation in Kashmir

by Duschinski, Haley; Bhan, Mona; Zia, Ather; Mahmood, Cynthia (all editors)

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Dated Buddha Images of Northern Siam

Dated Buddha Images of Northern Siam: With fifty-seven plates and twelve figures in the text

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Ascona, Switzerland: Artibus Asiae Publishers, 1959. Second Printing. VG in G DJ. Interior is tight, bright, and clean with no ownership marks. Binding shows all four corners bumped, all edges rubbed, and damage to lower spine. Unclipped DJ is intact but heavily challenged with heavy tearing, creasing, chipping, and rubbing. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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The Court-Martial of the Bounty Mutineers (Notable Trials Library)

by Owen Rutter

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The British Navy's Air Arm; : the Official Story of the British Navy's Air Operations,

by Rutter, Owen

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Jan 01, 1944. Good. Infantry Journal, #S222, 1944, used mass market paperback in worn covers, sound but rough.
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Ask Me Another

Ask Me Another

by Owen Rutter

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T Fisher Unwin Limited, 1928. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1928. First Edition. 152 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.
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Tiadatha - Owen Rutter; Lord Milne

by Owen Rutter; Lord Milne

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Philip Allan, 1935-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Hardcover, no jacket. An ex-library copy. Interior pages clean, unmarked. Binding brittle. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available!
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The Scales of Karma

by Rutter, Owen

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The Court - Martial of the Bounty Mutineers

The Court - Martial of the "Bounty" Mutineers

by Owen Rutter

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The Notable Trials Library, 1989. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine+/No Jacket Issued. This is a beautiful Red Leather spine on a Decorated Red cloth cover Law Hardcover. The condition is NearFine+, no jacket issued. Part of "The Notable Trials Library". The edition was Edited with new intro. by Owen Rutter. 1989. It is in wonderful condition both inside and out. The cover is very bright & clean with very nice edges. It is unmarked with a p/o stamp imprint on the title page and a p/o Book Plate on free page.. 203 pages. Media Mail Only, Heavy Book. #21780-823.
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The Song Of Tiadatha (1920)
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The Song Of Tiadatha (1920)

by Owen Rutter

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Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-02-21. Paperback. Good.
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Court Martial of the Bounty Mutineers

by Rutter, Owen

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The Court Martial of the 'Bounty' Mutineers.

by Rutter, Owen

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The Court Martial of the 'Bounty' Mutineers.

by Rutter, Owen, ed

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The Racial Analysis of Human Populations in Relation to Their Ethnogenesis and Some Possibilities...

The Racial Analysis of Human Populations in Relation to Their Ethnogenesis and Some Possibilities for Estimating Inter-Population Relationship on the Basis of Continuous Traits in Current Anthropology Volume 3, Number 1

by Andrzej Kazimierz Wierciski (1930-2003) and Tadeuz Bielicki

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51 volumes complete with diagrams, illustrations, plates, maps, figures, indexes. Quarto (10 1/4" x 8 1/2") issued in wrappers. Some reprints, most first editions.Current Anthropology, whose first issue was launched in 1959, is one of the discipline's oldest and most distinguished journals, and has been sponsored since its founding by the Wenner-Gren Foundation. The journal was the first of its kind, championing an interdisciplinary approach alongside a commitment to international dialogue, while fostering a community of international scholars. It became known for its innovative format that combined major research papers with responses solicited from the field. The format, now known as the "CA treatment" was unique in its time and was copied by other journals such as Behavioral and Brain Sciences. While the journal has changed over the years, its original principles are still clearly present and can be traced back to the unique collaboration between the Foundation, led by Paul Fejos,and the… Read More
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Red Pottage
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Red Pottage

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Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband)." Book title is taken from the Bible story of Esau.
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Society and Economy in Mexico
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Society and Economy in Mexico

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xxii+163 pages with photographs, charts, tables, graphs and bibliographies. Quarto (11 1/4" x 8 1/2") issued in brown cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Forward by Jeffrey Bortz. Statistical Abstract of Latin America Supplement Series, Supplement 10. First edition.Contents: the Six Ideological Phases of Mexico's "Permanent Revolution" since 1910 by James W Wilkie; The Development of Engineering Expertise for Social and Economic Modernization in Mexico since 1929 by David E Lorey; The Class Structure of Mexico, 1895-1980 by Stephanie Granato and Aida Mostkoff; Complexities of Measuring the Food Situation in Mexico: Supply versus Self-Sufficiency of Basic Grains, 1935-82 by James W Wilkie; The Dramatic Growth of Mexico's Economy and the Rise of Statist Government Budgetary Power, 1919-82 by James W Wilkie.Condition:Corners bumped else a better than very good copy.
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Peldanos en la Conciencia: Restros en la Plastica Prehispanica
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Peldanos en la Conciencia: Restros en la Plastica Prehispanica

by de la Fuente, Beatriz Ramírez (1929-2005)

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101 pages with frontispiece and pictorial title, 88 illustrations and 25 color plates. Square royal octavo (9 1/2" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with black label to spine with gilt lettering and gilt pictorial to cover in original pictorial jacket. Second printing Limited to 3000 copies. The author: "The faces depicted by Mesoamerican man are artistic expression of different peoples. Here I have wanted to look at them not only as objects of art, but also in the light of what they communicate about the human being in himself and in his relationship with him. world that has to be ordered around him ". Condition: Points rubbed. Jacket edge wear with chips, tears and creases else very good in like jacket.
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The Sky and the Forest
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The Sky and the Forest

by Forester, C.S

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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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Samuel The Seeker
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Samuel The Seeker

by Sinclair, Upton

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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky

Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky

by Nijinsky, Romola

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Nijinsky, Romola. Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky. The Definitive Biography Copyright 1980. Simon and Schuster stated First Impression Thus. Number line starts with 1. EXLIB. Good Condition/ VG original dust jacket. 260 pages, indexed. ISBN0671411233. PERFORMING ARTS, RUSSIA, BALLET, VASLAV NIJINSKY. Summary: "The life of Vaslav Nijinsky is not merely a record of a great dancer's artistic triumphs; it is one of the strangest stories ever written. There is madness everywhere. From the child's first appearance with a troupe of wandering Russians to that last terrible performance, his "Marriage With God" , it is a growing chaos of madness, abnormality, distortion, genius and beauty." 260 pages, indexed. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4.
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey

Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River

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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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The Spirit of Ancient Peru: Treasures from the Museo Arqueologico Rafael Larco Herrera
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The Spirit of Ancient Peru: Treasures from the Museo Arqueologico Rafael Larco Herrera

by Berrin, Kathleen (editor)

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London: Thames and Hudson, 1998 216 pages with plates, diagrams, maps, illustrations, bibliography and index. Quarto (11 1/4" x 9") issued in brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine decorative vignette to front cover. Preface by Isabel Larco de Alvarez-Calderon. Foreword by Harry S Parker. 1st edition. Contents: The Spirit of Rafael Larco Hoyle: An Introduction by Kathleen Berrin; Rafael Larco Hoyle (1901-1966) by Clifford Evans; Life and Afterlife in Pre-Hispanic Pru: Contextualizing the masterworks of the Museo of Arqueologico Rafael Larco Herrera by Richard L Burger; The Coastal Islands of Peru: Myths and Natural Resources by Maria Rostworowski de Diez Canseco; Moche Art: Myth, History and Rite by Elizabeth P Benson; Deer Hunting and Combat: Parallel Activities in the Moche World by Christopher B Donnan; Andean Aesthetics by Esther Paztory; Catalogue of Objects by Elizabeth P Benson, Susan E Bergh, Richard L Burger, Heidi King and Joanne Pillsbury. Condition: Jacket price clipped, small chip at… Read More
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The People Called Apache
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The People Called Apache

by Mails, Thomas E (1920 - 2001)

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447 pages with maps, 16 color plates, over 300 black and white photographs, and over 200 drawings, bibliography and index. Folio (12 3/4" x 9 1/4") bound in original publisher's dark brown cloth with black lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Drawings by Thomas Mails. First edition. They called themselves The People, but to nearly everyone else in their world they were known as The Enemy. And they earned the name in every respect. Seldom has any people fought harder for the preservation of their territory and their way of life. We know them today as the Apache, an ancient people who, in historic times, made a prolonged and desperate effort to drive the Spanish, the Mexicans and finally the Anglo-Americans out of their ancestral lands. Unsuccessful, they were placed in four reservations, on or near their original ranges in Arizona and New Mexico, some of the most ruggedly beautiful land in this country. There most of them still live, accepting the White ways yet keeping many of the old… Read More
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