London: Methuen & Co 1929 First Edition 8vo ix,300,8pp, 1929 VG original blind stamped cloth, gilt spine, moderate shelf wear, leaves of preface loose but intact, otherwise very clean throughout.

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Bookseller: N & A Smiles (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 932
Title: Studies of Savages and Sex
Author: Crawley, Ernest (ed by Theodore Besterman)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: London: Methuen & Co 1929 First Edition 8vo ix,300,8pp
Date Published: 1929
Keywords: CUSTOMS FOLKLORE MYTHS LEGENDS MORALITY CHASTITY SEXUALITY KISSING
Bookseller catalogs: Anthropology;

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N & A Smiles

Internet booksellers since 1994. All prices in US dollars. Grading is conservative. Dust Jackets are protected in Brodart sleeves. Payment required with order. Payment for International orders accepted by PayPal, after ascertaining correct postage. Foreign cheques are not accepted. Australian Postal Money Orders & Cheques are accepted and must be made payable to \"Nick Smiles\". Please note all books are priced in US dollars. For orders taken within Australia, we adjust prices to Australian currency for billing purposes. Shipping by airmail unless requested otherwise. Returns accepted by prior arrangement. A 10% re-stocking fee applies if book was as described or ordered in error.

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N & A Smiles

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We are located on the Great Eastern Highway in the Central Wheatbelt town of Kellerberrin in Western Australia, 2-1/2 hours drive from Perth. We are directly opposite East Crossing Road, nestled in between the Tyre Service and the TAFE College. Public Transport is available via the Prospector & Avon Link passenger train services, or via the Goldfields Express bus service. We specialise in Collectible Paperbacks with an emphasis on Science Fiction and Crime Novels, but we also carry an extensive range of Mythology, Icelandic Sagas, Middle English Texts, Australian Exploration, Aboriginal Studies, Tolkien, Gor Books, Proto Science Fiction, Early SF Pulp Magazines and much more. Drop in for a browse and cup of coffee.

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VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....